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MURDER FOR PLEASURE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE DETECTIVE STORY by Haycraft, Howard - 1941
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New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1941. (1st Edition). Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. [xx], 409p. Endpapers toned at gutters, cover corners and top and bottom of spine worn, spine has stains and fade spots. At the time of its publication, this book was considered the definitive review of the history of detective and mystery stories. Otto Penzler, the owner of the Mysterious Bookshop called it "the most important single work of fiction-mystery scholarship ever produced," which "remains the most insightful, perceptive and fair-minded book ever written on the subject." 15 b&w plates and frontispiece. (8-1/4"x5-1/2")
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- Keywords Detective Mystery Stories History Criticism Bibliography
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