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1969 Queen's Quorum
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Description
Fine Binding, Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
A new edition. In the publisher's red cloth binding with handsome unclipped dust wrapper. A fascinating book exploring the history of detective-crime short stories through 125 famous works in this field. Referencing notable writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan-Doyle and Charles Dickens. Ellery Queen is the collective pseudonym for crime writers, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee. Their books were some of the most popular American mysteries published during the 20th century. Includes a scanned photograph of the first book containing all three Dupin stories.
Condition
In the publisher's red cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. Very light offsetting to the endpapers. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in excellent condition. Slight sunning to the spine and minor shelf wear to the edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with some spotting to the fore-edge.
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