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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

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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]

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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.