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London : Stanley Paul & Co., [1947]. First edition. Post-war counter-espionage, Department Z, plots against the United Nations, etc.
Post 8vo (20cm). 208pp. Original black cloth, lettered across spine in gilt; a few minor marks; mild edge spotting; a few faint creases, but otherwise a very good copy in the pictorial dust-jacket - blonde threatens gunman with telephone - a little used and slightly nicked, price-clipped, but still very good. Neat ownership stamp of Raymond J. McCarthy of 54 Mandalay Terrace. Hubin p.98.

£40

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London : Evans Brothers, (1951). First edition. "The Toff faced the gross Rumpelmeyer and death on the high seas. Then a knife gave him hope".
Crown 8vo. 214,[ii]pp. Original red cloth, blocked and lettered in black on spine; light spotting of edges and very mild tanning of endpapers, but a very good, sound and bright copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket - a design by Jarvis - just lightly rubbed and worn.

£50

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1955). First edition. Later published in the USA as "The Gelignite Gang".
Crown 8vo. 192pp. Original dark red boards, blocked and lettered across spine in black; a very good, clean and sound copy in the original Chrichard dust-jacket - a design in orange, green, pink, black and white - just a touch tanned and very slightly nicked, but in very good order. Barzun & Taylor 951. Hubin p.98.

£25

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1955). First edition. A Doctor Palfrey thriller - "against an enemy who moved in a white, insidious mist, the vapour that brought death to all but one".
Crown 8vo. 222,[ii]pp. Original blue boards, ruled, blocked and lettered across spine in black; a few slight edge-spots, but a very good copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket - just very lightly rubbed.

£25

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1956). First edition. Later published in the USA as "Death of a Postman".
Crown 8vo. (192)pp. Original dark red boards, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; a very good, clean and sound copy in the original colour-printed dust-jacket - a design on a pink background - a little worn, slightly sunned and very slightly chipped. Hubin p.98.

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London : Hodder & Stoughton, (1960). First edition. A husband disappears - and then the sixteen-year-old daughter.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 192pp. Original green boards, ruled and lettered in gilt; spine titling dulled; some spotting of endpapers; a good copy in the pictorial dust-jacket - lightly used, slightly creased and a touch soiled.

£20

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