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Title: Twelve volumes by William Le Queux Author: Le Queux, William Place: Various places Publisher: Date: Various dates Description: Includes: The Secret Telephone. First American edition. James A. McCann, [1920]. * Mysteries. First Colonial edition. Ward, Lock, 1913.* The Crimes Club. 1st edition. Eveleigh Nash & Greyson, [1927]. * The Mystery of a Motor-Car: Being the Secret of a Woman's Life. First edition. Hodder and Stoughton, [1906]. * The Mysterious Mr. Miller. First edition. Hodder and Stoughton, 1906. * If Sinners Entice Thee. First American edition. G.W. Dillingham, [1899]. * The Seven Secrets. First edition. Huchinson & Co., 1903. * The Great White Queen. Early edition. John F. Shaw, [c.1898]. * Guilty Bonds. Lacks front free endpaper. First edition. George Routledge, 1891. * The Invasion of 1910: With a Full Account of the Siege of London. With engraved bookplate of John Jardine. First Canadian edition. Macmillan, 1906. * The House of Whispers. Seventh Impression. Eveleigh Nash, 1909. * The Eye of Istar: A Romance of The Land of No Return. First American edition. Frederick A. Stokes, [1897]. Together 12 octavo volumes in publisher's original cloth, many of which are decorated with an illustration or pattern. Le Queux mainly wrote in the genres of mystery, thriller and espionage, particularly in the years leading up to World War I. This varied collection includes his first and two Detective Short Story titles, among others. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild to moderately rubbed edges, a few with faint smudging or soiling to covers or edges of text block; a few are foxed lightly; very good. Item number: 208828