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Lot 21

Beeding (Francis) Death Walks in Eastrepps, facsimile dust-jacket, 1931; No Fury, light marking to covers, facsimile dust-jacket, [1937]; He Could Not Have Slipped, original dust-jacket panels laid onto endpapers, abrasion to rear pastedown, covers and spine rubbed and marked, 1939, first editions, light spotting, original cloth, spines dulled, rubbed, Hodder & Stoughton; and 5 others, 2 by Beeding as well as a first edition of Milne's Red House Mystery, 8vo (9)*** A good group of works by Beeding (the pseudonym of duo John Palmer and Hilary St. George Saunders), Death Walk in Eastrepps is a Harycraft Queen Cornerstone title as is Milne's Red House Mystery. 

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Lot 14

Allingham (Margery) The Case of the Late Pig, first separate edition, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, slight shelf-lean, minor chipping to spine tips, slight creasing to corners, light rubbing to extremities, small mark to upper cover, an excellent copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.52-5], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.*** The first separate appearance of this Campion novella, previously published as part of Mr. Campion and Others. 

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Lot 222

Marsh (Ngaio) Enter a Murderer, first edition, original orange cloth ruled and lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, very light fading to spine, light marking to upper cover, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, early issue dust-jacket priced at 2/6 on spine covered by 4/6 price sticker, hole below spine pricing, spine ends and corners chipped touching first word of title at head, chipping and closed tears with creasing to head and foot, light rubbing and surface soiling, [Cooper & Pike pp.205-207], 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, 1935.*** The second Alleyn novel, scarce. 

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Lot 129

Christie (Agatha) Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, 2pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, light sunning to spine, slight soiling to cover margins, dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d. on front flap (with remains of later price sticker just visible), neatly backed with brown paper, spine ends and corners a little chipped, light surface soiling to lower panel, repaired closed tear to foot of upper panel, some rubbing and chipping to extremities, a very good example, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1939.*** Rare both signed and with a dust-jacket in good condition. We can only trace one other like example at auction. 

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Lot 192

Gielgud (Val) and Holt Marvell. Death in Budapest, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Mother - to add to her collection of other responsibilities! With love from Val. 1937" to front free endpaper, light browning to front free endpaper, original black cloth lettered in blue, original black cloth lettered in blue, slight shelf-lean, slight toning to spine, light bumping to spine tips and corners, some spotting to covers, [Cooper & Pike pp.142-4], 8vo, Rich & Cowan, 1937.*** A superb association copy of this Inspector Spears title, signed Gielgud books are rare. 

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Lot 136

Christie (Agatha) Five Little Pigs, first English edition, contemporary ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine lightly faded, one or two marks to covers, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light marks to lower panel, the odd nick to edges but overall an excellent copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1942. *** An excellent copy of this Poirot mystery. 

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Lot 37

Berkeley (Anthony) Death in the House, first edition, 1p. advertisement, original red cloth lettered in gold, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly dulled, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, an excellent copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A23], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, 1939.*** Berkeley's final novel published in his lifetime under his own name. Scarce in such bright condition. 

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Lot 153

Christie (Agatha) They Do It With Mirrors, first English edition, very light spotting to endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, dust-jacket priced at 10/6 on upper flap, a few nicks to edges, slightly heavier to spine ends, lower panel lightly toned, very light fading on spine, still a sharp copy overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1952.

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Lot 110

Christie (Agatha) The Murder at the Vicarage, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, faint scattered spotting, original orange cloth lettered in black, first issue with 'Crime Club' on foot of spine, light toning and marking to covers, spine very lightly faded, spine ends a little bumped, slight shelf-lean, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1930. *** The first full-length novel to feature Miss Marple, who had previously appeared in short stories in various magazines in 1927. 

