Murder for Pleasure : The Life and Times of The Detective Story
by Haycraft, Howard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1943. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Bound in red hardcovers, faint rubbing to the spine ends. Dust jacket rear cover is rather dirty; the spine is sun faded; the corners are rubbed or lightly chipped; the front joint is torn for 3" from the top; the front flap is price clipt. Jacket is reinforced with mylar. "This is the first book about the detective story as a literary form to be brought out in this country. Published on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Detective Story, it is an account of the milestones in detective writing, beginning with the invention of the form by Edgar Allan Poe." Illustrated. 409 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arbour book (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013575
- Title
- Murder for Pleasure : The Life and Times of The Detective Story
- Author
- Haycraft, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Arbour book
Biblio member since 2003
Ladysmith, British Columbia
About Arbour book
We specialize in VINTAGE PAPERBACKS, magazines, hardcovered books and comics. We try to provide books in the the best possible shape available.
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- First Edition
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