Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide
- ISBN-10
- 0859679918
- ISBN-13
- 9780859679916
- Series
- Detective Fiction
- Category
- Literary Criticism / Mystery & Detective
- Pages
- 341
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scolar Press
- Authors
- John Cooper, B. A. Pike
Description
This is the second edition of a guide to building up a collection of detective fiction works.
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