Description
First edition, first printing of The Department of Queer Complaints by Carter Dickson, in the publisher’s first state dust jacket.
Octavo, 241pp. Red hardcover, title in black on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, tape along top edge of verso, a bright example. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell case, title printed on paper spine label.
(Queen’s Quorum 94)
Followed by the first English edition, published by William Heinemann in 1940.
The Department of Queer Complaints by John Dickson Carr (pseudonym Carter Dickson) was the basis of the British television series, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, which ran in the United States from 1954-1955. The series starred Boris Karloff as Colonel March.
