Search Results: the detective short story a by queen ellery

Little Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Exlib; text is clean, unmarked; paper tanned at the edges, spine sunned, wear at edges; 145 pages .

Boston, MA: Little Brown and Co, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Original red cloth, with printed paper label on the spine, as issued. Limited to 1060 copies. Spine is faded and the label is tanned. Some off-setting to endpapers.

Biblo and Tannen, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. A new edition of the rare 1942 bibliography LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES. One of the best reference books on the detective novel by a famed author of many of them. Book is fine and unmarked. Except for two small corner nicks, so is the jacket. Archival Mylar cover included.

New York: Biblio and Tannen, 1969. Fine in very good plus jacket.. Limited edition reissue of the classic 1942 genre reference, "the first bibliography of the detective short story ever written," with a new introduction by the authors. 9'' x 6''. Original grey cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped (15.00) dust jacket. Edition of 1000 copies. 146 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Moderate chipping to dust jacket, with a few small holes to front panel and flaps.

New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1969. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. near fine in vg jacket, in fresh mylar; minor wear at top of jacket spine, mild rubbing to jacket edges, small red ink mark next to a few entries within the book else a tight square crisp copy in an unclipped jacket

Biblo-Moser. Used - Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. Writing inside. (Vintage mystery and adventure, mystery, adventure, annotated bibliography, reference, best books, detective story)

Biblo and Tannen 1969. Tidy ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1942.. 1942.. Good. - Octavo, red cloth with paper label on spine. The cloth is rubbed & unevenly faded. The head of the spine is frayed & there are 2 light library stamps on the front cover. 146 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings, including a stamp in the text. Good. <p>First edition.<p>1/1,060 copies.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Red cloth with printed spine label. Small name in pencil on front fly. Label a little toned else near fine lacking the dustwrapper. A landmark bibliography, one of 1000 copies offered for sale, from a total edition of 1060.

146pp, slight wear, unmarked.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company NONE [NONE] 1951, Revised Edition. (hardcover) ix, 132pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 8vo. Taupe jacket, printed in red and in loose, protective mylar sleeve. Maroon cloth, white title block with red lettering to spine. There is a tiny sticker affixed to the front fixed endpaper; else is clean and bright. Joint pseudonym of , and . .

New York, Biblo and Tannen 1969.. 146 S., OLn., sehr guter Zustand.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The paste on title and author label on the spine strip is faded and the pages rough cut. The main the damage is the front end paper. To hide the fact that the book once belonged to the Harlem Consolidated School, it was glued to the front paste down and it was done badly. there is a heavy, vertical crease along the hinge, a short, c;osed tear on the outside and another larger tear, with no loss, towards the head. The glue has partially lifted revealing ugly glue stains on the pastedown, an accesiion number and the school stamp. The body of the book is in excllent condition. As the title implies, Ellery Queen's bibliography of detective short stories arranged in alphabetical order of author identifying first editions. Red boards, 146 pages.

First Edition. Limited Edition. This edition was limited to 1000 copies that were for sale. Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Mylar Cover. 146 pages including index.

Biblio and Tannen. New York. 1969. Biblio & Tannen. 1969. Hardback in DW. Reprint with New Introduction, limited to only 1000 copies. Boards and endpapers very slightly damp-mottled. Pages browned otherwise a clean and sound copy in sunned wrapper.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 1951 revised edition. Top of jacket and jacket spine stained. Ink name on front paste-down endpaper. ix, 132 pp. Frontispiece facsimile of the title page of Poe's Tales. A bibliographic history of the detective short story. A valuable reference for mystery "high spots" published 1845-1951.

Biblo-Moser, 1969-06. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Little, Brown and Company. 132 pages. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Jacket priced $4.00. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1951.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Quarto. Bound in original red cloth with black lettering spine. A near fine copy with owner address label ffep. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with fading, chips, and short closed tears. ix, 132 pp.

(London) Greenhill Books (1986)., 1986. First British printing thus; Revised and expanded edition'. 'Greenhill Bibliographies' series. 8vo. Frontispiece illustration. 146 pp. Original maroon cloth binding. Faint edge foxing else, bookplate front pastedown, else this is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.