THE KING IS DEAD
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus/Fair To Good
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1952. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair To Good. The 25th novel from the legendary mystery writing team of Frederic Dannay and his cousin, Manfred B. Lee, featuring their fictional writer and detective, Ellery Queen. This time Ellery and his father are taken at gunpoint to the Atlantic Ocean island kingdom of Abel Bendigo, wealthy international arms dealer. Bendigo hires the Queens to discover who, among his friends and family, is not only threatening to kill him, but has announced the exact minute, hour and day of the murder. The day arrives, Bendigo is locked in a sealed room and at the hour and minute, yes, he is murdered, leaving Ellery and his father with one of the genre's greatest locked room mysteries. First Printing, First Book Club edtion. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 220 pages in red cloth-covered boards with black lettering on front cover and spine. The dustjacket's front panel shows a small pistol with a chipped hand grip resting on an outstretched hand. Except for a bit of bumping and wear at the corners and spine ends, and light rectangular stains on the end pages, the boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket is well-worn, with minor chipping at the corners and spine ends, and a 2-inch, nearly invisible closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, also creasing and small tears at the lower end of the spine and back panel. That noted, the dj, now in a mylar protector, is still 95% whole and quite presentable. A very decent reading copy of a classic locked-room mystery.
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Details
- Seller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 005506
- Title
- THE KING IS DEAD
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Fair To Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, LOCKED ROOM, ATLANTIC, CLASSIC ARMS INDUSTRY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Intrigue; Crime; Bibliomystery;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...