GREAT SHORT STORIES OF DETECTION, MYSTERY AND HORROR
$2,250 · Offered by L. W. Currey
First edition
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1928. Octavo, pp. 1-5 6-8 9 10-1229 1230: blank 1231: appendix 1232: blank , original black cloth, spine panel stamped in orange. First edition, first printing. A 1231-page anthology collecting sixty-six stories. Gigantic, very well chosen collection of stories dealing with crime and the supernatural. An excellent historical introduction on the evolution of the detective story. -
- Printing: first
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