Crime Fiction with a Crime Past
In the Queen's Parlor and Other Leaves from the Editors' Notebook
Publication: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition.
Notes: A collection of short essays about mystery writers and their detectives.
x, 197, [1:blank] pages.
Edition + Condition: First edition (stated first printing). A fine copy in a jacket with some wear at the top of the spine and a shallow snag on the bottom edge of the front panel.
Provenance: James Strand; stolen in August 2023; recovered by the FBI from a storage unit in Oregon City; returned to the family in August 2025. With the Strand estate bookplate on the front pastedown and the FBI evidence tag. A nice history for a book on crime writing.
Item No: #366042
Price: $150
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