ELLERY QUEEN'S FACES OF MYSTERY
by Queen, Ellery, Editor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good Plus
- ISBN 10
- 0803722281
- ISBN 13
- 9780803722286
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. Ellery Queen's Anthology #34, Fall-Winter, 1977; includes a Nero Wolfe short novel by Rex Stout, novelets by Simenon, Blochman and Symons, fourteen short stories including work by Queen, Patricia Highsmith, and Dick Francis. Boards and text are clean and tight; edges lightly soiled with a slight spine lean; dustjacket is somewhat worn at corners, with chipping and small tears along edges and top and bottom of spine. Scarce. Collectable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002676
- Title
- ELLERY QUEEN'S FACES OF MYSTERY
- Author
- Queen, Ellery, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0803722281
- ISBN 13
- 9780803722286
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, SHORT STORIES, STOUT, FRANCIS, SIMENON, HIGHSMITH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Mystery; Suspense;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...