ELLERY QUEEN'S 16th MYSTERY ANNUAL: THE YEAR'S BEST FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. New York: Random House, [1961]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. Twenty-two stories from ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE by Frances and Richard Lockridge, Stanley Ellin, Evan Hunter, Hal Ellson, Arthur C. Clarke and others. This also includes the first appearance in hardcover of Hammett's, "A Man Named Thin." The Hammett story, previously unpublished, was acquired in 1946 but was not published in ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE until 1960 (this story is not related to The Thin Man stories). A fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket with some mild dust soiling and slight shelf wear to edges. (#128047).
Price: $35.00
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