4Vols A Four Volume Collection of Crime Club Novels

A four-volume Crime Club collection spanning 1951-1967, complete with their original unclipped dust wrappers. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.A compact Crime Club grouping spanning the 1950s to the late 1960s, bringing together a major American detective novelist, lesser-known but intriguing mid-century British crime writing, and one of the key modernisers of the genre.Compromising: (1951) Even in the Best Families: A Nero Wolfe Novel by Rex Stout. One of the later novels in Stout"s long-running Nero Wolfe series, featuring the celebrated private detective and his assistant Archie Goodwin; originally published in the United States in 1950. First UK edition.(1961) Message from Sirius by Cecil Jenkins. A post-war British crime novel combining mystery with speculative and philosophical elements. First edition.(1962) The Noose by Philip Macdonald. A later Crime Club reprint of Macdonald"s novel first published in 1930. A classic Golden Age detective story. The dust wrapper of this copy is unclipped, but a new price label covers the original price.(1967) The Man who Killed Himself by Julian Symons. A psychological crime novel exploring guilt, identity, and violence. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Slight shelf wear to extremities. Previous owner"s ink inscription to front free endpaper of "Noose," Discreet exlibris stamp to copyright page and front paste down of "Families." Fading to head and tail of spine of "Families," where not covered by dust wrapper. Dust wrapper of "Noose," unclipped, but a new price label covers the original price. Dust wrappers, somewhat worn. The odd closed tear, crease, and chip to extremities, more so to "Sirius" and "Families," with slight loss to extremities, more so to heads and spines. Large closed tear to front wrap of "Families." Wraps slightly rubbed. Internally, firmly bound with the exception of "Families," in which pages 5-12 of "families", fully disbound, but present loosely inserted. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots. Very Good.…