Loder Vernon, First Edition (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Collins Crime Club: 2016. First edition. With an introduction by Nigel Moss. Hardcover with unclipped dust clover. Book and cover in near fine condition. Neat small writing to title page, date and name? Book in barely read condition. Pages yellowing to edges. An excellent copy of this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are in good order, spine is slightly faded. One small mark to front board. Slight spine lean. Age tone to FFEP. Very light foxing to title page, thereafter generally clean with occasional spots. 252pgs and ads to rear.

8vo. [6], 312 pp. Illust. title page as newspaper front page article. Red publisher's cloth, black illust. of desk, lettering (minor shelfwear, very faint foxing to lower fore-edge, slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art of corpse behind a desk by Gorske (minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, minor creasing, couple minor closed tears, minor soiling), still VG/G copy. First American edition of this very rare Inspector Brews mystery as he works to solve the murder of newspaper editor, Hay Smith at the estate of Sir James Sitheby. Vahey (1881-1938) was a prolific Anglo-Irish author who also published mysteries and suspense titles under the pseudonyms of Henrietta Clandon, John Haslette, Anthony Lang, John Mowbray, Walter Proudfoot, and George Varney.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Green cloth is bright with some slight wear at spine and spotted at rear else near fine in dust jacket, rubbed along edges with some wear and seperation beginning at spine but intact, and colorful. $2.00 price is still intact. Review item, pre publication. Small label attached at half title page stating that the book would be published on August 22, 1929. Scarce item. Book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark pink cloth lettered in black to the spine. A VG++ bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. The VG dustwrapper has a long closed tear to the fold of the front flap (neatly repaired on the verso with a strip of filmoplast archival repair tape). The spine shows evidence of the removal of a price reduction sticker. Golden age detective fiction title by John George Haslette Vahey a prolific writer who wrote under various pseudonyms, most famously perhaps 'Vernon Loder' and 'Henrietta Clandon'. Scarce title, particularly in the striking blue, black and grey dustwrapper by WAKE. "The hero combines the unusual professions of a famous concert-hall pianist and counter-espionage in the storm centres of Europe, a job for which his unquestioned entry into all European capitals and circles makes him exceptionally well fitted. His companion at arms is a young woman violinist, and from the time when the hero is unwittingly involved in a murder in Brussels down to the unexpected end there is not a slack moment in the story. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Original blue cloth boards in excellent condition. Small stain to rear board. Internally very good plus with an inscription to ffep. Very light foxing to half title page. Otherwise very nice overall.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's dark pink cloth lettered in black to the spine. A former owner's neat name and address details to the front and rear pastedowns otherwise a solid VG copy with bright and clean boards. The VG dustwrapper is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for) and is slightly toned with some small nicks and chips. Golden age detective fiction title by John George Haslette Vahey a prolific writer who wrote under various pseudonyms, most famously perhaps 'Vernon Loder' and 'Henrietta Clandon'. Scarce title, particularly in the striking dustwrapper. "A lot of action, a little propaganda and everybody gets their dues, it's an old fashioned thriller, good enough to read (Good Reads)". !Photographs/scans available upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Choose Your Weapon by Vernon Loder First Edition The Crime Club Collins 1937. Publisher's file copy with stamp and date to ffep. Contents are clean and unblemished throughout. No foxing. Covers bright, fine and without bumping or rubbing to corners or edges. In original VG+ dust jacket. Not clipped and with printed price of 7/6 to front flap. Choose Your Weapon is a vintage murder mystery from the golden age of detection. It was originally published in 1937 and is now part of the Black Heath Classic Crime series. The story is set in the quiet English village of Ingle Parva, where a village bazaar is taking place. Jean Maze, a young woman who is looking forward to the bazaar, is asked to play the part of a fortune teller. On the day of the bazaar, however, she makes a macabre discovery when she finds the body of a man named Marden, a business rival of her brother-in-law, in her fortune teller's tent. The police are called and begin their investigation, but Jean Maze is not content to wait for them. She starts to do some theorising of her own and soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the killer.