Detective Fiction
Bellairs (George, pseud. Harold Blundell) Close All Roads to Sospel
London, John Gifford, 1976.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced £2.50.
A British travel group is stranded in France when the tour conductor is shot, and the bus driver is accused of murder. Luckily, Inspector Littlejohn is holidaying nearby and is on hand, both to interpret the annoyed tourists and to solve a baffling double crime.
Detective Fiction
Bellairs (George, pseud. Harold Blundell) Death on the Last Train
London, John Gifford, 1948.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
Decent first edition of this early Inspector Thomas Littlejohn novel.
London, John Gifford, [1949].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
An Inspector Littlejohn story.
Detective Fiction
Bellairs (George, pseud. Harold Blundell) The Body in the Dumb River
London, John Gifford, 1961.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'To George, With remembrance of a loyal friendship and unfailing help, George Bellairs'. Attractive jacket artwork on this later Inspector Thomas Littlejohn novel.