1990, ISBN: 0192141872

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780192141873], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Oxford University Press, New York], GASLIGHT; NOIR; HARD BOILED; POLICE; WHODUNIT; WHODUNNIT; DETECTION; INVESTIGATION; INTRIGUE;… More...

[EAN: 9780192141873], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Oxford University Press, New York], GASLIGHT; NOIR; HARD BOILED; POLICE; WHODUNIT; WHODUNNIT; DETECTION; INVESTIGATION; INTRIGUE; INVESTIGATOR; CRIMINALS; SLEUTH; SUSPENSE; THRILLER; MURDER; HOMICIDE; ROBBERY; SHOOTING; KILLING; GUNS; SECRETS, Jacket, (xxi) 554 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in blue on dark gray boards; lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Eric Quayle. This anthology contains: The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal by Clarence Rook; The House in Goblin Wood by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr); The Furies by Michael Innes; The Hornets' Nest by Christianna Brand; The Murderer by Julian Symons; The Killing of Michael Finnegan by Michael Gilbert; Murder at St Oswald's by Michael Underwood; Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers by P. D. James; Baker Dies by Edmund Crispin and Geoffrey Bush; A Dangerous Thing by H. R. F. Keating; Thornapple by Ruth Rendell; The Oxford Way of Death by Robert Barnard; Bring Back the Cat by Reginald Hill; How's Your Mother by Simon Brett; The Mysterious Visitor by R. Austin Freeman; The Case of Laker Absconded by Arthur Morrison; The Oracle of the Dog by G. K. Chesterton; The Genuine Tabard by E. C. Bentley; The Dead Leaves by H. C. Bailey; The Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express by Freeman Wills Crofts; The Purple Line by John Rhode; Solved by Inspection by Ronald Knox; The Henpecked Murderer by Roy Vickers; Superintendent Wilson's Holiday by G. D. H. Cole and M. Cole; The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie; The Avenging Chance by Anthony Berkeley; Murder at Pentecost by Dorothy L. Sayers; Death on the Air by Ngaio Marsh; Miss Brunside's Dilemma by Cyril Hare; Daisy Bell by Gladys Mitchell; Three is a Lucky Number by Margery Allingham; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; and Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle. Size: 8vo, Books<

1990, ISBN: 9780192141873

New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. (xxi) 554 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarte… More...

New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. (xxi) 554 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Quarter-bound in blue on dark gray boards; lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine; headband. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Dj art by Eric Quayle. This anthology contains: The Stir Outside the Cafe Royal by Clarence Rook; The House in Goblin Wood by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr); The Furies by Michael Innes; The Hornets' Nest by Christianna Brand; The Murderer by Julian Symons; The Killing of Michael Finnegan by Michael Gilbert; Murder at St Oswald's by Michael Underwood; Great Aunt Allie's Flypapers by P. D. James; Baker Dies by Edmund Crispin and Geoffrey Bush; A Dangerous Thing by H. R. F. Keating; Thornapple by Ruth Rendell; The Oxford Way of Death by Robert Barnard; Bring Back the Cat by Reginald Hill; How's Your Mother by Simon Brett; The Mysterious Visitor by R. Austin Freeman; The Case of Laker Absconded by Arthur Morrison; The Oracle of the Dog by G. K. Chesterton; The Genuine Tabard by E. C. Bentley; The Dead Leaves by H. C. Bailey; The Mystery of the Sleeping Car Express by Freeman Wills Crofts; The Purple Line by John Rhode; Solved by Inspection by Ronald Knox; The Henpecked Murderer by Roy Vickers; Superintendent Wilson's Holiday by G. D. H. Cole and M. Cole; The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie; The Avenging Chance by Anthony Berkeley; Murder at Pentecost by Dorothy L. Sayers; Death on the Air by Ngaio Marsh; Miss Brunside's Dilemma by Cyril Hare; Daisy Bell by Gladys Mitchell; Three is a Lucky Number by Margery Allingham; The Assassins' Club by Nicholas Blake; and Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Illus. by Eric Quayle;. 8vo. Book., Oxford University Press, 1990, 3<

1990, ISBN: 9780192141873

First Modern Library Edition, 1966. HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKET. Spine edge of the cover has what looks like a lengthwise cut (see photo). Text is clean, unmarked. Line drawing illustration… More...

First Modern Library Edition, 1966. HARDCOVER, NO DUST JACKET. Spine edge of the cover has what looks like a lengthwise cut (see photo). Text is clean, unmarked. Line drawing illustrations. Binding is strong and square. NOT ex-library., Modern Library, 1966, 2.5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1990. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. a collection of thirty-three short stories chronicling the development of the English detective story from Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes at the beginning of the 20th century through its middle years with Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers to current writers such as P.D. James, Reginald Hill and Simon Brett. Also included in the collection are Chesterton, Bailey, Allingham, Marsh, Innes, Gilbert, Keating and Barnard; previous owner's intaglio seal on front end page, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear., Oxford University Press, Inc., 1990, 5<

1990, ISBN: 9780192141873

NY & Oxford: Oxford, 1990. Fine in dj. Book club edition. Includes Doyle, Freeman, Chesterton, Bailey, Crofts, Christe, Sayers, Knox, Marsh, Crispin, Carr, Keating, Rendell et al. … More...

NY & Oxford: Oxford, 1990. Fine in dj. Book club edition. Includes Doyle, Freeman, Chesterton, Bailey, Crofts, Christe, Sayers, Knox, Marsh, Crispin, Carr, Keating, Rendell et al. over 550+ pages with 33 stories, introduction and notes. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine., Oxford, 1990, 5<