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Lot 275
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$455
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Lot Description
MARSH, Ngaio (1895-1982). A group of 19 FIRST EDITION works, comprising:
1) Death and the Dancing Footman. 1942.
2) A Wreath for Rivera. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1947.
3) Opening Night. 1951.
4) Spinsters in Jeopardy. 1954.
5) Scales of Justice. 1955.
6) Death of a Fool. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company. 1956.
7) Off With His Head. 1957.
8) Singing in the Shrouds. 1959.
9) Hand in Glove. 1962.
10) Dead Water. 1964.
11) Clutch of Constables. 1968.
12) When in Rome. 1970.
13) Tied Up in Tinsel. 1972.
14) Black as He's Painted. 1974.
15) Last Ditch. 1977.
16) Grave Mistake. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1978.
17) Photo-Finish. 1980.
18) Light Thickens. 1982.
19) Light Thickens. Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1982.
Together, 19 works in 19 volumes, all 8vo and all printed in London by Crime Club unless otherwise noted and all in original bindings and dust jackets. Condition generally fine.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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