THE ART OF THE MYSTERY STORY: A COLLECTION OF CRITICAL ESSAYS by Haycraft, Howard (edited and with a commentary by) (with a new introduction by Robin W. Winks) - 1992

Avalon Publishing, 1983. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1993. 2nd Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2nd Edition, w/ new Introduction by Robin W. Winks. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Near Fine. Light edgewear, black stripe top page edge, toned but supple and unmarked pages. Otto Penzler says, "The most important single work of fiction-mystery scholarship ever produced." vi, 565pp inc. Index.

Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1983-11-01. 2nd, Second Edition. Paperback. Used: Good.

Grosset & Dunlap Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint Ed.. Reprint trade paperback edition. Very good condition, moderate over all wear to book, back cover rubbed..

New York: The Universal Library / Grosset & Dunlap, [no date]. Softcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Trade paperback. ix, 565pp. Very good with creasing to the corners of the front panel, publisher's price sticker, and foxing to the wrappers.

New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc, 1946. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 545; G/G-; gray/black spine with black and beige text; dust jacket has sun darkening to exterior; chipped spine edges; lightly toned flaps; slight rubbing wear to edges; chipped spine edges to mylar wrap; cloth has mild wear to exterior; lightly bumped tail fore corner; text block has light tone to exterior edges; light ink to ffep; cracking to rear hinge; interior clean. 1334841. FP New Rockville Stock.

Carroll & Graf Publishers. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1983 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Secure binding with clean pages and creases at spine..

Grosset & Dunlap, New York. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 1947. Very Good. Clean Copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket/No Dustjacket. Clean pages except for light toning along foreedge and a few small, gray smudges on the heel edge of the page block; full blue cloth cover shows a bump and wrinkle at the top right front, a faint droplet mark at the front foreedge, some softening at spine ends, and little scuffs at spine ends and corners, otherwise well-kept. ix, 545pp. Authors include: G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy L. Sayers, Vincent Starrett, S. S. Van Dine, Raymond Chandler, Ellery Queen, Dashiell Hammett...! Included is a nostalgia-inducing amenity: an envelope into which the reader is asked to deposit such reviews as may pertain.