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The First Saint Omnibus. An Anthology of Saintly Adventures - Leslie Charteris

1939 - Hodder &, London - First Edition of this Collection
A finely bound selection of thirteen short stories featuring 'The Robin Hood of Modern Crime'.

Simon Templar, ‘The Saint’, ‘is a rambunctious adventurer who believes in old-fashioned romantic ideals, alter-ego perhaps of his Singaporean born creator Leslie Charles Bowyer Yin Charteris. Templar is prepared to lay down his life for these ideals, using considerable wit and intelligence, the Saint has a preference for avenging innocent victims.
 
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Thirteen Guests - Inscribed - J. Jefferson Farjeon

1936 - Collins, London - First Edition
Rare first edition, even more so in the original dust jacket and inscribed. The inscription is to his friend, the book collector ‘Eileen Cond. with very best wishes J. Jefferson Farjeon’ ‘January 1937’.

What to expect when thirteen guests are invited for a weekend party at Lord Aveling’s country-house. The guests include an attractive widow, an actress, an authoress, a journalist, a society artist, a county cricketer, an M.P. and a retired “sausage king”...

By one of Dorothy Sayer’s favourite authors who called him ‘unsurpassed for creepy skill in mysterious adventures’.
 
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The Concrete Castle Murders - Francis G

1936 - Henry Holt and Company, New York - First American Edition
An exceptional example of Gérard’s second novel, continuing the adventures of Inspector John Meredith of the C.I.D. and Detective-Sergeant Beef.

In a pristine dust jacket designed by Nat Falk (1898-1989).

First American edition (May 1936), published the same year in London by Rich & Crown as ‘
Concrete Castle’. 
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Price HK$ 2,500