Edited Commentary Howard Haycraft (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Nearly fine in blue cloth; in a near fine modestly shelf worn and age-toned dust jacket with minor chipping to the front flap fold. Original $5.00 price still intact to the front flap. This classic collection of critical essays on crime-mystery-detective stories still retains the "Note To The Reader" insert as well as the publisher's "Information Please" card laid in. Includes essays by Chesterton, R. Austin Freeman, Sayers, Starrett, Raymond Chandler, Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Hammett, and many others. Tall thick octavo. 545 pages.…

First edition of this monumental collection of essays by and about mystery writers and various elements of the genre. With a special page noting that this special edition is limited to 12 copies. Signed on the title page by Haycraft. The front endpaper is signed by Veronica Parker Johns (1907-1988), a popular Golden Age mystery writer. The prospectus is laid in. With two Sherlockian articles by Rex Stout and Vincent Starrett. Front and rear hinges just starting else a near fine copy in dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends. The first collection in book form of the critical writings about the mystery-crime-detective story. Prior to this publication the best of these articles had appeared only in magazines or in obscure collections. A remarkable copy of this important book, which is very scarce in dust jacket. …