Lot 1290
(Queen, Ellery) Manfred B. Lee (1905-1971) Author who, with his cousin Frederic Dannay (1905-1982), was the fictional detective Ellery Queen. Typed Letter Signed as Director of Advertising & Publicity of Tiffany Productions, Inc., New York City, March 24, 1931, 1 p quarto. An excellent letter to Roland West of United Artists Studio, suggesting the first Ellery Queen novel, The French Powder Mystery (published in 1930) as a detective vehicle for actor Chester Morris. In part: "…The purpose of this letter is to introduce you to another phase of my work --something outside my vocation. I have published several detective mystery stories under the pseudonym of 'Ellery Queen'….the story is quite unusual, the setting certainly so, and the denouement guaranteed to produce a surprise. I might add that my detective novels have achieved rather noteworthy sales, both of the first two having gone into six editions…and the third, on which I am now working, is almost certainly set for serialization…." More good content. One small ink spot, else fine.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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