Mario Queena (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Murder Meets Mephisto by Queena Mario, Bart House 11, 1945 with uncredited cover art. Bright, clean, colorful copy of a scarce mystery novel. Binding is tight and covers uncreased. Spine is flat and uncreased. Scarce.

Softcover. 12mo., Murder at The Metropolitan Opera, New York City. Good with some cover creases in illustrated wrappers.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. great front cover of red faced devil like face.

Paperback #11 CONDITION: g-.

Paperback #11 CONDITION: g.

hardcover. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. First edition stated. Opera singer's second mystery is set at the old Metroploitan Opera Company in Manhattan.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. VG+ book in VG- DJ. 1942, First Edition. Nice bright boards. Light bumping to the spine extremeties. Very light spine lean. DJ has small chips to the corners and spine xtremeties. 1/2" chip to DJ spine head. Few short closed tears and light creases to DJ. DJ spine is sun-lightened. Light rubbing and smudges to DJ panels. ; 25A; 7-1/2" x 5-1/2"; 244 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Murder in the Opera House by Queena Mario First Edition E.P. Dutton & Co Inc 1934. New York. Author's debut novel. No previous owner's inscriptions. Contents clean and unblemished throughout. A fine copy with no bumping or graying to corners or edges and no toning to spine. In original pictorial VG dust jacket. Not price clipped.…

Newspaper. First Edition. Pages are age-toned. Light chipping to edges. A near fine copy. Illustrations by Miriam Troop.; Folio. Illustrated by Troop, Miriam (illustrator).

Hardcover. First Edition. 206pp. Beige cloth stamped in red on the front and the spine. A nice signed presentation copy to radio host celebrity Mary Margaret McBride. "To Mary Margaret / Peeress of program makers / and one of my favorite women. / Affectionately. / Queena Mario." Mario was one of the Metropolitan Opera's most enchanting lyrical artists who started a second career as a writer and teacher. Death Drops Delilah is the last of the three mysteries she penned that blend music and murder. Front hinge is a bit weak, light toning to pages. Still a bright near fine copy in the scarce very good dustjacket with a few minute chips to edges, a crease and fading to spine panel. In Hubin, 2003, p. 1018. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.…

E. P. Dutton. New York. 1934. Second printing of first edition. No DW. Light yellow cloth, slightly marked. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Ownership signature. Spine sunned otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Second Printing. Theater set murder mystery (in which the victim is killed on stage during an opera) by this soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Inscribed in poetic form from Mario to Michigan politician and president of the University of Michigan's School of Music. Author's first book. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at lower front flap edge, some staining to lower half of rear panel.…

First edition. Fine in dust jacket with professional restoration to spine ends and extremities. "The ingeniously contrived murder, the glittering background of music and make-believe, the tempestuous, clashing personalities, combine to make this a tale guaranteed to give both opera lovers and mystery fans a delightful and wakeful evening.".…

First edition. Author's first book. Pseudonym of Queena Marian Tillotson. Signed by the author on the front fly leaf. Fine, bright, tight copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners. Attractive copy of the famed soprano's first novel, a murder mystery featuring a female protagonist and set against the backdrop of New York's Metropolitan Opera. Mario had a successful career which included at 15 year stint at the Met, and would go on to write two more opera-themed mysteries between 1942-44. Her first novel is scarce in dust jacket, especially signed.…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. (not signed) on 1 3/4 length portrait of Quenna Mario in costume as Manon, wearing a low cut jeweled gown, hat trimmed in ostrich feathers, looking up, with a large light behind her head making a halo reflection. Photograph is on heavy weight stock; 10" x 12 1/2". very good (few small spots). 1929.…