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(MYSTERY and DETECTIVE FICTION.) Group of 8 Queens Quorum/Haycraft Queen Cornerstones. 8vo, various bindings, notes including condition below. Comprising: GODWIN, WILLIAM. Adventures of Caleb Williams. 2 volumes bound in 1. Later 3/4 morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, boards scuffed; front pastedown with abrasion and War Service Library bookplate. Harper's Stereotype Edition. NY, 1831 * COLLINS, WILKIE. The Woman in White. Modern blue cloth; contents with few tape mends, Florence & Edward Kaye leather bookplate. First appearance in print, serialized in All the Year Round (Vol. II, October 29, 1859-April 7, 1860; Vol. III, April 14-October 6, 1860; bound in 1). London, 1860 * ALLEN, GRANT. An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay. Original decorated green cloth, top edges gilt, light rubbing to extremities. First edition. London, 1897 * DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Original maroon cloth gilt, minor rubbing to extremities, corners slightly exposed; ownership inscription, prelims foxed, 8 pp. adverts at end. First American edition, third state, in Tabard Inn Library binding. Green and Gibson A26c.ii. NY, 1902 * BENTLEY, E.C. Trent's Last Case. Original gilt-lettered blue cloth, light wear to spine tips. First edition. London, [1913] * MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. Ashenden. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt and black, slight lean, light soiling to front cover; abrasion to front pastedown. First edition. London, 1928 * VICKERS, ROY. The Department of Dead Ends. Original red cloth, spine gilt; unclipped dust jacket, spine panel sunned with small chips at head not touching letters, corners nicked, folds rubbed; abrasion to front pastedown. First English and hardcover edition. London, 1949 * BLOCHMAN, LAWRENCE G. Diagnosis: Homicide. The Casebook of Dr. Coffee. Thin line of dampstaining along fore-edge of front board; faint tidemark to upper outer corner of first 12 pages; jacket rubbed along folds and spine panel ends, light dust soiling. First edition. Philadelphia, 1950. (8) Vp, vd
