CLEVELAND /NY: THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in grey cloth in close to near fine dust jacket. (Dark orange hue on spine of jacket lightly discolored, yet perfectly readable. Tasteful bookplate concealed under front flap on paste-down. Couple numbers inked on inside of jacket indiscernible on reverse. Short edge tears & hints of shelf wear at edges. ) Features the FIRST hardcover printing of Dashiell Hammett's Continental Op story "Tom, Dick or Harry." Together with "Queen's Quorum." .

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Bookseller: Waverley Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 311767
Title: 20TH-CENTURY DETECTIVE STORIES.
Author: Queen, Ellery. (Editors)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: THE WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Place of Publication: CLEVELAND /NY
Date Published: 1948
Keywords: Mystery & Detective Fiction/dashiell Hammett/ellery Queen/212

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