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Dell #538, Mapback, PBO 1st Edition, Very good. A reading crease along the spine on the front cover. Slight spine roll. Light surface and edgewear. Pages toned. Cover illustration by Robert Stanley.

Dell, 1950 Mass-market paperback. Good. Good. Name in front, 2 ink marks on rear cover. Unmarked pages, solid binding, no spine creases, green toned page edges, slight wear on covers. 160 p. Selected and edited, with an introduction by Ellery Queen. 1950 copyright, no additional printings noted. Dell Book 538 25cent cover price. The Creeping Siamese. The Man Who Killed Dan Odams. The Nails in Mr Cayterer. The Joke on Eloise Morey. Tom, Dick or Harry..

NY: American Mercury, 1950. [1st printing](1950) #j48. Digest-sized paperback. Cover art by George Salter. Edge soiling (see scan; rear is similar as are all free edges; tanning; slight roll.. Paperback. Very Good-.

New York: Dell Publishing Company Inc, 1950 A Slightly Shaken Little Book. , No Marks Or Inscriptions. Front Card Cover Designed By Robert Stanley Of A Young Woman Holding A Bloody Knife , Rear Cover A Legend To Places Within The Story. The Front And Rear Card Are Creased Near The Spine And The Spine Has Binding Glue Creasing. L A Good Collectors/ Reading Copy

NY: Dell, 1950. A Dell Mystery - Mapback, in well above average condition. The first Dell edition of a rather scarce Hammett Private OPs mystery. 160 pp. Dell # 538. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1951]. Later edition. Creases and edge rubs, a good copy. (26776). Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Dell 538. A mapback edition. First Dell edition. Collects the following stories, The Creeping Siamese, The Man Who Killed Dan Adams, the Nails in Mr Cayterer, The Joke on Eloise Morey, Tom, Dick or Harry, and The King of Business. Introduction by Ellery Queen.

NY: Lawrence E. Spivak. Good. 1950. Softcover. Wraps. Edges worn/rubbed, creasing, chipping, toned pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak. Used - Acceptable. 1950. Octavo. 127 pp. Significant shelf wear, creasing, moderate chipping, and significant dampstains to wraps. Pages are deeply toned, with faint dampstains to early pages. Altogether a sound working copy. (Subject: Fiction.)

(New York): Lawrence E. Spivak. Good+. (1950). Paperback. Jonathan Press Mystery, No. J48. 127 pages, color, pictorial wrappers. The wraps are slightly rubbed and show some light wear. The contents are toned but complete. Good+. .

New York: Jonathan Press, 1948. First Edition. Pulp Magazine Binding. Used; Good. Jonathan Press Mystery number J48 includes three previously unpublished stories and an introduction by Ellery Queen.

dell , 1951 first edition . 538 very good -fine, slight spine roll, reading crease near spine. none on the spine, no chips, no writing, nice copy paperback,

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak/ Jonathan Press/ American Mercury. Very Good. 1950. Softcover. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Includes The Creeping Siamese, The Man Who Killed Dan Odams, The Nails in Mrs. Cayterer, The Joke on Eloise Morey, Tom Dick or Harry, This King Business. Jonathan Press Mystery No. J48. First Thus. Previous owner wrote "P8" on front cover. Side page edges soiled. Text clean. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages .

New York: The Jonathan Press, Inc. , 1950. Minor edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, 13 and 9-22 are written in blue ink on the front cover, pages are toning, overall a very crisp and clean, collectible first Jonathan Press edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! 127 unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! Very very scarce and collectible! "He's a drab looking little guy with a comfortable paunch, but don't ever try to land a fist on him if you want to wake up before tomorrow. Sure, he admits to forty, but in those forty years he's mopped up Frisco with more tough guys than you want to think about. For he's the Continental Op and there isn't a rogues' gallery in the country that doesn't show his mark. We are proud to bring you this brand new collection featuring three stories of the Op at his man-eating best, plus three newly discovered tough tales by the one and only Dashiell Hammett.". First Thus. Trade Paperback.… Read More

Concord, NH: The American Mercury, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Toning to pages, some wear. A very good+ copy. Contributions by Rufus King, Agatha Christie, and others. Cover art by George Salter. ; Octavo.

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1950.. 12mo. 127 pp. Very Good, Soft Cover with sun-fading, creasing, edge wear, & rubbing; front cover well-creased to gutters; shelf wear; yellowing throughout; stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle. First Edition.

New York : Lawrence E. Spivak , 1950. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 127 p. Final letter in title and of word detective cropped at outer edge but this as published. Slight lean to spine, overall light reading wear. Letter "A" written unnecessarily to front cover.

NY: Dell, 1951. NEAR FINE oondition in NEAR FINE original pale blue pictorial paper wraps. NY. Dell. SOFTCOVER. 1951. MAPBACK NO. 538. Square and tight, Cover and Mapback colors sharp, bright. Cover art by Robert Stanley. Age toning to pages. Fading to spine. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Includes: The Creeping Siamese, The Man Who Killed Dan Odams, The Nails In Mr. Cayterer, The Joke On Eloise Morey, Tom, Dick Or Harry, This King Business. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Original Wraps.

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1950. First Edition. Paperback original. Very good copy.

New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1950. First Edition. Paperback original. Very good copy.

NY: DELL. 1950. Fine with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Softcover. 1410005380 . First Dell Mapback. About fine in terrific pictorial printed wrappers. .