Arthur Gray (Books) Ltd (publishers)
Group of detective and mystery novels in the dust jackets
£555
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
undated but several of the works dated in Hubin or library records as 1934 or 1936, 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, textblocks browned, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets, titles comprising: 1) Michael Crombie, The Sealed Room Murder, ownership inscription to front free endpaper [p. 202; Library Hub cites the British Library copy only], 2) Elizabeth York Miller, The Jade Monk, worming to foot of gutter to pp. 189-238 [N/A but see p. 574 for the author], 3) John Neil, The Man of Mystery, overprice sticker to jacket spine [N/A but p. 598 for the author], 4) Inez Castello, Man-Eater, 5) Francis Marlowe, Adventure Mysterious. Together with:
Ernest Benn Limited (publishers). Group of detective novels, all first editions, original cloth, dust jackets, Hubin numbers in square brackets, titles comprising: 1) David Sharp, My Particular Murder, 1931, repairs to jacket [p. 732], 2) David Sharp, Marriage and Murder, 1934, 4/6 overprice sticker to jacket spine [p. 732], 3) Clifton Robbins, Death on the Highway, 1933 [p. 685] 4) Clifton Robbins, Smash and Grab, 1934 [p. 685];
and 3 others similar (13)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.