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John Rhode

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Night Exercise - John Rhode
1942 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club London
A VG+ book in VG indeed price clipped dustwrapper
No names, inscription etc, tight and square
The jacket shows shallow chipping to spine and front panel, minor shelf wear to edges, faint splash to front panel
A very scarce title indeed
For Sale at £225 (approx $400) *DF7 - free delivery worldwide !

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They Watched By Night - John Rhode
1941 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club London
A VG++ book in original VG++ unclipped first issue dustwrapper
No names, inscriptions etc, very clean contents and cloth, tight and square
The jacket is clean and bright, priced 8s as called for, just light shelf wear to extremities
Without doubt the nicest copy we have seen and rare thus
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Twice Dead - John Rhode
1960 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Bles London
A VG+ book in VG+ price clipped dustwrapper
Ni names or inscriptions, tight and square
The jacket shows minor rubs but no real loss
A nice clean copy and uncommon in jacket
For Sale at £87 (approx $139) *P16 - free delivery worldwide !

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The Venner Crime - John Rhode
1933 UK hardback Odhams Press Edition London
A VG book without its dust jacket
No names solid and tight
Cloth shows some fading to spine
A nice reading copy
For Sale at £8 (approx $16) *P19 - free delivery worldwide !
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Death Invades the Meeting - John Rhode
1944 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club London
A VG+ book in VG price clipped dustwrapper
No names, inscriptions etc, tight and square
The jacket shows no chipping, some age tanning to rear panel and flaps
A scarce title in wrapper
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Open Verdict - John Rhode
1956 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Bles London
A near fine book in VG+ unclipped dustwrapper
No names inscriptions etc, tight and square
The jacket shows minor shelf wear to edges
A particularly clean and bright example and uncommon thus
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Bricklayer's Arms - John Rhode
1945 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club London
A VG+ book with VG+ price clipped dustwrapper
No names inscriptions etc, tight and square
Bright cloth clean cloth,
The jacket is clean and bright with a little wear to extremities etc no real chips though
A particularly bright copy of a rare title
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Licenced for Murder
1958 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Bles London
A VG+ book in VG+ price clipped dustwrapper
Small neat inscription to endpaper, tight and square
The jacket shows just a few minor edge rubs
A lovely copy of a scarce title and still has a publishers card laid loosely inside
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Death of an Author
1947 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Geoffrey Bles London
A VG+ book in unclipped dustwrapper
No names inscriptions etc, tight and square
The jacket has chip to spine corner, no lettering affected
A bright attractive copy
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Men Die at Cyprus Lodge
1943 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Collins Crime Club London
A VG+ book in VG+ price clipped dustwrapper
No names, inscriptions etc, tight and square
The jacket shows no real loss, minor wear to extremities
A particularly nice copy of a rare book in jacket
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Brief Biography
RHODE, John. Pseudonym for Cecil John Charles Street; also wrote as Miles Burton. British. Born in 1884. Career Army Officer: Major, Military Cross. O.B.E. (Officer. Order of the British Empire). Died in January 1965.

John Rhode - The Characters
Dr Priestly
Professor of applied mathematics at a famed British university, Lancelot Priestley was forced to resign after a heated dispute with the university authorities. He is quite wealthy, however, and now devotes his time to the solving of problems by mathematical means. His chief delight is in the debunking of widely held theories through strict exercises of logic. His only recreation is to solve crime problems sometimes brought to him by Superintendent Hanslet as exercises in logic. He is completely indifferent to the human elements and to questions of justice. The aging mathematician is dry and academic, with little humor, but is a genial host.

Inspector Waghorn
James Waghorn is a Cambridge University graduate and a product of Metropolitan Police College, where he spent 15 months learning his trade. He was immediately granted the probationary rank of Junior Station Inspector at the tender age of 27. He is an honest and fair-minded person with a pleasant, open face, shrewd gray eyes, and an easy-going manner. At the end of his probationary period, Waghorn is promoted to Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department. His early successes (closely supervised by his superior, Superintendent Hanslet) are gained through his reliance upon Dr. Priestley, but time and experience sharpen his powers of investigation and deduction until he relies solely on his own skills.

If you like this author then the following may be of interest

Freeman Wills Crofts         Florence Ford         Cyril Hare         Miles Burton        

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