The rivals of Sherlock Holmes : early detective stories / collected and introduced by Hugh Greene
1970, Book Club Edition. London : BCA. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped dust wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #468685
Physical description; 351 pages, 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332). Contents; The ripening rubies / Max Pemberton -- The case of Laker, absconded / Arthur Morrison -- The Duchess of Wiltshire's diamonds / Guy Boothby -- The affair of the "Avalanche Bicycle and Tyre Co., ltd." / Arthur Morrison -- The Assyrian rejuvenator / Clifford Ashdown -- Madame Sara / L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace -- The submarine boat / Clifford Ashdown -- The secret of the fox hunter / William Le Queux -- The mysterious death on the underground railway / Baroness Orczy -- The Moabite cipher / R. Austin Freeman -- The woman in the big hat / Baroness Orczy -- The horse of the invisible / William Hope Hodgson -- The game played in the dark / Ernest Bramah. Subjects; Detective and mystery stories, English. Short stories in English, 1900- Texts.
Price: €25.00