Mystery and Detective Literature: Five Rare Books for Collectors
H. Rider Haggard, group of first/first American editions
Highlights of Potter & Potter's Fine Books & Manuscripts featuring Mystery & Detective Literature sale on July 24 include:
* a complete run of Red Star Mystery (New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, June 1940 - Dec. 1940), a rare, short-lived mystery pulp starring Don Diavolo, the Scarlet Wizard, a crime-fighting magician created by author and illustrator Clayton Rawson writing as Stuart Towne
* Liam O'Flaherty's The Assassin (London: Jonathan Cape, 1928), a signed first edition with publisher's dust jacket - O'Flaherty dedicated this book to 'My Creditors'
* H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925), a group of 13 first editions (Lysbeth, Eric Brighteyes, Cleopatra, Allan Quatermain, Mr. Meeson's Will (first printing), The Yellow God, The Lady of Blossholme, Montezuma's Daughter) and first American editions (Stella Fregelius, Allan the Hunter, The Yellow God, The Lady of the Heavens, Margaret), plus clipped signature framed with a picture of Haggard. From the collection of fantasy/sci fi collector Greg Phillips.
* Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929), first American edition with publisher's dust jacket
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (London: George Newnes, 1902), frontispiece and 15 illustrations by Sidney Paget, first edition with the misprints found in all subsequent printings
