477. Pocket Book of Great Detectives ($3.75)

Edition information

Edited by Lee Wright.

New York: Pocket Books 103. 9th printing November 1942. Copyright 1941 by Pocket Books. (iv)+v-x+1-426(433) pages. Approx. 4" by 6 1/2" paperback. Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock. PBO

Condition of Book

Good Plus condition, spine lean, pages yellowing but nice and supple. A good reading copy. There are NO names or store stamps on the book. See scan which is extra large to allow you to see condition details.

What is this book about?

A whole gallery of your favorite sleuths! 17 American and English masterpieces of detective fiction: "The Man in the Passage" by G.K. Chesterton; "The Knight’s Cross Signal Problem" by Ernest Bramah; "The History of Bel" from the Apocryphal Scriptures; "The Purloined Letter" by Edgar Allen Poe; "The Little House" by Reginald Fortune; "East Wind" by Freeman Wills Crofts; "The Cyprian Bees" by Anthony Wynne; "The Lenten Croft Robberies" by Arthur Morrison; "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle; "The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" by Agatha Christie; "Man Bites Dog" by Ellery Queen; "The Treasure Hunt" by Edgar Wallace; "The Avenging Chance" by Anthony Berkeley; "The Aluminium Dagger" by R. Austin Freeman; "The Unknown Peer" by E.C. Bentley; "The Problem of Cell 13" by Jacques Futrelle; and "The Haunted Policeman" by Dorothy Sayers.

Stories of Father Brown, Max Carrados, C.A. Dupin, Reginald Fortune, Sherlock Holmes, Hecule Poirot, Dr. Thorndyke, Philip Trent, Lord Peter Whimsey, Inspector French, Dr. Hailey, Martin Hewitt, Ellery Queen, J.G. Reeder, Roger Sheringham, and The Thinking Machine.