About this title: Eccentric multimillionaire Cadmus Cole hires Ellery Queen to investigate a case. When Cole dies mysteriously at sea, Queen and his partner must navigate through a thicket of complications that includes a legacy of $50 million; two beautiful, avaricious women vying for it; and even a phony Ellery Queen. This ingenious confection was first published ...
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Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1971
Description: Cover Art. Reading Copy. No Jacket. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover price.75------#T4799----Spine cock---------Reading copy is rated from good to very fine-----We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by...... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: High School Book League New York, 1941
Description: VG no dj. 1 crossed out inscription to ffep, which also have a green stain on top edge-where green edging has bled through a small way. red boards are tarnished to spine which has a small cut at each end, and some wear. right edge of textblock is untrimmed. hinge has cracked at level of title page, but all tightly bound in with no lost pages. internally a clean and crisp copy. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Signet
Date Published: 1980
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover clean with edge wear and creases. Section of pages have been damp and edges are a little wavy. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Blakiston Company, N. Y.
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good. No Jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover has some light shelf wear. Owners name on the front fly...The bottom edge of the book has signs of moisture.......W. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Signet, N. Y.
Date Published: 1980
Description: Cover Art. Fair. No Jacket. Vintage Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Cover price 1.95--------#J9208-------The cover has shelf wear with creases....light yellowing pages.........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: High School Book League
Date Published: 1941
Description: Fair. Moderate-heavy wear, creasing. Edges and corners bumped and rubbed. Red HC has soil, cover wear, prev owners name inside and frontand back hinges are cracked and seperated, but intact. SUMMARY: Vintage First Edition-Labeled "Special Printing". Mystery. Rare, collectible. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: International Readers League
Date Published: 1939
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Good condition with orange cloth boards; inside front hinge has netting exposed; 325 clean pp; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Blakiston
Date Published: 1945
Description: Fair in None jacket. Hardcover, no jacket. Cover very worn, creased, faded. Pages browning, webbing visible inside front cover. Previous owner's name & a couple notations inside. Several pages have edge tears. Ellery queen mystery. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good in Poor jacket. The covers of the book have some shelf wear, the book has a slight slant and the pages are tanned. The first free endpaper is missing. The dust jacket has some edgewear, some chipping and the spine is a little faded. The back inside flap is present but detached. This is a mystery about a case that detectives take on despite the fact that the case itself is a mystery. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good. Ellery Queen mystery. Vintage paperback. Pocket Book #459, 1st printing, August 1947. Good copy, front and rear covers faintly creased, laminate intact, pages browning, small diagional chip off the upper corner of the rear cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes
Date Published: 1941
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Foxing on edges and age stained inside covers. Covers faded. Spine cover discolored/soiled. Fair. No dust jacket. Slight lean. Foxing on edges and age stained inside covers. Covers faded. Spine cover discolored/soiled. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Triangle, N. Y.
Date Published: 1945
Description: Fair. No Jacket. Hard Back. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The hard cover has light wear with more to the top of the spine....The pages has normal yellowing...... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: High School Book League, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Green cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Corners are rubbed, head and tail of spine show shelf wear, spine is sunned. Text block is uncut. Clean, solid copy. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Triangle Books, New York
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Yellowing pages. Cracked hinges. Binding intact. Foxed end papers. Ex libris on FFE. Scuffed and soiled grey boards. Soiled edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Triangle Books
Date Published: 1945
Description: Good in Fair jacket. Moderate shelfwear; sound book; pages darkly tanned. The dj is chipped and scratched. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction--Mystery Inventory No: 053198. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Philadelphia Blakiston Company 1945., Philadelphia PA
Date Published: 1945
Description: /Good. 1 Copy Available; VG HB, light wear spine ends/ Good DJ; 8vo; DJ has chipping to spine ends, flap fold corners, with small pieces missing to spine ends; classic Queen murder mystery. DJ also has small pickoff on front where price sticker was removed, and several other small closed tears to extremities; 1st triangle edition. read more
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