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London : Mellifont Press, [1958]. Second edition. Murder and mannequins in a grand Paris fashion house. First published by Hurst & Blackett in 1948. Mellifont M49.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; lightly worn and somewhat creased, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£10

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London & Dublin : Mellifont Press, [1954]. Second edition. “Tortoni and the blind hunchback sat waiting ...” – waiting for revenge on John Martinson, the gang-smasher. Meanwhile prominent men are being murdered by old lags who then commit suicide. First published in 1938. Mellifont M15.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a little worn and creased; a few minor marks and small flaws, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£15

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London : Mellifont Press, [1957]. Second edition. “The papyrus taken from the tomb of Ra-Men, Prophet of Osiris, and said to be some original chapters from the Book of the Dead” has been stolen. First published in 1945. Mellifont M41.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; lightly worn and slightly creased; small faint stain at upper corner, but a good copy. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

£15

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London : Mellifont Press, [1943]. [Fourth edition]. The first of the four Glyn Morgan mysteries written by Rosa Anstruther Graeme and Dudley Davies Lambert, who married in London in 1911. Originally published by Wishart & Co. in 1928, and subsequently reprinted under the title “Death Goes to Brussels”. It was apparently published in France as “Mr. Misstep”.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; slight wear and short split at foot; corner creases to wrappers; mild rusting of staple; text lightly tanned, but otherwise a very good copy.

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London : Mellifont Press, [1934]. Second edition. Five Parisian mysteries – The Affair of the Blue Scarabs; The Clue of the Newspaper Paragraph; The Secret of the Gieboff Emerald; The Affair of the Avenue Malakoff, and The Holes in the Wall. Originally published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1920. Mellifont 252.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 64pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a lurid design by H. W. Perl; chipped at foot; large chip to upper wrapper and some scuffing to lower; some creasing and tanning, but a serviceable copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£15

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London : Mellifont Press, [1955]. First paperback edition. The mystery of a savage jewel theft and murder in Paris unravels in the quiet of the cathedral close in Carchester – home of the “Ginger Cat” – the lissom redhead Judith Trevenna – one of the Red Trevennas. Originally published by Collins in 1929. Mellifont M21.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial wrappers – a design by Skelton; a little rubbed, creased and worn; text lightly tanned, with a few slight creases, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£10

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London : Mellifont Press, [1935]. First edition. Historical romance set at the time of the Civil War – Anthony St. Cloude aspires to the hand of the lovely Enid Derrer, the “Lilac Lady” of Essex. Mellifont 3129.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 160pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by H. W. Perl; wrappers a little creased; repaired tear to lower wrapper; slight adhesion damage to final leaf, but a good copy. Gift inscription dated February 1936 on title-page. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

£25

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London : Mellifont Press, [1952]. Third edition. Jimmy Holland, son of a wealthy member of the cabinet, shocks his father by becoming “a common policeman” (or at least a detective inspector). Originally published by Wright & Brown in 1939 and by Mellifont in 1943. Mellifont 4300.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; split across spine near staple; light wear and short split at foot; light creasing and tanning, but a good copy. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

£20

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London : Mellifont Press, [1957]. Third edition. Successful crime writer needs 40,000 words by Saturday morning and it’s already Wednesday – and his feckless brother desperately needs £2,000. Originally published by Wright & Brown in 1938, with an earlier Mellifont edition in 1944. Mellifont M44.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some light wear and marking; text a little tanned, but a good copy. Ownership inscription on upper wrapper. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

£15

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London : Mellifont Press, [1944]. First edition. Advocate Adam Napier – “Hanging Adam” – interrogates a frightened farmer on a forgery charge in the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh. Mellifont 4320.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 96pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some light wear and fraying to spine; mild creasing and tanning, but a good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

£25

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