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Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story
de HAYCRAFT, Howard
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Biblio and Tannen, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Newly enlarged edition with Notes on Additions to a Cornerstone Library and the Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Detective-Crime-Mystery Fiction. Octavo. 409pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Two paperclip indentations on front fly, and lightly rubbed on the spine, near fine in a very good dustjacket with modest chips at the spine. Howard Haycraft's own copy with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Influential history of the detective story as a literary form, beginning with the invention of the form by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 449007
- Título
- Murder for Pleasure: The Life and Times of the Detective Story
- Autor
- HAYCRAFT, Howard
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Biblio and Tannen
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1968
- Palabras clave
- History, LitCrit, AssociationCopy, Mystery
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
Sobre Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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