A.L. Burt

    Sax Rohmer, Dope, [1920s]

    Detective Fiction

    Rohmer (Sax, pseud. Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward) Dope

    £225



    New York, A.L. Burt, 1919 [?1920s].

    Early US printing (copyright Robert M. McBride, with statement 'Published September, 1919'). 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket.

    A gripping thriller about the drug trade in London, reflecting Sax Rohmer's skill in combining exoticism and crime.

    Lee Thayer, The Darkest Spot, early edition, c.1929

    Detective Fiction

    Thayer (Lee, pseud. Emma Redington Thayer) The Darkest Spot

    £120



    New York, A.L. Burt, [c.1929].

    Early edition, Burts' 75c series. 8vo. Original orange cloth stamped in black. Dust-jacket.

    Excellent jacket artwork on this early edition of a crime thriller by Thayer, who went on to provide a publisher's art service in New York, including designing artwork for dust-jackets. First published by Sears in 1928.

    Jules Verne, Dick Sand, early Burt edition, n.d.

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Verne (Jules) Dick Sand;

    £125


    or, a Captain at Fifteen
    New York, A.L. Burt, n.d..

    8vo. Original pale green cloth. Dust-jacket.

    An attractive early Burt edition of this Verne tale revolving around African slavery.