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RAWSON, Clayton (1906-71). Death from a Top Hat. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Frontispiece. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by the author (small chips to spine panel ends and corners). The author's first book. -- The Footprints on the Ceiling. New York, 1939. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket by the author (spine panel ends chipped, light foxing to verso). -- The Headless Lady. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1940]. Frontispiece. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket by the author (few light creases to front panel). -- No Coffin for the Corpse. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. Original cloth (scuffed); pictorial dust jacket by George Kelley (ink mark to back panel). -- The Great Merlini. Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Together 5 volumes, 8o, FIRST EDITIONS, comprising the COMPLETE GREAT MERLINI SERIES.
RAWSON, Clayton (1906-71). Death from a Top Hat. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Frontispiece. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by the author (small chips to spine panel ends and corners). The author's first book. -- The Footprints on the Ceiling. New York, 1939. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket by the author (spine panel ends chipped, light foxing to verso). -- The Headless Lady. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1940]. Frontispiece. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket by the author (few light creases to front panel). -- No Coffin for the Corpse. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. Original cloth (scuffed); pictorial dust jacket by George Kelley (ink mark to back panel). -- The Great Merlini. Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Together 5 volumes, 8o, FIRST EDITIONS, comprising the COMPLETE GREAT MERLINI SERIES.

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RAWSON, Clayton (1906-71). Death from a Top Hat. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. Frontispiece. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by the author (small chips to spine panel ends and corners). The author's first book. -- The Footprints on the Ceiling. New York, 1939. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket by the author (spine panel ends chipped, light foxing to verso). -- The Headless Lady. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1940]. Frontispiece. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket by the author (few light creases to front panel). -- No Coffin for the Corpse. Boston: Little, Brown, 1942. Original cloth (scuffed); pictorial dust jacket by George Kelley (ink mark to back panel). -- The Great Merlini. Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Together 5 volumes, 8o, FIRST EDITIONS, comprising the COMPLETE GREAT MERLINI SERIES.

[With]: "Stuart Towne". Death out of Thin Air. New York: Coward-McCann, [1941]. 8o. Original cloth (leaned); pictorial dust jacket by Eteria (minor wear and fading to spine panel). Rawson's first Don Diavolo mystery. (6)

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