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JAMES, RUSSELL - Foreword by Mark Billingham: : Great British Fictional DETECTIVES [a - z]

UK.BARNSLEY,S. YORKS.REMEMBER WHEN/Pen & Sword Books Ltd.,2008.

ISBN 9781844680269.

UK,small Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated, colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with grey,brown and b/w lettering to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain white eps.UK,small Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,7-240pp [paginated] includes a foreword by Mark Bllingham (best-selling,award-winning author of 'Lifeless.'),author's own introduction, Exhibits One to Four section,9 chapters to a Further Evidence section,profuse contemporary b/w+colour illustrations and photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,acknowledgements at rear,plus [unpaginated] half-title page, monochrome vignette illustrated title page,and a contents list/table. It would be a crime NOT to buy this book! Did you know? - Dalziel and Pascoe author Reginald Hill also wrote as Patrick Ruell. Gwen Moffat's detective,Miss Pink,was also a mountaineer. Charles Dickens was the first British author to feature a detective in a 'proper' novel. Russell James investigates the crime-filled world of fictional detectives who are either British themselves or were created by a British author.His fascinating,fact-filled A-Z listing contains over 400 detectives from world-famous policemen like Morse to lesser- known investigators,including Montague Cork. Russell's beautifully-written chapters on crime fiction include the history of the genre and factual crime investigation,the legacy of Sherlock Holmes and the Golden Age of crime fiction,as well as top sidekicks and popular TV and film detectives.Discover historical detectives, author's pseudonyms,forgotten stories and must-read authors in this arresting book by crime-writing expert and author, Russell James. The first full length study of its type highlighting over 400 British literary detectives,many famous through their film and TV adaptations.Using essays to highlight different types of detectives and focusing on some of the more famous such as Sherlock Holmes and Inspector Morse,popular crime fiction writer and former chairman of the CWA,Russell James celebrates the role of the detective in British fiction. Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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