The Detective Short Story: A Bibliography by Queen, Ellery - 1942

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.

Biblo and Tannen, New York. 1969. Reprint. One of a limited edition of 1000 copies. 8vo, 146pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket. .