first edition Softcover
1995 · New York
by WOODS, Paula L., edited by
New York: Doubleday, 1995. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Creasing on the spine and some rubbing else near fine. A comprehensive anthology of African-American mystery and crime writing, edited by an African-American; contains a number of stories published for the first time in book form, including Pauline E. Hopkins's mystery story, "Talma Gordon." Other contributions by Rudolph Fisher, George S. Schuyler, C. Himes, Ann Petry, John A. Williams, Sam Greenlee, and W. Mosley, among other. (Inventory #: 508446)