The World's Best 100 Detective Stories, Antique Hardcover Set of 9, 1929

The World's Best 100 Detective Stories is a notable anthology series edited by Eugene Thwing, first published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1929. It compiles a wide variety of short stories and excerpts, featuring popular, classic, and rare crime, mystery, and thriller literature from that era.
This incomplete set includes 9 of the original 10 volumes, and is bound in rich green and gold.

Condition
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