THE FINISHING STROKE
by Queen, Ellery
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Pink boards. Spine faded somewhat, as is the top edge. Corner bumps and wear to spine ends.
- Seller
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket; Pink boards. Spine faded somewhat, as is the top . edge. Corner bumps and wear to spine ends.. 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. It's Christmastime, and young Ellery Queen has been invited to spend the holidays at a house party. During the eleven nights before Christmas, a series of anonymous gifts begin to arrive, each with increasing menace. Ellery tries to discover their source and meaning but to no avail. Finally, on the twelfth night, things turn deadly. Unable to solve the murder, Ellery returns to it decades later when he happens upon his diary. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 244 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Blackbird Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 804
- Title
- THE FINISHING STROKE
- Author
- Queen, Ellery
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Pink boards. Spine faded somewhat, as is the top edge. Corner bumps and wear to spine ends.
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- MYSTERIES, ELLERY QUEEN, DETECTIVE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries & Thrillers; Mystery & Suspense / Q - R;
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About the Seller
Blackbird Bookshop
Biblio member since 2003
Trumbull, Connecticut
About Blackbird Bookshop
Blackbird Bookshop is an internet-only bookstore specializing in Mystery and Suspense, and Modern First Editions. We have high standards for any book in our stock, regardless of the age of the book. If we wouldn't be proud to display it in our personal collection, we won't sell it.
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- Bumps
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- 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....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...