Maiden Murders: Room Number Twenty-three, The Fifty-Carat Jinx, Bezique of Death, The Little House at Croix-Rousse, The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl, Shoes for Breakfast, Find the Woman, Marksman, Victim No. 5, The Man in the Velvet Hat, The Adventure of the Black Narcissus, And on the Third Day, Too Many Brides, the Fourth Degree, The Second Sight of Dr Sam: Johnson, Old Calamity Tries a Bluff, A Great Whirring of Wings, Thenody, The Adventure of One-Penny Black, and The Specialty of the House

The Mystery Writers of America: Hugh Pentecost, Lawrence G Blochman, Veronica Parker Johns, Georges Simenon, Stuart Palmer, Lawrence Treat, Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald), William Campbell Gault, Harry Stephen Keeler, Jerome and Harold Prince, August Derleth, David Alexander, Ruth Wilson, Jerrome Barry, Lillian de la Torre, Joseph Fulling Fishman, Day Keene, Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White), Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee), and Stanley Ellin

Edité par Harpers & Brothers, New York, NY, 1952

A propos de cet article

A BCE from the early 1950s of a collection of first murder stories by noted mystery writers originally published from the early 1910s through the early 1950s. Contents include Room Number Twenty-three (Hugh Pentecost), The Fifty-Carat Jinx (Lawrence G Blochman), Bezique of Death (Veronica Parker Johns), The Little House at Croix-Rousse (Georges Simenon), The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl (Stuart Palmer), Shoes for Breakfast (Lawrence Treat), Find the Woman (Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald)), Marksman (William Campbell Gault), Victim No. 5 (Harry Stephen Keeler), The Man in the Velvet Hat (Jerome and Harold Prince), The Adventure of the Black Narcissus (August Derleth), And on the Third Day (David Alexander), Too Many Brides (Ruth Wilson), The Fourth Degree (Jerrome Barry), The Second Sight of Dr Sam: Johnson (Lillian de la Torre), Old Calamity Tries a Bluff (Joseph Fulling Fishman), A Great Whirring of Wings (Day Keene), Thenody (Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White)), The Adventure of One-Penny Black (Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)), and The Specialty of the House (Stanley Ellin). Light edge wear with a 1" triangular piece missing from the bottom of the spine. Light fading to the spine. The internals are clean and tight. A very good copy.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Maiden Murders: Room Number Twenty-three, The Fifty-Carat Jinx, Bezique of Death, The Little House at Croix-Rousse, The Riddle of the Dangling Pearl, Shoes for Breakfast, Find the Woman, Marksman, Victim No. 5, The Man in the Velvet Hat, The Adventure of the Black Narcissus, And on the Third Day, Too Many Brides, the Fourth Degree, The Second Sight of Dr Sam: Johnson, Old Calamity Tries a Bluff, A Great Whirring of Wings, Thenody, The Adventure of One-Penny Black, and The Specialty of the House
• Éditeur: Harpers & Brothers, New York, NY
• Date de parution: 1952
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Leo Monso (DJ design)
• Édition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
• Impression: none stated
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good