Ellery Queen's Crookbook : 25 Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
xii, 338pp. In red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles (boards very gently rubbed and faded on edges). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (lightly bumped on edges, gently sunned on spine). 8vo. A collection of 25 mystery stories from various authors including Patricia Highsmith, Hugh Pentecost, Lillian de la Torre, Celia Fremlin, Stanley Ellin and others.