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Preisdatenbank abonnierenQueen Ann style mahogany cocktail cabinet, on carved cabriole legs and carved frieze, two flame mahogany doors with decorative brass hinges and escutcheons, opening to reveal a light yellow fruitwood lining, glass shelves, mirrored back and galleried racks,, below the doors a pull out tray with mirror top for mixing drinks above two drawers with carving underneath, measuring H157cm, W90cm, D48cm, ca mid 20th century.Provenance: Chris Phylactou Collection.
Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Sea Maiden vase, by Walter Crane and William Slater Mycock, on a blue ground, impressed mark 1905-1913, cyphers for Walter Crane and William Slater Mycock, no 2472, H25.5cm (restored)Condition Report:The rim restored (see photographs), otherwise very light and minimal surface scratching
LARGE CHINESE WHITE JADE LINGZHI CARVING, QING DYNASTY elaborately carved with lingzhi, flowers and scrolling foliageNote: Lingzhi, a naturally occurring fungus, is said to ensure longevity in Chinese culture. 36cm long x 9.5cm high Condition overall is good, some light surface wear present, additional images are now available.
CHINESE NONYA STRAITS PERANAKAN MOON FLASK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY twin handled, decorated with two individual scenes depicting a phoenix amongst peonies, other flowers, trees and foliage, on a pink ground, surrounded by further flowers and foliage, on a turquoise ground, bearing red Xushanchang mark to base33cm high In overall good condition. Various light brown marks, possibly just age related wear. Some surface scratches and light crazing. Paintwork in overall good order. Minor firing imperfections. Additional images now available.
PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE SATSUMA VASES, MEIJI PERIOD (1868 - 1912) decorated with continuous scenes of birds, flowers and foliage, within gilt highlight borders and a gilt Greek Key design border, on wood stands29cm highOne vase has a chip and repair to neck near the rim. The same vase has been repaired to the full neck - the neck has been off and reattached. Both vases with crazing and light enamel and gilt losses.
GROUP OF CHINESE PORCELAIN, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY comprising two ginger jars, one decorated with prunus flowers on a cobalt blue ground, along with a Canton Famille Rose vase, decorated with figures, insects, flowers and foliagelargest ginger jar 15cm highQty: 3Famille rose vase with chips and restoration to rim, gilt rub.Both jars generally good, with light wear.
Christie (Agatha) Murder on the Orient Express, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, scattered foxing, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent example, facsimile dust-jacket, original publisher's wraparound band, spine with light fading and neatly repaired tear, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1934.*** Poirot's most famous mystery, adapted numerous time for the screen. We have traced only one other copy selling at auction with the rare wraparound band.
Carr (John Dickson) Castle Skull, first English edition, "M.A.R.K. Book Distribution" sticker to title verso, light browning to endpapers, Foyle's book-label to front pastedown, original red boards lettered in silver, dust-jacket, price-clipped with £2.75 sticker to front flap and additional "M.A.R.K." sticker to rear flap, slight fading to spine, light creasing to head and foot, else fine, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, Tom Stacey, 1973.*** A late Carr rarity, the true first edition, never officially published under this imprint. The publisher Tom Stacey went bankrupt before publication and the stock was bought by Severn House who would ultimately issue the book, with a cancel title and new dust-jacket, in 1976.
Carr (John Dickson) Poison in Jest, lacking seal, lower hinge cracked, some marking to endpapers and pastedowns, some chipping and fraying to head and foot, 1932; The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey, frontispiece, light foxing, slight fraying to spine tips and corners, 1936; The Burning Court, 1937; The Emperor's Snuff-Box, browning to endpapers, some fraying to spine tips, 1942, first or first American editions, original cloth, some bumping to spine tips and corners, facsimile dust-jackets, New York; and 13 others by the same, 8vo (17)*** A good group, including a few pre-war rarities, of Carr's fiction largely not featuring his usual cast of recurring characters.
