Detective Fiction - Sabatini, Rafael
£380
Auction: 16 September 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
Turbulent tales. London, 1946. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, torn at edges, price clipped [Page 104 of Queen's Quorum by Ellery Queen]; Symons, Julian The progress of crime. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, original red cloth, lacking dustwrapper; [Idem] Bloody murder, from detective story to the crime novel: a history. London: Faber & Faber, 1972. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, protective sleeve, a fine copy; [Idem] The players and the game. London, 1972. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; [Idem] Lilliput magazine. London, 1951. 8vo, containing Symon's story Criss cross code, original wrappers; Huxley, Aldous Brave new world. London, 1932. First edition, 8vo, modern half calf gilt; Russell, William Recollections of a detective police officer. London, 1972. 8vo, one of 350 copies, original black cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Dunsany, Lord The little tales of Smethers. London, 1952. First edition, 8vo, dustwrapper, price clipped; Goodchild, George Yes, Inspector Mclean. London, 1934. 8vo, lacking dustwrapper; David, Richard Harding In the fog. New York, 1901. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, bookplate, some foxing; Forsyth, Frederick The Odessa file. London, 1972. 8vo, dustwrapper; McBain, Ed Money, money, money. London, 2001. First edition, 8vo, signed by the author, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Rawson, Clayton The great Merlini. Boston, 1979. 8vo, dustwrapper; Ross, Barnaby The tragedy of X. New York, 1932. 8vo, original black cloth, lacking dustwrapper; Manley, Seon & Lewis, Gogo Grande dames of detection. New York, 1973. 8vo, dustwrapper designed by Edward Gorey; Haycraft, Howard Murder for pleasure. London, 1942. First edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, lacking dustwrapper; and 29 others (45)