14 Great Detective Stories (Modern Library No. 144, circa 1942-44)

Vincent Starrett; Edgar Allan Poe, A, Conan Doyle, G.K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, R. Austin Freeman, Ernest Bramah, Richard Harding Davis, Melville Davisson Post, Robert Barr, Baroness Orczy, Jaques Futrelle, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg,Owen Johnson

Published by Modern Library, New York, 1928

About this Item

Modern Library No. 144., Rare, Reprint First Thus Edition, First Printing from roughly 1942 to 1944 due to the price of the "Giant Editions" on the back dj cover being $1.45. True hardback, not one of the earlier decaying leatherette softcovers. Probably the first real hardback. Slight musty odor. Mottling on book covers. Book has straight stiff spine, pointed tips, no leans or dings. Blue boards and top stain.Vincent Starrett does the introduction in this edition and that was also changed in the 1949 edition. Original aqua and black dust jacket with picture is not price clipped (.95) and has Modern Library catalog listed on the back. Earlier jackets were brown with no picture, just lists of authors. This jacket has no lists on the front cover. The later 1949 jacket reintroduced the lists. General overall wear with slight crumple and loss at spine ends, tips and most edges. Looks spiffy in new plastic cover protector. Seller Inventory # 001111

Bibliographic Details

Title: 14 Great Detective Stories (Modern Library ...

Publisher: Modern Library, New York

Publication Date: 1928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Not Signed

Edition: Reprint 1st Thus