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Lot 161

Christie (Agatha) The Clocks, first edition, original orange boards lettered in black, dust-jacket priced at 16s, spine ends frayed, head and tail a little creased, otherwise a rather bright and exceptionally sharp example, 8vo, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], The Crime Club, 1963. *** Scarce in this unclipped, excellent condition of jacket. 

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Lot 126

Christie (Agatha) Murder in the Mews, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine a little faded and spotted, fore-edge spotted, slight shelf-lean, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1937. *** A rare Poirot collection of short stories, published in America under the title Dead Man's Mirror. 

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Lot 99

Christie (Agatha) The Secret Adversary, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at rear, scattered foxing to early pages, original dark green cloth lettered and decorated in light green, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, surface creasing to upper cover, light rubbing, a very good copy, 2 facsimile dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1922.*** Christie's scarce second book, introducing the characters Tommy and Tuppence.

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Lot 143

Christie (Agatha) Sparkling Cyanide, first English edition, internally fine, original orange cloth lettered in black to spine, dust-jacket, priced at 8/6 on upper flap, spine a little faded though less so than usual, a few nicks to edges, spine ends a little creased, overall an excellent copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1945.*** The novel marks the final appearance of the recurring character Colonel Race as he investigates the deaths of a married couple occurring one year apart. This narrative builds upon the plot of the earlier short story "Yellow Iris."

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Lot 36

Berkeley (Anthony) Not to be Taken. A Puzzle in Poison, first edition, 3pp. advertisements, light toning to text, original blue cloth lettered in black, very slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, slight fraying to corner tips, rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A22], 8vo, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938.

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Lot 19

Allingham (Margery) Hide My Eyes, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original orange boards lettered in gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket by Youngman Carter priced at 13s.6d. on front flap, very slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, short closed tear to head of upper joint, lower panel with light spotting and surface soiling, a sharp and excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.52-5], 8vo, Chatto & Windus, 1958.*** The sixteenth Campion novel, scarce signed. 

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Lot 137

Christie (Agatha) The Moving Finger, first English edition, very light cockling to front free endpaper, internally fine, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine lightly sunned, dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 on upper flap, chipped at spine ends with small portions of loss, light fraying and nicks to extremities, spine faded, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1943.  *** Rare in a jacket. 

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Lot 180

Ferrars (Elizabeth) Your Neck in a Noose, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original blue cloth lettered in black, light spotting and mottling dust-jacket priced at 8/6 on front flap, slight fading to spine, head of spine and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks or short closed tears to head and foot with light creasing, some surface creasing to upper panel, light surface soiling but an excellent example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.121-3], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, 1942.*** Scarce in the dust-jacket, we can trace no other copy on the market. 

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Lot 42

Brand (Christianna) Death in High Heels, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, browning to endpapers, front free endpaper with some splitting to head and foot towards gutter, cracking to hinges, original orange cloth lettered in silver, slight shelf-lean, spine darkened, spine ends and corners a little bumped and frayed, extremities rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp. 44-46], 8vo, The Bodley Head, 1941.*** The author's scarce first book, we can trace no other inscribed copy at auction. In the excellent inscription, Brand explains that she began the book because "I dreaded a girl in a shop I worked in & so sublimated my longing to murder to her."

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Lot 253

[Shaffer (Peter and Anthony)], "Peter Anthony". How Doth the Little Crocodile, first edition, original green boards lettered in gilt, slight shelf-lean, light toning to head, dust-jacket priced at 9s. 6d. on front flap, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, light rubbing to extremities, and excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.274-5], Evans Brothers, 1952; and 7 others, Peter Anthony, 8vo (8)*** Peter Anthony was the pseudonym of the twin brothers Peter and Anthony Shaffer, the former best known as a playwright. 

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Lot 142

Christie (Agatha) Death Comes as the End, first English edition, original boards, tip of upper edge slightly sunned, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 on upper flap, spine very slightly faded, few short nicks to upper edge, lower panel with the odd mark, The Crime Club, 1945.

