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Otto Penzler Detective Fiction Part Two. Internet Only.
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Wednesday Aug 14, 2019 Completed |
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150+ Lots of Great Detective and Mystery Fiction Books from the Famous Otto Penzler Collection. This will be an Internet & Absentee Bid Auction Only!! Bidding will be Available on our Website, Proxibid, Invaluable, and Limited Phone Bidding. 1 Philip Ross Lot of Six. Lot includes Five First Editions VF in Dust Jackets and White Flower Uncorrected Proof. Firsts include Choice of Evils, Talley's Truth, White Flower, A Good Death & Hoveys Deception. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 2 Detective Fiction and Thrillers. Lot of Six. Authors with the Letter "R". Includes Howard Rodman Destimey Express, William Roos A Few Days in Madrid, William Ross Bamboo Terror, Jon Rolt The Yellow Tiger (2 Copies) all these are VF in Dj's with Uncorrected Proof of "The Face of Danger" by Regin... 3 Detective Fiction and Thrillers. Lot of Six. Authors with the Letter "R". Includes Kerk Rogers. Vantage Point First in DJ with Corners Bumped, Robert Rosenblum Cover Stories VF 1st DJ, Rpobert L. Rodin Articles of Faith (2 Copies) VF 1st's Dust Jackets, Patrick Robinson Kilo Class and Nimitz Cl... 4 Detective Fiction and Thrillers. Collection. Lot includes Nineteen Hard Cover First Editions. Authors with the letter "M". Includes David Morrell, Joe Alex Morris, John Murphy, Susan Morrow, Robert Moss, C.W. Morton, Andrei Moscovit, Tom Murphy, Chris Mullin, & John Morris. Also includes David ... 5 Earl Norman. Hang Me in Hong Kong. 1st DJ. Very Fine 1st in Dust Jacket. A Rick Shaw Adventure. Tokyo 1976. Scarce. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 6 Norman Fisher. Lot of Three 1st Editions. Lot includes Three British First Editions in Dust Jackets. Includes Rise at Dawn, Walk at a Steady Pace and The Last Assignment. All Fine/VF in Dust Jackets. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 7 Leslie Fisher. The Philadelphia Murder Story. NY 1945 Fine/VF First in Dust Jacket. 8 Truman Garrett. Scarce 1st Edition in DJ. Murder First Edition Arcadia Press. 1956 Fine 1st DJ with some small tears on edges. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 9 Timothy Fuller. Harvard Has a Homicide. 1st. Scarce Signed First Edition in Dust Jacket. Little Brown 1936 Fine in Good/VG Dust Jacket. Signed on Front Free End Paper. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 10 Lot of Three First Editions in Dust Jackets. Lot includes Francis Gerard Sinister Secret. London 1952 1st DJ, Andrew Garve. The Galloway Case London 1958 First in DJ & Mary Fitt Clues to Christabel NY 1944 First in DJ. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 11 Lot of Four First Editions in Dust Jackets. Lot includes Rae Foley Ominous Star NY 1971, Eugene Franklin The Bold House Murders NY 1973 1st DJ, Roy Fuller The Second Curtain NY 1956 1st in DJ and Hermia Fraser. One Touch of Murder 1953 1st in DJ. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 12 J.S. Fletcher. Murder of the Lawyers Clerk. NY 1933 1st Edition in Worn Dust Jacket with piece out of lower spine book is VG. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 13 Lot of Seven 1st Editions. Includes Review Copies. All in Dust Jackets. Books by Dorsey Fiske, Bartholomew Gill. Mark Frost, Tony Gibbs etc. See Photos for Titles. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 14 Lot of Five 1st Editions. All in DJ's. Includes Books by David Fisher, Malcolm Forsythe, Ken Follett, Fletcher & Bain and Steven Frimmer. See Photos for Titles. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 15 Limited Edition. Oak Knoll Press. The Affair of the Unprincipled Publisher. 1983 1 of 50 signed by Garland and Toppman. VF Copy. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 16 Patrick O'Malley. Lot of Five 1st Editions. All Firsts in Dust Jackets. Includes The Affair of the Bumbling Briton, Tha Affair of Swan Lake, The Affair of Chief Strongheart, The Affair of the Red Mosaic and The Affair of the Blue Pig. