Murder for pleasure : the life and times of the detective story

Author(s)

• Haycraft, Howard

Bibliographic Information

Murder for pleasure : the life and times of the detective story

by Howard Haycraft

Biblo and Tannen, 1968, c1951

Newly enl. ed

Note

"Reprinted, 1974, by arrangement with Hawthorne Books, Inc." -- T.p. verso of 1974 printing

"With notes on additions to a cornerstone library and the Haycraft-queen definitive library of detective-crime-mystery fiction"

Includes index

Details

• NCID: BA41577793
• ISBN:
  • 0819602167
• LCCN: 68025809
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, [14], 409 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN3448.D4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Detective and mystery stories -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Detective and mystery stories -- Bibliography