Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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Page 18
... importance . Only half a dozen names perhaps are outstanding in the whole history of the genre , but Hammett's is one ... important source works for students of our fatuous Prohibition era . I am still waiting for England to discover Ham ...
... importance . Only half a dozen names perhaps are outstanding in the whole history of the genre , but Hammett's is one ... important source works for students of our fatuous Prohibition era . I am still waiting for England to discover Ham ...
Page 110
... importance that must have been very trying to my friends . R. Austin Freeman began his writing career with a long ... important contribution to detective fiction as an art was made in a group of short - stories , published as The ...
... importance that must have been very trying to my friends . R. Austin Freeman began his writing career with a long ... important contribution to detective fiction as an art was made in a group of short - stories , published as The ...
Page 226
... important . Few views of Paris provide a better example of the continuity of the city's history and habits . Books have been there along the quays , and in the adjoining streets , since the days of Abélard . But the element of chance in ...
... important . Few views of Paris provide a better example of the continuity of the city's history and habits . Books have been there along the quays , and in the adjoining streets , since the days of Abélard . But the element of chance in ...
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