Geoffrey Bles (publisher)
Collection of detective novels in photographic dust jackets, 1930s-50s
£252
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
all 8vo, original cloth,, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets, titles include: Gordon Latta, Exit Arnholt, 1935, first edition, first-issue jacket priced at 7/6 on front flap but with 1/ overprice sticker to spine [p. 486]; Michael Salkeld, 1936, first edition, jacket with 4/6 overprice sticker, loss to head of jacket spine with ensuing fading to cloth, old tape repairs to verso of jacket [p. 714: the author's only novel listed]; David Whitelaw, The Face, 1937, first edition, jacket with 4/6 overprice sticker to spine, contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown [p. 859]; Gilbert Collins, The Haven of Unrest, 1936, first edition, dustacket with 4/6 overprice sticker and repairs verso [p. 179]. Together with 9 similar Geoffrey Bles detective novels, 7 Collins Crime Club Novels, and 3 Hutchinson detective novels, all in dust jackets (23)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.