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Lot 227

Marsh (Ngaio) Surfeit of Lampreys, first edition, 4pp. advertisements with tearing to final f., very light toning to endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, some splitting to head of upper joint, slight bumping and light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket priced at 8s. 6d. on front flap, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to foot of spine with reinforcing tape repair to verso, extremities a little rubbed, a very good, sharp copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.205-7], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1941.*** The tenth Alleyn novel, published as Death of a Peer in the US. Scarce in good condition. 

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Lot 95

[Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson". She Died a Lady, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Peggy Wells from John Dickson Carr under the sinister false whiskers of Carter Dickson. August 1943" to front free endpaper, slight toning to half-title margin, original blue cloth lettered in red, spine sunned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, William Heinemann, 1943.*** With a charming presentation inscription in the year of publication. Rare. 

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Lot 35

Berkeley (Anthony) Trial and Error, first edition, some scattered spotting, faint remains of adhesion marking to front pastedown, original blue cloth lettered in g black, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, a bright and excellent example, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A21], 8vo Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.*** An attractive copy of this scarce Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. 

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Lot 104

Christie (Agatha) The Secret of Chimneys, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, occasional foxing and scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original light blue cloth lettered and decorated in black, slight shelf-lean, toning to spine, light bumping and slight fraying to spine tips and corners, some light marking and faint soiling to covers, a very good copy overall, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1925.*** The first of Christie's Superintendent Battle novels. 

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Lot 211

Innes (Michael) Hamlet, Revenge!, first edition, signed by the author on title, Autograph Note signed from the author loosely inserted, spotting, original black cloth lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket priced at 7/6 on spine, toning to spine, spine with tears and small hole with brown paper repairs to verso, chipping to spine tips and corners, light toning and surface soiling to panels, splash mark to lower flap, a good example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp. 174-6], 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1937.*** The second Appleby novel, we can trace no other copy signed and in the rare dust-jacket. 

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Lot 97

[Carr (John Dickson)], "Roger Fairburn". Devil Kinsmere, first American edition, some surface abrasions to front pastedown, original black cloth lettered in yellow, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, an excellent example overall, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1934 [but 1935].*** A lovely example of this rare early Carr title. This edition was printed and bound in the UK using the same sheets, only 556 copies were sold in the first two months. 

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Lot 111

Christie (Agatha) The Mysterious Mr. Quin, first edition, scattered spotting, heaviest to edges, original black cloth ruled and lettered in red, very slight dulling to spine, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, W. Collins Sons & Co., 1930.*** Agatha Christie's third collection of short stories, featuring one of her more eccentric creations, the semi-mystical Mr. Quin. 

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Lot 174

Dexter (Colin) Last Seen Wearing, first edition, signed by the author on title with his inscription to head "I've always had a soft spot for this book, in spite of the multiplicity of endings", usual toning to margins, some cracking to gutter at title, Foyle's book label to front pastedown, original blue boards lettered in black, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light sunning to upper and lower edges, dust-jacket priced at £2.95 on front flap, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, two short nicks to foot with neat tape repair to verso, vertical crease and ink mark to lower panel, an excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.112-3], 8vo, Macmillan, 1976.*** The second Inspector Morse title with a lovely inscription from the author.

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Lot 9

Allingham (Margery) Look to the Lady, first edition, publisher's ink compliments stamp to title, 32pp. advertisements, some scattered foxing, original black cloth lettered in green, slight shelf-lean, vertical crease to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, a few small dents and marks to covers, light rubbing to joints, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.52-5], 8vo, Jarrolds, [1931].*** The third Campion novel, rare.

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Lot 221

Marsh (Ngaio) A Man Lay Dead, first edition, original red cloth lettered and ruled in black, very light fading to spine, second issue dust-jacket priced at 2/6 on spine, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to first word of title at head and part of imprint at foot, spine with strengthening tape to verso, a few chip or short tears to head and foot of panels with creasing, some light rubbing and surface soiling, [Cooper & Pike pp. 205-207], 8vo, Geoffrey Bles, 1934.*** Marsh's scarce first novel and the first book to feature Chief Inspector Alleyn. Rare in either first or second issue dust-jacket. 

