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[NONE] 1951, Revised Edition. (hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. ix, 132pp. 8vo. Taupe jacket, printed in red and in loose, protective mylar sleeve. Maroon cloth, white title block with red lettering to spine. There is a tiny sticker affixed to the front fixed endpaper; else is clean and bright. Joint pseudonym of , and .

A clean copy in a somewhat worn jacket. ; 6.5 X 1 X 9.5 inches; 146 pages

Ex library hardback with DJ; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1986 by Greenhill Books, London. Some fading to DJ otherwise a good, clean copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1C*

Reprint. octavo, red boards in dust jacket. (x), 146 pp. Biblio & Tannen, An important reference. A fine, clean copy. octavo, red boards in dust jacket

240 x 160mm. pp. 146. English text. Greenhill Books hardback reprint of the revised and expanded version of 'Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story as Revealed By the 125 Most Important Books Published in This Field, 1845-1967'. Bound in original maroon boards. Housed in maroon dust jacket. Moderate foxing to edges and some fading to spine of dust jacket. Also has finger sized stain to inside surface of dust jacket at top edge (not visible externally) and some light bumping to edges. Binding strong. No ownership inscription or underlining. Dust jacket protected with removable mylar cover. See images.

Condition of Hardback Book: As New Extremely good condition In Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective-Crime Short Story as Revealed by the 106 Most Important Books Published in This Field since 1845 (1951), Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee (under their pseudonym Ellery Queen) do just that--they give readers a run-down of the short stories they consider to be the best and/or most influential in a little over 100 years from 1845 through 1950. This is an interesting and informative reference book. It is not just a list of short stories, but Queen provides indepth historical and biographical information on the stories and their authors. I was pleased to note how many of Queen's selections I had already read. I didn't necessarily agree with their opinions on all of those, but I agreed with enough that I would definitely welcome the chance to read the rest of the stories listed here. Unfortunately, it seems that several of their selections may be quite difficult to find. They were scarce when the book was first published and I'm sure that they are even more difficult to track down today. But there would be no thrill of the hunt if all vintage mystery stories and books were easy to find. 146pp

Reprint. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp ix, 146. Crime fiction bibliography. ISBN 0947898204. Fine in fine d/w. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Excellent condition.

1951 revised edition. Top of jacket and jacket spine stained. Ink name on front paste-down endpaper. ix, 132 pp. Frontispiece facsimile of the title page of Poe's Tales. A bibliographic history of the detective short story. A valuable reference for mystery "high spots" published 1845-1951.

Quarto. Bound in original red cloth with black lettering spine. A near fine copy with owner address label ffep. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with fading, chips, and short closed tears. ix, 132 pp.

132 pages. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Jacket priced $4.00.

First British printing thus; Revised and expanded edition'. 'Greenhill Bibliographies' series. 8vo. Frontispiece illustration. 146 pp. Original maroon cloth binding. Faint edge foxing else, bookplate front pastedown, else this is a tight, fine book in a bright, fine DJ.

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