Great Short Stories of Detection Mystery and Horror by Editor Sayers Dorothy L (10 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Thirteenth Impression. Gift inscription; Paperclip mark on outer margin at front.

1959, 17th impression. (Hardcover) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 619pp. The dust jacket is lightly soiled along the spine with minor edgewear and two small closed tears to the front panel. Second volume of a 2-volume set. Vol. 2 Mystery and Horror Great Short Stories of Detection. (Mystery, Detective Fiction, Horror, Mysteries).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. A 25mm tear at tail of rear joint. Some foxing. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on title page. ; 11th impression (first edition of the two-volume form) July 1939. This is volume two only of a collection of stories that was originally published in single volume in 1928, and reprinted as a single volume up to the tenth impression of 1937. 619, [1 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 121mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback/Hardcover. Clean copy in good condition. FIFTHTEEN IMPRESSION. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Dorothy L. Sayers(Editor) (illustrator). Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror : Third Series (4th, 1949) A firm square copy with bright orange lettering to spine and clean black cloth binding. A tiny ding to cover edge. Publisher's "Archive Copy" stamp to title page. Evenly tanned page edges. Some sunning to the jacket spine and edges, and some rubbing to the edges. Brodart cover. Publisher's File Copy. Fourth impression February 1949. Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Dorothy L. Sayers(Editor) (illustrator). Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror edited by Sayers A firm square copy. Minor offset tanning to endpapers. Owner's name to front free endpaper. Not price-clipped. A bright facsimile jacket. Title page dated 1928. First impression [April] 1928. Introduction by the editor Dorothy L. Sayers. BOOK.

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-8 [9] 10-1229 [1230: blank] [1231: appendix] [1232: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in orange. First edition, first printing. A 1231-page anthology collecting sixty-six stories. "Gigantic, very well chosen collection of stories dealing with crime and the supernatural. An excellent historical introduction on the evolution of the detective story." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1443. "Splendid anthology . Sayers's introduction has become a classic in its own right, being the best short sketch of a general nature on the subject of mystery-detective fiction." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-85. "A cornerstone volume ." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2778. This Gollancz edition includes four more stories than its American counterpart published in 1929 by Payson and Clarke Ltd as THE OMNIBUS OF CRIME. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket (several short closed tears at edges) printed on red paper stock priced 8/6 on the spine panel. A lovely copy. (#164618).

First edition, first printing. Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-8 [9] 10-1229 [1230: blank] [1231: appendix] [1232: blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in orange. A 1231-page anthology collecting sixty-six stories. "Gigantic, very well chosen collection of stories dealing with crime and the supernatural. An excellent historical introduction on the evolution of the detective story." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1443. "Splendid anthology . Sayers's introduction has become a classic in its own right, being the best short sketch of a general nature on the subject of mystery-detective fiction." - Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-85. "A cornerstone volume ." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2778. This Gollancz edition includes four more stories than its American counterpart published in 1929 by Payson and Clarke Ltd as THE OMNIBUS OF CRIME. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends with a small sliver chip at upper left spine panel, several small damp stains-two to front panel and one to spine panel, printed on red paper stock priced 8/6 on the spine panel. Scarce in jacket. (28407).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket. Cloth spine slightly dulled; jacket chipped at spine ends and corners, spine slightly tanned. The second (of three) anthologies of genre stories presided over by Lord Peter Wimsey creator Dorothy L. Sayers. Uncommon in jacket.