Ernest Benn

    Thomas (Alan) The Death of Laurence Vining

    Thriller Fiction

    Thomas (Alan) The Death of Laurence Vining

    £30



    London, Ernest Benn, 1951.

    Reprint. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

    Doris Moore, E. Nesbit, first edition, 1933

    Biography

    Moore (Doris Langley) E. Nesbit.

    £125


    A biography
    London, Ernest Benn, 1933.

    First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

    A biography of Edith Nesbit, pioneering author of The Railway Children, Five Children and It and other classic children's fantasies, examining her literary output, Fabian politics, unconventional domestic life and influence on later writers.

    Robert Paye [Marjorie Bowen], Julia Roseingrave, first edition, 1933

    Weird & Supernatural

    Paye (Robert, pseud. Marjorie Bowen) Julia Roseingrave

    £350



    London, Ernest Benn, 1933.

    First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth.

    'An excellent witchcraft novel, arguably Bowen's best work in the genre' (Shadows in the Attic, p.97). Uncommon.

    L.I. Crawford, The Spirit Walks, first edition, 1933

    Weird & Supernatural

    Crawford (L.I.) The Spirit Walks

    £95



    London, Ernest Benn, 1933.

    First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, dust-jacket.

    Intriguingly uncommon title, in attractive jacket.

    Alan Thomas, Summer Adventure, first edition, 1933

    Detective Fiction

    Thomas (Alan, pseud. Ernest Wentworth) Summer Adventure

    £250



    London, Ernest Benn, 1933.

    First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

    A continental rest cure for inquiry agents Maurice & Cyril rapidly becomes their most exciting experience.

    Adam Broome, Crowner's Quest, first edition, 1930

    Detective Fiction

    Broome (Adam, pseud. Godfrey Warden James) Crowner’s Quest.

    £250


    Poison in Africa
    London, Ernest Benn, 1930.

    First edition. 8vo. Original off-white boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

    Uncommon murder mystery set in Africa and involving poison. Adam Broome was a pseudonym of Godfrey Warden James, born 1888. He had two series characters Inspector Bramley and Commissioner Denzil Grison, whose stories are set in Africa.

    V.S. Pritchett, The Spanish Virgin, first edition, 1930

    Modern Literature

    Pritchett (V.S.) The Spanish Virgin

    £295



    London, Ernest Benn, 1930.

    First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.

    A favourite collection of short stories from the revered V.S. Pritchett.

    George Baxter, The Ainceworth Mystery, first edition, 1929

    War, Invasion & Spy

    Baxter (George) The Ainceworth Mystery

    £250



    London, Ernest Benn, 1929.

    First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth stamped in orange. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

    A spy thriller, previously serialised in The Daily Mail, "with the publication of the book Mr. Baxter will join the small and distinguished order of Shockers Extraordinary to the British Empire." (jacket blurb)