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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). First edition. Apparently the last of the Morac titles: a lonely man contemplates suicide, but decides instead to adopt a girl from the streets.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 158,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a stylish design by David Wright, signed with initials; lightly rubbed and a little creased; a few faint marks; staples rusting, but otherwise a very good copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1952). First edition. Brutal father expels his pregnant teenage daughter – “Mona Bertrand has gone there where the gutter is: the gutter where she belongs”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an unsigned design by David Wright; some very minor wear; slight creasing to upper wrapper, but otherwise a very good copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). First British edition. “No longer are we brother and sister. From now on we are husband and wife ...”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an unsigned design by David Wright; mild wear and light rubbing; a couple of tiny nicks; faint corner crease, but otherwise a very good copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library and Harvard) located in major libraries worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1952). Second edition. Minette Floucher waits for her boyfriend at the Gard du Nord. The second of the seven or so Harborough titles put out under this nom-de-plume – ostensibly a translation from the French, but there would appear to be no editions in French and, for all the glamour of the potted biography on the lower wrapper, the author is unknown to the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a typical design by David Wright (1912-1967), signed with initials; slight chip at head; some minor wear; just a touch of rusting to staples, but otherwise a very good copy.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). First edition. Marie Guillon plays fast and loose with French railway regulations, finding the first-class passengers more “interesting” than those in third. “Some people might be inclined to call Marie a fast little thing, a little gold-digger. That may be as it is. Marie would be deeply insulted”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by David Wright, signed with initials; tiny chip at foot; spine a little puckered; some wear and creasing; one short nick; a few spots, but otherwise a very good copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library, and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). First edition. Marie Guillon plays fast and loose with French railway regulations, finding the first-class passengers more “interesting” than those in third. “Some people might be inclined to call Marie a fast little thing, a little gold-digger. That may be as it is. Marie would be deeply insulted”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by David Wright, signed with initials; some light wear and creasing; chip to top corner of front wrapper; lacks more than a quarter of the rear wrapper (now supplied in facsimile); staples rusted, but the text clean and sound – a good and serviceable copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library, and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£30

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London : Harborough Publishing, [ca.1950]. A married man holidays alone at the expensively luxurious Moorland Hotel on Dartmoor. Originally published by Fiction Features in or about 1929, with various subsequent editions.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – brunette surprised among the rocks – the earlier state of the design by Reginald Heade, before the young woman’s covering was made more generous; some minor wear; chipped corner to rear wrapper; staples a touch rusted; text lightly tanned, but otherwise a very good copy. American price over-stamped on front wrapper and “Printed in England” stamp on half-title. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). First edition. Marie Guillon plays fast and loose with French railway regulations, finding the first-class passengers more “interesting” than those in third. “Some people might be inclined to call Marie a fast little thing, a little gold-digger. That may be as it is. Marie would be deeply insulted”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by David Wright, signed with initials; some light wear and creasing; chip to top corner of front wrapper; lacks more than a quarter of the rear wrapper (now supplied in facsimile); staples rusted, but the text clean and sound – a good and serviceable copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library, and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£30

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., [1949]. [Third edition]. “John Mannering latest idol of the London stage, stood alone before the sweeping scarlet curtains and smiled upon the wildly applauding multitude”. Originally published by Fiction Features some twenty years earlier.
Crown 8vo (18cm). (3)-130pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a stylish design from Reginald Heade; some light wear; a minor crease; text lightly tanned, but overall a very good copy. American price overstamped on upper wrapper and “Printed in England” stamp on title-page. Only a single copy of this edition (Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing, [ca.1950]. Originally published by Fiction Features in 1929, with subsequent editions from Gerald G. Swan, and the Archer Press. Journalist meets a slim, immaculate and handsome man at Paddington Station.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by Reginald Heade; a hint of rubbing, mild tanning of text, but a very good copy indeed. American price overstamped on upper wrapper, and “Printed in England” stamp on half-title. Just a single copy of this Harborough edition (Bowling Green State) located in major libraries worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., [1951]. Second edition. Violinist the Great Danieli is adored by women – jealousy, hate, love, and revenge. Originally published by Swan in 1941.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – an unambivalent design by Reginald Heade; some minor wear and a couple of minuscule chips; slightly larger chip to rear wrapper; some discolouration to head of spine and top of rear wrapper; some rusting to staples; an American price stamped on upper wrapper and a “Printed in England” stamp on title-page, but a good and firm copy. No copy of this edition traced in any major library worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1952). First edition in English of “Les Ensorcelées” (originally published in 1944 as “Vaudou : Roman de Moeurs Martiniquaises”). Royer was the author of “L’Amour chez les Soviets” (1932) and other similar works.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial wrappers – a design by David Wright; spine a little chipped, with a few small holes; wrappers slightly frayed and a little creased, but a good copy. Just three copies of this edition (Bodleian, British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£25

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). The third impression of the 1950 English edition. First published in France in 1928. Yellow Fever in West Africa and the Count of Coussan has gone to the dogs.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a saucy design by David Wright; light wear at head but a very good copy. Just two copies of this London edition (Bodleian and British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

£25

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1953). First edition in English of “Le Club des Damnés” (1934). The public health officer refuses a burial permit after the sudden death of Count Oswald von Salsberg – enquiries ensue.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – unsigned but by David Wright; some light creasing and minor wear; lower wrapper slightly marked; light spotting to half-title and edges; text lightly tanned; a few mild creases, but still overall a very good copy.

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1952). The second impression of the 1950 English edition. First published in France in 1931. Banker’s artist brother has seduced the daughter of a rich industrialist – scandal beckons.
Crown 8vo (18cm). [iv],9-164pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a stylish design by David Wright; a few faint signs of age and use, but a very good copy.

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., [1953]. First edition in English of “La Coupe Impure”, first published in Paris in 1951. An experimental confessional novel, interrupted by flashbacks and facts as understood by the jury.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 158,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design presumably by David Wright; spine with minor wear at head, and a little tanned; price inked on front wrapper; some marking and creasing; some minor internal tanning and faint spotting, but overall a better than average copy. Just two copies (Bodleian and British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

£50

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., (1952). First edition in English of “L’Amour au Soleil”, first published in France in 1947. Young Jacqueline de Kerlor is invited to a nudist colony, then we switch to “Love in the Snow”, and finally “Exotic Loves” – Angkor, Andalusia, Finland, Hawaii, and eleven further locations.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial wrappers – a design by David Wright; short split at foot; wrappers nicked and creased; rear wrapper chipped; a reasonable copy of a fragile production. Just three copies of this edition (Bodleian, British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£40

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., [1953]. First edition. Nick Cranley on holiday – walks into a drive-by shooting in Miami.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a luscious design in Reginald Heade’s most seductive style; just a touch of wear; tiny chip at foot of upper wrapper; hint of rust to staples, but a very good copy. Just three copies (Bodleian, British Library and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

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London : Harborough Publishing Co., [1953]. First edition. The redhead falls from her horse on the beach at Miami – Nick Cranley, private eye and now hotelier, is on hand – his wife is mindful.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 128pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a provocative design by Reginald Heade; some minor wear and a few slight marks, but a very good copy of a scarce title. Only a single copy (Bodleian) located in major libraries worldwide.

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