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A Catalogue of Crime - Being a readers guide to the literature of mystery, detection, and related genres
by Barzun, Jacques & Wendell Hertig Taylor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine unmarked, in VG+ unclipped bright jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0060102632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060102630
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st edition stated. Hardback in brick cloth boards, in yellow illus jacket.. Fine unmarked, in VG+ unclipped bright jacket.. Almost 3500 listings of detective & crime stories, each briefly described, a classic connoisseurs guide. Bright tight clean crisp copy of HB 1st in bright jacket.
5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 831 pp, index, yellow text endpapers.
5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 831 pp, index, yellow text endpapers.
Synopsis
A Catalogue of Crime, by Jacques Barzun and Wendell Hertig Taylor, was first published in 1971; a revised edition was published in 1989 by Barzun after the death of Taylor in 1985. The book was awarded a Special Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1972. In its preface Barzun says: This book is for readers of crime fiction.
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- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38736
- Title
- A Catalogue of Crime - Being a readers guide to the literature of mystery, detection, and related genres
- Author
- Barzun, Jacques & Wendell Hertig Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in brick cloth boards, in yellow illus jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine unmarked, in VG+ unclipped bright jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition stated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060102632
- ISBN 13
- 9780060102630
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
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edburynbooks
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Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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