Roscoe (Mike) [pseud. John Roscoe]. One Tear for my Grave
£150
London, W. Foulsham, 1956.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 10/6.
In Kansas City the bookies don’t like it when you get murdered owing them money. (jacket blurb). An uncommon ‘Mask Mystery’ by publishers Foulsham.
Out of stock
Fine; minor creasing and rubbing to jacket, but overall VG-.
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First edition.
London, Blackie & Son, 1934
A rare Golden Age detective title centred on what happened to Simon Ewing at five minutes to five. Various people came and went and met face to face in his flat.
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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.
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London, Skeffington, [1930 according to COPAC]
Reasonable to assume this was a publisher gimmick to show titles were popular.