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MURDEROUS SCHEMES: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories
by Edited by Donald E. Westlake, with J. Madison Davis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0195103211
- ISBN 13
- 9780195103212
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Inc, 1996. 519pp. Small b/white story header illustrations. Book clean, square. Black quarter-cloth spine firm, mauve titles there-on. Plain grey boards undamaged. Leaves clean, several very faint foxing spots to foredge. Art-illustrated dustjacket very good. From the jacket flap: "In 'Murderous Schemes', renowned mystery writer Donald E. Westlake and J. Madison Davis (International Association of Crime Writers) offer an illuminating look at eight mystery conventions, illustrating each with four short stories written by some of the masters of the form. The resulting collection of thirty two tales spans a hundred and fifty years of crime fiction and includes virtually every style imaginable, from the hard-boiled detective story to the cosy armchair mystery." Includes stories by Edgard Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Raymond Chandler, Ellery Queen, Dorothy L. Sayers, Rex Stout, Chester Hines, Edward D. Hoch, Lawrence Block, Fredric Brown, and Peter Lovesey to name a few. Book weight approx. 775g. *Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.5cm).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014647
- Title
- MURDEROUS SCHEMES: An Anthology of Classic Detective Stories
- Author
- Edited by Donald E. Westlake, with J. Madison Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195103211
- ISBN 13
- 9780195103212
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.5cm)
- Keywords
- Detective and Mystery Stories, American, English, Donald E. Westlake
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction- Crime; Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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Korumburra, Victoria
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