Mystery League vol. 1 nos. 1-3

Heading: (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine)
Author: Queen, Ellery ed.
Title: Mystery League Vol. 1 Nos. 1-3
Place Published: Chicago
Publisher:League
Date Published: 1933
Description:

98, 82, 84 pp. Illustrated. 29x22 cm. (11½x8¾ in.) Tan boards with paper label on front cover. All edges red with yellow strip along side edge of text block.

Extremely scarce early mystery magazine. Includes short novels by Dashiell Hammett, Barnaby Ross, Dorothy L. Sayers, John Marvell, J.C. Cannell, and Ellery Queen. Ellery Queen was a pseudonym used by mystery writers Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, who started the magazine to publish high quality mystery writing. Due to high cost and the Great Depression, Mystery League magazine ran for just 4 issues, but was later produced as "Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine," which is still in published today. No copies located on WorldCat.
Condition Report: Light wear to boards; some internal foxing and staining, pages toned; overall very good.