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Pantheon Books, 1976. Hardcover. Good.

GB: Bodley Head, 1976. Bookplate and owners signature of E.J. Swinglehurst. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG+ DW.

PANTHEON. NY 1976. Very Good. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394409213 . First American Edition. Very good+ in a fine priceclipped dj. (Edges foxed) .

GB: Bodley Head, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW.

GB: Bodley Head, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/nrFine DW.

London: London: The Bodley Head, 1976, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. red cloth, some scrawl on front endpaper, else near-fine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

NY: Pantheon Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1976. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0394409213 . Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over tan boards, gilt and blue lettering on spine, blue lettering on cover. From the polished elegance of the Waldorf Astoria to a rough-and-ready Nevada railroad town, from the crime-ridden underworld of thieves and murderers to the crime-ridden over-world of corporate monopolies and wire-tapped political campaigns - Hugh Greene has mined the gold from the hundreds of detective stories written in America at the turn of the century. The stories include: CINDERELLA'S SLIPPER by Hugh C. Weir; THE NAMELESS MAN by Rodriguez Ottolengui; THE MONTEZUMA EMERALD by Rodriguez Ottolengui; FOUND GUILTY by Josiah Flynt and Francis Walton; THE SILVER THREAD by Jacques Futrelle; THE MAN HIGHER UP by William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer; THE AXTON LETTERS by William MacHarg and Edwin Balmer; THE MAN WHO SPOKE LATIN by Samuel Hopkins Adams;… Read More

London: The Bodley Head, 1976. First edition. With an Introduction by Hugh Greene. An anthology of thirteen detective stories, all originally published in the years between 1891 and 1914. Like all of Sir Hugh's "Rivals" collections, this is a seminal selection both in terms of these stories' importance in the history of detective fiction, and in their sheer entertainment value. A Fine hardcover copy in a Fine dustwrapper..

The Bodley Head. London 1976 stated 1st edition.. No inscription, but light pencil annotations to contents page. a near Fine copy in matching dustwrapper.. Plum cloth boards. 347pp 8vo.