Sampson Low, Marston, & Co. Ltd. (publishers)
Group of mystery and adventure novels in the dust jackets
£1,638
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
all 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, generally in good condition with a few nicks and tears to jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II in square brackets, titles include:
Knight, L[eonard] A[lfred]. Death Stands Near, [1936]. First edition, spine rolled, publisher's 7/6 overprice sticker to jacket front flap [p. 475];
Idem. The S.S. Mystery, [1938]. First edition, ownership inscription dated 1938 to front free endpaper [p. 475];
Barnett, Glyn. Death Calls Three Times, [1936] [p. 50]. First edition, dust jacket price-clipped and printed with new price of 5/, ownership inscription to front free endpaper;
and 11 others similar, published by Sampson Low, all in dust jackets, including others by L. A. Knight and several by Anthony Morton. Together with 8 further novels by other publishers, original cloth, without dust jackets, including William Le Queux, The Great White Queen, London: F. V. White and Co., 1896 (22)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.