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(MYSTERY and DETECTIVE FICTION.) Group of 13 First editions. 8vo, publisher's cloth (but for two in wrappers as noted), dust jackets as issued. Comprising: SIMENON, GEORGES. Maigret Travels South. Printed wrappers, light finger soiling. First American omnibus edition, limited to 2000 copies, collecting two novels (Liberty Bar and The Madman of Bergerac). NY, 1940 * [ANONYMOUS.] Saxon Ashe, Secret Agent. Jacket chipped with closed tears and tape repairs on verso. First edition, second printing ("September 1941"). London, 1941 * REEVES, ROBERT. Cellini Smith: Detective. Two tape repairs on jacket verso, extremities and fold corners rubbed. Boston, 1943 * TALBOT, HAKE. Rim of the Pit. Tape repairs on jacket verso, several chips with loss. NY, 1944 * [WOOLRICH, CORNELL] Hopley, George. Night Has A Thousand Eyes. Numerous tape repairs on jacket verso, abrading to folds, small chips to fold corners and spine panel ends. NY, 1945 * MILLER, WADE. Deadly Weapon. Cloth unevenly faded, jacket spine panel faded with chips to ends, folds rubbed. NY, 1946 * SIMENON, GEORGES. The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Jacket torn at bottom of rear/spine panel, chip to front flap fold. First American edition. NY, 1946 * CHEYNEY, PETER. Dark Hero. Jacket dust soiled. London, 1946 * TAYLOR, SAMUEL W. The Man with My Face. Numerous tape repairs on jacket verso, edge tears with loss. NY, 1948 * SIMENON, GEORGES. Maigret chez le Coroner. Jacket with nicks and short closed tears. First French edition in wrappers. Paris, 1949 * THOMPSON, JIM. Cent mètres de silence. Dust jacket tears with some loss; custom box. First edition in French. Paris, 1950 * HARVEY, WILLIAM FRYER. The Arm of Mrs. Egan. Jacket dust soiled. First American edition. NY, 1952 * GAULT, WILLIAM CAMPBELL. Day of the Ram. Nearly fine. NY, 1956. (13) Vp, vd
