
101 Years' Entertainment The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (Modern Library G69)
New York: The Modern Library, 1946. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. Item #2325076
1946 first thus, Toledano G069.1, binding/jacket style G5/Gd, $1.95 jacket price, list of 316 titles on verso, blank endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Stain along about 4 inches of jacket base, jacket edges rubbed with a few small chips and tears.
xviii, 995 pp. Edited and with an introduction by Ellery Queen. CONTENTS: The Purloined Letter; The Mystery of Mrs. Dickinson; The Lenton Croft Roberies; The S.S.; The Dublin Mystery; The Problem of Cell 13; The Absent-Minded Coterie; The Red Silk Scarf; The Puzzle Lock; The Secret Garden; The Man Who Spoke Latin; The Doomdorf Mystery; The Sweet Shot; The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage; The Pink Edge; The Long Dinner; A Chess Problem; The Owl at the Window; A Matter of Taste; The Cyprian Bees; Solved by Inspection; The Avenging Chance; The Border-Line Case; The Two Bottles of Relish; A Man Called Space; The Resurrection of Chin Lee; The Mad Tea Party; The Crime in Nobody's Room; The Tea Leaf; The Mackenzie Case; Introducing Susan Dare; The Treasure Hunt; The Disappearance of Mrs. Leigh Gordon; The Mystery of the Missing Wash; The Criminologists' Club; Arsene Lupin in Prison; Blind Man's Buff; The Stolen Romney; Paris Adventure; The Clock; The Most Dangerous Game: The Eleventh Juror; Philomel Cottage; Faith, Hope and Charity; The Hands of Mr. Ottermole; Treasure Trove; Suspicion; The Silver Mask; Ransom; The Perfect Crime.
Price: $65.00