Wade (Henry) The Duke of York's Steps, first issue with 2pp. advertisements inverted at rear, Michael Sadleir's copy with his ownership inscription to pastedown and bibliographic note regarding advertisements to endpaper, splash marks to upper cover, 1929; No Friendly Drop, 1931; Bury Him Darkly, upper panel of dust-jacket trimmed and loosely inserted, ink stamp to endpaper, marking to covers, rubbed, 1936; Lonely Magdalen, light toning to endpaper, 1940, first editions, some occasional spotting, original cloth, toning to spines, light rubbing to extremities, facsimile dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], Constable; and 2 more Inspector Poole novels in dust-jackets, 8vo (6)*** An excellent group including all of the Inspector Poole novels except Constable Guard Thyself, a signed copy of which is offered in a following lot.
Christie (Agatha) The Man in the Brown Suit, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, spotting, browning to endpapers, original light brown cloth lettered and decorated in dark brown, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, extremities a little rubbed, a very good, bright copy, two facsimile dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924.*** Christie's fourth novel, her first book to feature Colonel Race.
[Day-Lewis (Cecil)], "Nicholas Blake". Minute for a Murder, ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket neatly price-clipped, a few closed tears with creasing to head and foot, strengthening tape repairs to verso, 1947; Head of a Traveller, scattered edge-spotting, jacket price-clipped, 1949; The Dreadful Hollow, upper panel with patch of staining and closed tear to head, 1953, first editions, original orange cloth lettered in black, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling and some spotting to rear panels, [Cooper & Pike pp.33-5], The Crime Club; and 13 others, Blake, 8vo (16)*** An excellent group including all of Nicholas Blake post-war novels.
Marsh (Ngaio) Colour Scheme, some scattered spotting, 1943; Died in the Wool, 1945; Final Curtain, jacket with spotting to verso, 1947; Swing, Brother, Swing, loss to spine ends affecting imprint and title, 1949, first or first English editions, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, sunning to spine tips, dust-jackets, light toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short tears and chips to head and foot with light creasing, [Cooper & Pike pp.205-7], The Crime Club, 8vo (4)*** A good group of 40s titles, scarce in the jackets in good condition.
Christie (Agatha) Poirot Investigates, first edition, 14pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in dark blue, light fading to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, very light surface soiling to covers, a bring and excellent example overall, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9; Queen's Quorum 71], 8vo, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1924.*** A lovely example of Christie's first short story collection.
Gielgud (Val) Imperial Treasure, first edition, occasional foxing or spotting, original brown cloth lettered in yellow, spine ends and corners bumped, creasing to covers, light marking to spine and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to foot of lower joint, some toning to spine, surface tearing to foot of spine with evidence of label removal, a few small nicks and tears to head and foot with creasing, [Cooper & Pike pp.142-4], 8vo, Constable, 1931.*** An early title by Gielgud, seemingly his third, exceptionally rare in the dust-jacket.
Butler (Gwendoline) Coffin for Baby, light spotting on endpapers, jacket with a few short closed tears with creasing, spine ends and extremities chipped and frayed, 1963; Coffin Waiting, very light nicks to spine ends of jackets, otherwise fine, 1964; Coffin in Malta, jacket with the odd short tear and creasing, more prominent to upper edge, otherwise excellent, 1964; A Nameless Coffin, tape marks to endpapers and jacket flaps, small biro marking on front free endpaper and on jacket lower panel, otherwise a fine and sharp copy, 1966, first editions, each signed or with signed presentation inscription to John Cooper, original boards, dust-jackets, some light spotting to fore-edges, Geoffrey Bles, [Cooper & Pike pp.61-64], 8vo (4)
Christie (Agatha) The Mystery of the Blue Train, first edition, Times Book Club label to rear pastedown, light toning on front free endpaper, some scattered spotting, original blue cloth lettered in red, very light rubbing to extremities, fore-edges of pages a little tender, a little shaken with slight shelf-lean, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, W. Collins Sons & Co, [1928].*** Features the first mention in a novel of the fictional village St Mary Mead, home of the book’s protagonist Katherine Grey (and namesake of Miss Marple’s home village, which features later in The Murder at the Vicarage).
