… 6 ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY BOOKS …
…
4 ellery queen character books …
… 2 non-ellery
queen character books …
… FOR THE MYSTERY LOVER … RARE, out-of-print … mass market paperbacks …
… CULT
… FICTION … CLASSIC , VINTAGE
, UNIQUE …
… fictional protagonist, ELLERY
QUEEN … a crime author by
trade, he investigates murder mysteries because they stimulate
him and offer material for his books … he can be a snobbish
intellectual and he is known for his highly intuitive mind …
1. A STUDY IN TERROR … ellery
queen receives a manuscript of sherlock holmes’ investigation of the “jack the
ripper” case …
…
1966, lodestone, 1st printing … VERY GOOD … creaseless spine. clean, square,
smooth; has 1-inch, front cover gouge
and age wear … complete reading copy with heavy
cover and age wear … LOOKS UNREAD …
2. THE
FINISHING STROKE …
twelve
holiday party guests become murder suspects when a ‘santa’ arrives at the party …
… published 1958; this carroll graf copy 1986, 1st printing
… BRAND NEW / PERFECT … no
defects (creaseless covers and spine, square, smooth, clean) … CLEARLY UNREAD …
3. FACE TO
FACE … with
only one clue, ellery pursues the murder of a stage star…
… 1968, signet, 1st
printing … BRAND NEW / PERFECT … no
defects (creaseless
covers and spine, square, smooth, clean) … CLEARLY UNREAD …
4. THE BLACK HEARTS MURDER … a militant leader disappears
and then becomes a murder suspect …
…
1970, lancer, 1st printing … MINT … creaseless covers and spine, square, smooth; has minor aging and shelf wear … LIGHTLY READ …
… author: ELLERY QUEEN, the pseudonym
of cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred
Bennington Lee - 1928 thru 1970, prolific,
award-winning, and very popular american writers of classic, best-selling
mystery novels …
… in later life, various authors were commissioned under the
copyright name “ellery queen”
… ghost
written books were supervised/edited by Dannay and without ellery as a
character …
5. BEWARE THE YOUNG STRANGER … a diplomat turns protector
and investigator for a murder suspect …
…
1965, pocket, 1st printing … NEW / NEAR PERFECT … creaseless spine and covers, clean, smooth, square; with small, faint front corner crease … ghost writer
Talmage Powell … CLEARLY UNREAD … SMALL mass market paperback (approx
4-1/8 x 6-1/2 inches) …
6. WHAT’S IN THE DARK? … the actual
nyc electricity blackout of 1965 is the setting for this fictional murder caper
in an office building …
… published 1968; this zebra copy 1985, 1st printing
… MINT … creaseless covers, square, smooth, clean; has
faint spine creasing and superficial cover wear … CLEARLY UNREAD … ghost
writer Richard Deming …
* seller will
consider selecting/mixing/consolidating
with my other book listings …
* this listing is one of several ELLERY QUEEN
lots for sale …
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* NEW is same as direct from the printer …
not “almost-NEW”, not “LIKE-NEW” – but NEW : smooth, creaseless spine and covers …
* more info / pictures available upon request … from a private collection (not ex-library books), seller not a used-bookstore … securely packaged (boxed) when
shipped … non-smoking household … previously stored vertical on cool, dry shelf …
* if international shipping, then only
with eBAY Global Shipping Program …
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* please review my other listings for high
quality books from my private collection … books for the book lover, reader,
and collector …
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