ELLERY QUEEN'S SECRETS OF MYSTERY by Queen, Ellery (editor) (Erle Stanley Gardner; Victor Canning; Florence V. Mayberry; Lawrence Treat; Robert Edward Eckels; Hugh Pentecost; Robert Bloch; Lawrence G. Blochman; Phyllis Ann Karr; Lloyd Biggle Jr; Brian W. Aldiss; Vincent McConnor) - 1979

New York: Davis Publications, 1979. 285 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Clue of the Screaming Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner; A Stroke of Genius by Victor Canning; Out of the Dream Stumbling by Florence V. Mayberry; A As in Alibi by Lawrence Treat; The Last One to Know by Robert Edward Eckels; Jericho and the Studio Murders by Hugh Pentecost; The Man Who Never Did Anything Right by Robert Bloch; The Killer with No Fingerprints by Lawrence G. Blochman; Blood Money by Phyllis Ann Karr; Have You a Fortune in Your Attic? by Lloyd Biggle Jr; The Lonely Habit by Brian W. Aldiss; Just Like Inspector Maigret by Vincent McConnor; Operation Bonaparte by James M. Ullman; The Raffles Bombshell by Barry Perowne; Uncle from Australia by Ellery Queen; and three by Edward D. Hoch: Captain Leopold Gets Angry; The Theft of Nick Velvet; and The Spy at the End of the Rainbow. Ellery Queen quickly became an American institution, from the first book in 1929, The Roman Hat Mystery. The Ellery Queen stories caught on and spread to other media. A radio show started in 1939 and ran until 1948. On TV, Ellery Queen began in 1950 and survived an assortment of incarnations until 1975/1976 with the series starring Jim Hutton, David Wayne, Tom Reese, John Hillerman and many others. As for movies, the first one was in 1935 with Donald Cook as Ellery Queen. The bulk of the movies, though, were made during the 1940s with Ralph Bellamy in the lead role, although William Gargan played the role a couple of times. And then there was the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, launched in 1941 and still going. As well, there were the comic books and graphic novels, the board games and jigsaw puzzles... and the theatre, with an assortment of awards being won along the way, including the Grand Master Edgar Award.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Book.