Detective Fiction: 10 works

Lot 366
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Lot 366 | Detective Fiction: 10 works
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
A group of 10 volumes, comprising:

Freeman Wills CROFTS (1879-1957). Death on the Way. London: Published for the Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1932.
First edition of a railway mystery, presentation copy to the author’s primary French translator. Octavo. (Very light spotting.) Original orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black, cartographic endpapers (spine faded); original dust-jacket priced at 7/6 (a few small tears and chips repaired on verso). Provenance: George Gillard (author’s French translator; authorial presentation inscription to half-title, dated November 1932).

— Mystery of Southampton Water. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1934.
First edition of Croft’s most dramatic and labyrinthine mystery novel. Octavo. Illustrative map (2 small marginal chips). Original light blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (spine sunned); original dust-jacket priced at 7/6 (somewhat rubbed and marked, several chips and closed tears, repairs on verso).

— Sudden Death. London: Published for the Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1932.
First edition of Croft’s eighth work in his series of novels featuring Inspector French, a prominent figure of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Octavo. Two in-text illustrations and two leaves of publisher’s ads at end (spotting ). Original orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (lightly rubbed, spine faded); original dust-jacket (lightly creased and marked, small closed tears, head of backstrip with part of title restored in facsimile). Provenance: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. (bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown).

BRYAN, Michael [Brian Moore] (1921-1999). Intent to Kill. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956.
First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in black (endpapers faintly browned); original dust-jacket designed by Lowen priced at 10s. 6d. (very lightly marked); housed in modern cloth box.

— Murder in Majorca. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1958.
First edition. Octavo. Original cream cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; original dust-jacket designed by Green (spine and edges lightly sunned, a couple of tiny nicks); housed in modern cloth box.

WILLIAMS, Valentine (1883–1946). Masks off at Midnight. London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1934.
First edition, presentation copy. Octavo. Four leaves of publisher’s ads at end. Original light blue cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black (extremities lightly rubbed, spine sunned); original dust-jacket with design by Bip Pares priced at 7/6 (extremities lightly rubbed, some spotting). Provenance: J. M. Rubens (authorial presentation inscription to half-title, dated October 1934).

WALSH, James Morgan (1897-1952). Island of Spies. London: Collins, 1937.
First edition. Octavo. (Very light occasional stains.) Original burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt (lightly rubbed and soiled); original dust-jacket priced at 7/6 (several creases and small closed tears, small chip to lower edge of front panel).

NASIELSKI, Adam (1911-2009). The Ace of Spades. London: McDonald & Co. Ltd., 1939.
First UK edition (originally published in Warsaw the same year). Octavo. (Light occasional stains, one marginal chip and one tear, a few leaves nibbled at lower edge.) Original black cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver (slightly cocked, faintly rubbed and bumped); original price-clipped dust-jacket (lightly rubbed and creased, several small chips and closed tears, restored and strengthened along folds on verso). Provenance: McGill’s Agency (bookseller’s ticket to front pastedown).

VAHEY, John Haslette (1881-1938). Spies in Ambush. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1934.
First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed); original dust-jacket designed by Wake (somewhat soiled and rubbed, tear to fold of upper flap, several small closed tears and evidence of restoration or removal of sticker from price on spine panel).

— Secrets for Sale. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in black (lightly rubbed and speckled); original dust-jacket (spine lightly sunned, some spots, a few tiny closed tears and nicks). Provenance: Laurence Hedge (decorative gift bookplate pasted to front free endpaper).
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