Ellery Queen Calendar Of Crime First Edition and similar items

CALENDAR OF CRIME By Ellery Queen, pen name of co-writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1952. First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement to the copyright page, 1952 date printed to the title page, and $2.75 to the jacket's flap. A collection of twelve mystery stories, each one set in a different month of the year, with reader-challenging deductive plots. A well-preserved vintage first edition mystery in dust jacket. Mild crimp to the lower spine end, else very nearly fine in deep-red linen boards with black titles and decorative rules to the spine; in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket with art by Samuel Bryant that shows clues to the spine panel, with a short scratch to the spine panel, a nick, rubs and mild crimp to the lower spine end, and rubbed tiny nicks to the flap-fold corner tips; original printed $2.75 price still intact to the front inner flap. The dust jacket will be placed in a clear protective, removable sleeve after scanning for this entry. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION MYSTERY BOOKS THANKS!