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Little wear. Pages are clean, tight and intact. Some pencil notes have been made on the table of contents pages and there is an inscription inside the front cover. Some of these are stand alone short stories, such as The Ransom of Red Chief by O. Henry, while others appear to be excerpts from larger works, such as Lewis Carroll's A Mad Tea Party. Some are international selections from Europe and Asia. Other authors include Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ray Bradbury, James Thurber, Geoffrey Household, Oscar Wilde, Carl Sandburg, Isaac Asimov, Eleanor Estes, Rudyard Kipling, Washington Irving, and many more. Most of the stories have some illustrations. This book will ship at about three pounds. Excess shipping costs are included in the list price.
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70 Favorite Stories for Young Readers
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Act of Violence; The Senator Must Die; Baker's Gold
by Yorke, Margaret; Koch, Edward I. and Wendy Corsi Staub; Cohn, R. J.
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Margaret Yorke: Yorke wrote 43 mystery novels, published between 1957 and 2001. These included the five novel Patrick Grant series. Yorke died in 2012.Edward I. Koch and Wendy Corsi Staub: Well known former New York City Congressperson and mayor, Koch has dabbled in writing since he retired from politics. He has penned seven nonfiction works, two children's books and four mysteries, all of which he wrote with an established mystery writer. Three of his mysteries feature himself as the sleuth, and three have been written with the collaboration of Wendy Corsi Staub, a writer of over fifty novels in her won right. This…
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Admit to Murder; In-Laws and Outlaws; The Serpent Amongst the Lilies
by Yorke, Margaret; Paul, Barbara; Doherty, P. C.
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Margaret Yorke: Yorke wrote 43 mystery novels, published between 1957 and 2001. These included the five novel Patrick Grant series. Yorke died in 2012. This is a stand alone novel.Barbara Paul:
Barbara Paul is an American writer of mystery and science fiction. She created two series, the longest of which was the Marian Larch series with seven books. She has published a total of 31 novels and short story collections, as well as contributing to at least that many anthologies as well. This is one of her stand alone novels. P. C. Doherty:
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The Aluminum Hatch; In the Time of the Poisoned Queen; Death by Accident
by Weber, Ronald; Dukthas, Ann; Crider, Bill
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Ronald Weber: (The book shows the author's name as Robert, but it is actually Ronald.) Weber is a professor emeritus in American Studies at Notre Dame. Along with writing at least seven non-fiction works, many articles, some short fiction, and editing three professional journals, he also found time between classes to compose five novels, three of which are in his "fly-fishing" series. This is the first fly-fishing mystery.Ann Dukthas:
A pen name of P. C. Doherty.
Some writers find one muse and stick to it. Sue Grafton wrote about little else than her Kinsey Milhone character.… Read More
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An Arcadian Death; The Dead of Winter; Dancing in the Dark
by Jeffries, Roderic; Gosling, Paula; Kaminsky, Stuart
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Roderic Jeffries: Jeffries published under his own name as well as four other pen names. A British mystery writer, Jeffries has published over 150 novels, including five detective series. The longest is the Inspector Alvarez series, involving 37 novels. Now in his nineties, Jeffries last published a novel in 2013. This is the nineteenth Inspector Alvarez novel. Paula Gosling:
Gosling is an American expat in England. She has published seventeen novels, ten of which are in three short series. Born in 1939, she began publishing in 1974. This is the third of five in Gosling's Blackwater… Read More
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An Artistic Way to Go; A Show of Hands; Sink or Swim
by Jeffries, Roderic; Crossman, David; Hammond, Gerald
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Roderic Jeffries: Jeffries published under his own name as well as four other pen names. A British mystery writer, Jeffries has published over 150 novels, including five detective series. The longest is the Inspector Alvarez series, involving 37 novels. Now in his nineties, Jeffries last published a novel in 2013. This is number twenty inthe Alvarez series.David Crossman:
A mystery writer, musician with seven albums, and artist. As a writer, Crossman has published 14 novels, ten of which are in three short series. A Maine native, he and his family now reside in Nashville, TN. This… Read More
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Asking Questions; Murder on the Flying Scotsman; Simon Said
by Keating, H. R. F.; Dunn, Carola; Shaber, Sarah R.
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form.A little about our authors:H. R. F. Keating: British detective writer of 55 novels, including the Inspector Ghote series (26) and the Harriot Marten series (7). This is the twenty second Inspector Ghote novel.Carola Dunn
Dunn is an English-born American writer of romance and mystery novels. Her Daisy Dalrymple series of mysteries consists of 23 novels categorized as "cozy mysteries". She has also written a number of shorter series and a total of over 60 novels. Dunn currently makes her home in Oregon. This is the fourth Daisy Dalrymple novel.Sarah R. Shaber:
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Autumn Maze; Almost the Truth; Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembly
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Autumn Maze is the eleventh Scobie Malone novel.Margaret Yorke:
Yorke wrote 43 mystery novels, published between 1957 and 2001. These included the five novel Patrick Grant series. Yorke died in 2012. Almost the Truth is one of her many stand alone novels.M. C. Beaton:
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The Bad Samaritan; Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm; Flowers for His Funeral
by Barnard, Robert; Chesbro, George; Granger, Ann
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Chesbro wrote more than 25 novels and almost 100 short stories. His best known sleuth was Robert "Mongo the Magnificent" Fredrickson, often aided by his brother Garth. Mongo was his stage name in the circus, where he was an acrobat. Mongo also… Read More
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The Bad-News Man; The Crossfire Killings; Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleaned Up
by McMullen, Mary; Knox, Bill; Keating, H. R. F.
