Published by Davis Publications, 1977
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. As new condition faux red leather boards with elaborately decorated gold front cover, rear cover and spine decorations, plus a traditional six - hubbed spine. Includes an Introduction by Ellery Queen. Illustrated with black-and-white author photographs at the beginning of each story plus matching red front and rear endpapers. "This volume of Masterpieces of Mystery . contains 16 stories - about Ellery Queen. Carter Dickson's Colonel March, Anthony Berkeley's Roger Sheringham, David Frome's (Leslie Ford's) Evan Pinkerton, Stuart Palmer's Hildegarde Withers, Patrick Quentin's (Q. Patrick's) Peter and Iris Duluth, Erle Stanley Gardner's Sidney Zoom, Margery Allingham's Albert Campion, Irvin S. Cobb's Judge William Priest, Helen Reilly's Inspector McKee, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Nicholas Blake's Nigel Strangeways, Michael Innes's Inspector John Appleby, Clayton Rawson's The Great Merlini, Ngaio Marsh's Inspector Roderick Alleyn, and Georges Simenon's Inspector Maigret. Happy detecting!"- excerpt from the Introduction by Ellery Queen.