Tales of detection
Contributors: Empson, William, 1906-1984, former owner
Series: Everyman's library -- no. 928
Publisher: Dent
Published: 1952
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories
Table of contents: title: Poe, E. A. The purloined letter.; title: Collins, Wilkie. The biter bit.; title: Stevenson, R. L. Was it murder?; title: Chesterton, G. K. The man in the passage.; title: Bentley, E. C. The clever cockatoo.; title: Bramah, Ernest. The ghost at Massingham mansions.; title: Jepson, Edgar and Eustace, Robert. The tea-leaf.; title: Freeman, R. A. The contents of a mare's nest.; title: Burke, Thomas. The hands of Mr. Ottermole.; title: Knox, Father Ronald. Solved by inspection.; title: Christie, Agatha. Philomel cottage.; title: Berkeley, Anthony. The avenging chance.; title: Crofts, F. W. The mystery of the sleeping-car express.; title: Rhode, John. The elusive bullet.; title: Sayers, Dorothy L. The image in the mirror. Wade, Henry. A matter of luck.; title: Kennedy, Milward. Superfluous murder.; title: Bailey, H. C. The yellow slugs.; title: King, C. D. The episode of the nail and the requiem.