[REFERENCE & ANTHOLOGIES]. An extensive collection, together 57 volumes, most first editions, various sizes, original bindings; majority with DUST JACKETS, overall very good condition, including: The Bookman. Special Christmas Number. London, 1929. -- The Second Mystery Book. New York, [1940]. Containing the first appearance in book form of Rex Stout's story "Bad for Business". -- CARTER, John, editor. New Paths in Book-Collecting. London, [1934]. -- Another copy, American edition. -- MCGOWAN, Kenneth, editor. Sleuths. New York, [1931]. -- SHAW, Joseph T., editor. The Hard-Boiled Omnibus. New York, [1946]. -- The Floating Admiral. Introduction by Dorothy Sayers. Garden City, 1932. -- CANNELL, J.C. 100 Mysteries for Armchair Detectives. London, n.d. -- BOND, Raymond, T., editor. Famous Stories of Code and Cipher. New York, 1947; Handbook for Poisoners. New York, [1951]. -- ROUGHEAD, William. The Murderer's Companion. New York, [1941]. -- WREN, Lassiter and Randle MCKAY. The Mystery Puzzle Book. New York, [1933]. -- THOMAS, Gilbert. How to Enjoy Detective Fiction. London, 1947. -- QUEEN, Ellery. The Detective Short Story. A Bibliography. New York, 1969. LIMITED EDITION number 33 of 100 SIGNED copies of an edition of 1000. -- Shaking Hands with Immortality. Encomiums for Vincent Starrett. Kirkwood, MO, 1975. LIMITED EDITION, one of 225 copies. -- LAYMAN, Richard. Dashiell Hammett. A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburgh, 1979. -- BRUCCOLI, Matthew. Raymond Chandler. A Descriptive Bibliography. Pittsburgh, 1979. -- SANDERS, Dennis and Len LOVALLO. The Agatha Christie Companion. New York, [1984]. -- GREENE, Douglas G. John Dickson Carr. The Man who Explained Miracles. New York, [1995]. -- BRUBAKER, Bill. Stewards of the House: The Detective Fiction of Jonathan Latimer. [Bowling Green, 1993]. -- SCOTT-GILES, C.W. The Wimsey Family. London, 1977. -- GILBERT, Colleen. A Bibliography of the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers. Hamden, 1978. -- And 37 others. (57)