Introduction by Queen Ellery (42 results)
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- Signed
Seller: Christopher Morrow, Bookseller, Port St. Lucie, FL, U.S.A.Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. [i-xii], 293pp. 8vo. (5.25" x 8" x .75"). Softcover book has illustrated wraps (Andy Ross) and a complete number line. Otto Penzler, creator of American Mystery Classics, has signed his name on the title page, and has written the Introduction as well. Book was originally published in 1933 and was the seventh Ellery Queen novel. Book is straight, clean, bright, unmarked, unclipped, and gift quality. Some of the writers included are Laura Lippman, Joseph Finder, J. A. Vance, T. Jefferson Parker, Sara Paretsky. Andy Ross (illustrator). Signed.…
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 293 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2024
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 340 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2021
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 293 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2025
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.25x8.00 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2025
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.25x8.00 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2019
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 288 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2021
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Published by Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1942
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.Blue Moon Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good/no dust jacket. Red cloth with black offset. Moderate bumping to corners and light soiling. First edition. Stated on copyright page. Nice solid copy.
Published by Lawrence E. Spivak (1945), New York, NY, 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.Riverow Bookshop
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: FR/No Dustjacket. New York, NY: Lawrence E. Spivak. FR/No Dustjacket. (1945). . Paperback. Sm 8vo., 126 pp., rubbed, bumped, chipping, page toning . Not Illustrated (illustrator).
Published by Dell Publishing Company Inc, New York, 1950
- Softcover
Seller: Westside Stories, Hamilton, ON, CanadaWestside Stories
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. A Slightly Shaken Little Book. , No Marks Or Inscriptions. Front Card Cover Designed By Robert Stanley Of A Young Woman Holding A Bloody Knife , Rear Cover A Legend To Places Within The Story. The Front And Rear Card Are Creased Near The Spine And The Spine Has Binding Glue Creasing. L A Good Collectors/ Reading Copy. Robert Stanley (illustrator).…
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2024
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 340 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2025
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.25x8.00 inches. In Stock.
The Celebrated Cases of Dick Tracy 1931 - 1951
Gould, Chester; Introduction by Ellery Queen; Galewitz, Herb (Ed)
- Hardcover
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United KingdomPeakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. H/b; d/w; vg/vg; 4to; 289pp; contents page has titles ticked off; mark on front d/w; excess postage required; Dick Tracy; 4to 11" - 13" tall.
Language: English
Published by American Mystery Classics, 2025
- Hardcover
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 8.00x5.25x8.30 inches. In Stock.
Published by Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1947
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Eel River Books, McKinleyville, CA, U.S.A.Eel River Books
Contact seller4-star sellerPaper Wrappers. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Paper Wrappers. First Edition. 128 pages. Green paper wrappers with edge and corner wear. Pages browned and fragile with some chips from pages but not affecting the text. Last page separated but present. A fragile item. Seven mystery stories by Vickers. Best Seller Mystery No. 891.…
Published by Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1955
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United KingdomWheeler's Bookshop
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. 1955. First Penguin Edition. Penguin Mystery & Crime series (green covers). 237 pp. Pages and covers clean and bright. VG+.
More imagesThe Creeping Siamese (A Dashiell Hammett Detective)
Hammett, Dashiell (collected and edited with introduction by Ellery Queen)
Language: English
Published by Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1950
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaSellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 127 p. Final letter in title and of word detective cropped at outer edge but this as published. Slight lean to spine, overall light reading wear. Letter "A" written unnecessarily to front cover.
More imagesNightmare Town (A Mercury Book No. 120)
Hammett, Dashiell (collected and edited with an introduction by Ellery Queen)
Language: English
Published by The American Mercury Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1948
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaSellers & Newel Second-Hand Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 128 p. Exceptional copy. Touch of sticker residue to cover.
A MAN NAMED THIN and Other Stories
Hammett, Dashiell; Edited and with an introduction by Ellery Queen
Published by (New York 22, N.Y.): Joseph W. Ferman, Publisher, (1962)., 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition: Mercury Mystery No. 233. Mild tanning to the text, as usual, else a near fine, tight copy of this vintage digest in colorful wraps. First book collection of eight stories--complete and unabridged.
More imagesA Man Named Thin and other stories by Dashiell Hammett (Mercury Mystery No. 233)
Hammett, Dashiell (edited and with introduction by Ellery Queen)
Language: English
Published by Joseph W. Ferman, New York, 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 128 p. Square, sound clean copy. Close to Near Fine condition. Scarce this condition.
More imagesHammett Homicides (Bestseller Mystery No.B81)
Hammett, Dashiell (collected and edited with introduction and critical notes by Ellery Queen)
Language: English
Published by Lawrence E. Spivak, New York, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 128 p. Sound clean unmarked copy, slight lean to spine, some minor edgewear and discolouration to covers. Letter "W" written unnecessarily to front cover. Old tide mark to lower bottom edge of some pages and inside rear cover not affecting text.
