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London : Amalgamated Press, [1946]. First edition. "The three men had been sitting a long time in the Soho Cafe. They sat there because for two of them the surroundings summoned up, as much as was possible to heavy-handed London, old memories ...". Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 113, issued in February 1946.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 96pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine a little tanned, and worn at foot; lower wrapper a little marked and slightly torn; staples rusted, with minor marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1947]. First edition. Sexton Blake and the case of the curse-stricken house on Dead Man's Point. Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 143, issued in May 1947.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 96pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine lightly worn, a little split at tips and a little tanned; staples a little rusted, with minor marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1948]. First edition. "It was what the gossip columns called brilliant, this clientele; for the Kyros Club was no hole-and-corner dump. It was London's most scintillating and expensive dancing-cum-restaurant club ... There were enough diamonds in the Kyros that night to make the directors of de Beers green with envy - perhaps ...". Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 170, issued in June 1948.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 64pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine lightly wotn at tips and a little tanned; staples a little rusted, with minor marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1950]. First edition. Captain Dack finds a dead man in the London Docks. Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 210, issued in February 1950.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 64pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine and edges a little tanned; staples a little rusted, with minor marking, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1951]. First edition. An Englishman accepts a lift in Spain - and is shortly back in Worthing. Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 239, issued in May 1951.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 64pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine a little tanned and slightly worn; slight nick to upper wrapper; staples rusted, with some marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1952]. First edition. The story opens in a London magistrate's court - Enid Henty of Deptford is accused of shoplifting on Bond Street - Sexton Blake is in court. Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 255, issued in January 1952.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 64pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine a little tanned; slight nick to upper wrapper; staples a little rusted, with minor marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1952]. First edition. "It is often the innocent who suffer most from the operations of cunning racecourse doping gangs, today's greatest menace to the sport of kings" - Sexton Blake on the case. Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 263, issued in May 1952.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). 64pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine and edges lightly tanned; staples a little rusted, with minor marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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London : Amalgamated Press, [1953]. First edition. The death of a seaman in Alexandria, the death of an old lady in Dorset - a Sexton Blake tale featuring Captain James Dack. Sexton Blake Library, Third Series, No. 301, issued in December 1953.
Foolscap 4to (18cm). [ii],64,iii-[iv]pp - including wrappers, which have been utilised for the final page of the story. Original stapled pictorial wrappers - unsigned but by Eric Parker; spine a little tanned and slightly rubbed; staples a little rusted, with minor marking; edges a little spotted, but a good copy. Ownership initials J. F. on verso of front wrapper.

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