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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1969
Description: Fair. *** Paperback in Fair condition. Binding cracked, but pages secure and clean. Previous owner stamp on inside of cover. Yellowing to inside of cover and pages. Creases to cover and spine. *** read more
Edition: 1st Edition-6th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1969
Description: Cover Art. Good. No Jacket. Vintage Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover Price 1.75------#E8579------The cover has very light shelf wear with normal reading creases to the spine. The pages has light yellowing..............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by... read more
Description: Queen, Ellery., Triangle Books, nd (1939), c1932, 2nd printing (of this edition), cloth, pages tanned o/w good w/chipped & torn dj, 370 pp, 8vo, "A Problem in Deduction" read more
Description: Very Good. 0451121368 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1945
Description: Very Good; 1945. Reprint. Softbound. Book very good, no jacket. No PO marks, 322pp, no index. Cover slightly edgeworn, reader's crease to spine. Pocketbook number 179. Cover by IM-HO, a famous art dealer dies, and it appears his will is in his coffin. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Sun Dial Press, New York
Date Published: 1943
Description: Good. No Jacket. Signed by Previous Owner Signed ex-libris inside cover. Foxing inside pages, damage to bottom rear board, wrinkling. Text very good. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes, New York
Date Published: 1932
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket. First printing of the fourth Ellery Queen mystery. There is residue of a paper label removed from the front endpaper, with the number "7516" stamped below it. We do not believe this to be an ex-library copy for which there is no internal evidence. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780899661513ISBN:0899661513
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. A former library book with the usual identifiers. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
"I loved Ellery Queen when I was younger and thought to re-read this book. But I just can't get into it now. I still like the puzzle style of mystery (as opposed to the hard-boiled) but I need something new."
"In the thousands of endlessly boring and routine detective stories, particularly those dreadful "procedurals", where the reader is told everything except for why they're wasting their time , this early Ellery Queen is an unorthodox delight, with a bizarre plot and weird characters. A man is beheaded and crucified at a god-forsaken hamlet in West Virginia and a few months later a similar incident occurs in New York with an insane cult leader as the only visible connection. Investigation reveals that the murders are a result of a 20 year old Balkan feud and although Ellery Queen is able to predict the next victim, he is helpless to prevent the final murder. The murderer has finally revealed himself in this last murder and a mad chase across the Midwest ends with his capture. In these early Queen books there is a challenge to the reader where the reader is told that they now have all the clues and information that Ellery Queen does and that they should be able to name the murderer. They always say that they have been scrupulously fair to the reader but while it's fun to guess who the murderer is, that's all it is-guessing. After you weed through the red herrings and logically eliminate suspects, there is still another card up Ellery Queen's sleeve that he hasn't fully revealed that pins the murderer."
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