Great Short Stories of Detection Mystery and Horror by Editor Sayers Dorothy L (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Ninth Impression. Covers have some faded patches, Browning of pages,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. The cover is clear of stains and marking. The hinges are in good condition. Photograph available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1930 4th impression, 8vo., 1229pp,appendix, small address label on rear endpaper, very good, black cloth, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1936 2nd impression, 8vo., 1069pp, small address label on rear endpaper, slight foxing, very good, black cloth, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1931 1st edition, 8vo., 1147pp, small address label on rear endpaper, very good, black cloth, no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Twelfth impression. Includes Stories of the Supernatural (Ghosts, Vampires, Witchcraft etc.) and Stories of the Human and Inhuman (Disease, Madness, Cruelty etc.). Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Binding tight with light bumping to corners. Slight sunning to edges. Pages age toned. Previous owners name to front pastedown. Gollancz yellow jacket not clipped (no price) with moderate edgewear with small chipping to spine ends, light edge creasing, spine sunned and spotting to back panel. Not ex-library. 619 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Thirteenth impression. Thirteenth impression, 1947. 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.

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

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.

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).

[Thriller] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.1147; [5]. Publisher's black cloth over boards, red titles to spine. Leaves lightly toned, spotting to a couple. Minor splashing to top margin starting around page 410. Ownership inscription in pencil to flyleaf. Top edge toned. Binding rubbed, with some fraying to joints and extremities. Toning to titles on spine. Very good. Featuring sixty-seven short tales by authors such as Agatha Christie, Wilkie Collins, Algernon Blackwood, and Edgar Allan Poe. Edited and arranged by Dorothy L. Sayers, one of the four queens of crime.

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: 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.

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).

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).