Forbes-Boyd (Eric) A Stranger in These Parts
£35
London, Skeffington, 1952.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
“Here is a delightfully witty compound of frolic, fantasy and satire, which describes what happens when an African magician gets busy in an English village…” (jacket blurb)
In stock
A little spotting to extremities; cloth very good; jacket with a few closed tears and some creasing/rubbing, overall very good.
Related products
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
'Seventh thousand'. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with 1/6 price sticker to spine.
Golden-age style mystery, in keeping with Skeffington's crime output — formulaic but atmospheric, and popular.
Modern Literature
First edition, Huchinson, [1943].A rare collection of short stories, particularly scarce in the dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
?First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with price sticker for 2/-.
Attractive Skeffington title, from their popular crime series.
![Bodenham West, The Throwbacks, first edition, [1935]](https://lycanthiabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/87376-300x300.jpg)
Modern Literature
London, Skeffington, [1935].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A tale of family rivalries and resentments, a man purchases a title by cheating his poorer relatives; the daughter of the aristocrat makes overtures to a poor male cousin.
Modern Literature
Wheatley (Dennis) Mediterranean Nights – with signed photograph
First edition, [1942].A collection of Wheatley's short stories, rare in the dust-jacket.Included with this is a signed photograph of the German singer & actress Renate Müller (1906-1937), who was the inspiration for the Wheatley short story 'Espionage'. A tragic life cut short on the back of a blossoming career, either being murdered by the Gestapo or intimidated by them sufficiently that she seemingly took her own life. The story and a short discussion of the incident involved are included in this collection.