Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books
by Keating, H. R. F
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0881844411
- ISBN 13
- 9780881844412
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1988. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Foreword by Particia Highsmith. Red wraps with white print is clean and unmarked with slight wear to some extremities; tight, solid and square. Internals spotless, no creases. From Edgar Allan Poe to P. D. James, the mystery story has attracted generations of readers, and has also developed puzzls written primarlity for entertainment, and often providing powerful statements about contemporary society. In this authoritative survey, distinguished author and critic H. . F. Keating draws on a lifetime of experience to select the 100 bestworks the genre has to offer--includes some overlooked gems! Keating devotes two pages to each book, providing an account of the importance of each work and its aouthor's whole body of work. 219 pages. 5.25 x 8.5 inches. 1988, Carroll & Graf Pub, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024804
- Title
- Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books
- Author
- Keating, H. R. F
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0881844411
- ISBN 13
- 9780881844412
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Pub
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MYSTERY CRIME DETECTIVES BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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