THE LITERATURE OF CRIMES: STORIES BY WORLD-FAMOUS AUTHORS
by Queen, Ellery (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee) (editor)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some light edge wear and rubbing. (5844)
- Seller
-
Laurel, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some light edge wear and rubbing. (5844). Octavo, cloth. Collects twenty-six stories from writers not known for mystery fiction. Authors included are Sinclair Lewis, Pearl S. Buck, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Will Cather, Aldous Huxley, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon and others. Introductory comment before each story.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5844
- Title
- THE LITERATURE OF CRIMES: STORIES BY WORLD-FAMOUS AUTHORS
- Author
- Queen, Ellery (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee) (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some light edge wear and rubbing. (5844)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Anthology . Mystery
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
John W. Knott, Jr., BooksellerABAA/ILABFine First Editions
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...