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Redhill : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1948). First British edition. Ex-cop George Robin opens a detective agency with a sharp-tongued and opinionated receptionist-cum-secretary. First published in New York in 1946.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial wrappers; a little worn and creased; a few marks; short tear to front wrapper; rear wrapper a little wrinkled and slightly discoloured; a reasonable copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£15

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London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1943). First paperback edition. Alison has to find work in the sports department of a large store after her father dies penniless. Love, intrigue, Coraline the mannequin, and fate in the Swiss Alps. Originally published in 1938.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 192pp. Original pictorial wrappers; lightly worn and creased; lower wrapper a little fingered; edges spotted, but a good and sound copy. No copy of this edition located in any major library worldwide.

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Redhill : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1947). First paperback edition. Never married Bay Stratton has a slightly mysterious role at the embassy in Paris – Miss Sims the mannequin tells him that “An ordinary, modern girl, who knew how to take care of herself, would make you nervous”. She’s right. Originally published by Collins in 1935.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 190,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers – a design by Reginald Mills; some very minor chipping, creasing and marking, but a very good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£10

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Redhill : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1947). First British edition. “Mrs. Roger Laurence was reading a French novel in the upstairs sitting room when Miss Gorham entered. Mrs. Laurence had been waiting impatiently for Miss Gorham, and had been perturbed by the brazen hussy’s tardiness ...”. Originally published in the USA in 1945.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 190,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; some light wear, creasing and some ; staples a little rusted; text a little tanned, with some occasional creases, but a good copy of a scarce and fragile item. Just three copies of this edition (British Library, Northumbria University, and Trinity College, Dublin) located in major libraries worldwide.

£15

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Redhill : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1949). First British edition. An early title from Sterling, originally published in New York in 1943. An unusual waterfront story story featuring the New York Harbor Police.
Crown 8vo (18cm). 128pp. Original pictorial wrappers; some rubbing, wear and creasing; a few nicks; text a little tanned, but a fairly good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

£20

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London : Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., (1946). First edition. “My dear daughter Pearl : By the time you get this, you will be acquainted with all the apparent circumstances of my death. You will have heard that my body was found in a ditch off the Spaniards Road on Hampstead Heath; the coroner will have returned a verdict of Death from Natural Causes ... and that will be that. Nevertheless, my death was no more due to ‘natural causes’ than was that of the victims of, say, Crippen, Mahon or Major Armstrong. It was the inevitable climax to a deliberate plot; in a word – and a very ugly word – it was Murder”.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 192pp. Original pictorial wrappers; lightly rubbed and used; text a little tanned, but a very good copy of a fine and unusual murder mystery, which also appeared in French and Spanish translations. Contemporary (1946) ownership inscription. Just two copies (Antwerp and British Library) located in the world’s major libraries.

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