NF/VG+ Author’s first book. Correctly priced at 7/6 on spine.
King (Rufus) Murder de Luxe.
£1,500
First UK edition of author’s first book.
London. Leonard Parsons, 1927
Very scarce. Many of King’s books were not published in the UK.
In stock
£1,500
First UK edition of author’s first book.
London. Leonard Parsons, 1927
Very scarce. Many of King’s books were not published in the UK.
In stock
NF/VG+ Author’s first book. Correctly priced at 7/6 on spine.
Detective Fiction
First edition, inscribed by the author on the frontispiece.
London. Lincoln Williams, 1935
According to the Bear Alley blog the book is listed in the English Catalogue of Books as having appeared in February 1935 and it was listed under the pen-name "Trill". The publisher Lincoln Williams went into administration in July 1935 so the book probably wasn’t reprinted. Trill was a pen name for Harry C. Liebart according to Hubin. Very scarce in a jacket.
Detective Fiction
Translated from the French by Maverick Terrell. First English edition, London, T. Werner Laurie, 1936. One of the prolific French author's whodunits. Dekobra (real name Maurice Tessier) was one of France's best-known authors during the interwar period, and several of his books were made into films.
Detective Fiction
Rare crime title, all other copies I have seen of this title are described as ‘7th Thousand’.
London, Skeffington, [1930 according to COPAC]
Reasonable to assume this was a publisher gimmick to show titles were popular.