pseudonym sturgeon theodore (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There are four small spots of light discoloration to the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket is clean and bright, but has a very small scrape towards the bottom edge of the spine, and a very small nick / tear to the bottom edge of the rear spine joint. "Sturgeon ghost-wrote one Ellery Queen mystery novel, The Player on the Other Side (Random House, 1963). This novel gained critical praise from critic H. R. F. Keating: " had almost finished writing Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books, in which I had included The Player on the Other Side . Placing the book squarely in the Queen canon" when he learned that it had been written by Sturgeon. Similarly, William DeAndrea, author and winner of Mystery Writers of America awards, selecting his ten favorite mystery novels for the magazine Armchair Detective, picked The Player on the Other Side as one of them. He said: "This book changed my life . And made a raving mystery fan (and therefore ultimately a mystery writer) out of me. . The book must be 'one of the most skilful pastiches in the history of literature. An amazing piece of work, whomever did it'." " (from Wikipedia).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Original publisher's red paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Included is the yellow paper dust jacket with red and black lettering on front panel and black lettering on spine. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. 5" x 7 1/2." 240 pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for small spots of foxing (most noticeable on edges of text block), offsetting on back endpaper, two small booksellers' tickets tipped in on front pastedown, and light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Dust jacket is virtually pristine and intact. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. No remainder marks. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. This is another installment in the series of mystery fiction featuring the detective, Ellery Queen. "Ellery Queen" also happens to be the pseudonym of authors and cousins Frederic Dannay (1905-1982) and Manfred Bennington Lee (1905-1971). Dannay and Lee are perhaps better-known by their professional names, Daniel Nathan and Emanuel Benjamin Lepofsky, respectively. They specialized in detective fiction and wrote about forty novels and short story anthologies featuring the character of Ellery Queen. The Ellery Queen series was one of the most popular and successful mystery fiction series in the twentieth century. The Player on the Other Side was written by Dannay, Lee, and ghost-writer Theodore Sturgeon. This title features Ellery Queen embarking on solving another murder mystery. The character of Queen is the son of police inspector in New York City who began his foray into detective work by helping his father solve murder cases.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Sturgeon ghost-wrote one Ellery Queen mystery novel, The Player on the Other Side (Random House, 1963). This novel gained critical praise from critic H. R. F. Keating: " had almost finished writing Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books, in which I had included The Player on the Other Side . Placing the book squarely in the Queen canon" when he learned that it had been written by Sturgeon. Similarly, William DeAndrea, author and winner of Mystery Writers of America awards, selecting his ten favorite mystery novels for the magazine Armchair Detective, picked The Player on the Other Side as one of them. He said: "This book changed my life . And made a raving mystery fan (and therefore ultimately a mystery writer) out of me. . The book must be 'one of the most skilful pastiches in the history of literature. An amazing piece of work, whomever did it'." " (from Wikipedia).

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with white titles to the spine, in the Richard Barton illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight with just a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with strips of toning / offsetting to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is nicked with tiny loss at the head of the spine, and with a vertical crease to the outer margin of the front flap which has not been price-clipped (10s 6d net to the lower corner). A scarce pseudonymous novel of close shaves, daring escapes, and wildly licentious behaviour in the royal boudoirs of eighteenth-century London. 'I, Libertine' was written as the result of a hoax by the popular New York City late night radio host and prankster Jean Shepherd, who believed that people tended to read the books touted by critics and 'experts', even if the only reason the books were being praised was that some publisher had too many copies on his hands and needed to sell them. With New York being a centre of book publishing, Shepherd exhorted his faithful listeners (and conspirators) to approach their local booksellers the next morning and request copies of the historical novel 'I, Libertine' by Frederick R. Ewing - a book that had never been written, by an author who had never been alive. The hoax was so successful that bookstores all over New York were trying to order 'I, Libertine', and the pièce de resistance came when the [non existent] book was placed on the Proscribed List by the Archdiocese of Boston (being 'banned in Boston' carried a scandalous cachet in the 1950s). Eventually, following a tip off by the pranksters, the Wall Street Journal revealed the truth about the hoax. Shortly after the story broke Jean Shepherd was having lunch with science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon. Sturgeon told Shepherd that his publisher Ian Ballantine, was madly trying to secure the paperback rights to 'I, Libertine' and after introducing them, a book was born. Sturgeon was hired and given a 30 day deadline. Rather than penning a romance parody or semi-pornographic romp, Sturgeon created a story based on real history - the marital scandals of Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston. Ballantine published the novel (simultaneously in hardcover and paperback) in 1956, selling 130,000 copies. Michael Joseph acquired the British rights and published the first and only UK edition the following year. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.