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This is an anthology partly made up of Anthony Berkeley's work for Punch magazine in the 1920s. The chapters are made up to be various lessons in a short story writing course i.e. Lesson 1 - The Short Story Analyzed, Lesson 2 - The Simple Love Story. The collection also contains pieces on writing essays, topical articles and on how to sell your work to editors.It goes without saying that all of these pieces are works of satire and include parodied versions of the story the writer is trying to "teach".The collection also includes 32 illustrations by George Morrow.280 pages, HardcoverPublished January 1, 1925, 2nd PrintingAnthony Berkeley Cox wrote numerous and particularly highly regarded works of detective fiction under two pen names: as Anthony Berkeley, he took the British Golden Age detective novel to fresh heights, while as Francis Iles, he was a pioneer of psychological suspense fiction with a seasoning of cynical wit. The pieces gathered together here are examples of his journalistic side.… Read More

Written by Col. Winfield Jones, who in 1921 published "The Story of the Ku Klux Klan" which was 50 pages, became very popular so 20 years later with more research he wrote The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which is a very thorough historical account of how the Klan was formed in 1866 up through 1940. The book itself is in Very Good Condition, though the gilt is wearing off the cover and spine and the back cover has a stain on it, the paper is bond, a very good quality and still quite clear being 81 years old. There are a few pages in the back of the book at the center/top of the pages that have water marks on them but their minor and do not take away from the readability of the book. The binding is tight and there is minor shelf wear at the bottom corners. If it weren't for the wearing gilt and stain on the back cover I would have rated the book Fine-. It is a very rare book and in this condition I have priced it fairly. It is 8 in x 5 in x 0.05 in, weighs 1 lb, 294 pages, blue cloth over boards, gold… Read More