ELLERY QUEEN'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DETECTIVE STORIES
by Queen, Ellery, Editor
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good to Near Fine
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Popular Library, 1964. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback, Popular Library 01527; this "second" edition of this collection of mystery short stories by mid-20th Century writers is vastly different from the first. With only six of the original fourteen stories remaining and new stories from authors such as Rex Stout, Erle Stanley Gardner, Charlotte Armstrong and Patrick Quentin added, this is arguably a better book the second time around; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; pictorial wrappers show reading crease, only minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003496
- Title
- ELLERY QUEEN'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DETECTIVE STORIES
- Author
- Queen, Ellery, Editor
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good to Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Popular Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, DETECTIVE, SHORT STORIES, SUSPENSE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories; Mystery; Vintage Paperback;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
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
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- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...