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University Estension University of California, San Diego, 1976. Hardcover. Good unclipped dust jacket. Pages clean, binding tight.
The Mystery Story by Ball, John - 1976
by Ball, John
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The Mystery Story
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Del Mar, CA, U.S.A.: Publishers, Incorporated, 1976. Looks into every facet of the mystery story - its origins, history, categories, authors, characters, and noteworthy titles - in seventeen original chapters by world-renowned authors and critics. Stories include: Gothic Mysteries by Phyllis A. Whitney; Women in Detective Fiction by Michele Slung; The Spy in Fact and Fiction by Michael Gilbert; The Mystery Story in Cultural Perspective by Aaron Marc Stein; The Mystery Versus the Novel; and The Police Procedural by Hillary Waugh; Locked Rooms and Puzzles: A Critical Memoir by Donald A. Yates; Death Rays Demons and Worms Unknown to Science; and The Literature of the Subject: An Annotated Bibliography by Robert E. Briney; And Why Do We Read This Stuff by E. T. Guymon Jr.; Patterns in Mystery Fiction: The Durable Series Character by Allen J. Hubin; Name Games: Mystery Writers and Their Pseudonyms by Francis M. Nevins Jr.; The Amateur Detectives; and The Great Crooks by Otto Penzler; The Private Eye by James Sandoe; Murder at Large; and The Ethnic Detective by John Ball. 390 pp. including Bibliography. Book is Fine. DJ glossy. Some rubbing?/smudges? otherwise VG. A Publication of Univ Extension University of CA, San Diego.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Mystery.
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- ISBN 10 0891630198
- ISBN 13 9780891630197
- Publisher Publishers, Incorporated
- Place of Publication Del Mar, CA, U.S.A.
- Date Published 1976
- Keywords DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES HISTORY CRITICISM LITERARY,Phyllis A. Whitney; Michele Slung; Michael Gilbert; Aaron Marc Stein; Hillary Waugh; Donald A. Yates; Robert E. Briney; E. T. Guymon Jr.; Allen J. Hubin; Francis M. Nevins Jr.; Otto Penzler; James Sando
- Size Size: Approx. 6" x 9"
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San Diego: The University of California Press, 1976 Ex-Library. Very Good -. Hardcover. Third Printing. Normal wear; many library marks; a reference copy..
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San Diego, CA: University Extension, University of California. book is in very good condition with a very good jacket. former owners name to ffp, along with printed insert (attached). another printed insert to first title page. light shelf wear. tight and square binding. tape ghosts to DJ. . Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 1976.
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by John Ball
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A near fine book with light dust soiling to the page edges, in a very good dust jacket with light wear, tiny edge tears at the foot of the spine. See Photoswh 44
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The Mystery Story
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University of California/Publishers, Inc., 1976. 3d . Cloth. Good/Poor. (3d) Larger, sturdy book, light brown cloth with dark brown illustration of noose at front right, water stain at bottom front right to outside cover, brown color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 390 pages, essays and photos of Otto Penzler, James Sandoe, Hillary Waugh, Michael Gilbert and others. DJ glossy black, list of contributors in red on front, thin red line design to all sides. DJ has nicks and tiny tears to all edges. Poor DJ/Near Good book.
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The Mystery Story
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Univ. California, San Diego, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrated. Extensive bibliography. Dust jacket mildly edge worn. JA4A Size: Octavo (standard book size). 390 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Crime Fiction; Books for Writers. ISBN: 0891630198. ISBN/EAN: 9780891630197. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 5139. . 9780891630197
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San Diego: University of California / Publisher's Incorporated, 1976. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. 390pp. Illustrated. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped and rubbed, near fine, lacking the dust jacket. UCSD Extension Mystery Library. Contributions by Robert E. Briney, Michael Gilbert, Allen J. Hubin, Francis M. Nevins Jr, Otto Penzler, Michele Slung, Hillary Waugh, Phyllis A. Whitney and more.
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