Marsh (Ngaio) Vintage Murder, marginal toning, light browning and contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original red cloth lettered in black, slight fading to spine, a few light marks to covers and spine, an excellent example, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike 205-207], 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, 1937.*** In the later issue black-lettered cloth.
Carr (John Dickson) The Seat of the Scornful, first edition, "Special Presentation Edition" ink stamp to title verso, spotted, ink gift inscription to endpaper, original tan cloth lettered in blue, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light staining to head, dust-jacket priced at 8s. on front flap, spine toned and lacking lower third, chipping, creasing and tears with tape repairs to verso and resultant staining, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, Hamish Hamilton, 1942.*** A Gideon Fell title in a sadly poor example of a rare dust-jacket.
Christie (Agatha) A Murder is Announced, first edition, original orange cloth lettered in black on spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket, price-clipped, paper repairs to spine ends and corners verso, light nicks and chips along edges, small triangular chips to spine tail slightly affecting publisher's imprint, light rubbing and creasing along edges, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1950. *** A Miss Marple title, where she discovers the murder announced in advance in a local newspaper in a small village and works with Inspector Craddock to solve the mystery.
James (P.D.) Shroud for a Nightingale, first edition, signed by the author on title, ink ownership inscription to head of front free endpaper, light tape marks to pastedowns, original red cloth lettered in gilt, slight shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, small bump to head of upper cover, dust-jacket priced at £2.00 on front flap, spine ends and corners a little creased, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1971.
Symons (Julian) [The Chief Inspector Bland trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Immaterial Murder Case, "This book was written in 1938, partly as a joke, and not sent to a publisher until 1944. Much later I learned that the dedicatee (who was also the murderer) was much upset by the caricature of him. Since then I have not allowed the book to be reprinted", spotting and ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket with browning to spine, upper joint split and almost broken, gouge to upper panel, some spotting and toning, 1945; A Man Called Jones, jacket with light toning to spine, ring marks to upper cover, some spotting, 1947; Bland Beginning, "This is based on the Thomas J. Wise forgeries, but I didn't know quite enough about them, and made one or two mistakes!", jacket spine a little browned, 1949, first editions, signed by the author, the first and last with lengthy inscriptions, original cloth, dust-jackets, slight chipping to spine tips and corners, [Cooper & Pike pp.281-4], 8vo (3)*** The complete CI Bland novels, rare to find complete and all three works signed.
Ferrars (Elizabeth) Don't Monkey with Murder, first edition, original blue cloth lettered in black, faint spotting, dust-jacket, priced at 8/6 on front flap, spine ends and corners chipped, a few closed tears and creasing to head and foot with one tape repair to verso, light soiling to lower panel, a very good example, [Cooper & Pike pp.33-35], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, 1942.*** Ferrars' third Toby Dyke novel, rare in the dust-jacket.
Christie (Agatha) Evil Under the Sun, first edition, internally fine, orange cloth with spine lettered in black, spine ends bumped but unusually unfaded, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine very lightly faded, light bumping and creasing to spine ends, otherwise a superb and sharp copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1941. *** Scarce in this condition.Basis for the 1982 movie starring Peter Ustinov, Diana Rigg, James Mason, and the late Maggie Smith.
[Day-Lewis (Cecil)], "Nicholas Blake". A Question of Proof, browning to endpapers, light sunning to covers, light marking and soiling, 1935; The Smiler with the Knife, some scattered spotting, 1939; Malice in Wonderland, light browning to endpapers, 1940; The Case of the Abominable Snowman, soiling to covers and spine, 1941, first editions, original orange cloth lettered in black, some fading or toning to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, a little rubbed but very good or excellent generally, facsimile dust-jackets, The Crime Club, [Cooper & Pike pp.33-5], 8vo (4)*** An excellent group of pre-war Nigel Strangeways titles, all scarce.
