Introduction
These volumes represent significant works in their respective genres, primarily held in the Rare Books repository of the Boston University Libraries Special Collections though some are in the circulating collection. They are not necessarily by the authors listed above.
Selected Books
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The riddle of the sands; a record of secret service byLocation: Mugar stacks PR6005.H4 R5 F03Publication Date: 1903This 1903 novel is considered both the first spy novel and the first thriller; a foundational text for both genres.
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A voyage to Arcturus byLocation: Y PR6023 .I58115V68 1968Publication Date: 1968A paperback reprint of the influential 1920 novel, a favorite of both C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien.
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Unnatural death byLocation: Mystery PR6037.A95 U5 1927Publication Date: ca. 1927Original British edition of the third Lord Peter Wimsey novel, by one of the "Queens of Crime" who modernized the mystery and detective genre.
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Mystery Writers of America present: Murder by experts byLocation: Charteris PN6120.95.D45 M97 1947Publication Date: 1947A genre-defining collection of post-war mystery authors.
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The Lord of the Rings byLocation: Phillips PR6039.O32 L6 1974ISBN: 0395193958Publication Date: 1974A one-volume collector's edition of Tolkien's trilogy, originally published in 1954-1955. From the collection of poet Carl Phillips.
