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POST, MELVILLE DAVISSON.
Walker of
the Secret Service.
8vo, publisher’s orange cloth
stamped in black, spine wrinkling, light rubbing; dust
jacket, edge restorations to verso, minor fingersoiling,
corners clipped; closed tear to first blank, contents clean.
FIRST EDITION
, with ‘1’ on final page.
NewYork: D.Appleton, 1924
[250/350]
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RHODE, JOHN.
The Elm Tree
Murder * Signal for Death.
Together, 2
volumes. 8vo, publisher’s cloth, light mot-
tling to second title; dust jackets, mild
edgewear with light rubbing, spine panel
faded on first title, light creasing; spot of
dampstaining to top edges of second title,
else contents clean.
FIRST AMERICAN EDI
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TIONS
in unclipped dust jackets. Two Dr.
Priestley detective stories.
NewYork: Dodd Mead, 1939; 1941
[350/500]
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RAWSON, CLAYTON.
Group of 3 First Editions.
8vo, publisher’s cloth,
spines conspicuously faded with some cover staining; dust jackets, price intact on each,
scattered small chips and rubbing, 10mm top edge excised on second title; endpapers dis-
colored, two with faded rubberstamps.
NewYork: Putnam, 1938; 1940 and
Boston: Little, Brown, 1942
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITIONS OF THREE GREAT MERLINI MYSTERIES IN THE DUST JACKETS
.
Comprising: The
Footprints on the Ceiling *The Headless Lady * No Coffin for the Corpse.
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