Lawrence Block (ed.): Manhattan Noir 2. The Classics (USA 2008)

From the Publisher:
Classic reprints from: Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Weidman, Damon Runyon, Evan Hunter, Jerrold Mundis, Edgar Allan Poe, Horace Gregory, Geoffrey Bartholomew, Cornell Woolrich, Barry N. Malzberg, Clark Howard, Jerome Charyn, Donald E. Westlake, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Susan Isaacs, and others.

Lawrence Block has won most of the major mystery awards and has been called the quintessential New York writer. His series characters -- Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, Chip Harrison, and Keller -- all live in Manhattan; like their creator, they would not really be happy anywhere else.

Introduction
PART I: THE OLD SCHOOL
EDITH WHARTON Mrs. Manstey's View (Greenwich Village 1891)
STEPHEN CRANE A Poker Game (East 40's 1902)
O. HENRY The Furnished Room (Lower West Side 1906)
LANGSTON HUGHES Spanish Blood (Harlem 1934)
IRWIN SHAW Sailor off the Bremen (West Village 1939)
JEROME WEIDMAN My Aunt from Twelfth Street (Alphabet City 1939)
DAMON RUNYON Johnny One-Eye (Broadway 1941)
EVAN HUNTER The Last Spin (Washington Heights 1956)
CORNELL WOOLRICH New York Blues (East 37th Street 1970)

PART II: THE POETS
EDGAR ALLAN POE The Raven (West 84th Street 1845)
HORACE GREGORY Selections from Chelsea Rooming House (Chelsea 1930)
GEOFFREY BARTHOLOMEW Selections from The Mc Sorley Poems (East Village 2001)

PART III: DARKNESS VISIBLE
JERROLD MUNDIS The Luger Is a 9mm Automatic Handgun with a Parabellum Action (Central Park 1969)
BARRY N. MALZBERG The Interceptor (Upper West Side 1972)
CLARK HOWARD Crowded Lives (Sixth Avenue 1989)
JEROME CHARYN Young Isaac (Lower East Side 1990)
DONALD E. WESTLAKE Love in the Lean Years (Wall Street 1992)
JOYCE CAROL OATES A Manhattan Romance (Central Park South 1997)
LAWRENCE BLOCK In for a Penny (Eighth Avenue 1999)
SUSAN ISAACS Two Over Easy (Murray Hill 2008)

Lawrence Block (ed.): Manhattan Noir 2. The Classics. Akashic Books, ISBN: 1933354577 (September, 2008), 273 p., $15.95.