Lot 18 — THE WORLDS BEST 100 DETECTIVE STORIES, 1929, 10 vols, rare in dust jackets, mystery
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Eugene Thwing, editor. The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories (In Ten Volumes). New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, n.d. [1929]. Ten volumes. 16mo. Red cloth, gilt-lettered and decorated spines. Green paper dust jackets with decorative yellow on green design to front panels and spines. Publisher advertisements printed to jacket flaps.
Dust jackets toned with light edge wear, small tears, and chipping to spine heads, notably on volumes I, V, and X. Rear jacket panels show minor age-toning and mild surface soiling. Cloth bindings firm; contents clean.