Carr, John Dickson
£400
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
It walks by night. 1930, seal still present but broken, wrapper torn; He who whispers. 1946, bookplate; Lord of the sorcerers. 1946, bookplate; The sleeping sphinx. 1947, bookplate; My late wives. 1947, bookplate; The skeleton in the clock. 1949, bookplate; A graveyard to let. 1950, bookplate; The bride of Newgate. 1950, bookplate; Below suspicion. 1950; The devil in velvet. 1951, wrapper torn; Night at the mocking widow. 1951; The 9 wrong answers. 1952, bookplate; Behind the crimson blind. 1952; The third bullet and other stories. 1954; The cavalier's cup. 1954; Captain cut-throat. 1955; Patrick Butler for the defence. 1956; The dead man's knock. 1958; Most secret. 1964; The house at Satan's elbow. 1965; Dark of the moon. 1968; Deadly hall. 1971, not price clipped; The hungry goblin. 1972, not price clipped; Deadly hall. New York, 1971, not price clipped; all London, First UK editions, 8vo, dustwrappers, in the majority roughly price clipped; and 19 other later editions by Carr (43)