The Door to Doom and Other Detections

Carr, John Dickson; Douglas G. Green [Editor/Introduction]

ISBN 10: 0241105358 / ISBN 13: 9780241105351

Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1981

About this Item

First UK Edition. Hamish Hamilton, 1981; "First published." stated, no additional printings indicated; 352pp. Inscribed/signed by editor Douglas Greene on front end page. Previously unpublished and/or uncollected stories, essays and radio plays, as well as a comprehensive bibliography which includes Carr's work under pen names. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of red cloth boards, gilt titling remains bright and bold; text very good. Very minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Seller Inventory # 315284

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Door to Doom and Other Detections
• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241105358
• ISBN 13: 9780241105351
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Editor
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery/Horror/True Crime

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Synopsis

"For subtlety, ingenuity and atmosphere, he was one of the three or four best detective-story writers since Poe that the English language has known." In this tribute to John Dickson Carr, Edmund Crispin summarized the accomplishments of one of the greatest of all grand masters of the detective story.....