Published by Dell Magazines, NY, 1982
Magazine / Periodical
Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. 80, No. 5, Whole No. 471. Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Photo cover. Includes "The Spy and the Village Murder" by Edward D. Hoch; "From the Balcony" by Christianna Brand; "The Canadian Caper" by Robert Edward Eckels; "Something Comforting in It' by Jerrold Phaon; "Mr. Strang Studies Exhibit A" by William Brittain; "Teammates" by Joseph C. Stinson; "A Date in Helsinki" by Patricia McGerr; "Jimson's Folly" by T. M. McDade; "The Locker-Room Mystery" by Raleigh Bond; "The Right Thing to Do" by Henry T. Parry; "The Invisible Man" by Gary Alexander; "The Traveling Medicine Chest' by Penelope Wallace; "The Fifth Grave" by Jack Ritchie; "Doors" by William Bankier; "Bitter Secret" by Hugh Pentecost; "Mystery Newsletter"; R. E. Porter & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen. Edge and cxorner wear; minor creasing and stress; mild tanning. Magazine.
Language: English
Published by The American Mercury, Inc Lawrence E Spivak, New York, NY, 1949
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. George Salter (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Vol 14 # 70 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, September 1949. Contains stories by Leslie Charteris (The Arrow of God), , Clayton Rawson (Off the Face of the Earth), Louis Golding (Question No. 3), Frank Gruber (Cat and Mouse), A H Z Carr (The Man Who Played Hunches), Georges Simenon (Stan the Killer), Charles Francis Coe (Bars), Roy Vickers (The "Try-Out" Murder), Walter Duranty (Only the Fools Get Caught), T M McDade (Let Me Help You With Your Murders), Arnold Bennett (The Fire of London), and others. Light wear at the edges. Fading to the spine. Small bumps at the top center of the front cover and along the spine. Browning to the covers and the pages. A good copy.
Published by W. B. Thorsen, Chicago, Illinois, 1971
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: New. NOT a library discard; Edward Gorey (illustrator). First Edition. Chicago, Illinois: W. B. Thorsen, 1971. New and unread copy of the FIRST EDITION. NO owner's name or address label. Very mild age toning. This copy is from the publisher's surplus inventory which we acquired along with the magazine's archives -- now housed at the John Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Vol. XXI #7, May 1971. "Edward Gorey, An American Gothic" by Thomas M. McDade has 5 Gorey illustrations including one drawn especially for this issue. A Gorey bibliography describes nearly 50 items. There are other articles on the Flatey Book, J.-K. Huysmans, Hogarth Press, etc. Charles Heartman's American Book Collector lasted 36 issues before publication ceased in 1935. In 1950, William B. Thorsen began a new magazine called The Amateur Book Collector. However, he soon received permission from Heartman's widow to change the name to American Book Collector. There were 233 issues published before its demise in 1976. A third incarnation of the American Book Collector, unrelated to the others, appeared in 54 issues between 1980 and 1987. . First Edition. Softcover. New. Illus. by NOT a library discard; Edward Gorey. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.