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Andrew Garve

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No Tears for Hilda - Andrew Garve
1950 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club, London
A VG book in unclipped dustwrapper
The book is tightly bound, clean contents and cloth
No names or stamps etc
The jacket shows considerable loss to spine and general wear
Shame about the jacket but very rare and price reflected, the only wrappered copy we have handled
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The Riddle of Sansom - Andrew Garve
1954 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Colllins Crime Club, London
A G+ book lacking its dustwrapper
No names, inscriptions but pen mark to bottom edge
Tight and square
John Laverey should have had a peaceful time in his tent whilst holidaying on an island in the Scillies, indeed things were looking up when a beautiful womman was starnded over night on the island, that was just the start of things!
A reading copy rather than a collectable one
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The Narrow Search
1957 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club, London
A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped dust wrapper
Neat inscription
It does not take Clare Hunter many years of marriage to discover that her husband, Arnold, is ruthless and unscrupulous. She decides to leave him but he resorts to blackmail, in desperation she seeks an ally in Hugh Cameron, a formwer colleague
A nice clean copy
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The Far Sands
1961 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Colllins Crime Club, London
A near fine book in VG+ price clipped dust wrapper
No names, inscriptions but small owner sticker to pastedown
James Rennison investigates a murder mystery involving the sister of the woman he loves
A bright copy
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Also see the pseudonym Roger Bax

Brief Biography
GARVE, Andrew. Pseudonym for Paul Winterton; also writes as Roger Bax; Paul Somers. British. Born in Leicester, 12 February 1908. Educated at the London School of Economics, B.Sc. 1928. Staff Member. Economist, London, 1929-33; Reporter, Leader Writer, and Foreign .Correspondent, London News Chronicle, 1933-46: in Moscow. 1942-45. Founding Member, and first Joint Secretary, Crime Writers Association. 1953.

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