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 17 Mystery and Thrillers Lot of Five. Includes Firsts in Dust Jackets. Sterling Noel Few Will Die and Storm Over Paris, DJ has some small tears, Bob Oeste The Last Pumpkin Paper Signed and Inscribed to Otto Penzler, & Mark Olshaker Unnatural Causes and Blood Race. All Nice Copies in Dust... 18 Mystery and Thrillers Lot of Six. Includes Robert C. O'Brien A Report From Group 17 1st in DJ, Miles and Dobson. Fox on the Rhime 1st DJ, Will O'Neil The Libyan Kill 1st DJ, Bruce Nicolaysen Perilous Passage 1st DJ and Michael Nicholson December Ultimatum (2) 1sts in DJ's. From The O... 19 Pierrepont Noyes. The Pallid Giant. 1st. 1st Edition in Dust Jacket. NY 1927. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 20 Mystery and Thrillers Lot of Five. Includes Kerry O'Neil Death at Daker 1st dj which is worn, Egan O'Neill. The Anglophile NY 1957 1st in DJ, Marc Olden Dai Sho 1st Edition Review Copy in DJ and a Copy of an Uncorrected Proof in DJ, with Marc Olden Giri Signed Presentation Copy in DJ.... 21 Joan Hess Collection of 1st's and Review. Includes 1sts in DJ's of A Really Cute Corpse, A Conventional Corpse, Roll Overand Play dead, Tickled to Death, A Diet to Die For, Strangled Prose, Murder at the Murder, Busy Bodies, Death By the Light of the Moon, Dear Miss Demeanor, Poisoned Pins &... 22 Biblio Mysteries and Thrillers Collection. Lot includes (15) Volumes in Hard Cover, Wraps, 1sts with DJ's. See Images for All Titles. With Tim Heald Brought to the Book 1st DJ, Thomas Hauser The Beethoven Conspiracy Uncorrected Proof, Carolyn Hart Death on Demand 1 of 200 Collectors Galleys i... 23 Scarce. W. F. Harvey. The Mysterious. The Mysterious Mr. Badman. London 1934 1st edition. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 24 Mystery and Thrillers. Lot of 1st Editions Hardcovers and Paperback Original First Editions, these are highly collectable. Includes books by Philip Singerman, Peter Siris, Loren Singer, Rick Slone, James Park Sloan, David Smith, Adler and Slavitt and Marc Smolonsky. Some duplicates 12 Volumes... 25 Harrington. Lot of Seven 1st in DJ's. Includes R. E. Harrington Quintain, The Seven of Swords & Death of a Patriot with Kent Harrington The Gift of a Falcon and A Brother to Dragons with William Harrington Oberst and Virus. All First in Dust Jackets. Seven Volumes. From the Otto Penzler ... 26 Thrillers and Mystery Lot of Seven. Includes 1sts in Dust Jackets of Siodmak Hauser's Memory, C. A. Smith The Web of Deceit, Slesar The Bridge of Lions, Herkinger Switched, Hedmann Kil The Eagle, Hefferman Caging the Raven and Hefferman Red Angel Advance Reading Copy in Wraps. From the... 27 Margaret Millar. Lot of Three. Three First Editions in Dust Jackets. Includes Mermaid 1982 VF/NM Review Copy, Banshee 1983 Review Copy in Wraps and Ask for Me Tomorrow Review Copy VF Signed and inscribed 1976. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 28 Margaret Millar. 1st Edition Signed. Vanish in an Instant. 1st edition 1952 DJ. Signed and Inscribed. "For Otto Penzler Affectionately Margaret Millar". From the Otto Penzler Collection. 29 Margaret Millar. 1st Edition Signed. It's All in the Family. NY 1948 First in DJ. "For Otto Penzler My Abnormal Friend Margaret Millar". From the Otto Penzler Collection. 30 Margaret Millar. 1st Edition Signed. The Iron Gates. NY 1945 First in DJ. " For Otto Penzler Bullshit! Margaret Millar". From the Otto Penzler Collection. 31 Gladys Mitchell. Lot of Two First Editions Both Fine/VF in Dust Jackets. British 1sts.Twelve Horses and The Hangman's Noose 1956 and Spotted Hemlock. 1958. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 32 Gladys Mitchell. Lot of Three First Editions All Fine/VF in Dust Jackets. British 1sts. Adders on the Heath 1963, Death of a Delft Blue 1964 and Pageant of Murder 1965. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 33 Gladys Mitchell. Lot of Three First Editions All Fine/VF in Dust Jackets. British 1sts. Fault in the Structure 1977, A Javelin for Jonah 1974 & Mingled with Venom 1978. