Publication: The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

Publication: The Big Book of Rogues and VillainsPublication Record # 660037
Editor: Otto Penzler
Date: 2017-10-00
ISBN: 978-0-525-43248-7 [0-525-43248-5]
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books
Price:
$25.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: xv+911
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Big Book of Rogues and Villains by Leo Fontan
Notes:
- Stated "A Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Original, October 2017"
- First printing per number line
- Cover artist credit per rear cover
- Canada $34.00
- Each story is preceded by a page introduction to the author and story. The title and author credit are on both the introduction page and on the first page of the story. The book's table of contents uses the page numbers of the introduction. The page numbers below are the first page of the story.
- Publication contains predominantly non-genre stories. Only genre stories, stories by authors above the threshold, or stories already present in the database are included below. The additional stories include:
  - p17, Grant Allen, 'The Episode of the Mexican Seer'
  - p47, Arthur Morrison, 'The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby'
  - p64, E. W. Hornung, 'The Ides of March'
  - p79, Washington Irving, 'The Story of a Young Robber'
  - p90, C. W. Doyle, 'The Shadow of Quong Lung'
  - p112, Arnold Bennett, 'The Fire of London'
  - p139, Thomas W. Hanshew, 'The Affair of the Man Who Called Himself Hamilton Cleek'
  - p153, Maurice Leblanc, 'The Mysterious Railway Passenger'
  - p167, Bertram Atkey, 'The Adventure of "The Brain"'
  - p179, Clifford Ashdown, 'The Kailyard Novel'
  - p189, K. Prichard & Hesketh Prichard, 'The Parole of Gevil-Hay'
  - p205, Sax Rohmer, 'The Zayat Kiss'
  - p213, Frederick Irving Anderson, 'The Infallible Godahl'
  - p232, O. Henry, 'The Caballero's Way'
  - p240, O. Henry, 'Conscience in Art'
  - p245, A. S. W. Rosenbach, 'The Unpublishable Memoirs'
  - p250, George Randolph Chester, 'The Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company'
  - p281, Jack Boyle, 'Boston Blackie's Code'
  - p286, Frank L. Packard, 'The Gray Seal'
  - p299, Percival Pollard, 'The Dignity of Honest Labor'
  - p306, May Edginton, 'The Eyes of the Countess Gerda'
  - p320, Sinclair Lewis, 'The Willow Walk'
  - p341, O. Henry, 'A Retrieved Reformation'
  - p348, John Russell, 'The Burglar'
  - p372, Gerald Kersh, 'Karmesin and the Big Flea'
  - p378, Harry Stephen Keeler, 'The Very Raffles-Like Episode of Castor and Pollux, Diamonds De Luxe'
  - p395, Edgar Wallace, 'Four Square Jane'
  - p403, Edgar Wallace, 'A Fortune in Tin'
  - p411, David Durham, 'The Genuine Old Master'
  - p420, Everett Rhodes Castle, 'The Colonel Gives a Party'
  - p438, Frederick Irving Anderson, 'The Signed Masterpiece'
  - p465, Bruce Graeme, '"His Lady" to the Rescue'
  - p479, Edgar Wallace, 'On Getting an Introduction'
  - p486, Ben Hecht, 'The Fifteen Murderers'
  - p497, Leslie Charteris, 'The Damsel in Distress'
  - p509, William Irish, 'After-Dinner Story'
  - p584, Bruno Fischer, 'We Are All Dead'
  - p623, C. S. Montanye, 'A Shock for the Countess'
  - p631, Christopher B. Booth, 'A Shabby Millionaire'
  - p661, Eugene Thomas, 'The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon'
  - p690, Erle Stanley Gardner, 'The Cat-Woman'
  - p715, Erle Stanley Gardner, 'The Kid Stacks a Deck'
  - p741, Frank McAuliffe, 'The Dr. Sherrock Commission'
  - p749, Erle Stanley Gardner, 'In Round Figures'
  - p773, Erle Stanley Gardner, 'The Racket Buster'
  - p787, Robert L. Fish, 'Sweet Music'
  - p800, Lawrence Block, 'The Ehrengraf Experience'
  - p830, Bradley Denton, 'Blackburn Sins'
  - p845, Loren D. Estleman, 'The Black Spot'
  - p854, Jas. R. Petrin, 'Car Trouble'
  - p867, Lawrence Block, 'Keller on the Spot'
  - p880, R. T. Lawton, 'Boudin Noir'
  - p890, Lawrence Block, 'Like a Thief in the Night'
  - p900, Donald E. Westlake, 'Too Many Crooks'

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Anthology Title: The Big Book of Rogues and Villains • [Big Book Series] • anthology by Otto Penzler

Contents (view Concise Listing)

xiii • Introduction (The Big Book of Rogues and Villains) • essay by Otto Penzler
4 • At the Edge of the Crater • [The Brotherhood of the Seven Kings • 1] • (1898) • short story by Robert Eustace and L. T. Meade
26 • The Body Snatcher • (1884) • short story by Robert Louis Stevenson
38 • Dracula's Guest • [Dracula] • (1914) • short story by Bram Stoker
85 • Moon-Face • non-genre • (1902) • short story by Jack London
123 • Madame Sara • [The Sorceress of the Strand • 1] • (1902) • novelette by Robert Eustace and L. T. Meade
163 • An Unposted Letter • non-genre • (1901) • short fiction by Newton MacTavish
198 • The Hammerpond Park Burglary • non-genre • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
360 • Portrait of a Murderer • non-genre • (1942) • short fiction by Richard Wilson Webb and Hugh Callingham Wheeler [as by Q. Patrick]
385 • The Most Dangerous Game • non-genre • (1924) • novelette by Richard Edward Connell [as by Richard Connell]
431 • Footsteps of Fear • non-genre • (1920) • short story by Vincent Starrett
453 • The Hands of Mr. Ottermole • non-genre • (1929) • novelette by Thomas Burke
525 • The Mystery of the Golden Skull • [Dr. Yen Sin (Donald E. Keyhoe) • 2] • (1936) • novel by Donald E. Keyhoe
606 • Horror Insured • [Dr. Satan] • (1936) • novelette by Paul Ernst
636 • Crimson Shackles • [The Moon Man] • (1934) • novelette by Frederick C. Davis
680 • The Copper Bowl • non-genre • (1928) • short story by George Fielding Eliot
727 • The Theft from the Empty Room • non-genre • [Nick Velvet] • (1972) • short fiction by Edward D. Hoch
736 • The Shill • non-genre • (1958) • short story by Milton Lesser [as by Stephen Marlowe]
810 • Quarry's Luck • non-genre • (1994) • novelette by Max Allan Collins
823 • The Partnership • non-genre • (1981) • short story by David Morrell

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Publication: The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

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