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Haycraft, Howard.
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- book
The Art of the Mystery Story. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946
8vo (9 1/14 x 6 1/4 in; 232 x 155 mm). Publisher's blue cloth gilt in printed dust-jacket; minor shelf-wear to boards, jacket spine faded and chipped at ends, some general rubbing and a few closed edge tears.
8vo (9 1/14 x 6 1/4 in; 232 x 155 mm). Publisher's blue cloth gilt in printed dust-jacket; minor shelf-wear to boards, jacket spine faded and chipped at ends, some general rubbing and a few closed edge tears.
Provenance
Raymond Chandler
Condition
minor shelf-wear to boards, jacket spine faded and chipped at ends, some general rubbing and a few closed edge tears.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, presentation copy from the author to Raymond Chandler, "For Raymond Chandler / with the admiration / and gratitude of / Howard Haycraft / Nov. 1946" A fitting association between one of the foremost scholars of the detective story and one of its modern innovators.
The "Simple Art of Murder" is included in this anthology of studies and criticism of the detective tale. It also includes Edmund Wilson's famous "Who Cares who killed Roger Ackroyd" in which he dismisses virtually all detective novelists, except Chandler.