More imagesPublished by American Mercury Publications/Lawrence E. Spivak, 1947
- Softcover
Seller: ODYSSEY, Pointe Claire, QC, CanadaODYSSEY
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: VG+. 1st Thus. Type: Book 127 pp., illus. cartonage bdg. with black titling on front board and white on forest green spine. One of a series of books by this publisher that were chosen and introduced by Ellery Queen, the present being a collection of 6 detective/mystery stories. In VG+ near FINE condition (very slightly yellowed paper edges, barely shelf worn) In a custom-made high gauge mylar DJ. Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request. Photo scan available. Shipments to USA, USPS via Canada Post Express; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGE.…
A man named Thin : and other stories by Dashiel Hammett. Mercury mysteriy, no. 233. Original printing.
Hammett, Dashiell (Author - 1894 - 1961); Ellery Queen (Editor, Writer of introduction - Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971); Joseph W. Ferman (Publisher); George Salter (Cover designer)
Published by [New York, New York],: Joseph W. Ferman, Publisher, 1962
- Softcover
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. 13.7 x 19.3cm. Original wraps. very OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:987431.Physical Description:128 pages ; 20 cm."Complete and unabridged."This is the ninth, and last, collection of Dashiell Hammett's short stories"--Introduction, page 6"Only edition"--LaymanPublished January 19, 1962; see Layman"Cover and design by George Salter"--Title page verso.…
The Big Knock-over : originally published under the title $106,000 blood money :Jonathan Press mystery, no. J36. Original printing.
Hammett, Dashiell (Author - 1894 - 1961); Ellery Queen (Editor, Writer of introduction - Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971); Lawrence E. Spivak (Publisher - 1900 -1994); George Salter (Cover designer)
Published by New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1948], 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. 13.7 x 18.8cm. Original wraps. i; cover and first page detached. .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:3175422: Physical Description:127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm.''' "The best 35[cent] mysteries"--Cover"Fourth edition"--LaymanDate of publication from LaymanCover design by George SalterPublisher's advertisements on page [128.…
The Continental Op :Bestseller Mystery, no. B62. Original printing.
Hammett, Dashiell (Author - 1894 - 1961); Ellery Queen (Editor, Writer of introduction - Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971); Lawrence E. Spivak (Publisher - 1900 -1994);.
Published by New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1945], 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. 13.7 x 19.1cm. Original wraps. very good.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:27818321 (variant)Physical Description:128 pages ; 19 cm.Stories originally published in Black mask magazine"The best 35[cent] mysteries"--Cover"Third edition"--LaymanPublished January 4, 1949; see LaymanCover design by George SalterPublisher's advertisements on page [128].…
Dead yellow Women :Jonathan Press mystery, no. J29. Original printing.
Hammett, Dashiell (Author - 1894 - 1961); Ellery Queen (Editor, Writer of introduction - Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971); Lawrence E. Spivak (Publisher - 1900 -1994); George Salter (Cover designer)
Published by New York: Lawrence E. Spivak [1948], 1948
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. 13.7 x 19.1cm. Original wraps. very good.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:3193996Physical Description:127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm.Short storiesAt head of title: Ellery Queen selects"First edition"--LaymanPublished July 22, 1947; see LaymanCover design by George SalterPublisher's advertisements on page [128].…
They can only hang you once : and other stories : originally published under the title The adventures of Sam Spade. Mercury Book no. 131. Original printing.
Hammett, Dashiell (Author - 1894 - 1961); Ellery Queen (Editor, Writer of introduction - Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971); Lawrence E. Spivak (Publisher - 1900 -1994);.George Salter (Cover designer)
Published by New York: The American Mercury : Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, 1949, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. 13.4 x 18.8cm. Original wraps; defects on spine without loss, small loss in upper right corner. .OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1564901: Physical Description:125 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm."The best 35[cent] mysteries"--CoverIntroduction by Ellery QueenCover design by George Salter"[First edition], second printing"--LaymanPublished 1949; see LaymanPublisher's advertisements on pages [126]-[127]; "Memo from publisher": page [128] (announcing a price increase from $0.25 to $0.35 with this title).…
The return of the Continental Op :Jonathan Press mystery, no. J17. Original printing.
Hammett , Dashiell (Author - 1894 - 1961); Ellery Queen (Editor, Writer of introduction - Ellery Queen is a pseudonym created in 1928 by the American detective fiction writers Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971); Lawrence E. Spivak (Publisher - 1900 -1994); George Salter (Cover designer)
Published by New York: Lawrence E. Spivak 1945, 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. 8vo. 13.8 x 19.2cm. Original wraps. in very good condition OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:3448554.: Physical Description:127 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 cm.Stories originally published in Black mask magazineIntroduction by Ellery Queen"First edition"--LaymanPublished July 6, 1945; see LaymanCover design by George SalterPublisher's advertisements on page [128]. …
