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Twentieth Century Crime, Adventure and Horror Fiction. A collection of 70 volumes, including:

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Twentieth Century Crime, Adventure and Horror Fiction. A collection of 70 volumes, including:

Wheatley, Dennis. (and J.G. Links) Pripad Roberta Prentice. 1939, author's own copy with inscription: "My own copy of the second Murder Dossier, and the first to be published in Czech. Published the day before Hitler entered Prague. March 1939, Dennis Wheatley"' sealed section unopened, with tipped-in 'evidence'' one item of 'evidence' loose; Curtain of Fear. 1953, inscribed and signed by the author-Flammarion, Camille. Death and its Mystery. 1921-1923, 3 volumes, each volume inscribed and signed by dennis wheatley ("All these volumes most useful / to me while writing my books / with supernatural background. / Dennis Wheatley")-Christie, Agatha. Five Little Pigs. 1942; The Pale Horse. 1961-MacLean, Alistair. H.M.S. Ulysses. 1955; The Guns of Navarone. 1957-le Carre, John. The Spy who came in from the Cold. 1964, 28th impression, signed by the author, price clipped; The Looking-Glass War. 1965-Yates-Benyon, John. The Weak and the Wicked. 1959, presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author-Fowles, John. The Aristos. 1965; The Collector. 1963; The Magus. 1966; Mantissa. 1982-Blatty, William Peter. The Exorcist. 1971, first english edition-Forsyth, Frederick. The Day of the Jackal. 1971; The Odessa File. 1972-Rice, Anne. Interview with the Vampire. 1976, first english edition-Francis, Dick. Trial Run. 1978, inscribed and signed by the author; Great Racing Stories. 1989, inscribed and signed by the author-King, Stephen. The Shining. 1977, first english edition; Christine. 1983, first english edition; The Eyes of the Dragon. 1987, first english edition; Nightmares and Dreamscapes. 1993, limited english edition, slipcase; Insomnia. 1994, one of 200 signed copies, without dust-jacket (?as issued)-Harris, Thomas. The Silence of the Lambs. 1988-Walters, Minette. The Ice House. 1992-Banks, Iain. The Wasp Factory. 1984, signed by the author; Walking on Glass. 1985; Whit. 1995, signed by the author; Excession. 1996, signed by the author; 8vo, first editions, original bindings, dust-jackets, except where noted, occasional light spottingor soiling, some ownership inscriptions, bindings and dust-jackets with some wear or fading, some with loss; together with 37 similar (70)