Detective and adventure fiction
Collection of novels in the dust jackets, 1920s and later
£2,772
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
all 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, apparent first editions and published in London unless otherwise stated, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets, titles include:
Harding, D. E. How Briggs Died, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1940, publisher's compliments slip laid in, a little light creasing and rubbing to jacket [p. 372: the author's only novel listed];
Eadie, Arlton [pseudonym of Leopold Leonard Eady]. The Crimson Query, Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [1929], cloth faded, jacket with a few nicks, tears and tape-repairs and loss to foot of spine [p. 256; author's first book];
Goodall, Cedric [pseudonym of Louis Charles Douthwaite]. Without Trace, John Hamilton Limited, [1938] [p. 334];
Easton, John. Old Graustock, Grayson & Curzon, 1934, light cockling to front board [p. 257, misspelt ‘Granstock’; WWI adventure story set in Germany];
Flett, J. S. Bid for Fortune, Edinburgh: Moray Press, 1934, jacket slightly chipped at head of spine [author's first novel; set in Canada, Mexico, etc.];
Landon, Herman. Haunting Fingers, Jarrolds Publishers Limited, [1930], ink-stamped ‘With the publisher's compliments' on title-page, spine rolled [p. 482];
Phillips, H. Lawrence. The House of Secrets, Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd., 1931 [i.e. 1932 or later], possibly a later issue with The Detective's Dilemma (first published 1932) advertised on jacket rear flap, top edge dyed green [p. 643];
Thomas, Owen. Rope Fodder, Alston Rivers, 1932 [p. 795: the author's only novel listed];
MacVicar, Angus. Death by the Mistletoe, Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., 1934, ink-stamped ‘with the publisher’s compliments' on title-page, dust jacket rubbed, 4/ overprice sticker to spine, repairs verso [p. 541; set in Scotland];
Churcher, W. R. M. Benevolent Blackmail, Mortiboy's, c.1930, dust jacket creased, chipped and repaired [p. 165: the author's only novel listed];
together with 18 others similar, all in the dust jackets (28)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.