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Published by Davis Publications, New York, 1967
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First appearance first printing of this collection of short stories. 10 new stories 5 reprinted stories. Collected are the following: Detective Short Stories: Mom and the Haunted Mink by James Yaffe, Miss Marple and the Golden Galleon by Agatha Christie, The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen, The Jolly Jugglers, Retired by Richard Deming, The Monster of Lakeview by Hugh Pentecost, The Pair of Gloves by Charles Dickens, Inspector Maigret Directs by George Simenon, Mr. Strang Gives a Lecture by William Brittain. Crime and Mystery Short Stories: The Sweetest Man in the World by Donald E. Westlake, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, A Stranger's Tale by Joseph Mathewson, Bubble Bath No. 3 by Margery Allingham, The Strange Adventure of Charles Homer by Frank Sisk, Third Act Curtain by Princess Zawadsky, Mystery, Movie Style by Joan Kapp. The Christie, Queen, Dickens, Gilman are reprints, The Allingham was originally published under the title "Bluebeard's Bathtub." The Simenon story is the first US publication. Light edge wear. Light reading crease to the covers next to the spine. In very good condition.
Published by Mercury Publications, NY, 1946
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 7, no. 27. Cover by George Salter. Includes "Puzzle for Poppy" by Patrick Quentin; "The Case of the Gossipers" by Agatha Christie; "The Comic Opera Murders" by James Yaffe; "Cummings Monk" by M. P. Shiel; "Broadway Murder" by William MacHarg; "Like Count Palmieri" by Anthony Boucher; "Spraking of Crime" (department) by Howard Haycraft; "The Earring" by William Irish [Cornell Woolrich]; "The Necklace" by Jack Moffitt; "Mr. Simpson Goes to the Dogs" by Anthony Berkeley. Light roll; edge wear; minor bumps and creasing.