The golden eagle mystery,
Ellery Queen
Hardcover
(Fredericks A. Stokes Company, Jan. 1, 1942)
Stated First Edition in original unclipped dust jacket. Clean bright orange cloth boards with brown eagle in flight, brown lettering on cover and spine. Tiny dent at base of front board, otherwise unworn. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with illustrated endpapers; very tasteful previous owner custom bookplate on front pastedown. Illustrated with drawings by E. A. Watson. 272 pages. Clean dust jacket has slight wear at upper spine corners and one corner tip, not price clipped (2.00 on front inside flap), one short closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The boy who begaqn his career as amaqteur detective in the exciting chase of "The Black Dog Mystery" has a new adventure with his Scottie dog in an American east coast village.