(MYSTERY and DETECTIVE FICTION.) Group of 9 First editions. 8vo, publisher's cloth, dust jackets (exceptions noted). Comprising: UPWARD, ALLEN. The International Spy. Illustrated by F.X. Chamberlin. Jacket spine panel tanned, closed tears and light soiling; dampstain to bottom of fore-edges, portions of which occasionally extend into text and plates. NY, 1905 * DAVIDSON, GUSTAV and JOSEPH KOVEN. Melmoth the Wanderer. Jacket torn with loss, tape repairs on verso. First thus. Boston, 1915 * McCUTCHEON, GEORGE BARR. Anderson Crow Detective. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon. Jacket torn with loss, tape repairs on verso. NY, 1920 * PHILLPOTTS, EDEN. Jig-Saw. Front flap of jacket irregularly clipped. First American edition. NY, 1926 * VAN DINE, S.S. The "Canary" Murder Case. Lacking jacket. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author. NY, 1928 * PERUTZ, LEO. The Master of the Day of Judgement. Facsimile jacket. London, 1929 *WYLIE, PHILIP. The Murderer Invisible. Jacket scissored into five panels along folds and with numerous tape mends along these on verso, likely assembled from more than one jacket, two further heavy tape repairs on verso of rear panel. NY, 1931 * ALAN, A.J. [Leslie H. Lambert, pseud.]. A.J. Alan's Second Book. Jacket spine panel chipped, tape repairs on verso. London, [1932] * KING, C. DALY. Obelists At Sea. Lacking jacket. NY, 1933. (9) Vp, vd