Wright & Brown (publisher)
Collection of war and adventure novels in dust jackets, 1930s-40s
£555
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
All 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets, titles include: Jack Tempest, Love and the Legion, [1931], first edition, dust jacket priced at 7/6 (apparently first issue); Rex Dark, Spy 222, 1940, apparent first edition but with possible later-issue dust jacket with 4/6 overprice sticker to spine, jacket with chips and tears p. 215: the author's last novel listed]; Hugh Desmond [pseudonym of Kathleen Lindsay], Dark Days Ahead, [1943], first edition, dust jacket priced at 4/6 apparently as issued, front board sprung, a little damp-staining to jacket [p. 231]; and 21 others, all in dust jackets;
together with 11 similar novels by other publishers, all in dust jackets (35)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.