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A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres

A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres

A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery,
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A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres

by Barzun, Jacques & Wendell Hertig Taylor

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New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Revised. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing of this revised and enlarged edtion. 952 pages, index.

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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's Inventory #
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Title
A Catalogue of Crime: Being a Reader's Guide to the Literature of Mystery, Detection, and Related Genres
Author
Barzun, Jacques & Wendell Hertig Taylor
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
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Fine
Quantity Available
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Edition
Revised
ISBN 10
0060157968
ISBN 13
9780060157968
Publisher
Harper & Row
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1989
Keywords
bibliography, mysteries, reference, crime fiction,
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;

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