Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [1932].
Early UK printing. 8vo. Pale grey cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with contemporary price sticker for 1/6.
Featuring private sleuth Jimmy Treynor, first introduced in 1922's Mystery Of The Twin Rubies, as he gets involved in a case of a series of murders in the US mid-Western town of Prescott.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [1932].
First UK edition, early impression (stating '7th thousand' on title and jacket). 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, with price sticker '2/-' to spine.
The murder of "Handsome Harry" Borden, a lecherous and unethical stock promoter leads Detective Sergeant McMann to uncover the true identity of the killer.
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Modern Literature
London, Skeffington, [1935].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A tale of family rivalries and resentments, a man purchases a title by cheating his poorer relatives; the daughter of the aristocrat makes overtures to a poor male cousin.
Modern Literature
London, Skeffington, [1936].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Gordon Volk was a UK author who specialised in crime adventures. He also wrote under the pseudonym Raymond Knotts. His work The Isle of Men is noted for its lost race theme.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
?First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with price sticker for 2/-.
Attractive Skeffington title, from their popular crime series.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
'Seventh thousand'. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with 1/6 price sticker to spine.
Golden-age style mystery, in keeping with Skeffington's crime output — formulaic but atmospheric, and popular.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
'Seventh thousand'. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with 1/6 price sticker to spine.
A detective novel featuring Anne Austin's recurring sleuth, sometimes Detective Bonaparte.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
Early UK printing (stating '7th thousand'). 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
Arsène Lupin, a gentleman thief and master of disguise, is in demand once again.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [c.1933].
UK edition, '7th thousand'. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Presumed second issue dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with '2/-' price-sticker to spine.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [1931].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original near black cloth. Second issue dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with '1/6' price-sticker to spine.
Apparently a Sherlock Holmes 'homage', amongst those singled out in Murder Done to Death: Parody and Pastiche in Detective Fiction by John Kennedy Melling.
London, Skeffington, [1930s].
UK edition, '6th Thousand'. 8vo. Original green cloth. Presumed second issue dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with '1/6' price-sticker to spine.
A thriller with elements of horror and hypnotism. Friend served as editor for numerous genre magazines, including Wonder Stories, Startling Stories, Captain Future and Thrilling Wonder Stories. After the passing of his colleague Otis Adelbert Kline in 1946, Friend took over Kline's literary agency, representing notable authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [1932].
First UK edition, early impression (stating '7th thousand' on title and jacket). 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket.
The murder of "Handsome Harry" Borden, a lecherous and unethical stock promoter leads Detective Sergeant McMann to uncover the true identity of the killer.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [1936].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A series of mysterious deaths disrupt the community of Burleigh. Uncommon in jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, n.d..
Early printing, stating '6th Thousand' on jacket spine. 8vo. Original olive cloth. Dust-jacket, with price rather dramatically excised from spine.
An early printing of the US author's first book.
Modern Literature
London, Skeffington, 1952.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
"Here is a delightfully witty compound of frolic, fantasy and satire, which describes what happens when an African magician gets busy in an English village..." (jacket blurb)
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [c.1924].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pale green/grey cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Distinctly uncommon title and edition of this wonderfully jacketed crime fiction novel, by American pianist, religious apologist and author Harvey Wickham, an author whose renown dipped somewhat following his pro-Mussolini stance and his denigration of the works of D.H. Lawrence.
Detective Fiction
Jerome (Owen Fox, pseud. Oscar Jerome Friend) The Red Kite Clue
London, Skeffington, [1929].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, with publisher's 3/6 price-sticker to spine.
An attractive first edition and an uncommon book in the jacket. Detective Philip MacCray is on the case to solve the murder of an archaeologist recently returned from the Orient.
Detective Fiction
Courtney (John, pseud. John Cournos) Grandmother Martin is Murdered
London, Skeffington, [1930].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Crime fiction by an intriguing author: born in Russia with Yiddish as his first language, Cournos moved to London in 1912 where he engaged in anti-communist activism, notably via his pamphlet London under the Bolsheviks: A Londoner's Dream on Returning from Petrograd (1919); he also enjoyed some success as an Imagist poet, but garnered more renown for his novels and short stories under the Courtney pseudonym - today he is perhaps best known for his failed relationship with Dorothy L. Sayers, an unhappy experience recounted by both authors (Strong Poison by Sayers (1930) and The Devil Is an English Gentleman by Cournos himself in (1932)).
Weird & Supernatural
Mathers (Helen, pseud. Ellen Buckingham Mathews Reeves) The Juggler and The Soul
London, skeffington, 1896.
First edition. 8vo. Title printed in red & black. Original blue cloth with red & design.
A rare work of sci-fi interest, with themes involving Hypnosis, experiments in Medicine, and reanimation of the dead.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, 1932
8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket priced at 2/6 on spine with '5th Thousand' on spine. Skeffington often used such wording to give the impression of sales success.
UK author, prolific between the Wars, specializing in thrillers (often with Oriental villains) and mysteries. The Sound-Machine is centred around a revolutionary machine that destroys by sound vibration (Blieler p.183).
A stunning example of a book that rarely turns up in a jacket especially one as superb as this.
Detective Fiction
First edition, ‘7th thousand’.
London, Skeffington, [1932].
Skeffington often used ‘7th thousand’ label on title page to try and show that their titles were in high demand so this is not necessarily a reprint.A Hubin-listed mystery featuring the author’s serial character, detective-crook Jimmy Traynor.