45 130
90
91
90
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CHRISTIE, AGATHA and OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS.
The Under Dog and
Blackman’s Wood. 2 New Crime Stories.
12mo, publisher’s gilt-decorated maroon
cloth, cocked, shaken slightly; dust-jacket with illustration by Vernon Sloper, short tears at
head and foot of spine panel, folds rubbed slightly; preserved in cloth-backed clamshell
case.
FIRST EDITION
.
London:The Readers Library, [1929]
[300/400]
91
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CLANCY, TOM.
The Hunt for Red October.
8vo, publisher’s red cloth with
front cover decoratively stamped in blind, spine lettered in silver, spot of soiling to front
cover, light rubbing to extremities; dust jacket, shelfwear, tape repairs and ink staining to
verso; dampstains to fore-edges.
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, [1984]
[600/900]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST STATE OF THE AUTHOR
’
S FIRST BOOK
.
First issue jacket with six
blurbs on the rear panel instead of eight.
92
92
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COLETTE, SIDONIE GABRIELLE.
La Vagabonde.
By Colette Willy. Half-
title. 8vo, contemporary
1
/
4
marbled calf,
by Vermorel, spine ends chipped, joints
rubbed, original printed wrappers bound
in, front hinge cracked, bookplate.
FIRST
TRADE EDITION
,
INSCRIBED BY THE
AUTHOR
on the half-title in black ink.
Paris: Paul Ollendorff, 1910
[300/400]