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Hodder & Stoughton (publishers)
Collection of mystery and adventure novels, 1920s-30s
all 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets. Titles include: Bridges, Victor. The Happy Murderers. An Adventure on the Suffolk Coast, 1932. First edition, inscribed by the author ‘To Mr Brown with many thanks & all good wishes from the author, Victor Bridges, 1932’ on the front free endpaper, spine rolled, a few tears to jacket [p. 102]; MacClure, Victor. Frontéra, 1937. First edition (Spanish Civil War novel), inscribed by the author ‘To H. Irons from the author Victor MacClure’ on the title-page, spine sunned and rolled, a few small chips and tears to jacket; Wills, Cecil M. On the Night in Question, 1937. First edition (an Inspector Boscobell novel), a few minor nicks and tears to jacket [p. 868]; Holt, Gavin [pseudonym of Percival Charles Rodda]. Steel Shutters, 1936. First edition (a Bastion novel), jacket with loss and old tape-repair to head of spine [p. 410]; Pelham, Anthony [pseudonym of Charles Evelyn Graham Hope]. The Fortress of Ashes, [1936]. First edition (set in India), map endpapers (depicting Kashmir), spine rolled, dust jacket chipped [p. 634]; Idem. Summons to Adventure, [1937]. First edition (set in modern-day Pakistan), map endpapers (depicting Makran and Baluchistan), frontispiece reproducing design of dust jacket (a coded letter in Urdu), a few nicks to dust jacket [p. 634]; Reynolds, Mrs Baillie [Gertrude M. Robins Reynolds]. The Affair at the Château, [1929]. First edition, minor repairs to verso of dust jacket [p. 676]; Idem. Trouble at Glaye, 1936. First edition, dust jacket designed by Bip Pares, front cover sprung, mottling to pastedowns [p. 676]; Boyd, Eric Forbes. The House of Whipplestaff, [1924]. First edition, light spotting to outer leaves, dust jacket with label removed from spine and minor repairs to verso, ownership inscription dated 1927 to front free endpaper [p. 91]; Packard, Frank L. Shanghai Jim, 1928. First UK edition (presumably following the Doubleday edition of the same year, and in a different jacket design), school prize plate to front pastedown, dust jacket somewhat nicked and chipped [p. 623]; Fairlie, Gerard [reputed model for 'Bulldog Drummond]. Men for Counters, 1933. First edition, dust jacket with chip to head of front panel [p. 273]; and 8 others similar (all in dust jackets) (18)
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.
Collection of mystery and adventure novels, 1920s-30s
all 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, references to Hubin, Crime Fiction II (1994) in square brackets. Titles include: Bridges, Victor. The Happy Murderers. An Adventure on the Suffolk Coast, 1932. First edition, inscribed by the author ‘To Mr Brown with many thanks & all good wishes from the author, Victor Bridges, 1932’ on the front free endpaper, spine rolled, a few tears to jacket [p. 102]; MacClure, Victor. Frontéra, 1937. First edition (Spanish Civil War novel), inscribed by the author ‘To H. Irons from the author Victor MacClure’ on the title-page, spine sunned and rolled, a few small chips and tears to jacket; Wills, Cecil M. On the Night in Question, 1937. First edition (an Inspector Boscobell novel), a few minor nicks and tears to jacket [p. 868]; Holt, Gavin [pseudonym of Percival Charles Rodda]. Steel Shutters, 1936. First edition (a Bastion novel), jacket with loss and old tape-repair to head of spine [p. 410]; Pelham, Anthony [pseudonym of Charles Evelyn Graham Hope]. The Fortress of Ashes, [1936]. First edition (set in India), map endpapers (depicting Kashmir), spine rolled, dust jacket chipped [p. 634]; Idem. Summons to Adventure, [1937]. First edition (set in modern-day Pakistan), map endpapers (depicting Makran and Baluchistan), frontispiece reproducing design of dust jacket (a coded letter in Urdu), a few nicks to dust jacket [p. 634]; Reynolds, Mrs Baillie [Gertrude M. Robins Reynolds]. The Affair at the Château, [1929]. First edition, minor repairs to verso of dust jacket [p. 676]; Idem. Trouble at Glaye, 1936. First edition, dust jacket designed by Bip Pares, front cover sprung, mottling to pastedowns [p. 676]; Boyd, Eric Forbes. The House of Whipplestaff, [1924]. First edition, light spotting to outer leaves, dust jacket with label removed from spine and minor repairs to verso, ownership inscription dated 1927 to front free endpaper [p. 91]; Packard, Frank L. Shanghai Jim, 1928. First UK edition (presumably following the Doubleday edition of the same year, and in a different jacket design), school prize plate to front pastedown, dust jacket somewhat nicked and chipped [p. 623]; Fairlie, Gerard [reputed model for 'Bulldog Drummond]. Men for Counters, 1933. First edition, dust jacket with chip to head of front panel [p. 273]; and 8 others similar (all in dust jackets) (18)
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.
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