Murder For Pleasure, the Life and Times Of the Detective Story

NY: Biblio and Tannen, 1974. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Biblio & Tannen. HARDCOVER. 1974. FIRST PRINTING of Newly Enlarged Edition. SIGNED By Half. AS NEW, bound in mulberry cloth with silver titles in black and red printed dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, dust jacket NOT clipped. … Read more about this item

1942. Peter Davies, London. 1942. First Editon. Hardback. No DW. Brick red library binding. Illustrated. Ex-library copy with remains of labels to prelims. number to spine, and small stamps to title page and copyright page. Boards a little soiled o/w a a good copy.

New York: D. Appleton - Century Company, 1941. Very Good condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. 1941. Second printing of the First Edition with Appleton's "2" at the end of the final page. Illustrated with 56 photos on 18 plates. This reference is frequently cited… Read more about this item

1942. Peter Davies, London. 1942. First Edition. Hardback with DW. Frontis + illustrations. xxvii, 347 pages. Boards are sunned along bottom margins, slightly worn at extremities, and top corner of front board slightly creased. Pencil annotations to page margins and rear endpaper, the pages are very slightly browned o/w contents clean and sound. The wrapper is worn and slightly… Read more about this item

London: Peter Davies, 1942.. 8vo.. xxviii+348pp. B/w illustrations. Original cloth, a very good copy. . First edition.

1941. HAYCRAFT, Howard. Murder for Pleasure, the Life and Times of the Detective Story. Original cloth; d/j. Illustrated. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1941. First edition. A very good copy.

NY: D APPLETON CO, 1941. 3RD PRINTING. . Hardcover. Near Fine/NoNE. PHOTOS. SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT SMALL PREVIOUS OWNER SIGNATURE PRIVATELY OWNED DATE ON TITLE PAGE MATCHES DATE ON COPYRIGHT PAGE THERE IS A SMALL 3 ON LAST PAGE OF INDEX DENOTED 3RD PRINTING VERY BRIGHT UNMARKED TEXTBLOCK BOUND IN RED WITH COMPLETE GOLD LETTERING LIGHT WEAR TO… Read more about this item