Murder Experts by Queen Ellery (3 results)

Condition: Good. 1950. First Published in GB. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscriptions to rear free endpaper and pastedown. Water staining to top edge of text block. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Water marking to front board.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First U.K. edition of a book originally published by Ziff Davisin the U.S. in 1947. Red boards with slight edge rubbing. Page edges and endpapers are browned with previous owners book plate on front free endpaper. All the stories in the contents pages have ticks in blue pen next to them. Pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. Jacket has a five inch long closed tear to the front panel which has been carefully repaired with tape to the front of the jacket- this also has some associated creasing. Front panel has a half inch piece missing from the top right corner and a inch long closed tear to the bottom right corner. Discolouration to the rear panel which has two half inch closed tears at the bottom edge, one next to the spine. Chipping to the corners. First printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ziff Davis, Chicago, 1947. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing as confirmed by McBride. Fine/Very Good. Not remaindered and not price clipped ($3.50). Book has been well preserved for 70 years and is clean and mark free throughout except for a little tanning and shelf wear at edges and a previous owner's sticker on the front end paper, with rigid, square boards and a tight spine. Appears unread. Jacket has some losses at most edges, up to 3 inches at spine base and rear cover, and very slight tanning at some edges, see pictures. However, looks scrumptious in its shiny new plastic cover. Shipping box is suitable for wrapping with a non-price listed purchase order inside along with biodegradable packing. This anthology is an assortment of the stories the Mystery Writers of America could not forget. Not Signed.…