John Dickson Carr

	The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes - John Dickson Carr & Adrian Conan Doyle 19554 UK hardback first edition, first impression, John Murray, London A near fine book in near fine unclipped dust jacket Book has no names, stamps etc, clean and tight The wrapper shows only minor rubs to corners An entirely new selection of short stories co written by Carr and Conan Doyle's son A superior copy and rarely seen in this condition For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	To Wake the Dead - John Dickson Carr 1948 UK first Pan paperback edition, London A clean copy, minor wear to edges Tightly bound, closed tear to one page An out of print Dr Fell mystery For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *W10 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Waxworks Murder - John Dickson Carr 1939 UK Pan paperback later edition, London A clean copy, minor wear to edges Tightly bound, no names etc A more than satisfactory reading copy A period classic ! For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Emperor's Snuff Box - John Dickson Carr 1955 UK Penguin paperback reissue, London A clean copy, minor wear to edges, small loss to spine Tightly bound, A reading copy A classic title For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *B9 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Sleeping Sphinx 1962 UK first Pan paperback first edition, London A very clean copy, tight and square No names etc A Dr Fell mystery An especially nice copy For Sale at £7.50 (approx $13) *W16 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Witch of the Low Tide 1964 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London A clean copy, minor wear to edges, Tightly bound and solid, a few pen marks verso half title and to rear panel, otherwise clean and tidy A mystery set in 1907 and a locked room mystery For Sale at £6 (approx $10) *B13 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Hollow Man - John Dickson Carr 1951 UK first Penguin paperback edition, London Covers and spine worn Lean to spine One of the greatest locked room mysteries of all time A reading copy only For Sale at £5 (approx $8) *B9 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	It Walks By Night 1961 English Penguin paperback later edition, London A particularly clean copy, Tightly bound, no names or damage A classic locked room mystery set in a Paris gambling house For Sale at £5.50 (approx $11) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Burning Court 1970 UK Tandem paperback edition, London Some minor page tanning Still tight and square A clean solid reading copy For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *df1 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Dead Man's Knock 1961 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London A clean copy, minor wear to edges, Tightly bound,with slight lean to spine A clean copy of a scarce title A Dr Fell mystery For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *B6 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Panic in Box C 1970 British Pan paperback 1st, London A nice VG copy, some edge tanning to paper Square spine and tightly bound, no names etc Dr Fell has an intriguing voyage to America on board the RMS Illyria ! A rather nice example ! For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF1 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Emperor's Snuff Box - John Dickson Carr 1953 English Penguin paperback 1st edition, London A solid copy, some scattered spotting Tightly bound, A readers copy Apparently the only author to baffle Agatha Christie ! For Sale at £5.50 (approx $10) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Eight of Swords 1961 UK first Pan paperback edition, London A VG+ clean copy, minor wear to edges Tightly bound, no names etc Dr Gideon Fell gambles high when a corpse gives up its secrets A nice copy ! For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Case of the constant Suicides 1955 UK Penguin paperback later edition, London A decent reading copy, rubs to covers, usual tanning Still tight and solid Dr Fell looks into a suicide For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF1 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Mad Hatter Mystery 1955 British Penguin paperback later issue, London A good reading copy, some edge tanning to paper Lean to spine, no names etc A body is found at Traitor's Gate in London with a crossbow bolt in it ! A tidy readers copy ! For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Scandal at High Chimneys 1962 UK Pan paperback 1st, London A reading copy, rubs to covers, usual tanning Still tight and solid though A hunt for a murderer in Victorian London's backstreets Nice period artwork For Sale at £5 (approx $10) *DF2 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart

See also the pseudonym Carter Dickson

Brief Biography CARR, John Dickson. Also wrote as Carr Dickson; Carter Dickson; Roger Fairbairn. American. Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 30 November 1906. Educated at the Hill School; Haverford College. Pennsylvania, 1928; studied abroad. Married Clarice Cleaves in 1931; three children. Lived in England. 1932-48; wrote for the BBC during World War II. Reviewer. ElleryQueen's Mystery Magazine, 1969-77. President, Mystery Writers of America, 1949. Recipient: Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine award (twice); Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award. 1949. 1969, and Grand Master Award, 1962. Died 27 February 1977.

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Series Characters Dr Gideon Fell A lumbering giant, Dr. Gideon Fell weighs in excess of 250 pounds. His face is wondrous: bright red, with an enormous mustache and tiny, sharp eyes. His eyeglasses, clamped firmly on his small nose, are anchored by a broad, black ribbon. He wears a shovel hat and a tent-tike cape, usually carries a large, red handkerchief and two crutch-handled walking sticks. He formerly lived in the North of England, but is now in London, at 1 Adelphi Terrace. Gideon Fell is partial to beer, tobacco, mystery stories, building houses of cards and telling jokes (he is surprised when people laugh). When he talks, he rumbles and wheezes loudly. The only cases which interest him are those involving locked rooms and other apparent miracles. Fell appears to be based on John Dickson Carr's mentor, G. K. Chesterton. Henri Bencolin The sardonic Henri Bencolin has been called the foremost police official and the most dangerous man in Europe. He resembles Mephistopheles; his black hair, parted in the middle, twirls up like horns. His eyes gaze inscrutably and the hooked eyebrows point downward. He has high cheek-bones, an aquiline nose, a small mustache and a pointed black beard. He has an official position with the Paris Police, juge d'in-struction, but has accepted fees for solving cases in his spare time. His exploits are narrated by Jeff Marie, a journalist. There is a legend about Bencolin, believed throughout Paris, which says that when he habituates the more questionable cafes of the city, dressed in evening clothes, someone is in danger. When he wears an ordinary sack suit, he is out for pleasure alone. He likes to drink beer, smoke cigars, and listen to the loudest jazz, sitting obscurely in a gloom of colored lights under thick tobacco smoke. Proprietors and waiters effusively bow and offer champagne. However, when he wears the familiar cloak, top-hat, and silver-headed walking stick, and when there is a slight bulge under his left arm - that means trouble and he is avoided. Bencolin knows Parisians like their detectives to be picturesque.

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