About this title: Eccentric multimillionaire Cadmus Cole hires Ellery Queen to investigate a case. When Cole dies mysteriously at sea, Queen and his partner must navigate through a thicket of complications that includes a legacy of $50 million; two beautiful, avaricious women vying for it; and even a phony Ellery Queen. This ingenious confection was first published ...
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1971
Description: Cover Art. Reading Copy. No Jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover price.75------#T4799----Spine cock---------Reading copy is rated from good to very fine-----We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by...... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1980
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover clean with edge wear and creases. Section of pages have been damp and edges are a little wavy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: High School Book League
Date Published: 1941
Description: Fair. Moderate-heavy wear, creasing. Edges and corners bumped and rubbed. Red HC has soil, cover wear, prev owners name inside and frontand back hinges are cracked and seperated, but intact. SUMMARY: Vintage First Edition-Labeled "Special Printing". Mystery. Rare, collectible. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Blakiston
Date Published: 1945
Description: Fair in None jacket. Hardcover, no jacket. Cover very worn, creased, faded. Pages browning, webbing visible inside front cover. Previous owner's name & a couple notations inside. Several pages have edge tears. Ellery queen mystery. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good in Poor jacket. The covers of the book have some shelf wear, the book has a slight slant and the pages are tanned. The first free endpaper is missing. The dust jacket has some edgewear, some chipping and the spine is a little faded. The back inside flap is present but detached. This is a mystery about a case that detectives take on despite the fact that the case itself is a mystery. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Blakiston Company, N. Y.
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good. No Jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover has some light shelf wear. Owners name on the front fly...The bottom edge of the book has signs of moisture.......W. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1980
Description: Cover Art. Fair. No Jacket. Vintage Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover price 1.95--------#J9208-------The cover has shelf wear with creases....light yellowing pages.........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good in Fair jacket. Moderate shelfwear; sound book; pages darkly tanned. The dj is chipped and scratched. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction--Mystery Inventory No: 053198. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good. Ellery Queen mystery. Vintage paperback. Pocket Book #459, 1st printing, August 1947. Good copy, front and rear covers faintly creased, laminate intact, pages browning, small diagional chip off the upper corner of the rear cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Date Published: 1941
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Foxing on edges and age stained inside covers. Covers faded. Spine cover discolored/soiled. Fair. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Foxing on edges and age stained inside covers. Covers faded. Spine cover discolored/soiled. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Triangle, N. Y.
Date Published: 1945
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Hard Back. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The hard cover has light wear with more to the top of the spine....The pages has normal yellowing...... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Blakiston Company Triangle Books, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1939
Description: Good + No Jacket. This 5"x7.5" hard cover book has a grey cover with brown lettering on the spine of the cover. The pages are browned. 325 pages. read more
Description: [T4799] 1971, 1st thus. (Mass market paperback)...Very good.......Joint pseudonym of Frederic Dannay, and Manfred B. Lee....Also released as: The Virgin Heiresses....(Mystery) read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 249 pages; Minor edgewear with light reading creases. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. read more
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