Christie (Agatha) Cards on the Table, first edition, ownership name on lightly cockled front free endpaper, some light fore-edge spotting with one or two straying onto margins, otherwise internally clean, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine sunned but lettering still bold, rectangular strip of light fading on upper cover, faint spotting to upper edge, dust-jacket, price-clipped, 1/2cm strip of trimming to upper edge just touching lettering on spine, some chipping to corners, light nicks and fraying to extremities, light surface marking and discoloration mainly to lower panel, slight shelf-lean, still a sharp and bright example, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1936. *** Features the first appearance of Ariadne Oliver in a Poirot novel. One of the classic Hercule Poirot mysteries, the novel revolves around a dinner party hosted by the enigmatic Mr. Shaitana, who boasts of collecting people who have “gotten away with murder.” Scarce with such a bright and unrestored jacket.
Christie (Agatha) The Witness for the Prosecution and Three Blind Mice, first edition, ink ownership stamp to pastedowns, original grey boards lettered in brown, light discolouration to covers, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to head of upper panel, closed tear to foot of upper joint, a few small nicks to head and foot with light creasing, light toning and surface soling to rear panel, a very good example, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, New York, Detective Book Club, [1948].*** The rare true first edition of Three Blind Mice, later to be adapted for the stage as The Mousetrap.Originally broadcast as a half-hour radio play in the UK in 1947 in honour of the 80th birthday of Queen Mary, Christie the adapted the work for the present novella before subsequently expanding it for a full theatrical production when it was staged as The Mousetrap in 1952. Christie stipulated that as long as The Mousetrap was performed in the West End, the story should not be published in the UK. Consequently this story has only ever appeared in the US. We can trace no other example of this work in dust-jacket at auction or on the wider market.
Christie (Agatha) Dumb Witness, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, occasional light spotting, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original red cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, sunning to spine ends, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket unpriced, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting first word of title at head of spine and last word of publisher's imprint at foot, a few nicks and short closed tears to head, light creasing to extremities, extremities rubbed, light surface soiling to lower panel, a very good example of a rare jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1937.*** Rare in the dust-jacket, we can trace only 2 examples at auction. Dumb Witness is the last Poirot novel to feature Hastings until Poirot's Last Case (1975)."Agatha Christie’s own dog, Peter, to whom this book is dedicated, posed for photograph on the jacket, but disclaims any connection with the events of the tale." - Text on front flap.
Allingham (Margery) Police at the Funeral, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "with kind regards from Margery Allingham who wrote this nonsense story twenty eight years ago" to half-title, occasional scattered spotting, original blue cloth lettered in yellow, very slight shelf-lean, toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, a very good, bright copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.15-20], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1931.*** The fourth Albert Campion novel, rare inscribed, we can find no like example at auction.
Christie (Agatha) They Came to Baghdad, light strip of toning on front free endpaper, jacket price-clipped, light nicks and creasing to spine ends and top edge, light surface marking to panels, 1951; 4.50 From Paddington, light strip of toning on half-titles, jacket priced at 12/6, spine lightly faded and one mark to lower panel, otherwise sharp and fine, 1957; The Pale Horse, light spotting to endpapers and title, and a few straying onto margins from fore-edge, jacket priced at 15s on upper flap, some nicks to upper edge, the odd scuff, lower panel with surface wear and a little spotted, 1961; Ordeal by Innocence, jacket priced at 12/6 on upper flap, 2 1" tears to panels from upper edge, light nicks to edges, 1958, first editions, original orange boards lettered in black, dust-jackets, aside from condition issues mentioned overall excellent and very sharp, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club (4) *** A good group of very sharp stand-alone Christie mysteries.
