Graeme, Bruce [pseudonym of Graham Montague Jeffries, 1900-1982]
Collection of adventure and detective novels including the Blackshirt series
£819
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Hutchinson, various dates. All 8vo, original cloth, with the dust jackets, titles include:
Blackshirt Strikes Back, [1940]. First edition, jacket somewhat worn with fraying to extremities and small hole to spine;
The Corporal Died in Bed, [1940]. First edition, jacket spine faded;
Ten Trails to Tyburn, [1940]. First edition, jacket spotted and with a few nicks and chips;
Son of Blackshirt, [1941]. First edition, jacket chipped, textblock with spotting to edges and outer leaves;
Encore Allain, [1941]. First edition, textblock browned;
Calling Lord Blackshirt, [1943]. First edition;
A Case for Solomon, [1943]. First edition;
Work for the Hangman, [1944]. First edition;
Mr. Whimset Buys a Gun, 1953. First edition;
and 16 others including first editions of House with Crooked Walls, 1942 (jacket price-clipped, minor loss to spine-ends), A Brief for O'Leary, 1947 (minor loss to jacket), Lady in Black, 1952 (tear to jacket), Suspense, 1953 (price-clipped), The Way Out, 1954 (price-clipped), So Sharp the Razor, 1955, Just an Ordinary Case, 1956, Boomerang, 1959, etc. [Hubin, Crime Fiction II, 1994, volume 1, pp. 340-1];
together with 9 novels by Capt. A. O. Pollard VC, all in dust jackets (34)
Provenance
The Golden Age of Detective and Adventure Fiction: Selections from the Stock of Obelist Books, Glasgow.