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Lot 158

Christie (Agatha) Dead Man's Folly, first English edition, ink ownership inscription in biro on front free endpaper, endpaper with light strip of toning, original orange cloth lettered in black, one or two bumps otherwise fine cloth, dust-jacket priced at 12/6 on upper flap, the odd closed nick to edges, spine head slightly fraying, still an excellent example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1956. *** A classic Poirot and Ariadne Oliver collaboration, first published in America. A crisp jacket. 

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Lot 214

James (P.D.) Unnatural Causes, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to endpapers, original red cloth lettered in silver, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to extremities, dust-jacket priced at 21s. on front flap, light staining to foot of panels, creasing to joints, a little rubbed at head and foot, an excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp. 177-179], 8vo, Faber and Faber, 1967.*** The third Adam Dalgleish title. 

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Lot 141

Christie (Agatha) [And Then There Were None], first playscript edition, original wrappers priced 4s, browned with some ring-staining, light spots, extremities creased, spine ends rubbed, 1944; The Mousetrap, first playscript edition, original pictorial wrappers, light splash marks and spots, spine chipped with portion of loss to tail, 1954; Murder on the Nile, second playscript edition, actor annotations throughout, original pictorial wrappers with ownership initials on upper wrapper, lightly creased, 1948, original wrappers, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], Samuel French Limited; and a small quantity of others relating to Christie's plays and theatre productions, including other playscript first editions and some playbills, v.s. (sml qty) *** Includes a rare first playscript edition of And Then There Were None, under its original 20th century title. 

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Lot 65

Carr (John Dickson).- Graves (Frederick W., compiler) A Book of Hill School Verse [1920-1926], first edition, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, light toning to spine label, corners a little bumped, 8vo, New York, Macmillan, 1927.*** A John Dickson Carr rarity. Carr graduated from The Hill School in Pottstown in 1925, the present volume contains 8 poems by the teenage Carr, likely once of his earliest appearances in print. 

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Lot 117

Christie (Agatha) Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, first edition, 2pp. advertisements, some scattered foxing to early leaves, very light spotting to fore-edge, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, light splash mark to upper cover, extremities a little rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1934.

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Lot 226

Marsh (Ngaio) Overture to Death, first edition, 4pp. advertisements, very occasional scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, light fading and spotting to spine, extremities a little rubbed, dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d., chip to head and foot of lower joint, closed tear to head of upper panel, vertical crease to lower joint, some light surface soiling but a sharp, near-fine example overall, 8vo, The Crime Club, 1939.*** A superb example of this Roderick Alleyn novel, the first by Marsh for the Collins Crime Club. 

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Lot 122

Christie (Agatha) Death in the Clouds, first English edition, endpapers toned, original orange cloth lettered in black on spine, lightly marked and discoloured, spine a little faded, ends bumped, slight shelf-lean, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1935. *** One of Christie's "closed circle" murder mysteries: the victim is a passenger on a cross-Channel aircraft flight, and the perpetrator can only be one of eleven fellow passengers and crew. 

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Lot 132

Christie (Agatha) One Two Buckle My Shoe, first edition, 3pp. advertisements, internally fine, original orange cloth with spine lettered in black, spine tips bumped and very lightly faded, dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 on upper flap, partly laid down onto contemporary brown paper "Numedia Book Jacket", slightly trimmed at head and foot just touching lettering and at flaps, light ink marking to lower flap, 1" tear from head to upper spine joint, light surface marks but generally an excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1940. ***  Commencing with the death of Poirot's dentist, the plot of One, Two, Buckle My Shoe follows in the footsteps of Christie's other classic Poirot stories inspired by children's nursery rhymes. Yet it was an early title to reflect the pervasive gloom of the Second World War, and stands one of Christie's most overtly political novels.  The jacket is partly laid down onto a brown paper "Numedia Book Jacket", a brown paper (presumably lending library) protective jacket issued through the 1930s. A scarcity in itself. See also lot XXX. 

