The Quintessence of Queen: Best Prize Stories from 12 Years of "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", Selected and with an Introduction By Anthony Boucher by Anthony Boucher (Ed.)
1962. First printing. 560 pages. Illustrated jacket over purple boards with black cloth spine and silver titles. Selected and with an Introduction By Anthony Boucher. Includes work by various writers. Pages have deckled edges. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. A few dog-eared corners. Endpapers and pastedowns slightly dusty. A few edge tears and creases, as expected with this paper. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Silver titles are bright. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with small tears and creasing. Several small liquid spots to front. Jacket is slightly rubbed and marked overall.