Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 281

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(RED BADGE MYSTERIES.) Group of 17 First Editions. 8vo, publisher's cloth; dust jackets; condition varies, see notes below. New York: Dodd, Mead, vd

Additional Details

Arthur J. Rees. The Unquenchable Flame. Dust jacket edges sunned, chips and closed tears, stain on front panel. 1926 Clifford Knight. The Affair of Scarlet Crab. 1937. Michael Innes. Lament for a Maker. Ownership inscription on pastedown. 1938 Marco Page. Fast Company. 1938 Hugh Pentecost. Cancelled in Red. Ownership inscription. 1939 David Keith. A Matter of Iodine. Tear to dust jacket spine into letters. 1940 Susannah Shane. Lady in Lilac. Ownership inscription. 1941 Christianna Brand. Heads You Lose. Water damage to cloth, tape repairs to dust jacket, closed tears to first page, ownership stamp on several pages. 1942 David Keith. A Matter of Accident. Discoloration to cloth on spine and edges, jacket with tape repairs. 1943 Hugh Pentecost. The Brass Chills. Dust jacket with 1/4 inch chip to back panel. (1943) A.E.W. Mason. The House in Lordship Lane. Dust jacket spine panel faded, tape repairs, tape stain on front flap. 1946 Ruth Sawtell Wallis. Cold Bed in the Clay. Dust jacket with chips and closed tears, tape repairs; publisher's note tipped-in indicating Editorial Copy. 1947 Michael Innes. The Case of the Journeying Boy. Chips along spine panel folds, tape repairs on verso, ownership inscription. (1949) Bart Spicer. The Dark Light. (1949) Agatha Christie. Dead Man's Folly. Scattered soiling to dust jacket. (1956) Lee Thayer. Do Not Disturb. Inscribed by author. (1951) John Ball. Singapore. Signed by the author. (1986). Should be seen.