THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES por Queen, Ellery (Editor) - 1943

Blue Ribbon Books, 1946. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. VG. 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition (Stated) bound in black cloth with yellow blocking. 8vo size, 422pp. A VG copy, has some rubbing to the spine, rear board and corners. Spine a little faded. Inside is clean, tight, unmarked. No dj . Stories by Christie, Eberhart, Starrett, Vickers etc. .

LITTLE, 1943. First edition. . Hard cover. Poor. No dust jacket.. 422 p.

Blue Ribbon Books. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Women Detectives, Mystery, Short Stories) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Blue Ribbon Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery, crime, women) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Ellery Queen and inscribed, "To Dick -- to whom I find refreshment -- Best, Ellery Queen per M.B.L." [Manfred Bennington Lee]. xii, [3], 422pp. Bound in publisher's dark brown cloth stamped in yellow; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with moderate edge wear, scuffing to surface with cup ring to center front board. Top edge of textblock dampstained with trivial tidal mark. Front gutter tender with light tanning to contents. An important anthology as well as an early one that includes stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart, Starrett, H.H. Holmes [Anthony Boucher], Agatha Christie, Baroness Orczy, Fergus Hume, John Kendrick Bangs, Edgar Wallace, et al. The title is a spin on Rudyard Kipling's "The Female of the Species" (1911) where the poet writes that females are far more dangerous than males.