Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine October 1955 by Queen, Ellery (ed), Clayton Rawson, Georges Simenon, Agatha Christie, Mignon G. Eberhart, Edmund Crispin, Michael Innes, Vin Parker, D. MacClure, Louis Bromfield, Jack London, Anthony Gilbert, Steve April, William Fay, Rebecca Weiner, Brian O'Sullivan, Do - 1955

First appearance first printing of this collection of short stories. There are sixteen stories in total plus one Detective Directory. Collected are the following: Contest Story: Merlini and the Vanished Diamonds by Clayton Rawson. Five Detective Stories: The Little Doctor and the Slipper Fiend by Georges Simenon, The Six China Figures by Agatha Christie, The Wagstaff Pearls by Mignon G. Eberhart, Looking For a Diamond by Edmund Crispin, A Test of Indentity by Michael Innes. Five Crime Stories: Only the Guilty Run by Vin Packer, The Stone on Abdul's Head by D. MacClare, Tabloid News by Louis Bromfield, The Mystery of Keesh by Jack London, Remember Madame Clementine by Anthony Gilbert. Two republished Black Mask Magazine stories: Two Can Play by Steve April, Farewell to Kennedy by William Fay. Two - The Second Children's Hour stories: "Well?" Rebecca Weiner and A Man Like His Daddy by Brian O'Sullivan. One Suspense story: The Perfectionist by Donald McNutt Douglas. The Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills. Light edge wear. Someone wrote in grease pencil on the front cover. October 1955 was released with two cover version. This one with an illustrated cover and one with basic no illustration cover. This version seems to be less common. In good condition.