Bloody Murder. From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History.
London: Faber, 1972. [Crime fiction / mystery critique] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, association copy. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of £2.75 to front flap, reviews and supporting quotes (including one from Len Deighton) to same. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author to fellow crime writier Tage La Cour. Clean and fresh throughout. Julian Symons was an English crime writer and bibliophile. The recipient Tage la Cour (1915-1993) was a Danish crime novelist, editor and honorary member of numerous literary detective clubs, whose extensive book collection now mainly resides at The University of Tulsa, OK (with his bookpate to front pastedown). Later part of the espionage collection of Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert (Fleming is mentioned several times within). Item #74436
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