8vo. Frontispiece by Frederick Dorr Steele. Original black cloth stamped in orange-red, top edge stained red; original pictorial dust jacket (rear panel toned, some light edgewear, mainly at spine ends). Provenance: Roy Warberg (recipient of author's inscription); John Talbot Gernon (morocco book label).

FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY "ELLERY QUEEN" in the hand of editor Frederick Dannay: "To Roy Warberg, This is the only Queen book ever suppressed. As a result, it is one of the scarcest Queen books to find. 'Ellery Queen'." A famous Sherlock Holmes pastiche that includes 33 fictional stories featuring "Holmlock Shears", "Shamrock Jones", "Picklock Holes", "Sherlaw Kombs"; several of which are by Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, and Bret Harte. Before release, Adrian Conan Doyle forced this book to be suppressed for infringing on his copyright. Nevertheless, it was one of three blockbuster books issued within ten days in 1944. De Waal C22910.