Sandoe James Editor (4 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Second Printing. Spine creased, slightly slanted, a little edge wear and rubbing, some tanning. A nice copy. ; Compiled by and with an introduction by James Sandoe. ; Lord Peter Wimsey; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 487 pages; " All of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories are here in a single volume, including the one about Harriet, Peter, and their three sons! . " This edition contains the essay 'Sayers, Lord Peter, and God' by Carolyn Heilbrun and E. C. Bentley's parody 'Greedy Night.' ". Illustrated by Michal, Marie (Cover) (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Seventh Printing. Spine slightly slanted, slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Compiled by and with an introduction by James Sandoe. ; Lord Peter Wimsey; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 487 pages; " All of the Lord Peter Wimsey stories are here in a single volume, including the one about Harriet, Peter, and their three sons! . " This edition contains the essay 'Sayers, Lord Peter, and God' by Carolyn Heilbrun and E. C. Bentley's parody 'Greedy Night.' ". Illustrated by Michal, Marie (Cover) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A fascinating overview of the mystery story - its origins, history, categories, authors, characters, and noteworthy titles, 390 pages. Lower corners and spine heel rubbed. Jacket rubbed with light wear at the edges, in Brodart. Inscribed to Marvin Lachman and signed at their contributions by Ball, Gilbert, Hubin, Nevins, Penzler, Waugh, Yates, and Stein (who also signed as his pseudonyms George Bagby and Hampton Stone.). Inscribed By the Author. …

First Edition. From the Library of Chief Justice of Hong Kong and Brunei, Geoffrey G. Briggs Sandoe, James (editor). Murder: Plain & Fanciful With Some Milder Malefactions. New York: Sheridan House, [1948]. First edition. xii, 628 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with sunned spine. Fading to outer edges of covers. Bookseller's ticket "Clifford Elmer Books" to front pastedown. Small stain to pages 423 through 436, otherwise internally clean. $65. * An immense and masterfully curated crime anthology assembled by prominent mystery bibliographer James Sandoe. The volume brings together a diverse array of true crime accounts, landmark legal essays, and classic criminal fiction, offering a comprehensive look at both real-world jurisprudence and literary depictions of homicide Features a bookplate of Geoffrey G. Briggs to front free endpaper. Sir Geoffrey Briggs [1914-1993], is an English lawyer and judge who served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong and Brunei. Established in 1978, Clifford Elmer Books at 8 Balmoral Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, was owned and run by Clifford Elmer and Marie Elmer. Their business dissolved in 2013. One of their chief specialties was criminology.…