Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books
Keating, H. R. F.
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Synopsis: Traces the growth of the mystery genre and selects what he considers to be the top one hundred, giving a perceptive and informative account of each
From the Back Cover: H.R.F.Keating, well-known as a crime writer himself and critic for The Times, has done crime and mystery fans a great service in creating this book, his choice of the hundred best of the genre.
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Title: Crime and Mystery: The 100 Best Books
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishing
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. 1st Printing of the 1987 C&G 1st US Edition, with foreword by Patricia Highsmith and copy of article listing "Penzler's Picks" taped to ffep. Book is straight, square, securely bound (NOTE: binding for this Book is glued; has been carefully handled) and, except for residue appearing to be from removal of prior price sticker from ffep and small (1/16") stain on margin of foreword p4, free from other blemishes and markings. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket (still showing original USD $15.95 price) are clean and bright (except for faint tinge of DJ age toning), with sharp corners, straight headbands and tails, crisply legible lettering and clearly distinct artwork, design and Author photo. Seller Inventory # 002824
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 219 pages; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English--Bibliography. Detective and mystery stories, American--Bibliography. Best books--English-speaking countries. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 79061
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Foreword by Patricia Highsmith. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 21886
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages are toned due to age. Seller Inventory # ABE-1710528486525
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Book Description First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 219 pages; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, English--Bibliography. Detective and mystery stories, American--Bibliography. Best books--English-speaking countries. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 79061
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Carroll & Graf ed. ; 219 pp., 22 cm. ; ISBN: 0881843458 ; LCCN: 87-17377 ; OCLC: 16085033 ; blue cloth in dustjacket ; "H.R.F Keating, author of The Perfect Murder and mystery reviewer for teh Times of London, offers a concise commentary on the finest mystery books ever written. From Poe's tales of mystery and imagination to P.D. James's A Taste for Death, Keating delivers a highly-readable evaluation of the 100 authors and their masterpieces." ; H. R. F. Keating was born in St. Leonards-on-Sea on October 31, 1926. He attended Merchant Taylor's School in London, England and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. He worked for The Times (London) as the crime books reviewer for fifteen years. He has written both fiction and nonfiction works, but is best known for his Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID series. ; ex-library, stamps, labels ; tear on back end paper and dustjacket, else VG/G. Book. Seller Inventory # 2513
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Carroll & Graf. HARDCOVER. 1987. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in black with gold titles in white pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. With a Foreword by Patricia Highsmith. Seller Inventory # 003117
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Book Description Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Faint foxing along text block edges. ; 0 X 0 X 0 inches; 219 pages. Seller Inventory # 178026
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