The Devil to Pay
by Ellery Queen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1938. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The first English edition of the mystery novel, starring Ellery Queen and authored under his name as a pseudonym. First English edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding. 'The Devil to Pay' is a mystery novel set in Los Angeles, involving the mystery writer Ellery Queen. He helps his police inspector father solve confusing murders, and in this novel, he must sit in on an auction and watch as events turn both ghastly and gruesome.Ellery Queen was a pseudonym created by American crime fiction writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee. Under this name, the two writers wrote over thirty novel and several short story collections.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Some fading to the margins and particularly to the spine. Very minimal bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine. Light spotting to text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 807D47
- Title
- The Devil to Pay
- Author
- Ellery Queen
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz LTD
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- The Devil to Pay mystery novels detective fiction Ellery Queen mystery novels Manfred Bennington Lee
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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