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Lot 6201
Junghans - Retro 60's German battery driven Astro Chron "World Time" clock introduced in1967, in original padded traveling case, rectangular satin finished case with a contrasting gold dial, Arabic numerals, baton hands and sweep seconds hand, case front with representations of the countries of the world with relative time zones, rear of case with an adjustable disc capable of calculating the present time in 24 countries. Serial No 00775.These clocks were the first battery driven quartz clocks manufactured and intended for domestic use.Dimensions: Height: 14cm Length/Width: 23cm Depth/Diameter: 9cm
Lot 6059
Four Coalport figures comprising Diana Princess of Wales ltd.ed no. 12194/12500, boxed, two Age of Elegance; First Waltz and Regents Park and Beau Monde Juliette, together with two Limited Edition Royal Worcester figures comprising Sweet Rose, no.3694/9500, and Sweet Violet, no. 3694/9500 and others figures (10)
Lot 120
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.
Lot 86
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.
Lot 164
Christie (Agatha).- Saunders (Peter) The Mousetrap Man, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, Collins, 1972; and Peter Saunders' three scrap albums containing several hundred reviews and articles relating to the Agatha Christie plays Go Back For Murder, Towards Zero and the Unexpected Guest as well as plays by three others, folio & 8vo (4)*** Scrap albums compiled for the great English theatre impresario Peter Saunders. Saunders is best remembered now for his long-running production of The Mousetrap but this was in many ways the culmination of his efforts in promoting Christie for the stage, as evidenced by the present albums.
Lot 43
Brand (Christianna) Heads You Lose, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, Typed Letter initialled from the author loosely inserted, bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone to front pastedown, original blue cloth lettered in black, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, slight rubbing to extremities, second impression facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp. 44-46], 8vo, The Bodley Head, 1941.*** The author's second novel and the first Inspector Cockrill mystery, rare inscribed. In the letter, Brand discusses how the dachshund in the novel was based on one owned by a friend.
Lot 257
Symons (Julian) The Progress of a Crime, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, jacket with closed tear to foot of lower panel, 1960; The Killing of Francis Lake, spotting to fore-margin, jacket price-clipped with ink ownership inscription to front flap, a few short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, 1962; The End of Solomon Grandy?, 1964; The Belting Inheritance, 1965, first editions, all signed by the author, original boards, dust-jackets, some rubbing to extremities, generally excellent or near-fine, [Cooper & Pike pp.281-4], The Crime Club; and 5 others by the same, all signed, 1 with an excellent Typed Letter signed from the author concerning his short stories, 8vo (9)
Lot 68
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.
Lot 266
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.
![Hill (Reginald) [The Dalziel and Pascoe series], 23 vol., first editions, some signed by the author, An Advancement of Learn](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c651b5aa-54d1-4260-a724-b21400fd1411/6cd82d2f-ef19-40cc-8059-b2140117ccdc/468x382.jpg)
Lot 207
Hill (Reginald) [The Dalziel and Pascoe series], 23 vol., first editions, some signed by the author, An Advancement of Learning pages top-edge a little spotted, many with newspaper clippings loosely inserted, original boards, dust-jackets, first 10 vol. creased at edges with nicks and chips, others excellent and sharp, [Cooper & Pike, pp.168-170], 1971-2022; and 21 others by the same, some signed and one with signed presentation inscription from the author to John Cooper, with 7 issues of the Ellery Queen magazine with contributions by Hill, v.s. (44) *** An excellent and near-complete run of the Dalziel and Pascoe novels, including Asking for the Moon, a collection of 4 short novellas featuring the detectives.The first of the series, A Clubbable Woman, is offered in the previous lot.
Lot 101
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-clippe](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c651b5aa-54d1-4260-a724-b21400fd1411/21ecb7fe-75e0-4a82-ab69-b21401179883/468x382.jpg)
Lot 171
[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.
Lot 229
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.
Lot 102
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.
Lot 186
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.
Lot 62
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)
Lot 106
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).
Lot 190
Gielgud (Val) and Holt Marvell. London Calling, first American edition, signed by both authors on title, original black cloth, decorated and lettered in red on spine with skull design in blind to upper cover, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, [Cooper & Pike pp.142-4], 8vo, Garden City, NY, The Crime Club by Doubleday, 1934.*** A signed first American edition of the Inspector Simon Spears mystery, published at Death at Broadcasting House in the UK. We can trace no other examples of Gielgud and Marvell books signed by both authors. Gielgud's signature is dated 1934.
Lot 80
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.
Lot 150
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.
Lot 215
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.
