Title: Queen's Awards Eighth Series

Author: Edited by Ellery Queen

Publisher: Collins Crime Club, London

Edition: First printing of the first edition

Date Printed: 1955

Description: A nice example of the first printing of the first edition.  Original cloth hardback in the original dustwrapper. 7.5 inches by 5 inches. 288 pages. 

The dustwrapper is not price clipped, still showing the original 12s 6d price to the inside front flap, and is in attractive condition with some tears and about 1% loss (see pictures). The book is in very attractive condition with bright titles, and some light bumping  (see pictures).  Internally clean and free of inscriptions. Slight toning to the end papers and page edges (see pictures). Binding sound and square. A nice example. 

Contains the 16 winners of the annual detective short story contest including The Betrayers by Stanley Ellin, On The Brink by James Yaffe, and Mrrrar! by Edgar Panborn.

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