DEAD YELLOW WOMEN. by Hammett, Dashiell. (Text) Queen, Ellery. (Introduction) - 1947

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1947. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Paperbound Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. G/none, used, color illustrated stiff paper wraps, 192pp. Interior clean no marks, pages age-toned, binding tight. Shelf rubbing to wraps, chips and short tear at tail of spine. Several pages are loose at the beginning of the book on the tail edge. Dell map back No. 308.

Dell (421). Fair. 1950. Paperback. Broken spine of book .

reprints of Continental Op stories, three more in addition to The Dead Yellow Women. Dead yellow Women is a commentary on the American immigration policy of the 1920' with overtones of todaysimmigration policy.Pages are faded and fragilerear cover left top missing a piece front edge missing a piece of illustrationspine shows wearText unmarked.Powerful stories. Some historians see the Continental Op as the man responsible for the murder of Frank Little

New York : Dell 308, 1949. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Dell edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. A collection of six stories from a giant in the mystery field. Included are "The Golden Horseshoe," "House Dick," "Who Killed Bob Teal?," "The Green Elephant," "The Hairy One," and the title story. Introduction by editor Queen (pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee). Map-back, 191 pages + one-page advertisement for other Dell titles. Spine cocked, reading crease to left edge of front cover, creases to top right corner of same, some dampstaining, light tanning. Internally tight..

New York: Dell, 1947. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Binding slightly cocked, light ripples on the cover with a tiny tear at the foot of the spine, very good or better. Six short stories selected and edited by Ellery Queen. Dell Mapback #421.

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1949 first edition . 308 very good , creases, wrinkley paperback,

Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1949 first edition . 308 very good , creases, paperback,

American Mercury Publications/Lawrence E. Spivak, 1947. 1st Thus. Soft cover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book 127 pp., illus. cartonage bdg. with black titling on front board and white on forest green spine. One of a series of books by this publisher that were chosen and introduced by Ellery Queen, the present being a collection of 6 detective/mystery stories. In VG+ near FINE condition (very slightly yellowed paper edges, barely shelf worn) In a custom-made high gauge mylar DJ. Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

[DASHIELL HAMMETT]. ELLERY QUEEN (EDITOR). DEAD YELLOW WOMEN. Dell Publishing, New York, 1949. First Edition. True first edition Dell Mapback #308. Condition: VG+. Appears unread, classic iconic "Dell Keyhole" logo endpapers, original aqua color A.E.S. (All Edges Stained) pages, rubbing to spine edges, creases to covers mostly near spine, minor soiling to front cover, micro-chips to extremities, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Overall a very good to very good plus copy. A collection of six short stories of the author's hard-boiled pulp detective fiction and four are Continental Op with a few stories first published in the pulp magazine The Black Mask. Cover art by Gerald Gregg and mapback by Ruth Belew. Uncommon first edition vintage paperback original Dell Mapback from a major author, collectible. 191 pgs. 16mo.

1947. HAMMETT, Dashiell. DEAD YELLOW WOMEN. Detective and Murder Stories, selected and edited by Ellery Queen. New York: Dell, (1947). Second edition, first printing. A "Dell Mapback." 12mo., color wrappers. Mild skewing and bowing with a touch of shallow creasing to the volume overall, with just a hint of wear to extremes; the usual age-browning to the pages; slight rubbing to wraps, but the cover illustration is still bright and fresh; a tight, about very good copy overall. (Layman A15. 2a).