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Bespelling Jane Austen (Harlequin/HQN, October 2010, 978-0-373-77501-9, $14.95, 377pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of four paranormal romance stories inspired by Jane Austen’s work. Authors are Mary Balogh, Colleen Gleason, Susan Krinard, and Janet Mullany. Introduction by Susan Krinard. 6 · Introduction · Susan Krinard · in 11 · Almost Persuaded · Mary Balough · na 95 · Northanger Castle · Colleen Gleason · na 175 · Blood and Prejudice · Susan Krinard · na 293 · Little to Hex Her · Janet Mullany · na

Best Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 193?, 76pp, hc, oa, cover: [boys in bay riding boards behind boats] by A. Chidley)     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 5 · Truants in Luck · M. R. Sherlock · ss 20 · The Black Footballer · F. A. Moss · ss 35 · The Grey Monk · M. M. Stevenson · ss Popular Book for Boys 1936 49 · The Fear in Gupman’s Hollow · M. Wynne · ss 64 · The Scarlet Trail · Eric Wood · ss

Best Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 1935, 92pp, hc, oa, cover: [boy holding helm, captain behind pointing, with one hand also on helm])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · The Trap · Ben Draper · ss 22 · Changed Spools · C. Bernard Rutley · ss 34 · The Case of the Roman Candle · David Morris · ss 44 · Fisty M’Gunn Rides Out · W. R. Bawden · ss 53 · The Ghost Racer · E. R. Home-Gall · ss 67 · A High-Seas Hold-Up · S. Beresford Lucas · ss 78 · Who Scored? · Robert Moss · ss 82 · Held to Ransom · W. R. Bawden · ss

Best Book for Girls (Dean & Son, 195?, hc, oa, cover: [girl trotting on brown horse])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Kidnapped in Error · Winifred Norling · ss Monster Book for Girls 1941 19 · H and C · Violet M. Methley · ss Monster Book for Girls 194? 29 · Judy to the Rescue · C. Bernard Rutley · ss Monster Book for Girls 1941 40 · Three Cheers for Diana! · A. Ruby Forde · ss Monster Book for Girls 1940 52 · Adventure at the Green Dragon · Frances Cowen · ss Monster Book for Girls 1940 62 · The Plaster Goddess · Eva Chadwick · ss Monster Book for Girls 1941 72 · Leonora’s Last Term · Joan Lumley · ss Champion Book for Girls 1937 78 · Edwina Makes Good · Sylvia Panteny · ss Monster Book for Girls 194?

The Best Crime Stories ed. Michael Stapleton, uncredited (Hamlyn, 1984, 0-600-38241-9, £4.95, 747pp, hc, an)     Reissue (Hamlyn 1977) massive anthology of 49 crime stories from Somerset Maugham to Avram Davidson. A greatly abridged version (containing 24 of the stories) was subsequently published in the US (Mallard, 1990). 9 · Introduction · Michael Stapleton · in 15 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 30 · The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856, as “The Lady of Glenwith Grange” 48 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret” 60 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 74 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 85 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 109 · The Almost Perfect Crime [(Chief) Insp. Jim Silver] · Henry Holt · ss (r) 118 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1924 146 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930 176 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934 194 · The Siamese Cat · George Goodchild · ss (r) 204 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 219 · The Necklace of Pearls [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Radio Times December 18 1931 228 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 239 · The Poetical Policeman [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Grand Magazine November 1924, as “The Strange Case of the Night Watchman” 252 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926 266 · Wireless · Agatha Christie · ss Mystery Magazine March 1 1926 278 · The Mallet · James Hilton · ss Hutchinson’s Story-Magazine July 1929 293 · Dusk to Dawn · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask December 1937 319 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934 329 · Eyewitness · Robert Arthur · ss 1951 revised from “Eye Witness” (Detective Fiction Weekly January 28, 1939). 341 · Puzzle for Poppy [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #27, February 1946 353 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 364 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951 384 · The Conspirators [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · nv Edgar Wallace Mystery Magazine #25, August 1966 398 · Double Image · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #125, April 1954 428 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 436 · The Way Up to Heaven · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker February 27 1954 447 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957 457 · The Unsuspected · Jay Wilson · ss The Saturday Evening Post February 8 1958 468 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 489 · A Day of Encounters · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1972 502 · Foxer · Brian Cleeve · ss The Saturday Evening Post December 18 1965 515 · Special Release · Eric Parr · ss (r) 523 · Love Affair · Julian Symons · ss 1968 532 · Scatter His Ashes · Elizabeth Ferrars · nv Winter’s Crimes 2 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1970 548 · Jericho and the Two Ways to Die [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972 560 · The Niece from Scotland · Christianna Brand · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1972 572 · Carrot for a Chestnut · Dick Francis · ss Sports Illustrated January 5 1970 588 · This One’s a Beauty [Captain Rogan] · Patricia McGerr · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 599 · The Perfect Servant · Helen Nielsen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1971 612 · Judgement · Mary Kelly · nv Winter’s Crimes 3 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1971 628 · Fixation · Miles Tripp · nv Winter’s Crimes 3 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1971 652 · A Quite Conventional Death · John Garforth · nv The Times of London Anthology of Detective Stories, Cape, 1972 672 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 686 · Suicide or Murder? · Jane Aiken Hodge · ss Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973 696 · Accommodation Vacant · Celia Fremlin · nv Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975 710 · Scandal at Sandkop · James McClure · nv Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975 728 · The Man from the White Mountains · Ted Willis · ss Winter’s Crimes 7 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1975

