A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres
by Barzun, Jacques; Taylor, Wendell Hertig
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0060157968
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157968
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About This Item
Harper & Row, 1989. Revised and Enlarged Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. The "bible of the mystery field,'' this comprehensive guide has 5,045 entires covering novels of detection, crime, mystery, & espionage; short stories & mystery collections/anthologies; magazines, plays, histories of the genre, lives of the writers, & Sherlock Holmes. In 952 pages with Index. Orig. published in 1971 & long out of print, this is the very First Printing of the Second Revised & Enlarged Edition from 1989. With publisher's soft black cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering to spine, the book is actually BRAND NEW, but downgraded to VG+ in a VG+ DJ since there is a vertical slit through the cloth covering the spine & an identical slit to the DJ (taped on the underside). Else, completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white, & unmarked save for 2 small spots to bottom outside page edges from shelf. The unclipped DJ is : bright & colorful, no fading, but with spine slit; nicely protected & near invisible in new mylar cover! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received before 2 pm (Pacific) Weekdays; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020119
- Title
- A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres
- Author
- Barzun, Jacques; Taylor, Wendell Hertig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised and Enlarged Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060157968
- ISBN 13
- 9780060157968
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- MYSTERY THRILLER DETECTIVE SUSPENSE FICTION BOOKS NOVELS SHORT STORIES WRITERS REFERENCES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror; Reference/Bibliography/Dictionaries;
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