An anthology of outstanding detective stories by masters of the genre. Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, G. K. Chesterton and 10 other authors have been chosen for this edition, which follows an earlier Modern Library collection. Edited and with an introduction by Howard Haycraft. Edited and with an introduction by Howard Haycraft. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / faded black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 383 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1958 (though 1949 date appears in book). ML #144.2. --- With slight soiling to textblock edge & with rectangular white card pasted to verso of ffep, otherwise a stable, tightly-bound and unmarked copy lacking damages worthy of mention. Unclipped dust jacket with sticker atop flap price, sunning to spine and light chipping to edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xiv, 464, (2, ads) pages
Title: Fourteen Great Detective Stories: Revised Edition (Modern Library #144.2)
Location Published: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1958]
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Categories: >>Classic Fiction, Literature, >>Modern Library Editions
Stock No.: 87334
