ROGUES' GALLERY: THE GREAT CRIMINALS OF MODERN FICTION
by Queen, Ellery (pseud. of Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee); Christie, Agatha, Dashiell Hammett, and John Dickson Carr, et al. (contributors)
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1947. First U.K. Edition. An anthology of 'crook' stories centered around the successful criminal - not the detective. "It proves that crime, in the right hands, does pay and pay well. Here is the complete criminal and an inside picture of the detective's adversary" (from the front flap). Contains contributions by Dashiell Hammett ("Ruffian's Wife"), Agatha Christie ("Accident"), Dorothy Sayers ("Blood Sacrifice"), John Dickson Carr ("Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer"), Frederick Brown, Leslie Charteris, R. Austin Freeman, William Hope Hodgson, T.S. Stribling, Maurice Leblanc, and others. First Impression. Octavo (19.25cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-607,[1]pp. Subtle offsetting to endpapers, touch of dust-soil to upper board edges, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 10s.6d. net), gently spine-sunned, with light dust-soil to rear panel, and a few tiny tears at crown; Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7032
- Title
- ROGUES' GALLERY: THE GREAT CRIMINALS OF MODERN FICTION
- Author
- Queen, Ellery (pseud. of Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee); Christie, Agatha, Dashiell Hammett, and John Dickson Carr, et al. (contributors)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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