Lot 54
Bruce (Leo) Case With Ropes and Rings, ink gift inscription to endpaper, spotting to covers, 1940; Case for Sergeant Beef, ink inscription to front pastedown, ex-library mark to lower edge and paper residue to rear pastedown, marking and toning to covers, 1947; Neck and Neck, 1951; Cold Blood, short split to head of upper joint, 1952, first editions, spotting and some browning, original cloth, rubbing and toning to spines, spine ends and corners a little bumped, facsimile dust-jackets, 8vo (4)*** The latter four Sergeant Beef titles, all rare, especially Case With Ropes and Rings.
Lot 29
Berkeley (Anthony) The Piccadilly Murder, first edition, damp-staining to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers, small patch of staining visible to upper and lower edge on a few pages, original black cloth lettered and ruled in red, rubbing and some fraying to spine, slight fraying to corner tips, small dent to lower fore-edge, a very good copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.30-33; Johns A12], 8vo, W. Collins Sons & Co., 1929.*** A scarce title, featuring the recurring character Chief Inspector Moresby.
![Symons (Julian) [The Chief Inspector Bland trilogy], 3 vol., comprising The Immaterial Murder Case, "This book was written in](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c651b5aa-54d1-4260-a724-b21400fd1411/94ffbe04-5370-4788-9417-b2140118166b/468x382.jpg)
Lot 254
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.
Lot 179
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.
Lot 133
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](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c651b5aa-54d1-4260-a724-b21400fd1411/c147a650-e03c-4b09-b042-b21401179181/468x382.jpg)
Lot 167
[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.
Lot 125
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.
Lot 148
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.
Lot 127
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.
Lot 10
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.
Lot 151
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.
Lot 51
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.
Lot 128
Christie (Agatha) Hercule Poirot's Christmas, first edition, 3pp. advertisements, spotting to fore-edge, original orange cloth lettered in black, slight shelf-lean, sunning and some spotting to spine, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities a little rubbed, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1939
Lot 140
Christie (Agatha) Towards Zero, first English edition, original original cloth, very lightly mottled, very thin strip of fading to upper edge, extremities lightly bumped, contents a little shaken with first gathering protruding slightly, dust-jacket designed by X. Z. Atkinson and priced 7/6 on front flap, spine a little faded, a few chips and nicks to extremities, still overall a sharp copy, [Cooper & Pike pp.82-9], 8vo, The Crime Club, 1944. *** Towards Zero marks the fifth and final appearance of Hercule Poirot's ally Superintendent Battle. This edition published a month after the American edition.
Lot 197
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.
Lot 283
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 clo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c651b5aa-54d1-4260-a724-b21400fd1411/d7e64aaf-6fdf-4b90-ba3e-b21401179340/468x382.jpg)
Lot 168
[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.
Lot 242
Sayers (Dorothy L.) Whose Body?, first English edition, marginal spot affecting corner of pages through the last chapter, fore-edge spotting with the occasional one straying onto margins, original red cloth lettered in black, a little marked and discoloured, spine faded, slight shelf-lean, corners lightly bumped, [Cooper & Pike pp. 271-3], 8vo, T. Fisher Unwin, 1923. *** Author's rare first Lord Peter Wimsey novel. Here in the red variant cloth of the first English edition, with no priority determined between colour states. See following lot for other variant.
Lot 225
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.
Lot 27
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.
Lot 31
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. wit](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/c651b5aa-54d1-4260-a724-b21400fd1411/2844a1ae-1652-4aff-8c9b-b2140117f2c6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 233
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.
Lot 210
Innes (Michael) Death at the President's Lodging, first edition, signed by the author on title, Typed Letter signed from the author to John Cooper expressing amazement at the prices for first editions of his books, loosely inserted in original envelope, folding map at end, original black cloth lettered in red, slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, split to foot of lower joint, a little rubbed, a very good copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.174-6], 8vo, Victor Gollancz, 1936.*** The first book published by Innes (pseudonym of J.I.M. Stewart) and the first of the Appleby series. Rare signed.
Lot 61
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).
Lot 205
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.
Lot 123
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.
Lot 247
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.
Lot 84
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.
Lot 50
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.
Lot 124
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.
Lot 145
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)
Lot 256
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.
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Lot 208
[Hilton (James)] "Glen Trevor". Murder at School, first edition, some cracking to gutter at title, some staining to fore-edge, original black cloth lettered and decorated in orange, slight fading to spine, some splitting to lower joint, spine ends and corners a little bumped, facsimile dust-jacket, [not in Cooper & Pike], Ernest Benn, 1931; and 2 others, including F.J. Whaley's Reduction of Staff, 8vo (3)*** Murder at School was Hilton's only foray into detective fiction, scarce.
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