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Queen, Ellery (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee), (editor). Ellery Queen's Awards Twelfth Series. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$9.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: The dust jacket is soiled and discolored. The book has signs of age. We ship fast.

Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery. In the Queens' Parlor and Other Leaves from the editors' Notebook. Simon and Schuster, NY, 1957.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 198 page hardcover reading copy - not a collector copy - containing 50 pieces about detective story lore. Dust jacket is frayed, worn and chipped, and has spots of dampstaining - but complete. Cloth and board exterior is good condition. Stated 1st Printing. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Photo of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee (the team known as Ellery Queen) on dust jacket rear.

Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery. In the Queens' Parlor and Other Leaves from the Editors' Notebook.. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$16.89 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardback with dust-wrapper. 195pp. Some wear to d/w, spine slightly faded. A little wear of extremities. Private ownership. Firm binding, a decent copy. (AR4)

Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom

Ellery Queen. In The Queen's Parlor. Simon & Schuster, 1957.

Price: US$19.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1957, Hardcover FIRST EDITION. Book Condition: thin stain to interior for 5 pages.faded to strong.see photos, some wear and dustiness otherwise very good minus. Dust Jacket condition: not price clipped, some wear, soiling and chipping, about good plus, Scarce title.in brodart archival sleeve.

Seller: Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada

Queen, Ellery (ed), Avram Davidson, B.J.R. Stolper, Alvin Pevehouse, Charlotte Armstrong, Robert Bloch, ray Chesson, Dorothy Salisbury Davis. Stanley Ellin, Charles Green, Rufus King, Thomas Kyd, Hugh Pentecost, Pat Stadley, F.L. Wallace, Manly Wade Wellman, Joseph Whitehall. Ellery Queen's Awards Twelfth Series. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition first printing of this collection of short stories by various authors. Winners of the Annual Short Story Contest. Light edge wear. A tanning to the complete cover. There is a tiny chip out of the surface of the front dust jacket panel next to Dorothy Salisbury Davis' name. In good / good condition. Language: eng 0.0

Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

Queen, Ellery. In the Queen's Parlor and Other Leaves from the Editors' Notebook. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Fifty short essays about crime fiction and all things related. Gently bumped and rubbed with fraying to the head of the darkened spine. Short newspaper review of the later reprint edition laid in, leaving a tan mark on the title page. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the corners and spine ends, in Brodart.

Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery , editor.. ELLERY QUEEN'S AWARDS: Twelfth Series.. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1957 dj, 1957.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. The winners of the 12th annual short story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Contributors include Rufus King, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Charlotte Armstrong, Avrom Davidson, Hugh Pentecost, Robert Bloch and more. 338 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages and some toning to the dj, bookplate on front pastedown, but a tight and straight copy)

Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery (editor). ELLERY QUEEN'S AWARDS TWELFTH SERIES. Simon & Schuster, 1957.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Very good/very good condition, moderate over all wear to book and dustjacket, pages darkened, spine of dustjacket is darkened.

Seller: Rob & June Edwards, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery. The Queen's Awards Twelfth Series. Simon and Schuster, NY, 1957.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover. First Edition. Prelims and textblock edges foxed, ink name and address on front pastedown along gutter, pages tanned, else a very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed jacket that has some minor loss at the extremities.

Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee), (editor). ELLERY QUEEN'S AWARDS: TWELFTH SERIES. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, cloth backed boards. Winner's of the magazines annual short story contest. Includes the Edgar nominated "And Already Lost" by Charlotte Armstrong. Another significant fiction, "Malice in Wonderland" by Rufus King. Other authors include Avram Davidson, Robert Bloch, Stanley Ellin, Manly Wade Wellman and ten others. Darkening to text paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some rub marks to front panel and some overall dust soiling. (16254)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery. IN THE QUEEN'S PARLOR. Simon & Schuster, 1957.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 195pp "

Seller: Austin Book Shop LLC, Richmond Hill, NY, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery [ Editor ]. Rogues' Gallery: The Great Criminals of Modern Fiction. Faber & Faber, London, 1957.

Price: US$36.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 550 g; 608 pages including acknowledgements. In original dark red in original bright red cloth covered boards, with original dust jacket. The dust jacket has a small chip missing from the top of the front panel, and other minor rubs and tears. The rear panel of the dust jacket is grubby. There is a small knock on the bottom edge of the rear board. . 31 stories, arranged into various "departments", and includes Andrew Lang, Simon Templar, Jasper Holt and Jimmy . The first eight stories include strangulation, shooting, stabbing, poisoning, electrocution, asphyxiation. There is also a plastic blunt instrument. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 0224405.

Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Ellery Queen. In the Queen's Parlor and Other Leaves. by Ellery Queen (First Printing). Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: In the Queen's Parlor and Other Leaves. by Ellery Queen (First Printing) A sharp, square copy. Minor shelfwear/aging. Light tanning. Not price clipped. Minor shelfwear. Moderate tearing. First Printing/Edition (stated). A collection "of anecdotes, personal reminiscences, and reflections" from the Queens (collaboration behind Ellery Queen), including pieces that dive into the lore and history of the mystery/detective genre itself.

Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery. IN THE QUEENS' PARLOR And Other Leaves from The Editors' Notebook. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Octavo. A very good+ copy with mild cover edge wear, small ink stamp ffep in a very good- dust jacket with chips, short closed tears, long thin piece missing rear panel of dust jacket affecting "A Note About Ellery Queen" blurb. 195 pp.

Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.

Queen, Ellery, ed. Ellery Queen's Awards: Twelfth Series. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1957.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Description: Text block is tanned. A near fine copy in fine dustjacket. Collects stories by Avram Davidson, Robert Bloch, Rufus King, Manly Wade Wellman and others.; Octavo.

Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.

QUEEN, ELLERY [EDITED BY]. IN THE QUEENS' PARLOR AND OTHER LEAVES FROM THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK. Simon and Schuster, 1957., New York, 1957.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Review copy with the slip laid-in. Fine in dust jacket with a few light rubs to the extremities. A collection of 50 anecdotes, personal reminiscences and reflections regarding writing crime fiction. Contains the essay "Who Shall Ever Forget?," the famous and charming chronicle of his introduction to Sherlock Holmes, and "High Sherloctane; or, Having Fun With Words," in which he discusses Rex Stout's scandalous assertion that Watson was a woman.

Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.

QUEEN, ELLERY [EDITED BY]. IN THE QUEENS' PARLOR AND OTHER LEAVES FROM THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK. Simon and Schuster, 1957., New York, 1957.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Contains a presentation inscription By Manfred B. Lee dated April 15, 1957 on the front free fly leaf: "For Stanley Who likes to browse in E. Quine pastures. With affection , Manny." Further signed "Ellery Queen" per MBL." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket. A collection of 50 anecdotes, personal reminiscences and reflections regarding writing crime fiction. Contains the essay "Who Shall Ever Forget?," the famous and charming chronicle of his introduction to Sherlock Holmes, and "High Sherloctane; or, Having Fun With Words," in which he discusses Rex Stout's scandalous assertion that Watson was a woman.

Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.