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GREAT SHORT STORIES OF DETECTION, MYSTERY AND HORROR.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1928. 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.
GREAT SHORT STORIES OF DETECTION, MYSTERY AND HORROR.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1928. 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.