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[SUPERNATURAL MYSTERIES]. FORTUNE, Dion (Pseudonym of Mary Violet Firth). The Secrets of Dr. Taverner. London, [1926]. 12o. Original cloth-backed boards (extremities lightly bumped); pictorial dust jacket by Mendoza (some minor light soiling). FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. -- WALPOLE, Hugh. Portrait of a Man with Red Hair. London, 1925. 8o. (Light spotting to fore-edge). Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by F.P.K. (spine panel reinforced at head, two chips to blank rear flap). FIRST TRADE EDITION. -- SLOANE, William. To Walk the Night. New York, [1937]. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket (slight wear to spine panel, rubbing at folds). FIRST EDITION of the author's first novel; The Edge of Running Water. New York, [1939]. 8o. Original cloth (some fading); pictorial dust jacket (spine panel ends and top edge chipped, some wear at folds). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper to Flavia Dafoe, book reviewer, with a clipping of her review pasted in. -- SPENCER, Erle. The Piccadilly Ghost. New York, 1930. 8o. Original cloth (slight lean); pictorial dust jacket (corners clipped, some pencil markings, chips to extremities). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- MORRAH, Dermot. The Mummy Case Mystery. New York, 1933. 8o. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket by J. Henry (some light spotting, small chip to spine panel head). FIRST EDITION of the author's only mystery. -- SEELEY, Mabel. The Listening House. [Garden City], 1938. 8o. Original cloth (spine ends worn); pictorial dust jacket (small chips and rubbing to extremities). FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. -- 2 others in dust jacket by Virgil Markham. (9)