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Hanley : R. & L. Locker, (1947). Second edition. Gaynor Frost is in love with brilliant young surgeon, Shane Lodester, but her adopted sister Marcia dazzles him into an engagement. A rival for Marcia’s hand kills himself and Gaynor is compelled to take the blame. First published by Mills & Boon in 1940.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 158,[ii]pp. Original beige boards, lettered in black; edges a little spotted, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket with a little chip, some creases, unobtrusive tears, and some light discolouration to rear panel, but complete and attractive still.

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Hanley : R. & L. Locker, (1947). [Third edition]. The elite of European society are dancing at Government House in Bombay – the Governor dances with a world-famed beauty. Originally published by Gerald G. Swan some years earlier.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a multicultural misunderstanding; lightly rubbed and a little tanned, but overall a very good copy. No copy of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

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Hanley : R. & L. Locker, (1947). [Second edition]. Two darlings of society – brilliant young surgeon and only daughter of a dying millionaire – are to be married on the morrow. Originally published by Gerald G. Swan some years earlier.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 95,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – blonde in undress, man in the mirror; light wear at tips; some creasing and a few nicks to wrappers; staples rusted, causing some discolouration which someone has attempted to mask with Tippex; some partially erased pencil scribble to title-page; some spotting to edges, but overall a good copy. No copy of any edition traced in the major British libraries.

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Stoke-on-Trent : R. & L. Locker, [1949]. [Second edition]. The Reverend Silas Hoskin gives the Sunday sermon to his restive Cornish parishioners. Although the related Harborough imprint is given on the spine, only the Locker imprint appears within the book.
Crown 8vo (18cm). (3)-130pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a sultry redhead from Reginald Heade; just a hint of wear, but a very good copy indeed. American price overstamped on upper wrapper, “Printed in England” stamp on title-page, and copyright label on verso. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

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Hanley : R. & L. Locker, (1948). First edition. A group of young Americans look for excitement in London.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 95,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – man and woman engage at the bar – a design by Philip Simmonds; light wear at tips; wrappers very faintly spotted; staples lightly rusted, but a very good copy.

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