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 34 A. A. Milne Lot of Two. Includes A Table Near the Band. 1st London 1950 DJ has pieces out top spine area, and The Red House Mystery Later Printing in DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 35 Scarce Lot of Two Mona Messer. Mouse Trap. London No Date 1st in DJ and Mouse Trap NY 1931 1st DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 36 Woosnam Mills. Blind Reckoning. 1st DJ. London 1951. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 37 G.R. N. Minchin. Rare 1st N7 in Rare DJ. London. 1930 Fine in Fine DJ with some wear at bottom. 38 Lot of Three Mystery Fiction. DJ's. Includes Van Wyck Mason. Saigon Singer NY 1946 1st dj, William Manchester Beard the Lion NY 1958 1st DJ, Pat McGerr Save the Witness NY 1949 1st Edition in DJ Signed and Inscribed by the Author From the Otto Penzler Collection. 39 Gilroy Mitcham Lot of Three. Includes The Man From Bar Harbor. London 1958 1st DJ., Uncertain Judgement London 1961 1st DJ and The Full Stop 1940 circa 1950 in DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 40 Herbert Metcalfe. The Packet of Death. Fine 1st in DJ Signed and Inscribed by the Author. London 1967. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 41 Miriam Michelson. A Yellow Journalist. 1st. NY 1905 Scarce 1st in Pictorial Boards. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 42 Herbert J. Peel. The Crime of the Electric Torch London 1925 (no date). Scarce First Edition in Rare Dust Jacket. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 43 F.W. Robinson Lot of Three First Editions. Includes The Wrong That Was Done. NY 1891, A Womans Ransom 1864 Spine tears and The Keeper of the Keys. NY 1890. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 44 W. C. Hudson. The Man With a Thumb. NY 1891. VG/Fine Pictorial Boards. 1st Ed. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 45 Max Rittenberg. Gold and Thorns. 1st Ed. London 1915. Fine 1st Scarce. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 46 Rare. J. L. Owen. The Great Jekyll Diamond. London no date Late 19th century. Fine. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 47 Mystery Fiction. Lot of Three. Includes Hans C. Owen Ways of Death. 1st edition in DJ 1937 Good/VG, Collinson Owen The Rockingham Diamond London 1943 1st, John Oxenham Bondman Free. NY 1902 1st. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 48 Mystery Fiction. Lot of Four Firsts. Includes E.C.R. Lorac. I Could Murder Her. NY 1951 1st DJ Torn, Mary Pacheco The New Don Quixote London 1900 Pictorial Boards, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes One of Those Ways London 1929 Signed 1st and A. Peeress. The Shadow on the Purple. London 1911 1st Sign... 49 Hilda Lawrence. Lot of Three. 1st Editions. Lot includes The Pavilion NY 1946 DJ, A Time To Die NY 1945 DJ and Duet of Death NY 1949 Signed DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 50 Gaston Leroux. The Veiled Prisoner. 1st London. 1923. 1st Edition Scarce. By the Author of the Phantom of the Opera. Back Hinge fraying. VG Copy. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 51 Gaston Leroux. Lot of Three. 1st Editions. Includes Lady Helena, Cheri Bibi and Cecily and The Floating Prison. All British 1sts VG/Fine Copies. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 52 Maurice Leblanc. British 1st London 1922. The Eight Strokes of the Clock VF/Fine 1st small tear on title page with piece out. Scarce Volume by the Creator of Arsene Lupin. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 53 Maurice Leblanc. 1st Edition NY 1907. The Exploits of Arsene Lupin. First Appearance. Fine Copy. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 54 Maurice Leblanc. American 1st. Rare. The 8 Strokes of the Clock. VF 1st Macaulay 1922. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 55 Maurice Leblanc. Lot of Four 1st Editions. Lot includes The Bomb-Shell British 1st 1916, The Woman With Two Smiles NY 1933, Arsene Lupin Gentleman Burglar NY 1910 and The Frontier NY 1912. All overall VG/Fine. