N83.Collection of 7 vintage British crime and mystery paperbacks, dating from the 1940s to the early 1960s. Includes early Penguin Crime titles as well as Collins Crime Club and Crime-Book Society editions.
Titles included:
• Max Murray – The Right Honourable Corpse – Penguin Crime No. 1203, 1957 • Ngaio Marsh – Death and the Dancing Footman – Penguin No. 704, 1954 third impression • Carter Dickson – The Reader Is Warned – Penguin Books, 1954 reprint • Arthur Upfield – The Widows of Broome – Penguin Crime No. 1781, 1962, first Penguin edition • Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon – A Bullet in the Ballet – Penguin No. 377, 1946 reprint • Captain A. O. Pollard – The Secret Pact – Hutchinson Crime-Book Society Series, 29th Thousand • J. Jefferson Farjeon – End of an Author – Collins Crime Club Novel No. 140c, 1941, third impression
Condition: All are original vintage copies and show age-related wear. Covers and spines have varying degrees of rubbing, creasing, edge wear and small losses. Pages are age-toned with some foxing and marks. A Bullet in the Ballet has a previous owner’s gift inscription dated Christmas 1946. Some copies have heavier wear to the spine/corners, as clearly shown in the photographs.
Please study all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description. The books pictured are the exact copies you will receive.
An attractive mixed collection of early British crime fiction, particularly suitable for collectors of vintage Penguin Crime, Golden Age detective fiction and classic paperback design.