Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Alston Rivers, 1928.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Original upper and lower panel of the dust-jacket cut-down and loosely inserted.
Although better known as a writer of crime fiction, this sole venture into science fiction by Grierson does make it one of his more collectable titles. The book is cited in Gerber's Utopian Fantasy (1973), Negley's Utopian Literature: A Bibliography, Sargent's British and American Utopian Literature, and Bleiler (1978), and is considered scarce.
Detective Fiction
London, Alston Rivers, 1932.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
The author's only Hubin-listed title, with a distinctive dust-jacket design.
Modern Literature
London, Alston Rivers, 1928.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
A vividly depicted account of peasant and farm life on the Isle of Man.
Modern Literature
A Romance from Shakespeare's Play
London, Alston Rivers, 1930.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
A respectful retelling of Shakespeare's play, drawing upon old Scandinavian accounts and sources.
Detective Fiction
London, Alston Rivers, [1932].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
"This thrilling novel deals with the ever threatening Red Menace..." (jacket blurb).
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Alston Rivers, [1905].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth with red zigzag line down upper cover and lettered in gilt.
Military fiction by Brigadier-General Arthur Frank Umfreville Green CMG DSO, a senior British Army officer in World War I and author of several publications.
Detective Fiction
Stansbury (Alec, pseud. Alec Stansbury Higgs) Cupid Painted Blind
London, Alston Rivers, 1929.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Attractively jacketed 'twenties title; a tale of financial dishonesty and torrid passion that comes good.