Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
Detective Fiction Including The Alexis Galanos Collection
Lot Closed
February 4, 03:07 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Anthony Berkeley Cox
Two volumes, comprising:
Jugged Journalism. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1925, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, 32 plates by George Morrow, original green cloth lettered in black, DUST-JACKET, slight browning to endpapers, front free endpaper creased, dust-jacket slightly soiled and with "OFFERED AT | 1/-" label;
Mr Priestley's Problem. London: W. Collins Sons, 1927, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original blue cloth lettered in red, DUST-JACKET, some browning and spotting, bookplate, very minor loss to dust-jacket
RARE IN DUST-JACKET
Jugged Journalism includes a 'lesson' on literary style in which the author writes a Sherlock Holmes story in the style of P.G. Wodehouse.
PROVENANCE
The Alexis Galanos Collection