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Lot 238

Robinson (Peter) [The Inspector Banks series], 28 vol., first editions, first 2 with signed presentation inscriptions from the author to John Cooper, 6 others signed, one signed bookplate, most original boards, dust-jackets, some original wrappers, some jackets sunned, some light creasing to spine ends and extremities, overall an excellent set, [Cooper & Pike pp.268-269], Ontario, CA., and London, 1987-2023; and  9 others by the same, 8vo (39) *** Signed copies include: Dead Right, Wednesday's Child, Cold is the Grave, Innocent Graves, Not Safe After Dark (limited edition), No Cure For love. Also includes the true first editions in paperback of Final Account, Innocent Graves, and Wednesday's Child. 

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Lot 91

[Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson". The Third Bullet, first edition, illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, slight shelf-lean, some creasing to spine, slight chipping to spine tips, light creasing and some rubbing to extremities but an excellent example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, Hodder and Stoughton, 1937.*** A lovely copy of this rare novella, a locked room mystery. 

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Lot 74

Carr (John Dickson) The Hollow Man, first English edition, original orange cloth lettered in silver, slight sunning to spine and cover margins, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, later issue 2/6 dust-jacket, 3mm. short, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, creasing to head, surface soiling, with facsimile first issue dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, Hamish Hamilton, 1935.*** A Dr. Fell title, first published in the US as The Three Coffins. Rare, as with all pre-war Hamish Hamilton titles

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Lot 75

Carr (John Dickson) To Wake the Dead, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper and pastedown, original yellow cloth lettered in black, light toning to head and foot, dust-jacket, price-clipped, darkened and soiled, spine ends and corners chipped, tape repair to foot of spine and lower corner verso, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, extremities rubbed, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, Hamish Hamilton, 1937.*** The true first edition of this Gideon Fell title.

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Lot 77

Carr (John Dickson) Four False Weapons, first English edition, scattered foxing, original green cloth lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, spine slightly faded, spine ends sunned, dust-jacket priced at 7s. 6d. on front flap, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, affecting first word of title and publisher's imprint, closed tear to foot of upper panel with some creasing, some strengthening tape to verso, [Cooper & Pike pp. 65-74], 8vo, Hamish Hamilton, 1938.*** The final Henri Brencoli novel in the scarce jacket. 

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Lot 40

[Berkeley (Anthony)], "Francis Iles". As for the Woman, first edition, some scattered foxing to early and later pages, light toning to endpapers, original black cloth lettered in gilt, light vertical crease to spine, light band of toning to upper cover, spine tips and corners a little bumped, original first issue blue and yellow dust-jacket priced at 7/6 on spine, spine ends and corners chipped with 1" portion of loss to head of spine affecting author's first name, chips and closed tears to head and foot of panels, with creasing including long tear running into lower panel, internal tear to upper joint, light surface soiling, surface chipping to fore-edges, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A24], 8vo, Jarrolds, 1939.*** The final book published by Berkeley as Iles. The dust-jacket is exceptionally rare. Other copies have appeared at auction in the pictorial dust-jacket but this was a late issue. We have been able to trace no other example of the first issue jacket at auction or on the market. 

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Lot 231

Marsh (Ngaio) False Scent, first edition, signed by the author on title, a few scattered spots to early and later pages, Foyles book-label to front pastedown, original black boards lettered in silver, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, a few short tears to head and foot with light creasing, some spots to lower panel, an excellent example, [Cooper & Pike pp.205-207], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1960.*** Scarce signed.

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Lot 17

Allingham (Margery) Coroner's Pidgin, first edition, original black cloth lettered in silver, slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket priced at 8s.6d. on front flap, light fading to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, a few nicks to head and foot with light creasing, extremities rubbed, slight surface soiling to lower panel, [Cooper & Pike pp.52-5], 8vo, Heinemann, 1945.

