THE FOUR OF HEARTS
by Queen, Ellery (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good to Good Plus
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Avon Books, 1958. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage paperback, Avon T-242; in this classic 1930s mystery, New York City's greatest amateur sleuth, Ellery Queen, attends a Hollywood wedding and finds himself investigating a publicity stunt that led to the murder of two famous movie rivals on their wedding night; text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned, some spine lean in pictorial wrappers showing reading crease, other minor surface and edgewear.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002151
- Title
- THE FOUR OF HEARTS
- Author
- Queen, Ellery (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee)
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good to Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing, First Edition Thus.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- MYSTERY, FIRST EDITION, AMATEUR SLEUTH, HOLLYWOOD, VINTAGE PAPERBACK, MOVIES, 1930S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; California; Vintage Paperback;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
Glossary
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.