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London: Victor Gollancz, 1947. Gift inscription; Paperclip mark on outer margin at front.. Thirteenth Impression. Original Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror. Part I. Detection and Mystery
by Sayers, Dorothy L., Editor
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Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and Horror
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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First Edition, first printing published in 1928 by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London. An extremely scarce and important early anthology in which not only has Dorothy L Sayers curated an incredible group of influential and celebrated authors of the period but also a collection of genre defining short stories. Her introduction is of huge importance in its own right with an important piece written on Sherlock Holmes and the detective novel. With stories by Ernest , Oliver Onions, Le Fanu, Conan Doyle, Chesterton, Huxley, M R James, J D Beresford, Arthur Machen, E F and R H Benson, H G Wells and others. Book: Vg, Stocky book blocking at 1229pp, original black boards with brown titles, boards are very clean and deep in colour, spine entirely unfaded, titles fresh, square corners, small stain to lower corner of text block not effecting pages, gift inscription to ffep, otherwise the pages are clean and tightly bound. The wrapper: Vg. The impossibly scarce dustwrapper has undergone professional restoration. It was…
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GREAT SHORT STORIES OF DETECTION, MYSTERY AND HORROR
by Sayers, Dorothy L. (editor)
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1928. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends with a small sliver chip at upper left spine panel, several small damp stains-two to front panel and one to spine panel, printed on red paper stock priced 8/6 on the spine panel. Scarce in jacket. (28407). Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-8 [9] 10-1229 [1230: blank] [1231: appendix] [1232: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in orange. 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." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1443. "Splendid anthology ... Sayers's introduction has become a classic in its own right, being the best short sketch of a general nature on the subject of mystery-detective fiction." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-85. "A cornerstone volume ..." - Barzun and Taylor, A…
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