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Agatha Christie : a reader's companion
Aurum Press
2004
An extensively illustrated introduction to Christie's works with images of all the first edition dustwrappers.
And always a detective: chapters on the history of detective fiction
Battered Silicon Dispatch Box
2000
A discussion of the similarities between Victorian sensation and detective fiction.
Artists in crime: an illustrated survey of crime fiction first edition dust wrappers, 1920-1970
Scolar Press
1995
Contains over 300 illustrations of rare and collectible dust wrappers from the 1920s to 1940s.
Blood in their ink: the march of the modern mystery novel
Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd
1953
An assessment of crime fiction which contains numerous references to Doyle and Holmes.
The British bibliography of Edgar Wallace
Howard Baker
1969
A bibliography of one the most prolific writers of popular literature in the world.
The case of the perplexing pen-names: an index to the 3rd and 5th series of the Sexton Blake Library and a guide to their authors together with an index of the Press Editorial Syndicate titles
CADS
1994
Sheds light on the various pseudonyms and house-names used by the authors of Sexton Blake stories.
Collins Crime Club: a checklist of the first editions
Dragonby Press
1999
A checklist of the famous Crime Club series published between 1930 and 1994.
Conundrums for the long week-end: England, Dorothy L. Sayers and Lord Peter Wimsey
Kent State University Press
2000
An exploration of how Sayers used her fictional hero to comment on, and come to terms with, the social upheaval of the time.
Cornell Woolrich. Part I
Mysterious Press
1999
A guide to the first editions of Cornell Woolrich, written under his own name Limited to 250 copies.
Crime in good company: essays on criminals and crime writing
Constable
1959
A collection of fourteen essays on crime writing including contributions by Raymond Chandler, Josephine Bell, Cyril Hare and Julian Symons.
Criminal practices: Symons on criminal writing 60s to90s
Macmillan
1994
A collection of articles, reviews, interviews and essays on crime fiction.
Danger is my business: an illustrated history of the fabulous pulp magazines 1896-1953
Chronicle Books
1993
An in-depth look at possibly the most outrageous literary phenomenon of the twentieth century : pulp magazines.
The Dell Mapbacks
010 Publishers
1997
An introduction to collecting Dell Mapbacks, with illustrations of selected stories.
Detectionary: a biographical dictionary of leading characters in mystery fiction
Overlook Press
1977
A guide to major fictional detectives, their assistants, and criminals.
Detective fiction : the collector's guide
Scolar Press
1994
A well illustrated introduction to the works of over 150 authors.
The detective story in Britain
Published for The British Council and the National Book League by Longmans, Green & Co.
1962
An introduction to the British detective story.
Dorothy L. Sayers in Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway Museums Service
2005
Explores the background to Sayers' visits to Galloway and her own family connection to the area.
Earl Digger's Charlie Chan
Mysterious Press
1999
A guide to the first editions of Bigger's Charlie Chan stories. Limited to 250 copies.
Francis Durbridge: a centenary appreciation with an annotated listing of his novels and his works for radio, television, the stage and cinema
Netherhall Books
2015
An annotated checklist of the works and dramatisations by Francis Durbridge. Signed by the author on the title page.
Georges Simenon
Pocket Essentials
2003
A concise guide to the major Maigret works, films, and television adaptations.
Great British fictional detectives
Remember when
2008
An introduction to over 400 fictional detectives.
A guide to the first editions of Edgar Wallace
Ivory Head Press
1981
With a loosely inserted list of corrigenda and additions.
Gwendoline Butler: the inventor of the women's police procedural
John Kennedy Melling
1993
An assessment of a key aspect of Butler's contribution to crime fiction. Limited edition of 150.
