Queen, Ellery.

The Roman Hat Mystery, Stokes, 1929, second printing 1929, spine coming loose and ends frayed, French Powder Mystery, Gollancz, second impression 1931; The Dutch Shoe Mystery, Grosset & Dunlop, reprint 1931 in facsimile first edition dust-jacket; The Greek Coffin Mystery, Stokes, 1931, first edition, spine ends frayed, the siamese twin mystery, stokes, 1933, first edition, dust-jacket, fine book in very good dust-jacket, few small smudges and marks to cloth, tear to spine of jacket neatly repaired with white tape internally, spine slightly faded, couple of small tears, small chips to upper and lower edges of jacket, not affecting text or image; De Siameesche Tweeling, Boekhuis Tilburg, undated (probably thirties) Dutch translation by J. Castelijns; The Chinese Orange Mystery, Stokes, 1934, first edition, dust-jacket, near mint book in excellent dust-jacket, couple of tiny tears, miniscule chips to upper and lower edges of jacket spine, couple other very small chips; The Chinese Orange Mystery, Gollancz, 1934, first English edition, slight browning to endpapers, covers lightly marked; The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Stokes, 1934,  first edition, dust-jacket, near mint book in excellent dust-jacket, very slightly marked and rubbed; The Spanish Cape Mystery, Stokes,1935, first edition, spine slightly faded; Half-Way House, Gollancz, first english edition, dust-jacket, page edges foxed, collector’s stamp on front endpaper, half-title and title page, jacket spine slightly darkened, couple of tiny tear; The Door Between, Gollancz,1937, first English edition, spine slightly rubbed; The Four of Hearts, Gollancz,1939, first English edition, boards slightly marked; The Dragon’s Teeth, Gollancz,1939, first English edition, page edges foxed, boards slightly marked; The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, Stokes, 1934,  first edition, dust-jacket, very slightly rubbed at spine ends, boards lightly marked,  dust-jacket with 20mm. chip to top of spine affecting lettering, 4mm. loss to base of spine, other small chips; The New Adventures of Ellery Queen, Gollancz,1940, first English edition;  Calamity Town, Little, Brown, 1942, first American edition, dust-jacket, near mint book in excellent dust-jacket, couple of tiny tears, miniscule chips to spine ends; Drury Lane’s Last Case, Little, Brown, 1946, first edition, dust-jacket; Ten Days’ Wonder, Little, Brown, 1949, reprint, dust-jacket; Cat of Many Tails Little, Brown, 1949, first edition, dust-jacket, few damp spots, owner’s stamp on front endpaper, couple of closed tears to jacket, tiny chips to spine ends; The Case-Book of Ellery Queen, Gollancz, reprint; The King is Dead, Gollancz,1952, first English edition, dust-jacket, spine of jacket slightly darkened; Ellery Queen’s Calendar of Crime, Gollancz,1952, first English edition, dust-jacket, spine of  jacket slightly darkened and rubbed; The Scarlet Letters, Gollancz,1953, first English edition, dust-jacket,  few closed tears to jacket; The Glass Village, Little, Brown, 1954, first edition, dust-jacket, mint book in excellent dust-jacket, slight rubs to spine; Queen’s Bureau of Investigation, Gollancz,1955, first English edition, dust-jacket,  spine of jacket slightly darkened; Inspector Queen’s Own Case, Simon and Schuster, 1956, first edition, dust-jacket,  pages browned, light rubs to jacket edges; as Barnaby Ross: The Tragedy of X, Viking, 1932, first edition; The Tragedy of X, Grosset and Dunlop, 1932, facsimile dust-jacket; The Tragedy of Y, Viking, 1932, first edition (30)

“Ellery Queen” was in fact the pseudonym of Manfred Lee (1905-1971) and Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and was the name of the detective who features in most of the stories.