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Twentieth Century Detective Stories by Queen, Ellery (Edited by) - 1948

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Twentieth Century Detective Stories

by Queen, Ellery (Edited by)

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  • Hardcover
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1948. Book. Illus. by Nydorf, Seymour. Very Good. Hardcover. The Living Library. Edition not stated, 1941 copyright date. No indication of book club edition. Boards clean with edges toned. Spine with lean, binding sound. Interior toned, clean. DJ not clipped (no price) toned and chipped with edges well rubbed; minor loss at top right corner of front panel. Lower edge of front flap with 3" tear; still intact. DJ now in mylar. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾.
  • Seller Small World Books, LLC US (US)
  • Illustrator Nydorf, Seymour
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Near Good
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher The World Publishing Company
  • Place of Publication Cleveland and New York
  • Date Published 1948
  • Keywords FICTION MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY

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TWENTIETH CENTURY DETECTIVE STORIES

TWENTIETH CENTURY DETECTIVE STORIES

by QUEEN, ELLERY [EDITED BY]

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Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, [[1948]., 1948. First edition. First edition. Signed on the half title page as "Barnaby Ross" and "Ellery Queen." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners. Contains the first book appearance of Queen's Quorum. Queen's Quorum, A Readers' and Collectors' Guide To The 101 Most Important Books Of Detective-Crime Short Stories, With Critical and Bibliographical Notes, in short, A Short History Of The Detective-Crime Short Story. Also contains fourteen modern detective stories never before published in book form in the United States. Some of the authors are Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie (two selections), T. S. Stribling, Ernest Bramah, Anthony Boucher, Lillian De La Torre, Ellery Queen, and others.
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