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Blue Ribbon Books, 1946. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. VG. 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition (Stated) bound in black cloth with yellow blocking. 8vo size, 422pp. A VG copy, has some rubbing to the spine, rear board and corners. Spine a little faded. Inside is clean, tight, unmarked. No dj . Stories by Christie, Eberhart, Starrett, Vickers etc. .

LITTLE, 1943. First edition. . Hard cover. Poor. No dust jacket.. 422 p.

Blue Ribbon Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery, crime, women) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Blue Ribbon Books. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Women Detectives, Mystery, Short Stories) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Little Brown, 1944. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Ed.. Third ed. Good condition, moderate over all wear, corners worn, bookstore label on FEP..

Garden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1946. Anthology of 21 short mysteries, including contributions by Agatha Christie, Vincent Starrett, Mignon Eberhart and others. Reprint. Bumped with the lower edge of the boards a bit sunned, binding square and solid. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, in Brodart.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES, Little, Brown, 1943, first edition, spine lightened, else a tight vg+ copy. Contributions by: Mary Roberts Rinehart, Paul Gallico, Vincent Starrett, Anthony Boucher, Agatha Christie, F. Tennyson Jesse, Baroness Orczy, Fergus Hume, John Kendrick Bangs, Stuart Palmer, Edgar Wallace, et.al. The great women detectives & criminals.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Paperback / softback. New.

, 5 compilation volumes edited by Ellery Queen featuring stories by Paul Gallico, Agatha Christie, H.H. Holmes, Baroness Orczy, Fergus Hume, Edgar Wallace, Isaac Asimov, Celia Fremlin, Hugh Pentecost, Patricia Highsmith, P.D. James, Michael Innes, Ruth Rendell. Other ISBN 0575022655. Napoleons of Mystery and Masters of Mystery are first editions

Little Brown, 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Ed. First ed. Very good/Very good condition, slight over all wear to book and dustjacket, dustjacket spine slightly faded..

UsedGood. 1943 Little Brown Press. Good solid copy, mild to moderate reading/age wear, no DJ if issued, may have some light markings or exowner inscription. We take great pride in accurately describing the condition of our books and media, ship within 48 hours, and offer a 100% money back guarantee. Customers purchasing more than one item from us may be entitled to a shipping discount.

"The Female of The Species" by Ellery Queen1943 - First Edition, First PrintingVintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket8 1/4" x 5 1/2"422 PagesThe jacket is in good minus condition with small chips, tears and fading. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tear, bends, stains, and writing. The previous owner's name is written in blue pencil on the front free end page. There is very light pencil marks on the contents page. The boards are in good to good minus condition with light edge wear. The binding is tight and square.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ellery Queen and inscribed, "To Dick -- to whom I find refreshment -- Best, Ellery Queen per M.B.L." [Manfred Bennington Lee]. xii, [3], 422pp. Bound in publisher's dark brown cloth stamped in yellow; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with moderate edge wear, scuffing to surface with cup ring to center front board. Top edge of textblock dampstained with trivial tidal mark. Front gutter tender with light tanning to contents. An important anthology as well as an early one that includes stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Starrett, H.H. Holmes [Anthony Boucher], Agatha Christie, Baroness Orczy, Fergus Hume, John Kendrick Bangs, Edgar Wallace, et al. The title is a spin on Rudyard Kipling's "The Female of the Species" (1911) where the poet writes that females are far more dangerous than males.

Boston: Little Brown, 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Printing--From a recent auction of modern firsts--with the auction tag tipped in--a very good copy which is signed and inscribed by the editor, (--the name of Ellery Queen is a pseudonym derived from two people-Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee) Ellery Queen--to "Dick--To Whom I find Refreshment---Ellery Queen". Very rare to find with signature. A collection of essays on Female detectives and criminals. In the introduction-- Queen identifies E. A. Poe as the first American author of detective fiction--with the creation of Auguste Dupin as the "Adam" of Detectives. Essays includes writings by Agatha Christie and many others. A very good copy with dustiness to the page edges and rubbing and edgewear to the extremities. There is a very slight water cup stain to the front panel--however the binding is tight and the lettering to the front panel and spine is still strong. A great collectible copy with a… Leer más

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943., 1943. First edition. First edition. Signed on the title page "Ellery Queen"/ (Frederic Dannay). Fine, bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket with red color on spine lightly sunned and minor wear to the foot of spine. An important anthology as well as an early one that includes stories by Eberhart, Palmer, Rinehart, Footner, Starrett, Holmes [Boucher], Christie, Orczy, Hume, Bangs, Vickers, Wallace, et al. The introduction is quite informative. Queen says, "the first true detective in literature cracked open his eggshell in 1841, emerging 'fully grown and armed to the teeth.' Out of Poe's immortal rib [ no pun intended ] came the world's first woman detective---a full twenty years later." Queen goes on to say, "again obeying the primeval laws of nature--though less laggard, let it be noted, in matters pertaining to sin--woman came second. In all these years no one has collected in one 'feminology' the best… Leer más