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University Estension University of California, San Diego, 1976. Hardcover. Good unclipped dust jacket. Pages clean, binding tight.
THE MYSTERY STORY by Ball, John (editor) (Phyllis A. Whitney; Michele Slung; Michael Gilbert; Aaron Marc Stein; Hillary Waugh; Donald A. Yates; Robert E. Briney; E. T. Guymon Jr.; Allen J. Hubin; Francis M. Nevins Jr.; Otto Penzler; James Sandoe) - 1976
by Ball, John (editor) (Phyllis A. Whitney; Michele Slung; Michael Gilbert; Aaron Marc Stein; Hillary Waugh; Donald A. Yates; Robert E. Briney; E. T. Guymon Jr.; Allen J. Hubin; Francis M. Nevins Jr.; Otto Penzler; James Sandoe)
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THE MYSTERY STORY
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San Diego, California: University of California - Publisher's Inc., 1976. (xii) 390 pp. Decorated boards; brown endpapers; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Preface by William D. McElroy. Introduction by Martin N. Chamberlain. This collection contains: Gothic Mysteries by Phyllis A. Whitney; Women in Detective Fiction by Michele Slung; The Spy in Fact and Fiction by Michael Gilbert; The Mystery Story in Cultural Perspective by Aaron Marc Stein; The Mystery Versus the Novel; and The Police Procedural by Hillary Waugh; Locked Rooms and Puzzles: A Critical Memoir by Donald A. Yates; Death Rays Demons and Worms Unknown to Science; and The Literature of the Subject: An Annotated Bibliography by Robert E. Briney; And Why Do We Read This Stuff by E. T. Guymon Jr.; Patterns in Mystery Fiction: The Durable Series Character by Allen J. Hubin; Name Games: Mystery Writers and Their Pseudonyms by Francis M. Nevins Jr.; The Amateur Detectives; and The Great Crooks by Otto Penzler; The Private Eye by James Sandoe; Murder at Large; and The Ethnic Detective by John Ball.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Book.
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- ISBN 10 0891630198
- ISBN 13 9780891630197
- Publisher University of California - Publisher's Inc.
- Place of Publication San Diego, California
- Date Published 1976
- Keywords detective mystery; origins; histories; categories;
- Size 8vo
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University Extension, University Of California, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Good. A fine book in a good dust jacket. Jacket has chips and tears on the lower extremities. Sec 59A
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Del Mar, CA, U.S.A.: Publishers, Incorporated. Very Good/Good, with Edge Wear. 1976. Hard Cover. 0891630198 .
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San Diego: The University of California Press, 1976 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Hardcover. Third Printing. Normal wear; many library marks; a reference copy..
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Del Mar, CA, U.S.A.: Publishers, Incorporated, 1976. Looks into every facet of the mystery story - its origins, history, categories, authors, characters, and noteworthy titles - in seventeen original chapters by world-renowned authors and critics. Stories include: Gothic Mysteries by Phyllis A. Whitney; Women in Detective Fiction by Michele Slung; The Spy in Fact and Fiction by Michael Gilbert; The Mystery Story in Cultural Perspective by Aaron Marc Stein; The Mystery Versus the Novel; and The Police Procedural by Hillary Waugh; Locked Rooms and Puzzles: A Critical Memoir by Donald A. Yates; Death Rays Demons and Worms Unknown to Science; and The Literature of the Subject: An Annotated Bibliography by Robert E. Briney; And Why Do We Read This Stuff by E. T. Guymon Jr.; Patterns in Mystery Fiction: The Durable Series Character by Allen J. Hubin; Name Games: Mystery Writers and Their Pseudonyms by Francis M. Nevins Jr.; The Amateur Detectives; and The Great Crooks by Otto Penzler; The Private Eye by…
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A near fine book with light dust soiling to the page edges, in a very good dust jacket with light wear, tiny edge tears at the foot of the spine. See Photoswh 44
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University of California/Publishers, Inc., 1976. 3d . Cloth. Good/Poor. (3d) Larger, sturdy book, light brown cloth with dark brown illustration of noose at front right, water stain at bottom front right to outside cover, brown color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 390 pages, essays and photos of Otto Penzler, James Sandoe, Hillary Waugh, Michael Gilbert and others. DJ glossy black, list of contributors in red on front, thin red line design to all sides. DJ has nicks and tiny tears to all edges. Poor DJ/Near Good book.
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San Diego: University of California / Publishers, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition. 390pp. Illustrated. Textblock edge lightly bumped, modest edgewear, very good in a slightly rubbed very good dust jacket with moderate wear to spine ends and corners and a few small tears. UCSD Extension Mystery Library. Contributions by Robert E. Briney, Michael Gilbert, Allen J. Hubin, Francis M. Nevins Jr, Otto Penzler, Michele Slung, Hillary Waugh, Phyllis A. Whitney and more.
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