Sale 2462 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, November 24, 2017

3 c   AMBLER, ERIC. Uncommon Danger. 8vo, original tan wrappers, printed paper label to front cover, toned, short separation at top of front joint, cor- ner tear with loss at top of back wrapper, light fingersoiling; scattered foxing to text-block edges; housed in custom cloth drop-back case. advance proof copy . Very scarce surviving example. London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1937) [1,800/2,500] 4 c   ASBURY, HERBERT. Gangs of New York. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher’s 1 / 4 cloth over pictorial boards, pale stains and faint bleed to covers, top and bottom of boards rubbed with exposure; lacking dust jacket; hinges cracked, dampstain to bot- tom-edges into blank margins of contents. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928 [600/900] first edition , inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper: “Herbert Asbury / Mount Sinai Hosp. / April 26, 1928.” The first signed copy of this title to appear at auction according to ABPC and Rare Book Hub. 4 3