Language
English
Date Published
Publication Details
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
ISBN Number
0-19-508581-7
Edition Notes
This is the first edition hardback edition of The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories, which was published in 1996 by Oxford University Press in New York City, New York. The cover art, by Ted Ancher, features blue tinted photograph of a man in a hat using a flashlight to search for something in a dark and misty street.
- Title Page Transcription:
THE OXFORD BOOK OF | American | Detective | Stories | [decorative rule] | EDITED BY | Tony Hillerman | Rosemary Herbert | New York Oxford | OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS | 1996 - Contents:
[i] half title THE OXFORD BOOK OF AMERICAN DETECTIVE STORIES, [ii] blank, [iii] title page, [iv] copyright, [v] dedication, [vi] blank, [vii] ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, [viii] blank, [ix-x] CONTENTS, [1] half title, [2] blank, 3-9 Introduction by Tony Hillerman with Rosemary Herbert, 10-682 text, 683-686 CREDITS, [687-692] blank - Table of Contents:
1. Introduction by Tony Hillerman with Rosemary Herbert
2. The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
3. The Stolen Cigar Case by Bret Harte
4. The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle
5. The Doomdorf Mystery by Melville Davisson Post
6. Missing: Page Thirteen by Anna Katherine Green
7. The Beauty Mask by Arthur B. Reeve
8. A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell
9. The False Burton Combs by Carroll John Daly
10. The Keyboard of Silence by Clinton H. Stagg
11. A Nose for News by Richard Sale
12. Spider by Mignon G. Eberhart
13. Leg Man by Erle Stanley Gardner
14. I'll Be Waiting by Raymond Chandler
15. The Footprint in the Sky by John Dickson Carr
16. Rear Window by Cornell Woolrich
17. The Lipstick by Mary Roberts Rinehart
18. Homicide Highball by Robert Leslie Bellem
19. An Error in Chemistry by William Faulkner
20. From Another World by Clayton Rawson
21. A Daylight Adventure by T.S. Stribling
22. See No Evil by William Campbell Gault
23. Crime Must Have a Stop by Anthony Boucher
24. Small Homicide by Ed McBain
25. Guilt-Edged Blonde by Ross McDonald
26. Christmas Party by Rex Stout
27. A Matter of Public Notice by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
28. The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen
29. Words Do Not a Book Make by Bill Pronzini
30. Christmas Is for Cops by Edward D. Hoch
31. Lucky Penny by Linda Barnes
32. The Parker Shotgun by Sue Grafton
33. Chee's Witch by Tony Hillerman
34. Benny's Space by Marcia Muller - Physical Attributes:
- Format: Hardback, 22 x 14.7 cm.
- Binding: Blue boards with the editors, title, and publisher's logo surrounded by a border printed with gold on the spine. The front boards also have the title and a border printed in gold.
- Collation: [i-x] [1]-9 10-682 683-686 [687-692]
- Price: $25.00 USD
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