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 56 Robert Sampson. Five Volumes. Dust Jackets. Four Volume Set Yesterdays Faces. Study of Series Characters in the Early Pulp Magazines. 4 Volumes together with Deadly Excitements. All VF/NM. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 57 Johnston McCulley. Lot of Two 1sts. The Black Star and Black Star's Campaign. Both NY 1sts with Dust Jackets. Both VG with G/VG dust Jackets. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 58 Johnston McCulley. Lot of Two 1sts. The Avenging Twins NY 1st lacks front free endpaper with The Thunder Bolt's Jest NY 1st DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 59 Christian Lys. Lot of Two. Scarce Lot of Two Volumes includes A London Cobweb. London 1892 Rebound and The Doctors Idol London No Date with Stamps on Free End Paper. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 60 Helen McCloy. Lot of Four 1st Editions. Includes Do Not Disturb, NY 1943 DJ, Unfinished Crime NY 1954 DJ, Minotaur Country NY 1975 DJ and The Changeling Conspiracy NY 1976 DJ with a lengthy insciption to Otto and Carolyn Penzler. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 61 Helen McCloy. Lot of Three 1st Editions. Includes She Walks Alone NY 1948 DJ, Through a Glass Darkly NY 1950 DJ, and The Long Body NY 1955 DJ with a lengthy inscription to Otto and Carolyn Penzler. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 62 Detective and Mystery Fiction Large Lot. Includes Hard Cover, Books in Wraps, Dime Novels and Magazine. With 18 volumes includes Leblanc on Lupin 1978 #4 of 125 Copies signed, and other interesting titles. See Photos for Inventory. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 63 John MacDonald. (7) 1sts. Includes More Good Old Stuff 1984 Review Copy DJ, One More Sunday 1984 Review Copy DJ, The Last One Left 1967 1st DJ Signed and Inscribed, One Monday We Killed Them All British 1st 1963 no DJ, Border Town Girl London 1970 1st in DJ, You Live Once Lon... 64 Lot of Three First Editions. Includes Raymond Lawrence and Katharine Mount. Liers in Wait. Boston 1956 First Signed and Inscribed in DJ, Scarce, with Walbridge McCully Blood on Nassau's Moon 1945 1st in DJ Review Copy and E. Phillips Oppenheim The Seven Conundrums Boston 1923 1s... 65 George Barr McCutcheon. Lot of Three. The Daughter of Anderson Crow NY 1907 1st With Signed Holograph Card set in, Castle Craneycrow 1st 1902 and The Light That Lies NY 1916 1st. All Overall VG/ VG Fine. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 66 Lot of Five Mystery Fiction. 1sts Includes Ernest Lynn The Yellow Stub. Chicago 1929 1st in dj, Roy I McCardell The Diamond from the Sky NY 1916 Good 1st, Francis Lynde. The Grafters Indianapolis 1904 1st, Hugh C. McDonald Grey Mask Murders Los Angeles 1941 1st with a lengthy inscrip... 67 Gladys Mitchell. 1st Edition. Scarce. Speedy Death. London 1929. VG. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 68 Gladys Mitchell. 1st Editions Lot of Two. Includes Tom Brown's Body London 1949 1st in DJ and Merlin's Furlong London 1953 1st in DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 69 Gladys Mitchell. The Longer Bodies. 1st. Gollancz, London, 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very scarce first edition of this crime classic, the author's third book. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 70 Gladys Mitchell. Here Comes a Chopper. 1st. London 1946 !st DJ. VG. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 71 Gladys Mitchell Lot of Two 1st editions. Faintley Speaking London 1954 1st DJ and Watson's Choice London 1955 1st DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 72 Gladys Mitchell Lot of Six 1sts. All NY 1sts. (5) Review Copies DJ's and Spotted Hemlock Uncorrected Proof. From the Otto Penzler Collection. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 73 Gladys Mitchell Lot of Five British 1sts. Includes Convent on Styx, Noonday and Night, No Winding Sheet, Lament for Leto and Cold, Lone and Still all in dj's. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 74 Gladys Mitchell Lot of Five British 1sts. Includes Nest of Vipers, Late. Late in the Evening, The Croaking Raven, A Hearse on May-Day and Uncoffin'd Clay. All in dj's. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 75 William Morton. Lot of Two 1sts. Includes The Edged Tool. NY 1927 1st DJ and Maquerade NY 1927 1st DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 76 Cleveland Moffett. Lot of Two 1sts. Includes Possessed. NY 1920 and The Seine Mystery Scarce British 1st 1924 in Wraps. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 77 S. Weir Mitchell. Lot of Three 1sts. Includes The Autobiography of a Quack NY 1900 book plate removed, The Adventures of Francois NY 1898 and The Guillotine Club NY 1910. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 78 J. F. Molloy How Came He Dead 1st. Includes J.F. Molloy How Came He Dead. NY 1890 VG/Fine example of a very scarce book. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 79 Lot of Two 19th Century Detective Books. Scarce. True Detective Stories from the Pinkerton Archives. NY 1894 Presentation copy with tipped in compliments sheet from William and Robert Pinkerton. Good Copy with some waterstaining. Together with Moser. Stories From Scotland Yard. London 1890.... 80 Lot of Five Mystery Fiction Books. Includes Monkshood My Lady Ruby and John Basileon Chief of Police. London 1899 1st Pictorial Boards, R. H. Mottram The Headless Hound London 1931 1st in DJ, Dana Mosely Dead of Summer NY 1953 1st DJ, H. F. S. Moore Death at 7:10 1st ed and The Heath ... 81 Rupert Hughes. Lot of Two First Editions. Includes Ladies' Man. NY 1930 DJ and The Amiable Crimes of Dirk Memling. NY 1913 1st. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 82 Baynard H. Kendrick. Lot of Four 1sts. Includes Make Mine Maclain. NY 1947 DJ, The Whistling Hangman NY 1937, You Diet Today NY 1952 Dj and The Aluminum Turtle NY 1960 Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 83 Baynard H. Kendrick. Lot of Four 1sts. Includes Frankincense and Murder. NY 1961 Dj, Out of Control. NY 1945 Dj, Blind Allies NY 1954 Dj and Reservations for Death. NY 1957 Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 84 T. C. H. Jacobs. Lot of Four Firsts. Includes Ashes in the Cellar. London 1966, Security Risk. London 1972, The Black Devil. London 1969 and Final Payment London 1965. All with Dust Jackets. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 85 Fergus Hume. The Curse. 1st Edition. Fine Copy London. 1913. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 86 Fergus Hume. The Rainbow Feather. 1st. London 1898. Scarce 1st. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 87 Fergus Hume. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Scarce in Equally Scarce DJ. NY Circa 1917. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 88 Fergus Hume. Lot of Two First Editions. Includes Red Money. London 1912 and Scarce. The Wheeling Light. London 1904. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 89 Detective Fiction Lot of Four. Includes Babette Hughes. Murder in the Zoo. NY 1932 1st DJ, Cledwyn Hughes. He Dared Not Look Behind. NY 1947 1st Dj, Glenn Hughes. Green Fire French Standard Library Edition Wraps. Signed Presentation Copy and Rachel C. Payes. Memoirs of Murder. NY ... 90 Wallace Jackson. Lot of Two First Editions. Includes The Extraordinary Case of Mr. Bell London Signed Copy in Scarce DJ and Two Knocks For Death. NY 1935 Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 91 Scarce. Mary E. Jackson. 1st Edition. The Life of Nellie C. Bailey. Chicago 1886. VG Copy of a Scarce Volume. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 92 Sister Carol Anne O'Marie. Collection. Lot includes (9) Firsts in Dj's as New, (2) Advanced Copies in Wraps and Uncorrected Proof of "A Novena for Murder" Signed and Inscribed. Hardcover 1sts include Advent of Dying, Requiem at the Refuge. A Novena for Murder Signed and Inscribed, Murder ... 