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Lot 6

Allingham (Margery) The Crime at Black Dudley, first edition, light scattered foxing and edge-spotting, original salmon cloth lettered in black, very slight fading to spine, slight bumping to spine tips, a fine copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.52-5], 8vo, Jarrolds, [1929].*** The first Albert Campion novel, rare, especially in such superb condition.

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Lot 175

Dexter (Colin) The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, first edition, signed by the author on title, original black boards lettered in white, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket priced at £3.50 on front flap, slight toning and creasing to head and foot, a near-fine copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.112-3], 8vo, Macmillan, 1977.*** The third Morse title, the rarest in the series. 

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Lot 34

Berkeley (Anthony) Panic Party, first edition, map frontispiece, light toning to endpapers, original blue cloth lettered in black, spine toned with mark to foot, light bumping to spine tips and corners, rubbed, a good copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A19], Hodder and Stoughton, 1934; and the first American edition of Dead Mrs. Stratton, including the only publication of Berkeley's "Concerning Roger Sheringham", 8vo (2)*** The final Roger Sheringham novel, scarce. 

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Lot 173

Dexter (Colin) Last Bus to Woodstock, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For John Cooper: My first efforts in this field! A bit full of clichés - 'commendable promptitude' (p.13)!" on title, library stamp erased from title verso, pages browned (as often), browning to front pastedown, original brown boards lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, spine tips and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket, light sunning to upper joint, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, light creasing to head and foot, [Cooper & Pike pp.112-3], 8vo, Macmillan, 1975.*** The first Inspector Morse novel with a charming personal inscription. 

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Lot 152

Christie (Agatha) Mrs. McGinty's Dead, first English edition, 4pp. advertisements, original orange cloth lettered in black, light discolouration to cloth, dust-jacket priced at 9/6 on upper flap, spine lightly faded, the odd fractional nick to edges and corners, spine ends a little more so but still a very excellent and sharp copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1952. *** Scarce in such sharp condition. 

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Lot 149

Christie (Agatha) Crooked House, first English edition, a few faint spots to fore-edge and a few straying onto margins but largely clean internally, original orange cloth with spine lettered in black, dust-jacket, price-clipped (torn away a little roughly), 1" tear from bottom to upper spine joint, this reinforced with paper verso, few other chips and nicks to edges, one slightly larger on lower panel, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1949. *** One of Christies favourite novels of her own works. 

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Lot 112

Christie (Agatha) The Sittaford Mystery, first English edition, 6pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers and half-title, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, very light fading to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to extremities but a sharp and excellent example overall, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], The Crime Club, 1931; and the first edition of The Murder at Hazelmoor, 8vo (2)*** A scarce title, first published in the US as The Murder at Hazelmoor around a month before appearing in the UK. 

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Lot 245

Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, browning to endpapers, 2 ink names to front free endpaper, original black cloth lettered in red on spine, light bumping and slight fraying to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer, priced at 7/6 on spine, very light sunning to spine, light vertical crease to rear panel and lower joint, 2 small nicks to head, a fine example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp. 271-3; Queen's Quorum 76], 8vo, Gollancz, 1928.*** A superb example of the author's first collection of short stories in the striking McKnight Kauffer jacket. We can trace no other example of this work in the dust-jacket at auction or anywhere on the market. Starring Sayers' superb dilettante detective, Lord Peter Wimsey, Lord Peter Views the Body  was only the second work of crime fiction to be published by Gollancz. "Miss Sayers has done more to add literary tone to crime fiction than her contemporaries, and it is to her infinite credit that she attempted to wed the detective story to the legitimate novel of manners with the utmost deliberation - almost, it might be said, with malice aforethought." - Queen's Quorum, p. 82.

