Mortal Consequences A History -- from the Detective Story to the Crime Novel by Symons, Julian - 1972

Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harper & Row Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harper & Row, January 1972. Hardcover. Good.

Harper & Row Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First American Edition . Cloth & Boards. Good/No Dust Jacket. (10)269pp. Indexed. Backstrip dull and book is slightly cocked.

Harper & Row, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pages unmarked. Dust jacket moderately worn. Binding square & firm..

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First American Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. (10)269pp. Indexed. Very nice condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Harper & Row, 1972. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), faded at the spine, lightly soiled, bumped with some tears and chips at the edges. Quarter black cloth with beige cloth on the boards, rubbed at the edges and corners. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, foxed at the edges, former owner's name blacked out on the front endpaper. Symons' historical literary criticism that traces the development of the mystery and suspense genre from Wilkie Collins and Edgar Allan Poe to the authors of the day.

New York. 1972. March 1972. Harper & Row. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket . 0060141875. 269 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by One Plus One Studio. keywords: Mystery Literary Criticism . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Ross Macdonald says: ‘Julian Symons, the distinguished English crime novelist and critic, has given us the best history of the detective story and crime novel yet written. I found it wonderfully good reading!' CONTENTS: What They Are and Why We Read Them; The Two Strands: Godwin, Vidocq, Poe; Dickens, Collins, Gaboriau; the Pattern Forms; Interregnum; The Case of Sherlock Holmes; The Short Story: The First Golden Age; The Rise of the Novel; The Golden Age: The Twenties; The Golden Age: The Thirties; The Golden Age: Rebellion; Simenon and Maigret; Mr. Queen, Will You Be Good Enough to Explain Your Famous Character's Sex Life, If Any?; The Short Story's Mutations; Crime Novel and Police Novel; Big Producers and Big Sellers, Curiosities and Singletons;… Read More