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London : Cassell & Co., (1926). First edition. The third of the Father Brown volumes - eight short stories, including "The Oracle of the Dog", "The Miracle of Moon Crescent" and "The Doom of the Darnaways".
Crown 8vo (189 x 120mm). [viii],296pp. Bound in a smart recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip and upper cover preserved at rear; a few slight marks and spots, but overall a very good copy. Sullivan 63.

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London : Cassell & Co., (1927). First edition. The fourth of the Father Brown volumes - ten short stories and pieces, including "The Song of the Flying Fish" and "The Red Moon of Meru". Dedicated to Father John O'Connor of Bradford - reputed to be the original of 'Father Brown' - and certainly the priest who guided Chesterton to catholicism.
Crown 8vo (188 x 119mm). [viii],(310),[ii]pp. Bound in an elegant recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip preserved at rear; a few very faint spots, but a very good copy. Sullivan 71.

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London : Cassell & Co., (1929). First edition. Eight tales of Gabriel Gale, including "The Fantastic Friends" and "The Asylum of Adventure" - crimes solved through moral and poetic detection.
Crown 8vo (186 x 116mm). [vi],(282)pp. Bound in an elegant recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip preserved at rear; a few faint spots; one slight nick, but a very good copy. Sullivan 77.

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London : Cassell & Co., (1930). First edition. Four inter-related novellas - murder, fraud, treason and theft - the moderate murderer, the honest quack, the ecstatic thief and the loyal traitor.
Crown 8vo (185 x 119mm). [2],vi,(310),[ii]pp. Bound in a smart recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip preserved at rear; a few very faint spots, but overall a very good copy. Sullivan 83.

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London : Cassell & Co., (1935). First edition. The fifth and last of the Father Brown volumes - eight short stories, including "The Pursuit of Mr. Blue", "The Crime of the Communist" and "The Insoluble Problem".
Crown 8vo (181 x 114mm). [vi],248pp. Bound in a smart recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; a few slight marks and small flaws, but overall a very good copy. Sullivan 96.

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London : Cassell & Co., [1937]. First edition. His final collection - eight posthumously published detective stories, including "The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and "Pond the Pantaloon".
Crown 8vo (186 x 119mm). [vi],(258)pp. Bound in a smart recent half black morocco, banded and gilt; top edge gilt; original cloth backstrip preserved at rear; a few faint marks and spots, but overall a very good copy. Sullivan 104.

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