Eugene Thwing, Editor
The World's Best 100 Detective Stories

9 Volumes

New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1929. First edition not stated, but there are no printings listed on copyright page & the introduction by Eugene Thwing is dated 1929. Vol. 6 missing from the 10-volume set. 4x6 miniature hardcovers in red cloth with slightly faded gold gilt & decoration on backstrips. Heads & tails of backstrip & corners slightly tapped & rubbed.

The period between the wars--the 20's & 30's--became known as the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. This set contains stories by many well-known American writers of the day, including R. M. Scott, Marjorie Bowin,, G. K. Chesterson, Octavus Roy Cohen, and Frank L. Packard. $65