Brand (Christianna) What Dread Hand, Typed Note signed from the author loosely inserted, jacket with rubbing to spine tips and corners, 1968; Brand X, lengthy signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, 1974, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, light creasing to head and foot else fine, [Cooper & Pike pp. 44-46]; and 7 others, Brand short stories, 8vo (9)*** An excellent group including all of Brand's short stories in book form as well as many of those appearing in issues of Ellery Queen. In the inscription, Brand remarks on many of the personal connections contained in the stories.
Hare (Cyril) Tenant for Death, rubbing and marking to spine and covers, facsimile dust-jacket, 1937; Suicide Excepted, covers and spine rubbed and marked, facsimile dust-jacket, 1939; An English Murder, dust-jacket by Ardizzone, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short nick and slight creasing to head, 1951; That Yew Tree's Shade, Typed Letter signed from the author's son loosely inserted, fading to spine and covers, dust-jacket by Ardizzone, price-clipped, light toning to spine spine ends and corners a little chipped, light soiling to panels, 1954, first editions, spotting, original cloth, [Cooper & Pike pp. 162-4], Faber and Faber; and 3 others, Hare, 8vo (7)*** Including the author's scarce first novel. The lot contains 2 letters from the author's son concerning his father's works.
Witting (Clifford) A Bullet for Rhino, light fading to spine, jacket with toning to spine, chips and tears to head and foot, large tear to rear panel, tape repairs to verso, 1950; Mischief in the Offing, jacket price-clipped, spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light marking to lower panel, extremities rubbed, 1958; There Was a Crooked Man, jacket price-clipped, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, near-fine otherwise, 1960, first editions, some light spotting, original boards, slight shelf-lean, dust-jackets, Hodder and Stoughton; and 4 others, first editions, by the same, 8vo (7)*** A good group of later titles by Witting, all scarce.
[Day-Lewis (Cecil)], "Nicholas Blake". Thou Shell of Death, first edition, some light scattered spotting, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, faint sunning to spine, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 on spine, slight chipping to spine tips and corners, 2 short closed tears to head, small portion of loss to head of upper panel (not touching text), very short split to foot of lower fore-edge, light rubbing and surface soiling, an excellent example of a rare jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.33-35], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1936.*** Lewis/Blake's second crime novel, featuring amateur sleuth Nigel Strangeways, based in part on the author's friend and fellow-poet W. H. Auden. Exceptionally rare in the delicate dust-jacket, we can trace no example at auction or currently on the market.
Marsh (Ngaio) Death in a White Tie, first edition, signed by the author on title, some very light marginal toning, endpapers browned, original red cloth lettered in white, slight shelf-lean, light toning and rubbing to spine with loss to much of the lettering, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.205-207], 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, 1938.*** Works signed by Marsh are rare, her early titles especially so.
Berkeley (Anthony) The Silk Stocking Murders, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, some scattered spotting to early pages, light browning to endpapers, original dark blue cloth lettered and ruled in orange, very slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, spine tips and corners a little bumped and frayed, small patch of fraying to upper cover, a very good, bright copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A10], 8vo, W. Collins and Sons & Co., 1928.*** A Roger Sheringham title and one of the detective books to feature a serial killer. Berkeley humorously dedicated this book to his another of his pseudonyms A.B. Cox "who very kindly wrote this book for me in his spare time". Scarce.
Berkeley (Anthony) Top Storey Murderer, first edition, light browning and contemporary ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original blue cloth lettered in black, light browning to spine, some light marking to spine and lower cover, extremities a little rubbed, a very good copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A15], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, [1931].*** A Roger Sheringham title, scarce, with only two copies appearing at auction.
Moyes (Patricia) [The Inspector Henry Tibbett mysteries], 19 vol., first editions, all but 4 signed by the author, 3 vol. with letters from the author loosely inserted, original boards, light damp-staining to early vol. covers, dust-jackets, some chipping to spine tips and corners, light damp-staining to early vol., later vol. near-fine, [Cooper & Pike pp.223-4], The Crime Club, 1959-93; and 5 others, Moyes, 8vo (24)*** A very good group, the unsigned books being Death and the Dutch Uncle and Who Saw Her Die? (both with loosely inserted signed title pages) as well as the last two in the series.