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Christie (Agatha) The Body in the Library, first English edition, ownership inscription on rear pastedown, original orange cloth lettered in black, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket unpriced, 1cm tear to spine tail joint, other nicks and chips to edges, some reinforced with tape verso, 3mm shortening to top edge, still a sharp copy overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1942.*** A wartime Miss Marple title, rare in the jacket in good condition.

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Carr (John Dickson) The Black Spectacles, first English edition, original fawn cloth lettered in red, spine browned, staining to spine and upper cover, later 4s. dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine a little darkened, spine ends and corners chipped, a few short tears to head and foot with strengthening tape to verso, rubbing and creasing to extremities, light surface soiling, [Cooper & Pike pp.65-74], 8vo, Hamish Hamilton, 1939.*** A Gideon Fell title, first published in the US as The Problem of the Green Capsule, scarce. 

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Lot 113

Christie (Agatha) The Thirteen Problems, first edition, 6pp. advertisements, some light spotting to initial and later pages, light browning to endpapers, original orange cloth lettered in black, very slight toning to spine, spine tips and corners a little rubbed, patch of very light soiling to upper cover, dust-jacket priced at 7/6, neatly backed with brown paper and corners trimmed, slight fading to spine, slight chipping to upper fore-edge, short nick to foot of lower joint, some very light cockling to upper cover and spine, with original publisher's wraparound band (spine sunned with vertical crease), a near-fine copy overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1932.*** A superb example of this great Christie rarity, including the first appearance of Miss Marple in book form. This copy with a dust-jacket that was likely used for pre-publication promotion by Collins salesmen.Christie first introduced the character of Miss Marple in the short story "The Tuesday Night Club", published in The Royal Magazine in December 1927. The story was republished here in book form, becoming the first of thirteen stories to feature the sleuthing spinster, Agatha Christie's most popular creation. We can trace only the Charlie Watts copy appearing at auction in a dust-jacket (sold, Christies, 28th September 2023, £48,000).This copy was bought from Ralph Spurrier in the 1980s. Spurrier worked as a salesman with Gollancz and was familiar with the sales practices of the 1930s publishers. The backing in brown paper and clipping of the corners as in the present copy was typical of the methods used by publishers to to reinforce the jackets for use by their salesmen. 

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Lot 169

[Day-Lewis (Cecil)], "Nicholas Blake". There's Trouble Brewing, first edition, cut signature of the author to endpaper, 4pp. advertisements, some very faint occasional spotting, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, spotting to spine, some bumping and fraying to spine tips and corners, marking and toning to covers, dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 on front flap, slight toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks to head with light creasing, light surface soiling to lower panel, still an excellent example overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.33-35], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1937.*** The third Nigel Strangeways novel, rare in the dust-jacket. 

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Lot 187

Gielgud (Val) Cat, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Lance Sieveking to front free endpaper and additionally signed by the author on title, carbon copy Autograph Letter signed from Sieveking to the author discussing the book at length loosely inserted, Sieveking's pencil notes to rear endpapers, original red cloth lettered in black, very slight fading to spine, light bumping to spine tips and corners, light finger-soiling to covers, dust-jacket priced at 10s. 6d. on front flap, very slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, closed tear to head of spine with strengthening tape repair to verso, a near-fine copy overall, [Cooper & Pike pp.142-4], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1956.*** A lovely association copy inscribed to Gielgud's fellow producer Sieveking. The letter is a fascinating read, covering Gielgud's grasp of character as well as his somewhat caustic moral views. 

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Lot 228

Marsh (Ngaio) Death and the Dancing Footman, first edition, original cloth lettered in black, light fading and spotting to spine, some light edge-spotting, dust-jacket priced at 8.6d., spine ends and corners a little chipped with strengthening tape repairs to verso, patch of staining and light surface soiling to lower panel, light vertical creasing, a very good example, [Cooper & Pike pp.205-7], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1942.*** Difficult to find in the dust-jacket in good condition. 

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