93 Detective and Mystery Fiction Lot of (12) Lot includes Mark Olshaker The Edge 1st in DJ and Uncorrected Proof in Wraps, Joan Oppenheimer Rattlesnakes and Roses 1st Wraps, Dillibe Onyeama 1st Dj, Gilda O'Neill Whitechapel Girl 1st Dj, A.J. Orde Two Paperback 1sts, A.J. Orde Looking For the Aa... 94 Detective and Mystery Fiction Lot of (8) Lot includes Stewart O'Nan The Names of The Dead 1st Dj Signed and Inscribed, Stewart O'Nan A Prayer For the Dying 1st Dj, Stewart O'Nan The Speed Queen 1st Dj Signed and Inscribed, Frank O'Malley The Best Go First 1st Dj 1950, Desmond O'Neill Life H... 95 Gavin Holt. Green For Danger. 1st Dj. Scarce British First. 1939 in Scarce DJ. Fine Copy. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 96 Gavin Holt. Trafalgar Square. 1st Dj. London 1934 !st in Dust Jacket Scarce. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 97 Gavin Holt. Ivory Ladies. Scarce 1st Signed. London 1937. Fine Copy DJ some color touch, very scarce Signed with a lengthy inscription. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 98 Gavin Holt. The Golden Witch. Scarce 1st Dj. London 1933 1st Dj. Scarce. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 99 Gavin Holt. The Emerald Spider. 1st Dj. London 1935. Fine/VF in Fine/VF Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 100 Gavin Holt. Lot of Three 1sts Dj's. Includes The Dark Street London 1942 Dj tape, Begonia Walk London 1946 VF Dj, Steel Shutters London 1936 Fine Dj tears. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 101 Gavin Holt. Lot of Two First Editions. Includes Steel Shutters London 1936 VF in F/VF Dj and Ladies in Ermine London 1947 1st Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 102 Sydney Horler Lot of Three First Editions. Lot includes The Closed Door London 1948 Dj, The Blade is Bright 1952 Dj, and The False Purple NY 1932 Dj. All Fine Examples. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 103 Sydney Horler Lot of Three First Editions. Lot includes Fear Walked Behind London 1942, The Man Who Used Perfume London 1952, The Lady With the Limp 1944 all with Dj's. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 104 Sydney Horler. Lot of Four. Includes The Man Who Mislaid the War. London. 1943. Miscut character page with a portion missing in Dj, The Curse of Doone NY 1930 1st in Dj, The 13th Hour Illustrated Editon in Dj, and Wolves of the Night Readers Library Edition Dj. From the Otto Pe... 105 Sydney Horler. Lot of Three. A Man Of Affairs. London 1949. 1st Dj, The High Game London 1950 1st Dj and The Man of Evil London 1951 1st Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 106 Sydney Horler. Lot of Three. The Cage. London 1953 1st Dj, The Man Who Preferred Cocktails London 1943 1st Dj and The Face of Stone London 1952 1st Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 107 Sydney Horler. Scarce 1st. The Stroke Sinister and Other Stories. London 1930's Signed and Inscribed on Title Page. No DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 108 H. H. Holmes. Rocket to the Morgue. Scarce 1st in Dj. NY 1942. Signed and Inscribed Copy. Together with soft cover edition from the period. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 109 John Hill. The Dope Ring. Scarce First Edition. London. 1931. VG/Fine No Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 110 John A. Hill. Stories of the Railroad. 1st Ed. NY 1899. Fine Copy together with Headon Hill. Caged. London 1900, Sarah Brown K.F. Hill in Wraps. and Samuel Holmes. London. Fade into Murder DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 111 19th-20th Century Detective Fiction Lot. Lot includes Hardcover, Wraps, Pamphlets etc. Great group with a mixed representation of Authors and Styles. Highlights include Peddie Work of a Fiend Wraps, Meade From The Hand of the Hunter London 1906 1st edition, Pease Tales of Northumbria London... 112 A.W. Marchmont. Lot of Two. The Case of Lady Broadstone. London 1908 1st and Miser Hoadley's Secret 1st NY Wraps. