219
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O’BRIEN, TIM.
Northern Lights.
8vo, publisher’s blue cloth over lavender
boards, 1
1
/
2
inch dampstain at upper outer corner of front board, mild fading to board
extremities; dust jacket, small spot of soiling on verso of back panel; narrow tidemarks on
outer flyleaf edges.
FIRST EDITION
of O’Brien’s scarce second novel.
[New York:] Delacorte Press, (1975)
[350/500]
218
217
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MOLIÈRE, JEAN BAPTISTE.
The Dramatic Works.
6 volumes. Illustrated
with etched plates by Adolphe Lalauze on mounted India paper. 4to, contemporary
1
/
2
brown morocco, spines titled in gilt, bindings generally clean, slight rubbing to board
extremities, mostly affecting volumes 2 and 4, also both with some dampstaining to lower
edges, top edges gilt; plates clean but for a few with dampstaining along upper edges of
margins. First Edition thus.
Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1875-76
[350/500]
218
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(MYSTERY & DETECTIVE FICTION.)
Group of 17 titles from The
Mystery League.
8vo, cloth stamped in green, scattered foxing, some cloth with uneven
fading; occasional soiling and mildew, some volumes with owner’s sticker on front endpa-
pers; 15 graphic dust jackets by Eugene Thurston and 2 by Arthur Hawkins, scattered
edgewear and some toning.
New York, 1929-33
[1,000/1,500]
17 (of a total 30 volumes published) including: Lenehan. The Tunnel Mystery * Beeding.
Death Walks In Eastrepps * Bristow & Manning. The Gutenberg Murders * Horler. The
Curse of Doone * Corbett. The Merrivale Mystery * Goodchild. The Monster of Grammont, *
and others. The Mystery League novels were never known for their excellent writing, save for a
few titles by greats like Edgar Wallace and Francis Beeding, but were inexpensive, quick reads
made irresistible by their Art Deco dust jacket covers designed by Arthur Hawkins who later
went on to design iconic jackets for William Faulkner and James M. Cain.
