CHALLENGE TO THE READER by Queen, Ellery (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee) (editor)

Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Vg a bit of wear near spine and bottom edge. Foxing due to age.

Garden City: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. Edition Not Specified. Good +/Poor DJ. 12mo = 7-9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Dj is soiled, has tears and pieces misg, large piece misg from back cover. Some pages coming loose from binding.

New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback 1940 edition of Ellery Queen Mysteries in a Hardcover Book with a binding in Poor Condition, Internals moderately toned. clean, unmarked, no creases. Black cloth binding is quite worn. Binding is solid; backstrap loose from crash. Rear hinge cracked. Former owner names on endpapers, front and back. A worn, used book with much reading left in it! Mystery lovers must love Ellery Queen's mysteries. 26 mystery stories. 502 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches. 1940, Blue Ribbon Books, New York.

Garden City NY.: Blue Ribbon Books., 1940. 1938 Frederick Stokes copyright.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Minor varied cover blemishes.. 1 503 p. Black cloth over boards. Red stamped spine titles. Red top page block. 21 cm. Introductory Chapter: "Challenge to the Reader; In Which Mr. Ellery Queen Invents a New Kind of Detective Story Anthology". The reader learns Ellery Queen is the only living member among 8216, the club being heroines, heroes, and detectives of the mystery genre. Herein, each chapter offers the reader and well-known "detective" disguised with a changed name. 26 Chapters; at front, a list of authors and their famous fictional sleuths.

bestseller digest. 68 very good + to near fine

New York: Blue Ribbon, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good. Later. Very good hardcover. Inside cover and pages slightly brown. Missing endpaper. Shelf rubbing. Corners rubbed. Edges of spine rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Blue Ribbon Books, New York. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery, crime, vintage) 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.

Garden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Slightly scuffed cover, tight binding, good pages with no marks or tears, great typefaces used-- so very early 40s! This is an anthology of other detective stories which Queen then renamed using fake author names to make it a guessing game for the reader. Answers to the story as to the real author are at the end of each story.

Blue Ribbon Books. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Slightly dampstained. (Mystery, Detective, Short Stories, Anthology)

American Mercury, 1938. Book. Good. Paperback. Pages unmarked. Paper tanning. Edgeworn & moderately shelfworn with some tattering at top of spine. Binding firm..