Butler (Gwendoline) The Interloper, 1959; Death Lives Next Door, 1960; Make Me a Murderer, 1961; Coffin in Oxford, 1962, first editions, the first with signed presentation inscription from the author to John Cooper, others signed by the author, original boards, very faint fading to spine ends, dust-jackets, light nicks and chips to edges, overall sharp and excellent, Geoffrey Bles, [Cooper & Pike pp.61-64], 8vo (4) *** A run of early John Coffin books, following The Murdering Kind and other prior titles (see previous lot).
Heyer (Georgette) Penhallow, first edition, ink ownership inscription to title, original brown cloth lettered in white, light rubbing to spine, slight bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light browning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 small holes to lower panel, light rubbing and surface soiling but an excellent example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.166-168], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1942.*** An excellent example of this Inspector Hannasyde title.
Christie (Agatha) The ABC Murders, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, scattered spotting to early and later ff., light browning to endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, very slight shelf-lean, toning to spine, light splash marks and soiling to covers, rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1936.*** A scarce Poirot title.
Sayers (Dorothy L.) The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, first edition, embossed ownership stamp on front free endpaper, light scattered spotting to preliminary pages and occasionally throughout, though largely clean, original black cloth lettered in orange with border and small gun motifs on upper cover, spine ends very slightly bumped, spine a little faded, but overall a very crisp and near-fine example, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp. 271-3], 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1928. *** The fourth of Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey novels, scarce in such good condition.
Carr (John Dickson) The Third Bullet and other stories, jacket with patch of toning to head of rear panel, 1954; Dead Man's Knock, 1958; Scandal at High Chimneys, 1959; The Witch of the Low-Tide, jacket price-clipped, 1961; The Demoniacs, neat ink ownership inscription, 1962; The Man Who Explained Miracles, 1964; Most Secret, 1964, first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets by Val Biro, all signed by Biro on front flaps, some light toning to spines, minor chipping or light rubbing to spine tips and corners, excellent or near-fine copies, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], Hamish Hamilton, 8vo (7)*** A superb set of titles all with dust-jackets designed and signed by Val Biro.
Brand (Christianna) The Three Cornered Halo, "I wrote this as a diversion... it still makes me laugh", endpapers browned, slight shelf-lean, spine rubbed, covers marked, jacket with surface tearing to spine and lower panel, 1957; Court of Foxes, "I must say I think this is a lot of fun?", jacket price-clipped, signed by jacket artist Val Biro on front flap, 1969; A Ring of Roses, "This is frankly a pot-boiler", light marginal toning, 1977, first editions, lengthy signed presentation inscriptions from the author to endpapers, original boards, dust-jackets, some light rubbing and creasing to head and foot; and 6 others by the same, including pseudonymous works, 1 of with inscribed and 1 with jacket signed by Biro, [Cooper & Pike pp. 44-46], 8vo (9)*** An excellent group of Brand's non-mystery novels, many with her typically lively inscriptions.
Christie (Agatha) Murder in Mesopotamia, 1936; Death on the Nile, 1937; Appointment With Death, 1938, first editions, light spotting or toning on endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine faded, extremities very lightly rubbed, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club (3) *** An excellent trio of scarce titles.
