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London : Verlock Press, [ca.1962]. A new edition of a popular Paul Rénin which had already been issued by the Federation Press, Gerald G. Swan, and Raymond and Lilian Locker in their Phoenix and Archer manifestations – here reissued by the Lockers in their Verlock Trident Books series.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial wrappers; lightly rubbed; a few faint marks; text very lightly tanned, but overall a very good copy. No copy of this edition traced in any major library worldwide.

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London : Verlock Press, [ca.1955]. Third edition. Emily French the pretty maid, Ralph Thornton her employer, and Mrs Thornton is breakfasting in bed with yet another of her headaches. “Emily nodded, her dark eyes approving her master’s strong, bearded face. She was thinking how much more attractive a man of forty could be to a girl of her type than so many of the coarse and immature boys one met on the Promenade on Saturday nights”. Originally published by Swan in the late 1930s, with a post-war Locker edition, with this Verlock edition not recorded by Holland & Williams.
Crown 8vo (18cm). (128)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some minor wear and slight creasing; some spotting to edges and prelims; a touch of rust to staples; small date-stamp on half-title, but overall a very good copy. Only a single copy (Swan, British Library) of any edition located in major libraries worldwide.

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London : Verlock Press, [ca.1955]. The Reverend Silas Hoskin gives the Sunday sermon to his restive Cornish parishioners. First published in 1942, the book subsequently appeared under various imprints operated by Raymond and Lilian Locker and is here reissued by their recently founded Verlock Press.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (128)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; lightly rubbed and slightly creased, but a very good copy. No copy of this edition traced in any major UK library.

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London : Verlock Press, [ca.1955]. First edition. Convent-educated orphan pledged to a mean solicitor.
Crown 8vo (19cm). (128)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; light creasing; production flaw leaving two leaves slightly ragged from rough opening, but otherwise a very good copy. No copy traced in any major library worldwide.

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