John Newton Chance

	Murder in Oils - John Newton Chance 1935 UK hardback first edition, first impression, published by Gollancz in London The authors second book A near VG book sadly lacking dustwrapper The book has neat name to endpaper, some marks to boards, light tan and 5 foxing spots to foredge A solid copy Very scarce, never seen another For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Ghost of Truth - SIGNED - John Newton Chance 1939 British hardback 1st edition, 1st impression, published by Victor Gollancz in London Beautifully signed, inscribed and dated Dec 1939 on the endaper by the author A VG+ book in 7/6 unclipped dust jacket Solid book, black cloth orange/red lettering as called for. Bit of usual Gollanz age tanning The jacket has shallow loss to spine ends, tan to spine In the village of Weyford lies in Hampshire, only a few miles from Beaulieu, and just before the war looked very little different from its present appearance. The road was then a white and dusty one, and the cottages and shops drowsed about it, idly watching the traps and carts pass leisurely by. Very occasionally a roaring, rattling monster of a motor-car would go through, kicking up the dust and leaving it to settle, as the sea, torn by the passing of some great ship, boils and froths in angry resentment, until its anger is satisfied and it dies again into a placid calm. A decent copy of a very scarce book full stop but signed in a jacket . . . For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Forest Affair - John Newton Chance 1963 UK hardback first edition, first impression, published by Robert Hale in London A VG+ book in unclipped dustwrapper The book has no names or stamps, clean and tidy The wrapper light wear to extremities and a tape mark to the bottom of the spine IT was night, and a man was lost. All around him the forest stood still, watching his attempts to find a track that would lead him somewhere near home. But every turn brought him deeper into a maze, that ended in death. A nice example, tape mark notwithstanding, of a rare book For Sale at £30 (approx $45) *22 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Death Under Desolate - John Newton Chance 1964 UK hardback 1st edition, 1st impression, published by Robert Hale in London A VG book unfortunately no longer with dust cover The book is tightly bound, solid No names, inscriptions or stamps A decent readers copy and a rare book For Sale at £6.50 (approx $10) *22 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Affair with a Rich Girl - John Newton Chance 1958 English hardback 1st edition, 1st impression, published by Robert Hale in London A solid VG book in VG+ unclipped dust jacket The book is tightly bound, clean and tidy, light spotting occasional spotting No names, inscriptions or stamps etc JOHN LYMINGTON, the writer and private detective, is engaged by Jacqueline Hart, beautiful heiress to £1,000,000, as a bodyguard. The money has been left to her on condition that she remains single until she is thirty and that she lives at her grandfather's home, Blayns. A solid copy and a scarce book For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart

John Newton Chance ~ Brief Biography The author was born 1911 and died 1983 and was incredibly prolific. Not only writing crime and mystery books but Science Fiction and Children's books as well. He had numerous pseudonyms. For those wanting to know more his did write his autobiography Yellow Belly.

Reviews IMPORT OF EVIL "A first-class comedy-thriller, sparkling with dead-pan humour." DAILY HERALD ALARM AT BLACK BRAKE "A witty, sophisticated tale of the breaking of a gang-ring organization; highly colourful characters make this a story to be read with interest." JOHN O' LONDON'S THE NIGHT OF THE SETTLEMENT "Smooth plot with bags of atmosphere and some stylish humour by an author who is a master of this genre." JOHN O' LONDON'S TRIANGLE OF FEAR "Never has John Newton Chance written a more compelling story, building up tension till nerves are ready to snap." YORKSHIRE EVENING NEWS

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