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 113 Lot of Three. First Editions in DJ's Lot includes M.S. Marble. Everybody Makes Mistakes. NY 1946 Dj, Die By Night NY 1947 Dj, and Dana Marble. Sail Into Silence NY 1958 Signed and Inscribed by the Author in Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 114 Lot of Three. First Editions in DJ's. Lot includes M. M. Mannon. The Corpse in the Elevator. NY 1946 First in Dj, Leonard Mann. A Murder in Sydney. London 1937 1st Dj and Philip MacDonald. The List of Adrian Messenger. NY 1959 1st Edition DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 115 Ross Macdonald. The Ferguson Affair 1st. VF in VF DJ. NY 1960. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 116 Ross Macdonald. The Zebra Striped Hearse. NY 1962 VF in VF DJ First Edition. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 117 Ross Macdonald. The Wycherly Woman. 1st NY 1961 VF in VF DJ. First Edition. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 118 Ross Macdonald. The Instant Enemy. 1st. NY 1968 VF in VF DJ. Signed with Lengthy inscription to Otto Penzler. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 119 Ross Macdonald. The Blue Hammer. 1st. NY 1976 VF in VF DJ Signed with a lengthy inscription to Otto Penzler. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 120 Ross Macdonald. Lot of Three. Includes On Crime Writing in original plastic wrap mint, The Goodbye Look NY 1969 VF 1st in VF Dj and Black Money 1966 VF 1st in VF Dj signed on the title page. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 121 Winifrid Scarborough Jackson. 1st British. Nine Points of the Law. London 1903. Fine. Corner Bump. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 122 Mystery Fiction Lot of Four. Lot includes The Diamond Necklace by Fred Jackson in DJ 1929, W.W. Jacobs Ship's Company. NY 1911, J. Johnson What Befel A Bristol Trader. London no date and Gladys E. Johnson Wind Along the Waste. NY 1921 1st in Torn DJ. From the Otto Penzler Colle... 123 Frederic Brown. Lot of Four Limiteds. Lot includes The Water Walker 1990 106/425 New in DJ, Homicide Sanitarium 1984 175/300 signed by Bill Pronzini New in Dj, Brother Monster never removed from shrink wrap and Selling Death Short never removed from shrink wrap. From the Otto Penzler Co... 124 Frederic Brown. Lot of Five Limiteds. Lot includes Whispering Death never removed from shrink wrap, Nightmare in Darkness 354/425 Mint in DJ, Madman's Holiday 97/350 Mint in Dj, The Pickled Punks never removed from the shrink wrap and Who Was That Blonde I saw You With Last Night 159/45... 125 Frederic Brown. Lot of Four Limiteds. Lot includes Red is the Hue of Hell 364/400 Mint in Dj, Three Corpse Parlay Mint never removed from shrink wrap, The Freak Show Murders 92/350 Mint in Dj and Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter 200/400 Mint in Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 126 Frederic Brown. Lot of Five Limiteds. Lot includes The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches 104/400 Mint in Dj, Before She Kills 285/300 Mint in Dj, The Gibbering Night 201/425 Mint in Dj, Happy Ending never removed from the shrink wrap and Thirty Corpses Every Thursday 141/375 Mint in Dj. Fr... 127 Frederic Brown. The Office. 1987 Limited Editon Mint in DJ. 38/425 Signed by Philip Jose Farmer. 128 Helen Reilly. Lot of Three First Editions. Lot includes Not me, Inspector, NY 1959 1st in Dj paper clip mark on two pages, The Silver Leopard NY 1946 1st Dj and The Velvet Hand NY 1953 1st Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 129 Helen Reilly. Lot of Three First Editions. Lot includes Ding Dong Bell NY 1958 1st Dj, Lament for the Bride NY 1951 1st Dj, and Tell her it's Murder NY 1954 1st Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 130 Walter Brown. Laughing Death. 1st Edition. Philadelphia 1932 Scarce Book in a Very Scarce DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 131 Mystery Fiction Lot of Four. Lot includes Vera Brown. Redhead. NY 1933 DJ, Vincent Brown. The Chief Constable. London 1912, Robert Brown. What Happened to Mary. NY 1913 and Richard Blake Brown. Rococo Coffin. London 1936 1st in Dj. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 132 Sax Rohmer. The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu. NY 1913 First Edition Fine/Very Fine. