Death Locked In: An Anthology of Locked Room Stories
by Greene, Douglas G. And Adey, Robert C. S. Editors. Includes: John Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Edward Hoch, Jacques Futrelle, Anthony Boucher et al
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0930330757
- ISBN 13
- 9780930330750
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: International Polygonics, LTD, 1987. First prining October 1987, with complete number line beginning with 1. Cover lightly sunned, else a near fine, tight copy. Paperback Original. 553 pages. This anthology contains 24 "stories," 22 of which are narrative fiction ("The First Locked Room" is a reconstruction of a true crime by Lillian de la Torre, and "The Adventure of the Man Who Could Double the Size of Diamonds" is a radio play by Ellery Queen). A few of its stories have frequently been reprinted elsewhere (Wilkie Collins's "A Terribly Strange Bed," G. K. Chesterton's "The Invisible Man," and Clayton Rawson's "Off the Face of the Earth"), but most of them will be new to most readers. . First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback Original.
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- Murder By The Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020060
- Title
- Death Locked In: An Anthology of Locked Room Stories
- Author
- Greene, Douglas G. And Adey, Robert C. S. Editors. Includes: John Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Edward Hoch, Jacques Futrelle, Anthony Boucher et al
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0930330757
- ISBN 13
- 9780930330750
- Publisher
- International Polygonics, LTD
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime, Anthology, Impossible Crime, Locked Room, Short Stories,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Locked Room;
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