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Published by Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1984
ISBN 10: 0413539008ISBN 13: 9780413539007
Seller: Goldstone Books, Llandybie, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Good. All orders are dispatched the following working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we have over 500,000 books in stock. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
Published by New York: Dell Publishing Co, Inc, 1964, 1964
Seller: Bounteous, Buckingham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. 1st Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. First Edition. (SEE PHOTO) "Distinguished tales of detection" November, 1964 (first) paperback edition. Front cover is black with an illustration of a hand holding a pistol against red puzzle pieces. The book is a compendium of short stories by various authors. The book is worn at the edges with creases and a few minor tears but the binding is firm.
Published by Methuen Ltd. London, 1984
ISBN 10: 0413539008ISBN 13: 9780413539007
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1983 hardcover release, originally published as separate serials in 1930-1931 in the U.K. magazine "The Listener", first printing of a near fine softcover with some wear to the extremities, and pages toning. Eight members of the famed 1930s Detection Club corroborate on two mystery stories, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. This paperback edition is quite scarce.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A very smart edition of these two short detective stories from eight great crime writers, appearing for the first time in volume form. Two short detective stories appearing for the first time in volume form together. Written in collaboration by members of the Detection Club in the early thirties for broadcast serialisation. These authors include: Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Clemence Dane, E. C. Bentley, Anthony Berkley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Hugh Walpole, and Ronald Knox. The Scoop takes place in a newspaper officer with the murder of a reporter while investigating a seemingly unrelated murder. Behind the Screen is a more domestic drama of murder within a family. Both are immensely enjoyable whodunits. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.
Published by New York Dodd, Mead 1940, 1940
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. A review copy with the publisherÕs dated notice tipped in at the front endpapers. Near fine bright copy with just a touch of darkening to the cloth at the spine in a lightly handled dust jacket with some dust soiling and small chips and tears. A collection of mystery stories from members of the famous Detection Club in London, including E.C. Bentley, J. Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, G.D.H. and M. Cole, J.J. Connington, Freeman Wills Crofts, Carter Dickson, R. Austin Freeman, Arthur Morrison, the Baroness Orczy, Dorothy L. Sayers, Henry Wade, and Hugh Walpole.