The brainchild of editor/anthologist/author/bookstore-owner Otto Penzler, the Mysterious Press has recently returned to life and now works with Open Road Media as an electronic book publisher. The Merion Press is an independent publisher of out-of-print works that were originally published over 75 years ago, but are enduring even today. They publish in Print-On-Demand and electronic editions. They have just overhauled their website to make it much more informative and user-friendly.Ī small press, specializing in very good English-language translations of (so far) mostly-French authors of locked room and impossible crime stories. This publisher specializes in classic mysteries, broadly defined, including newer mysteries that adhere to classic standards. They are bringing back many Golden Age classics by authors who deserve another chance at a new audience. This small British publisher has a great many classic crime books in its much broader catalog. Of particular interest is what they call 'Lost Classics,' a series of anthologies of mostly uncollected stories by authors who might be enjoyed by a new generation of readers. Features a number of interesting authors, most long out of print, plus some other odds and ends, including some horror stories by Conan Doyle.Ĭrippen & Landru publish mystery short story collections. HUBIN, p.335.An imprint of the Chicago Review Press. Uncommon in the deluxe issue, the last one appearing at auction in 1992. 'A landmark rather than a cornerstone, perhaps, being the first of a dozen mysteries by these authors, each titled 'A Problem in Deduction.' Inspector Richard Queen and his son Ellery tackle a puzzling murder with immense thoroughness and almost fatiguing pertinacity' (BARZUN & TAYLOR 1774). 'Golden Anniversary Edition' of the first Ellery Queen novel, with a new introduction by Dannay.

Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $30.00) slipcase with light wear and a few tiny scuffs, else Near Fine. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed 'Ellery Queen' (by Dannay, as Lee died in 1971), this being copy 'Z.' Octavo (21.5cm) red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine dustjacket publisher's matching red cloth slipcase xviii,325,pp.

of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee) The Roman Hat Mystery: A Problem in Deduction

The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen