MERRY MURDER: The Best Christmas Mysteries from John D. MacDonald, Anthony Boucher, John Mortimer, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle And 18 More Masters Of Mystery. Edited by Cynthia Manson. New York: Seafarer Books, (1994). First edition, first printing. "First Seafarer printing October 1994" statement and first printing number code sequence 10 through 1 to the copyright page. An anthology of twenty-two Christmas mystery stories by superior authors including Georges Simenon, Rex Stout, Julian Symons, Peter Lovesey, Paul Auster, Patricia Moyes, and more. A nice presentable gift. A trace of crimping to the upper spine edge, else very nearly fine, square, and tight in butter-yellow boards with metallic-red embossed titles to the spine, Green-and-yellow headband and tail-band; in a fine dust jacket with front panel art of Santa seen through a window by N.C. Wyeth. Octavo; 436 pages. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT MYSTERY BOOKS THANKS!