Christie (Agatha) Come Tell Me How You Live, map frontispiece and plates, ownership inscription on endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, fore-edge spotted, rubbed and creased along joints and corners, some chipping to edges, Collins, 1946; Passenger to Frankfurt, dust-jacket priced at 25s on upper flap, spine faded, few marks to panels, 1970; Postern of Fate, dust-jacket priced at £2.00 on upper flap, light creasing to spine ends otherwise fine, The Crime Club, 1973, first editions, original cloth or boards, dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9]; and 14 others by or inspired by Christie, including 2 duplicate copies, 8vo (17)
Symons (Julian) The Narrowing Circle, some spotting, largely to endpapers and edges, light toning to spine, light soiling to lower panel, 1954; The Gigantic Shadow, toning to margins, jacket spine tips and corners a little chipped with neat tape repairs to verso, light surface soiling to lower panel, 1958; A Three Pipe Problem, "I don't much like the games played by the Sherlock Holmes Society but greatly admire the stories", jacket price-clipped, spine ends rubbed, 1975; The Kentish Manor Murders, 1988, first editions, all signed by the author, one with inscription, original boards, dust-jackets, excellent or near-fine copies, [Cooper & Pike pp.281-4], 8vo (4)*** The complete Inspector Crambo and Sheridan Haynes titles, all signed.
Wingfield (R.D.) Night Frost, Typed Letter signed from the author loosely inserted, light toning to margins, Constable, 1992; Hard Frost, Constable, 1995; Winter Frost, Bantam Press, 1999, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to spine tips else fine, [Cooper & Pike pp. 311-2]; and 2 others, a first edition of Killing Frost and an envelope containing various Wingfield newspaper items, including a short story, v.s. (5)*** The excellent letter from Wingfield to John Cooper answers a series of questions for a new edition of Detective Fiction. Wingfield discusses the PaperJacks publication of his first two novels and mentions that he is working on another book "working title Autumn Frost" (eventually to become Hard Frost).
Christie (Agatha) After the Funeral, first English edition, strip of fading on front free endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine tips faded, dust-jacket designed by Beytagh and priced 10/6 on upper flap, a few 1 or 2" tears to lower panel from both edges, other nicks and fraying to edges, some light spotting and tape marks, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1953.
Christie (Agatha) The Problem at Pollensa Bay, illustrations by Frank Grey, original wrappers priced "sixpence", staples rusted and wrappers fragile, nearly detached, nicks to edges, few scattered markings and surface scuffing to wrappers, light surface soiling, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, Polybooks, [1943]. *** Rare. The first English appearance of Problem at Pollensa Bay. From 1943 till 1946 there were a variety of pamphlets printed in England containing Agatha Christie stories, under the imprint Polybook. These wartime titles contained between one and three short stories, sometimes referred to as "singles", "doubles", or "triples". From June 1943 to June 1944, Todd Publishing printed three small format books under their ‘Polybooks’ imprint.Offered is one of the rare "doubles" -including Problem at Pollensa and Christmas Adventure. This was first published in The Sketch in 1923 under the title The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding.
Brand (Christianna) Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Cooper discussing the film adaptation of the present work to front free endpaper, some light scattered spotting, earlier ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original green cloth lettered and decorated in dark green, light fading to spine, sunning to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d. on front flap, very slight fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light spotting, extremities a little rubbed, [Cooper & Pike pp. 44-46], 8vo, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945.*** Brand's second Inspector Cockrill novel, adapted for the now-celebrated Pinewood film of the same name. Rare inscribed.
Hare (Cyril) Death is No Sportsman, first edition, frontispiece, some light scattered spotting, ink initials to front free endpaper, original beige cloth lettered in red, shelf-lean, light browning to spine, spotting to covers, dust-jacket by Barbosa, priced at 7s. 6d. on front flap, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, strengthening tape to head of spine verso, a little creased at head, light rubbing and surface soiling, a very good example, [Cooper & Pike pp. 162-4], 8vo, Faber & Faber, 1938.*** The second novel by Hare, pseudonym of Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark, featuring the plodding though quick-witted Inspector Mallett. Rare in the dust-jacket.
Christie (Agatha) Taken at the Flood, first English edition, fore-edge spotted with a few straying onto margin, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine ends a little faded, dust-jacket priced at 8/6 on upper flap, small portions of loss to spine ends affecting publisher's imprint on tail, few short closed tears and nicks to edges, one 1" tear to flap joint from lower edge with some surrounding creasing, reinforced with tape verso, light surface marking to lower panel, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1948. *** A Poirot mystery first published in America under the title There is a Tide.
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