A Catalogue of Crime by BARZUN, Jacques and Wendell Hertig Taylor - 1971

New York: HARPER & ROW PUB. Good. 1971 VERSO. first edition". HARDCOVER. 6x8". GOOD CONDITION, generally clean, solid copy..scattered minnor distractions. Presentable Spine end, points, edges; gold spine titles ton brick red orange cloth hard covers. Endpapers contain "A TENTATIVE TAXONOMY OF THE pHYLUM dETECTIVE (Mystery Story) on rich vanella paper. ; 831pg thickpg pages; Principles, Research, writing. Indexed. Unclipt DJ has 2" tear to back spine fold...else Nice. .

New York: Harper and Bro.. Very Good. (1971). Hardcover. Second Impression Corrected. 831 pages. Brown cloth covers with gilt printing to the spine. Previous owner signed at the half title page. Otherwise, Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. .

NY: Harper & Row, nd (1989). Black cloth. Light water damage to rear cover (and inside of dj), also rippling last 200 pages else clean tight copy nice dj missing both top fore corners. 8vo. 1st edition so stated.

New York: Harper and Row, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Revised and enlarged edition.Large octavo. 952pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Wonderful detective fiction reference.

Harper & Row, 1989. hard cover. good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good, hard cover book with dust jacket, 952 pages, sm4to.

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st edition stated. Hardback in brick cloth boards, in yellow illus jacket.. Fine unmarked, in VG+ unclipped bright jacket.. Almost 3500 listings of detective & crime stories, each briefly described, a classic connoisseurs guide. Bright tight clean crisp copy of HB 1st in bright jacket. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2, 831 pp, index, yellow text endpapers.

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. Revised. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing of this revised and enlarged edtion. 952 pages, index.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1989. Brand New in a Brand New dust jacket. PERFECT condition. NOT price clipped ($50.00). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing. NO fading. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. An invaluable, comprehensive guide to novels and short stories of detection, crime, mystery, espionage; studies, bibliographies and histories of the genre, lives of authors; the literature of Sherlock Holmes; true crime, trials, criminology, cryptography and related works. 5,045 annotated entries. Lists the publisher and date of each 1st edition. Perceptive, witty and trenchant comments on each book's author, content and characters. Sometimes called the "Bible of the Mystery Field." Frequently cited (as COC) in mystery catalogues. (Those who have the 1971 edition or… Read More

N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition thus, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Over 3400+ entries reviewing the mystery genre.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.