Modern Firsts. Du Maurier (Daphne), Frenchman's Creek, first...

Hammer

£220

Modern Firsts. Du Maurier (Daphne), Frenchman's Creek, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1941, half-title, typically browned wartime issue paper, original publisher's dustjacket, not price-clipped, very minor losses, some grime and the odd foxed spot, blue cloth, 8vo; idem., the American first edition, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, slight wear, over blue cloth, 8vo; idem., Jamaica Inn, first American edition, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1936, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket designed by Rex Whistler, some small chips and creases, green cloth, uncut, 8vo; Sillitoe (Alan), The Ragman's Daughter, signed by the author, first edition thus, London: W.H. Allen, 1963, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket by Patrick Tilley, black cloth, 8vo; & twelve Agatha Christie novels, all 1950s and later Collins Crime Club editions, all, apart from one, with their original publisher's dustjackets over cloth boards, varying degrees of wear, 8vo, (16)