The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

Overview:

  • Title: The Big Book of Rogues and Villains
  • Author: Otto Penzler
  • Year: 2017
  • ISBN-10: 9780525432487
  • Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books
  • Price: $25.00
  • Pages: xv+911
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Hammerpond Park Burglary
  • 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, {{A|Grant Allen}}, 'The Episode of the Mexican Seer'
      • p47, {{A|Arthur Morrison}}, 'The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby'
      • p64, E. W. Hornung, 'The Ides of March'
      • p79, {{A|Washington Irving}}, 'The Story of a Young Robber'
      • p90, C. W. Doyle, 'The Shadow of Quong Lung'
      • p112, {{A|Arnold Bennett}}, 'The Fire of London'
      • p139, {{A|Thomas W. Hanshew}}, 'The Affair of the Man Who Called Himself Hamilton Cleek'
      • p153, {{A|Maurice Leblanc}}, 'The Mysterious Railway Passenger'
      • p167, {{A|Bertram Atkey}}, 'The Adventure of "The Brain"'
      • p179, {{A|Clifford Ashdown}}, 'The Kailyard Novel'
      • p189, {{A|K. Prichard}} & {{A|Hesketh Prichard}}, 'The Parole of Gevil-Hay'
      • p205, {{A|Sax Rohmer}}, 'The Zayat Kiss'
      • p213, Frederick Irving Anderson, 'The Infallible Godahl'
      • p232, {{A|O. Henry}}, 'The Caballero's Way'
      • p240, {{A|O. Henry}}, 'Conscience in Art'
      • p245, A. S. W. Rosenbach, 'The Unpublishable Memoirs'
      • p250, {{A|George Randolph Chester}}, 'The Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company'
      • p281, Jack Boyle, 'Boston Blackie's Code'
      • p286, {{A|Frank L. Packard}}, 'The Gray Seal'
      • p299, Percival Pollard, 'The Dignity of Honest Labor'
      • p306, May Edginton, 'The Eyes of the Countess Gerda'
      • p320, {{A|Sinclair Lewis}}, 'The Willow Walk'
      • p341, {{A|O. Henry}}, 'A Retrieved Reformation'
      • p348, {{A|John Russell}}, 'The Burglar'
      • p372, {{A|Gerald Kersh}}, 'Karmesin and the Big Flea'
      • p378, {{A|Harry Stephen Keeler}}, 'The Very Raffles-Like Episode of Castor and Pollux, Diamonds De Luxe'
      • p395, {{A|Edgar Wallace}}, 'Four Square Jane'
      • p403, {{A|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, {{A|Bruce Graeme}}, '"His Lady" to the Rescue'
      • p479, {{A|Edgar Wallace}}, 'On Getting an Introduction'
      • p486, {{A|Ben Hecht}}, 'The Fifteen Murderers'
      • p497, {{A|Leslie Charteris}}, 'The Damsel in Distress'
      • p509, {{A|William Irish}}, 'After-Dinner Story'
      • p584, {{A|Bruno Fischer}}, 'We Are All Dead'
      • p623, {{A|C. S. Montanye}}, 'A Shock for the Countess'
      • p631, {{A|Christopher B. Booth}}, 'A Shabby Millionaire'
      • p661, Eugene Thomas, 'The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon'
      • p690, {{A|Erle Stanley Gardner}}, 'The Cat-Woman'
      • p715, {{A|Erle Stanley Gardner}}, 'The Kid Stacks a Deck'
      • p741, Frank McAuliffe, 'The Dr. Sherrock Commission'
      • p749, {{A|Erle Stanley Gardner}}, 'In Round Figures'
      • p773, {{A|Erle Stanley Gardner}}, 'The Racket Buster'
      • p787, {{A|Robert L. Fish}}, 'Sweet Music'
      • p800, {{A|Lawrence Block}}, 'The Ehrengraf Experience'
      • p830, {{A|Bradley Denton}}, 'Blackburn Sins'
      • p845, {{A|Loren D. Estleman}}, 'The Black Spot'
      • p854, {{A|Jas. R. Petrin}}, 'Car Trouble'
      • p867, {{A|Lawrence Block}}, 'Keller on the Spot'
      • p880, {{A|R. T. Lawton}}, 'Boudin Noir'
      • p890, {{A|Lawrence Block}}, 'Like a Thief in the Night'
      • p900, {{A|Donald E. Westlake}}, 'Too Many Crooks'