Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Queen, Ellery. 15th Mystery Annual. Random House, New York, 1960.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The book is bound in black cloth with gold and green stampings. A previous owners name weritten on the f e p. The book is like new otherwise. The dust jacket is a beauty with nmo damage. The book includes F. Scott Fitzgeralds first published work.
Seller: Rose Publications, Glendale, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First book appearance of Fitzgerald's first published work. Some ink on the rear pastedown endpaper. Dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Ellery Queen. Ellery Queen's 15th Mystery Annual. Random House, New York, 1960.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First printing, stated. HC w/DJ. Stories by Rufus King, Poul Anderson, Marjorie Carleton, and others. Plus a bonus story: F. Scott Fitzgerald's first published work.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$34.50 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. An anthology of the 'year's best' from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Contributors include Stanley Ellin, George Harmon Coxe, Hugh Pentecost, Charlotte Armstrong, Frances and Richard Lockridge, Poul Anderson, Rufus King and more. Included is a special bonus story: the first book appearance of F Scott Fitzgerald's first story, published originally in a school paper when he was 13. While not much of a mystery, this certainly indicates a precocious young writer. 248 pp. Very good in a very good dustjacket (some light toning or foxing to the endpapers, the flaps and interior of the dj) - overall a nice tight straight copy in a lightly soiled but still attractive dustjacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover first edition - First printing. An anthology of the 'year's best' from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Contributors include Stanley Ellin, George Harmon Coxe, Hugh Pentecost, Charlotte Armstrong, Frances and Richard Lockridge, Poul Anderson, Rufus King and more. Included is a special bonus story: the first book appearance of F Scott Fitzgerald's first story, published originally in a school paper when he was 13. While not much of a mystery, this certainly indicates a precocious young writer. 248 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
QUEEN, Ellery, edited by. Ellery Queen's 15th Mystery Annual. Random House, New York, 1960.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Tiny bookseller label on front pastedown, faint crease on the spine, near fine in a very good dust jacket with moderate rubbing, and tiny tears at the spine ends. Includes stories by: Rufus King, Harold R. Daniels, Stanley Ellin, Hugh Pentecost, Lenard Kaufman, and more. Also includes F. Scott Fitzgerald's first published story "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage", written when he was 13 years old and printed in the St. Paul Academy *Now and Then* magazine in September 1909.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT. The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage. Random House, New York, 1960.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: One of 750 copies. NEAR-FINE (SLIGHT FOXING ON ONE PAGE) IN STAPLED CARD COVER. Presentation letter from Random House laid in.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage. Random House, New York, 1960.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stapled thick grayish stock covers printed in black. Unpaginated. Limited to 750 copies. A very clean copy.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Mystery of Raymond Mortgage. Random House, New York, 1960.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Slim 12mo. Stapled wraps. 10 pages, unpagianted. Beautiful unread First Edition of this recently, (at the time) uncovered story by Fitzgerald, written when he was only thirteen. One of only 750 unnumbered copies published. Square, tight and clean with no discernible wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears and scarce in any condition. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.