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Lot 81
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$500 -
700
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$910
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Lot Description
CROFTS, Freeman Wills (1879-1957). A group of 17 Inspector French titles, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:
1) Inspector French's Greatest Case. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1924. With a clipped signature by Crofts on title-page.
2) Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1926.
3) Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1927.
4) The Sea Mystery. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1928.
5) The Box Office Murders. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1929.
And 15 others, including 3 other non-Inspector French titles. Together, 20 works in 20 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth, several in dust jackets, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (both English and American), INCLUDES 12 OF THE FIRST 14 TITLES IN THE INSPECTOR FRENCH SERIES, condition generally good.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
This lot is located in Chicago.