Best Crime Stories (Faber and Faber, 1934, 3/6d, 480pp, hc, an) 7 · The Young Doctor [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv Mr. Fortune’s Practice by H. C. Bailey, Methuen, 1923 37 · Because of Roses · Oliver Baldwin · nv The Windsor Magazine June 1934 70 · Very Comfortable · H. T. W. Bousfield · ss Britannia and Eve December 1933 88 · Perfect Murder · Clive Burnley · nv (r) 115 · Paris Adventure [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine January 1934 135 · A Christmas Tragedy [Miss Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller January 1930, as “The Hat and the Alibi” 155 · Copy of the Original · Hylton Cleaver · ss The 20-Story Magazine #177, June 1934 175 · The Last Letter [Sergeant Tapper] · W. Cooper-Willson · ss The Grand Magazine April 1934 191 · The Brother of Heaven [Barnabas Hildreth] · Vincent Cornier · nv Pearson’s Magazine October 1933 213 · A Shred of Evidence · W. A. Darlington · nv Britannia and Eve May 1934 238 · Alibi · Van Harrison · nv (r) 267 · The Perfect Plan · James Hilton · ss Britannia and Eve September 1933 289 · Blind Man’s Way · Herman Landon · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine August 20 1932 313 · The Footling Mystery of the Baverstock Vase · Denis Mackail · nv The Strand Magazine June 1930 335 · The Man on the Water-Logged Ketch [Malcolm Gossett] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv Maclean’s March 15 1933 363 · Inside Information · Stephen Phillips · nv (r) 385 · Absolutely Elsewhere [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss The Strand Magazine February 1934 405 · The Visiting Card · David Sharp · ss The Grand Magazine December 1933 421 · London Night’s Entertainment · Margery Sharp · ss The Graphic November 28 1932 427 · Knave of Diamonds · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss (r) 446 · Clever Cop, Reilly · Thomas Topham · ss The 20-Story Magazine #137, November 1933 464 · The Burglar Alarm [Sgt. Sir Peter] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Strand Magazine April 1930

The Best Crime Stories (Mallard Press, April 1990, 0-792-45245-3, $7.98, 392pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 24 classic mystery stories. This is an instant remainder edition from the Bantam/Doubleday/Dell promotion company. 7 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart, 1844 22 · The Angler’s Story of the Lady of Glenwith Grange · Wilkie Collins · nv After Dark by Wilkie Collins, Smith, Elder, 1856, as “The Lady of Glenwith Grange” 40 · The New Catacomb · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Sunlight Year Book 1898, as “Burger’s Secret” 52 · The Hammer of God [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 5 1910, as “The Bolt from the Blue” 66 · The Interruption · W. W. Jacobs · ss Liberty July 4 1925 77 · The Gioconda Smile · Aldous Huxley · nv The English Review August 1921 101 · The Almost Perfect Crime [(Chief) Insp. Jim Silver] · Henry Holt · ss (r) 110 · The Letter · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Hearst’s International April 1924 138 · The Farewell Murder [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · na Black Mask February 1930 168 · They Never Get Caught · Margery Allingham · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine November 1934 186 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 201 · The Man Who Knew How [Pender] · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1932 212 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926 226 · The Mallet · James Hilton · ss Hutchinson’s Story-Magazine July 1929 241 · Dusk to Dawn · Cornell Woolrich · nv Black Mask December 1937 267 · The Murder · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review April 1934 277 · Eyewitness · Robert Arthur · ss 1951 revised from “Eye Witness” (Detective Fiction Weekly January 28, 1939). 289 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 300 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951 320 · The Necessity of His Condition · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1957 330 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 351 · Jericho and the Two Ways to Die [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1972 363 · Judgement · Mary Kelly · nv Winter’s Crimes 3 ed. George Hardinge, Macmillan UK, 1971 379 · The Victim · P. D. James · nv Winter’s Crimes 5 ed. Virginia Whitaker, Macmillan UK, 1973

