Mystery Stories

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover. Very Good / Good Plus. Small octavo, 7.8 in x 4.8 in., pp. xvi, [2], 237. Signed by the author on title page. Black cloth-covered boards with copper title bands, and publisher's insignia to spine. Light rubbing to extremities. Small nudges to three corners. Pen scribble to upper… Read more about this item

The author's third book, INSCRIBED and contemporaneously dated on the front end paper. An Inner Sanctum Mystery title, and a Queen's Quorum title as well. The text block is toned, a ubiquitous issue with this book, and there are two tiny nicks atop the spine, thus the book is nearly fine in a similar dw with a tiny chip… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956., 1956. First edition. First edition. Page edges uniformly browned, else fine in a completely bright unfaded dust jacket with only a few nicks at the extremities. Foreword by Ellery Queen. Queen's Quorum title for 1956. Ten short stories, including several award winners. This collection of Stanley Ellin's stories was described by Anthony Boucher… Read more about this item

MYSTERY STORIES, S & S, 1956, first edition., light tape stains to f.e.p. & r.e.p., else near fine in like dust-wrapper with famous Danish critic and writer Tage Le Cour's book-plate on the f.e.p. QUEEN'S QUORUM choice.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, decorative price-clipped dust jacket. xvi, 237pp. Near fine/very good. Text block typically, moderately age toned; jacket lightly edgeworn. Quite nice, quite tight first edition of this noted mystery writer's first short story collection, introduced by Ellery Queen. The sixth of these ten tales, "The… Read more about this item

N Y: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 12mo, orig black cloth; light edge wear, d/j a couple of shaoow chiips. Internally toned. Presenatation copy inscribed & signed on ffep recto by the author. Jacket is unclipped. Page edges uniformly browned as to be expected. 10 of… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First printing stated on copyright page of this first collection of short stories by Stanley Ellin. Forward by Ellery Queen (Queen's Quorum #113). In original unclipped jacket showing $3.00 price on inside flap and in a clear protective sheet. Some rubbing at edges and creases with minor… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Some browning to pages from poor quality of paper, else a near fine book in a very good to near fine bright dust jacket, completely unfaded at spine with only a few tiny nicks at edges. Queen's Quorum, #113.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Some browning to pages from poor quality of paper, else a near fine book in a bright, nearly fine dust jacket, completely unfaded at spine with only a few tiny nicks at edges. Queen's Quorum, #113.

Simon & Schuster, 1956-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First printing. Edges and corners a bit rubbed with some age discoloration to textblock. Price clipped dust jacket has several chips, rubbing and scuffs at extremities. Still bright. 237 pp.

United Kingdom: T.V. Boardman & Co Ltd, 1957. Hardcover. Good/NO Dustwrapper. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ten short stories including: The Specialty of the House, The Cat's-Paw, Death on Christmas Eve, Fool's Mate, The Betrayers, etc. T.V. Boardman & Co Ltd, London 1957. 222pp hb covers marked, pages browned, good

1957. First edition. Black cloth, silver type to spine. 222 pages. Lacks DW but very clean and sound, a nice copy.

London: T V Boardman & Co Ltd, 1957 Book. Very Good ++. Hardcover. 1st UK Edition. Hard Cover. VG++, Wear, Ink Name, Offset/NO DUST JACKET. 1st UK Edition. The author's first book of short stories, featuring the delicious 'Specialty of the House'. Foreword by Ellery Queen, stating t hat this book is Queen's Quorum Number 113. Expanded condition report/scan on… Read more about this item

London: T.V. Boardman, 1957. 1st Edition 1st impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, light browning to eps, covers lightly marked, otherwise VG in VG dustjacket with creasing along top edge, and a small triangular closed tear at top edge of rear panel.

New York, Simon Schuster 1956.. xvi+238pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, some edgewear and chipping. Leaves browned. Neat erasure from ffe. A very good copy.. First edition.

T.V. Boardman, London., 1957. First U.K. edition. Introduction by Ellery Queen (Queen's Quorum no. 113). Octavo. 222 pages. Includes his most famous story "The Specialty of the House". Tail of spine just a little bruised. Free endpapers partially and faintly tanned. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper slightly rubbed at edges.