212
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ORWELL, GEORGE.
Animal Farm.
8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine gilt-lettered,
bottom corners lightly bumped; dust jacket, light rubbing to spine panel tips with small nick
at head, crease along bottom of front panel, price-clipped; contents clean and unmarked.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
,
FIRST PRINTING
.
NewYork: Harcourt, Brace, (1946)
[150/250]
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214
215
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PERKINS, KENNETH.
Voodoo’d.
8vo, publisher’s green cloth, spine lightly
faded, spine tips bumped slightly; dust
jacket, few waterstains on spine panel just
extending to rear panel, toned, chiefly to
rear panel, price intact; contents clean.
NewYork: Harper & Brothers, 1931
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION
.
A Harper Sealed Mystery,
with the original fragile tissue seal opened but
partly present, the “Do Not Break This Seal”
lettering largely intact.
FIRSTTWO SPENCER NOVELS SIGNED
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PARKER, ROBERT B.
The Godwulf Manuscript * God Save the Child.
Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth; dust jackets, unclipped, second title lightly
toned with V chip to top of front panel, ownership signature on front flyleaf.
FIRST EDI
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TIONS
,
SIGNED COPIES
, of the first two Spencer mysteries.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974; 1974
[600/900]
214
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PEMBERTON, MAX.
Jewel Mysteries I Have Known. From a Dealer’s
Note Book.
Illustrated by R. CatonWoodville and Fred Barnard. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial
blue cloth over bevelled boards, all edges gilt, trace of rubbing to corners and spine tips;
very light occasional spotting to endleaves, discreet bookseller’s blindstamp to title, a clean
copy, housed in
1
/
4
cloth-backed folding case.
London:Ward, Lock, & Bowden, 1894
[300/400]
FIRST EDITION
.
A Detective Short Story title, originally published as short stories in Pearson’s
Magazine.With 10 pages publisher’s advertisements at end. Uncommonly nice copy.