Crime out of Mind -
Delano Ames
1956 - Hodder & Stoughton, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of Ames’ tenth Dagobert and Jane Brown mystery in the bright sharp dust jacket designed by Jarvis.
The sixth adventure for Dagobert (She Shall Have Murder) Brown and his wife Jane (née Hamish). This time the travelling duo head off for a “holiday” in the Austrian Tyrol... Provenance: Publisher’s copy with their ‘Publisher’s File Copy No. 7999&A.’ stamped to front free endpaper.
Delano Ames (1906-1987) was an American writer of some 20 detective stories, many featuring overseas locations and a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named 'Dagobert and Jane Brown', a later series of Spanish based novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard. Ames moved to England in 1937 and was assigned as a British intelligence officer during World War II. He also worked on anthologies on mythology and as a translator for Larousse in France. His last book was an introduction for a book of photography of Spain in 1971.
He died in Madrid, Spain, in January 1987.
Octavo (book size 19x12.6cm), pp. 190 [1 (publisher’s ad)] [1]. In publisher’s burgundy cloth, spine with black lettering and small vignette of smoking gun. Dust jacket priced ‘10s 6d net’ to lower corner of front flap. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear along spine ends and upper edge of front panel. Ref: 110378 Price: HK$ 1,200
The sixth adventure for Dagobert (She Shall Have Murder) Brown and his wife Jane (née Hamish). This time the travelling duo head off for a “holiday” in the Austrian Tyrol... Provenance: Publisher’s copy with their ‘Publisher’s File Copy No. 7999&A.’ stamped to front free endpaper.
Delano Ames (1906-1987) was an American writer of some 20 detective stories, many featuring overseas locations and a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named 'Dagobert and Jane Brown', a later series of Spanish based novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard. Ames moved to England in 1937 and was assigned as a British intelligence officer during World War II. He also worked on anthologies on mythology and as a translator for Larousse in France. His last book was an introduction for a book of photography of Spain in 1971.
He died in Madrid, Spain, in January 1987.
Octavo (book size 19x12.6cm), pp. 190 [1 (publisher’s ad)] [1]. In publisher’s burgundy cloth, spine with black lettering and small vignette of smoking gun. Dust jacket priced ‘10s 6d net’ to lower corner of front flap. Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear along spine ends and upper edge of front panel. Ref: 110378 Price: HK$ 1,200