Detective and adventure fiction
Collection of novels in the dust jackets, 1910s and later
£945
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
all 8vo, original cloth, in 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:
Saltmarsh, Max. Highly Inflammable, Michael Joseph Ltd., 1936, bookplate of Dennis Wheatley to front pastedown [p. 714; set in Istanbul];
Montague, Jeffrey [pseudonym of Graham Montague Jeffries]. The Mandarin's Pearl, Quality Press, 1942, covers sprung, dust jacket price-clipped and with tears including small hole to spine [p. 580];
Usher, Wilfrid. Creeping Shadows, Stanley Paul & Co., Ltd., [1929?], dust jacket chipped and repaired [p. 815];
Thorne, Guy [pseudonym of C. Ranger Gull]. Rescuing Rupert, John Long, Limited, [1919], advertisements to rear dated 1918, jacket apparently a later issue with 2/6 overprice stickers to spine and front panel, also with small chips and repairs, spotting to edges and outer leaves of textblock [p. 798];
Crozier, John. Kidnapped Again, Hutchinson & Co., [1935], dust jacket chipped and with residue of label to spine [p.204]; and 19 others similar, with the dust jackets, mixed editions (24)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.