Buy this book on-line HAINING**, PETER: : THE ART OF MYSTERY & DETECTIVE STORIES: THE BEST IULLUSTRATIONS FROM OVER A CENTURY OF CRIME FICTIONLONDON.TREASURE PRESS,1986. ISBN 1850511357.
UK,Qrto HB minus dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus. [Originally and first published London,Souvenir Press Ltd.,1977 under the title 'Mystery'.This listing the first edn under this title and this publisher.] Near FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glossy laminated colour photographic facsimile pulp crime magazine cover,illustrated front cover,multi-coloured [white,pale green and graduated orange+red] lettered title and capitalised,black-lettered subtitle and author'a name in pale blue lettters; black spine/backstrip with capitalised white+red lettered part-title and publisher's capitalised,white lettered colophon to foot of same,rear board/cover with facsimile colour reproductions of 3 US detecive magazines' covers and white-lettered synopsis,a b/w striped headband and clean plain white endpapers. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges with minimal,sporadic dust-flecking,fore-edges unaffected,bright crisp and clean without foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.UK Qrto HB minus dw/dj,illustarted,1st edn,6-174pp [paginated] includes an Introduction,14 chapters,profuse b/w illustrations reproductions,some facsimile colour reproductions (the minority) throughout the text and the book;plus [unpaginated] b/w illustrated half-title with a b/w illustartion to it's verso,b/w illustrated title page also with a b/w illustration to it's verso,a b/w illustrated Contents list/table,and last page also unpaginated and with Acknowledgements to it's verso.
Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 35+ year-old age. It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite those,it really is still an exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of any other detracting faults.
This is the first history of the detective story to be told in pictures.Containing over 400 stunning illustrations,it follows the development of crime fiction from Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' to the lurid private-eye magazines of the 'Twenties and 'Thirties, taking in such famous names as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Nick Carter and Sexton blake along the way.
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