Author: QUEEN, ELLERY (EDITOR)
Title: Masterpieces of Mystery: Amateurs & Professionals
Description: NY: Davis Publications, 1978. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full red leatherette, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, a.e.g, red endpapers. The editor, Ellery Queen, states "This is a treasure-house of the best detective-crime-suspense short-shorts, short-stories, novelets, and short novels ever written - The creme du crime of nearly a century and half of the most imaginative storytelling." Writers include in this volume include: Hugh Pentacost, Dorothy L. Sayers, H.H. Homes (Anthony Boucher), Agatha Christie, Paull W. Fairman, James M. Ullman, Dashiell Hammett, Ross Macdonald, Joe Gores, Anthony Abbot, Charles Child, Frances & Richard Lockridge, Robert L. Pike (Forbert L. Fish), Henry Wade, Ellery Queen, George Harmon Coxe, James Powell, Victor Canning, Lawrence Treat, Ed McBain. Very slight crease on spine, otherwise perfect, tight, square, unread, and clean. NEAR FINE. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 351 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Mysteries Ellery Queen Story Collections Fiction; Novels, Poetry & Literature Mystery & Suspense Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books


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