The Lineup: the World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives

NY: The Mysterious Bookshop [2009]. Limited First edition, copy "G" of 26 lettered copies (from full edition of 301). Signed by editor on inserted limitation leaf; signed by contributors on inserted leaves preceding each of the 21 pieces. 9" x 6". viii, 406, [2] pp. Quarter-bound in red coated cloth and marbled paper over boards, gilt-stamped spine titles and decoration, beige endpapers; original transparent plastic jacket. Minor rubbing and edgewear to jacket, else a Fine copy. A lively collection of "character sketches" of some of fiction's most popular detectives, each written by that character's creator. (Inventory #: 39887)