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Knox wrote under his own name and three pen names. He wrote two detective series under his own name, the Thane and Moss series (25 books) and the Webb Carrick series (15). There were three other series which he published under the name of Robert MacLeod, totaling another 22 books. He also wrote 12 stand alone novels. Knox died in 1999. This is the… Read More
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Banker; Murder in High Places; The Terrible Tide
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Dick Francis: Dick Francis is well known for mystery novels set in the world of horse racing. Using few recurring characters, Francis' 43 novels stand alone as masterpieces of investigative fiction. Francis passed away in 2010. Hugh Pentecost:
A pen name of Judson Philips, a man of many detectives. Under both names, Philips published over 100 books, most of which were in one of eight different series. The largest series featured Pierre Chambrun with 23 books. In spite of all these series, almost a quarter of his books were stand-alone novels. This is the eighteenth Pierre Chambrun… Read More
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The Bayou Road; Salvage Job; Keeper of the Children
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Due to a small collections of stains on the cover, this edition from the DBC is being offered at a small discount.The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Mignon G. Eberhart:
American writer of mysteries, suspense and romance, Eberhart had one series, featuring sleuth Sarah Keate, with a total of seven books published between 1929 and 1954. She also wrote 53 non-series novels, the last published in 1988, when she was 89 years old. Eberhart died in 1996. Michael Kirk:
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Knox wrote under his own name and three pen names. He wrote two detective series under his own name, the Thane and Moss series (25… Read More
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Be Buried in the Rain; Singapore; Gideon's Law
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Barbara Michaels: This is another pseudonym used by Barbara Mertz, better known as Elizabeth Peters. As Michaels, she is known for Gothic and supernatural thrillers. Mertz wrote 29 novels as Michaels, 39 as Peters, and one nonfiction book under her real name. Mertz died in 2013. John Ball:
Ball was best known for writing a series featuring Virgil Tibbs, beginning with "In the Heat of the Night". There were seven novels in that series, plus three more featuring Jack Tallon, and nine stand-alone novels. Ball also worked as a broadcaster, daily columnist, science writer, and music… Read More
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Bennett Cerf's Bumper Crop of Anecdotes and Stories, Mostly Humorous, About the Famous and Near Famous: Volume one
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No dust jacket. Volume one of a two volume anthology of Bennett Cerf's five best selling books of humor. This volume consists of the books The Life of the Party and Try and Stop Me. No date is given for this anthology, but the more recent book was copyrighted in 1956. Inscription inside front cover. Little wear, some yellowing from age. All pages clean, tight and intact. 733 deckle-edged pages.
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The Best American Mystery Stories: 2005
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Trade paperback. Very little wear. 324 pages are clean, tight and intact. 20 mystery stories from 20 mystery authors.
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The Best American Mystery Stories: 2004
by DeMille, Nelson, Ed.
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Trade paperback. Small amount of shelf wear along the bottom edge, no spine creases. 432 pages are clean, tight and bright. Twenty stories by twenty authors, including one of my favorites, Stephen King (not that I'm used to his stories being in the mystery category).
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The Best American Mystery Stories: 2006
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Little wear, no spine creases. 358 pages are clean, tight and unmarked. Pages 331-336 are wrinkled a bit, although I can't say why. Doesn't impact readability. Twenty one stories from twenty one authors, including one of my favorites, the late Elmore Leonard.
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Better Off Dead; Memory Boy; The Vatican Rip
by McMullen, Mary; Canning, Victor; Gash, Jonathan
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This book is being offered at a 30% discount because there are two weak spots where the binding could fail if not handled carefully. The first is between pages 116 and 117 in the first story and the second is at pages 156-57 on the third story.The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Mary McMullen Part of a family of mystery writers, McMillen wrote 19 mystery novels without ever resorting to a series formula. Her mother was Helen Reilly and her sister was Ursula Curliss. McMullen died in 1986.Victor Canning:
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The Blond Baboon; Scared to Death; Death After Breakafst
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Janwillem van de Wetering: A Dutch writer who wrote both in Dutch and English, van de Wetering was the author of 16 mysteries, four nonfiction books, three children's books and one collection of shorts. His mysteries were all in the Grijpstra - de Gier series, taking place in or near Amsterdam. Van de Wetering died in 2008. This is the sixth novel in the series.Anne Morice: Morice wrote 25 mysteries, 23 in her Tessa Crichton series, and two in her Tubby Wiseman series, which ended with her death in 1989. This is the eleventh Tessa Critchton novel.Hugh Pentecost:
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Bolt; A Question of Principle; The Cape Murders
by Francis, Dick; Ashford, Jeffrey; Weeks, Dolores
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The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Dick Francis: Dick Francis is well known for mystery novels set in the world of horse racing. Using few recurring characters, Francis' 43 novels stand alone as masterpieces of investigative fiction. Francis passed away in 2010. Jeffrey Ashford:
A pseudonym of Roderic Jeffries.
Jeffries has published under his own name as well as four other pen names. A British mystery writer, Jeffries has published over 150 novels, including five detective series. The longest is the Inspector Alvarez series, involving 37 novels. Now in his nineties, Jeffries last published a novel in 2013.Dolores… Read More
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