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02307aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 6873AC2474A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200402010032 008 180817t20192019enkac b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2019458643 020 $a 0008192359 020 $a 9780008192358 035 $a (OCoLC)1048938622 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d UAB $d AVA $d VP@ $d OCL $d DLC $d YDXIT $d IHI $d SILO 050 4 $a PR888 D4 C87 2019 100 1 $a Curran, John, $d 1954- $e author. 245 14 $a The hooded gunman : $b an illustrated history of Collins Crime Club / $c John Curran. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a London : $b Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, $c 2019. 300 $a 400 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; $c 29 x 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 520 $a The Hooded Gunman was the sinister figure who, having appeared in various guises on the covers of the London based publisher Collins' various series of Mystery and Detective books in the 1920s, finally gained recognition with the launch of Collins' Crime Club, becoming the definitive imprint stamp on more than 2,000 books published between 1930 and 1994. This sumptuous coffee table book looks back at the history of the Crime Club and its authors, showing the jackets of every book published by the imprint over seven decades, and the descriptive "blurbs" of every book, running to more than 350,000 words. With facts, figures and lists, and drawing on rare archival photos, correspondence and marketing materials, it is the first time that anyone has attempted to chronicle the publishing of the Crime Club - the ultimate book for fans of crime fiction and also of twentieth century book jacket design. 630 00 $a Crime club (London, England) $x History. 610 20 $a William Collins Sons and Co. $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Book jackets $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Detective and mystery stories, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200505015036.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6873AC2474A711EA8EBE956E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search