Best Detective Stories, Second Series (Faber & Faber, 1933, 3/6d, 447pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Liveright 1930) as The Best English Detective Stories of 1929

Best Detective Stories of the Year 1929 (Faber and Faber, 1930, hc, an)     Reprint (Liveright 1930) as The Best English Detective Stories of 1929

Best English Detective Stories of 1929 (Horace Liveright, 1930, 395pp, hc, an)     Also as The Best Detective Stories of the Year 1929 (Faber 1930) and as Best Detective Stories, Second Series (Faber 1933). 9 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 13 · A Labour of Hercules [Hercules Popeau] · Marie Belloc Lowndes · nv The Windsor Magazine January 1929 36 · The Avenging Chance [Roger Sheringham] · Anthony Berkeley · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1929 57 · The Purple Jewel [Gabriel Gale] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Story-teller March 1929 84 · S.O.S. · Agatha Christie · ss The Grand Magazine February 1926 104 · The Third Floor Flat [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine January 1929 125 · The Flying Hat [Sir Richard Brantyngham] · Vincent Cornier · nv The Story-teller May 1929 156 · Mate in Three Moves · Marten Cumberland · ss Cassell’s Magazine July 1928 175 · Artful Jane · Ralph Durand · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine August 1928 192 · Written in the Waters · Arlton Eadie · ss The 20-Story Magazine #84, June 1929 212 · Ping-Pong [T. Ashley] · George Allan England · ss All-Story Weekly September 28 1918 232 · The Button and the Banknote · Joseph S. Fletcher · ss Nash’s Magazine February 1929 249 · Arresting Arsène Lupin [Arsène Lupin] · Maurice Leblanc · nv Pall Mall Magazine August 1928 271 · The Great Bear [Gerald Jennerton] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · nv The Country Gentleman March 1929 294 · A Man with Big Hands · Stephen Phillips · ss The 20-Story Magazine #77, November 1928 306 · The Man Who Made Rings · H. M. Richardson · ss (r) 322 · The Broadcast Murder · Grenville Robbins · ss Pearson’s Magazine July 1928 340 · Clues · Will Scott · ss The 20-Story Magazine #84, June 1929 360 · The Ten-Franc Counter · H. de Vere Stacpoole · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1926 377 · The Man Who Scared the Bank [Daphne Wrayne] · Valentine · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1928

The Best Ghost Stories ed. Joseph Lewis French, uncredited (Boni & Liveright, 1919, xii+217pp, hc, an)     Anonymously compiled but usually attributed to J. L. French. The 1936 Modern Library paperback edition is often attributed to Arthur Reeve. vii · The Fascination of the Ghost Story · Arthur B. Reeve · in 3 · The Apparition of Mrs. Veal · Daniel Defoe · ar B. Bragg, 1706, as “A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day After Her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705”, uncredited. 18 · Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book · M. R. James · ss National Review March 1895, as “The Scrap-Book of Canon Alberic” 31 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine August 1859, uncredited.; original version. 60 · The Silent Woman · Leopold Kompert · nv (r) translated from the German. 79 · Banshees · Elliott O’Donnell, uncredited · ar The Occult Review September 1913 85 · The Man Who Went Too Far · E. F. Benson · nv The Pall Mall Magazine June 1904 108 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, 1907 118 · The Phantom ’Rickshaw · Rudyard Kipling · nv Quartette Christmas 1885 141 · The Rival Ghosts · Brander Matthews · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1884 160 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 170 · The Interval · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss Boston Evening Transcript September 8 1917 177 · “Dey Ain’t No Ghosts” · Ellis Parker Butler · ss The Century Magazine October 1913 188 · Some Real American Ghosts · [uncredited] · ms (r)