THE GREEK COFFIN MYSTERY
by Queen, Ellery (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine /Issued Without Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0553065041
- ISBN 13
- 9780553065046
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books. This is the fourth of the Ellery Queen mysteries , originally published in 1932 and reprinted many times since. As one of the first nine Queen mysteries, its title contains a nationality and the now legendary "Challenge to the Reader: "Ungentle reader, you now have in your possession all the facts pertinent to the only correct solution of the problem..." In this case, there is a missing will that may or may not be buried with an elderly Greek art dealer in his coffin. This copy is from the 1985 Bantam Books' "Collection of Mystery Classics." First printing, first edition thus (with complete numberline). About 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 299 pages including an introduction by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Bound in dark brown faux leather boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine as well as decorative end pages. Boards show only very minimal surface and edgewear, no major damage such as tears or bumped corners. Text is clean, complete and unmarked. No underlining or highligthing. A collectable copy of one of the prime works from this legendary writer of classic mysteries. . Fine. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 1st Printing. 1985.
Synopsis
From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility . With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice , a 'B' for Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre , and a 'C' for Willa Cather's My Ántonia . It continues with more perennial classics, perfect to give as elegant gifts or to showcase on your own shelves. Q is for Queen. Ellery Queen is a fictional detective regarded by many as the definitive American detective-hero, rivaling Nero Wolfe as the successor to Sherlock Holmes. "Ellery Queen" also serves as the joint pseudonym for the creators, cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee. In a successful series of novels and short stories that covered 42 years, Ellery Queen was the best known American fictional detective during the 1930s and 1940s. The Greek Coffin Mystery (1932) is considered one of the earliest, most popular, confounding, brilliantly plotted classic whodunit mysteries of the Ellery Queen series, involving a dead and blind art dealer, a slain forger, a stolen priceless painting and the disappearance of a mysterious will from a New York townhouse full of suspects. During the funeral of famous art dealer Georg Khalkis, the metal box containing his last will and testament had vanished from the library safe. Son of a New York cop, Ellery Queen, a young master of deduction, orders a search of the coffin. To the horror of both detectives and mourners, when the coffin is unearthed, a second corpse, strangled and decaying, is found with the late Georg Khalkis.
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- Seller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 006134
- Title
- THE GREEK COFFIN MYSTERY
- Author
- Queen, Ellery (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Issued Without Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553065041
- ISBN 13
- 9780553065046
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
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H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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