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 133 Rohmer. Lot of Four. Lot includes Sax Rohmer Fire Tongue. London 1921 1st Good/VG, The Day The World Ended. London 1930 VG 1st, Tales of China-Town NY 1922 VG/Fine 1st and Elizabeth Sax Rohmer. Bianca in Black NY 1958 1st in DJ. From the Otto Penzler Collection. 134 Ben Bolt. Three First Editions. Lot includes The Five Red Stars. London 1936 DJ, The Green Lantern London 1935 DJ, By Breathless Ways London 1937 DJ. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 135 Guy Thorne. Lot of Three First Editions. Lot includes Rescuing Rupert London no date circa 1930, First it was Ordained. London 1906 Frontis illustration loose and Chance in Chains NY 1914 in scarce Dust Jacket. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 136 M. E. Braddon. Lot of Scarce First Editions. Lot includes Milly Darrell NY 1878, In High Places London 1898, During Her Majesty's Pleasure London 1908, A Lost Eden London 1904, Rough Justice London 1908 and His Darling Sin London 1899. All in original boards. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 137 Mixed Lot of Detective and Mystery Fiction. Hardcover, Paperback and Wraps includes M. E. Braddon Whose was the Hand 1889 Wraps, Braddon The Lawyers Secret Philadelphia in wraps, Braddon An Open Verdict NY 1878 Wraps, George Braddon Murdered Sleep London 1949 1st DJ, Steve Brackeen NY 1957 1st... 138 M. E. Braddon. The Christmas Hirelings 1st. London 1894 decorated Boards in extremely Rare Dust Jacket. Braddon's only juvenile work. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 139 Lot of Five1st Editions in Dust Jackets. Lot includes Eunice Mays Boyd Doom in the Midnight NY 1944 1st DJ, Eunice Mays Boyd Murder Wears Mukluks NY 1945 DJ, Bettina Boyers The White Mazurka NY 1946 1st Ed DJ, C. Nina Boyle The Stranger Within The Gates NY 1946 1st DJ and George Braddon Th... 140 Norgil Stories. 3 Bound Volumes. Gibson Copies. Lot consists of Three Bound Volumes of expurgated Pulp Magazine Stories relating to Norgil the Magician. Twenty Three Stories from Author Walter Gibson's Collection. Uniformly bound in Red Library Cloth, some with the Pulp Covers from the Magazines B... 141 The Shadow. Collection. Lot consists of Hardcover Reprint Books, Soft Cover Volumes. The Shadow Big Little Book, Fanzines, and Bound Volume of Pulps Three Issues with covers June 1939 Two Issues and the First issue in July of 1939. (15) volumes Total. From The Otto Penzler ... 142 Berkeley Gray. 1st Edition DJ. The Big Brain. London 1959 1st in DJ. VF/VF. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 143 Berkeley Gray. Lot of Three First Editions. Includes Nightmare House. London 1960 1st DJ, Conquest Likes it Hot London 1965 1st DJ and Conquest on the Run London 1965 DJ. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 144 Berkeley Gray. Count Down For Conquest. London 1963 1st Edition in DJ. VF/VF 145 Berkeley Gray. Lot of Three First Editions. Includes Conquest in Ireland London 1969 DJ, Target For Conquest London 1953 DJ and Conquest Goes Home London 1957 DJ. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 146 Berkeley Gray. Lot of Two First Editions. Includes Conquest in California. London 1958 DJ and Conquest Overboard London 1964 DJ. Both VF/VF From The Otto Penzler Collection. 147 Berkeley Gray. The House of the Lost. London 1956 1st in DJ VF/VF. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 148 Berkeley Gray. Lot of Two First Editions. Lot includes Six Feet of Dynamite. London 1941 DJ VF/VF and Killer Conquest. London 1947 DJ. VF/VF. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 149 Anna Katharine Green. Lot of Three. Includes The Doctor His Wife & The Clock. NY 1895 1st Scarce, A Matter of Millions NY 1890 and The Millionaire Baby Indianapolis 1905. From The Otto Penzler Collection. 150 Mystery and Detective Fiction Lot of Four. Lot includes Fergus Hume The Red Skull. NY 1908 1st, J.C. Lincoln Extricating Obadiah NY 1917 1st in Scarce DJ, George Limnelius. The Medbury Fort Murder. NY 1929 1st DJ, and Jean Lilly False Face NY 1929 1st in Torn DJ. From The Otto Penzler Collect... |
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