An edition of Fourteen Great Detective Stories (1949)

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A revised edition of the work of the same title edited by Vincent Starrett in 1928.
Contents:
Purloined Letter / by Edgar Allan Poe --
The red-headed league / by Arthur Conan Doyle --
The problem of cell 13 / by Jacques Futrelle --
The case of Oscar Brodski / by R. Austin Freeman --
The blue cross / by G.K. Chesterton --
The age of miracles / by Melville Davisson Post --
The little mystery / by E.C. Bentley --
The third-floor flat / by Agatha Christie --
The yellow slugs / by H.C. Bailey --
The bone of contention / by Dorothy L. Sayers --
The adventure of the African traveler / by Ellery Queen --
Instead of evidence / by Rex Stout --
The house in Goblin Wood / by Carter Dickson --
The dancing detective / by Cornell Woolrich.

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Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
464

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Subjects
Detective and mystery stories, Short stories, Anthology

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Fourteen Great Detective Stories
1949, Modern Library
in English - Rev. ed.
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1949-01-01, Modern Library, c 1949 (1960)
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Fourteen Great Detective Stories
1949, Modern Library
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Table of Contents

The purloined letter, by E. A. Poe.
The red-headed league, by A. C. Doyle.
The problem of cell 13, by Jacques Futrelle.
The case of Oscar Brodski, by R. A. Freeman.
The blue cross, by G. K. Chesterton.
The age of miracles, by M. D. Post.
The little mystery, by E. C. Bentley.
The third-floor flat, by Agatha Christie.
The yellow slugs, by H. C. Bailey.
The bone of contention, by D. L. Sayers.
The adventure of the African traveler, by Ellery Queen.
Instead of evidence, by Rex Stout.
The house in Goblin Wood, by Carter Dickson.
The dancing detective, by Cornell Woolrich.

Edition Notes

A rev. ed. of the work of the same title edited by Vincent Starrett in 1928.

Series
The Modern library of the world's best books [144]
Copyright Date
1949

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ1.H32 Fo2

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 464 p.
Number of pages
464

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6047072M
Internet Archive
fourteengreatdet00hayc
LCCN
49006111
OCLC/WorldCat
833666539
Library Thing
633682
Goodreads
59487376

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