John Dickson Carr

	The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes - John Dickson Carr & Adrian Conan Doyle 1954 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
	Till Death Do Us Part - John Dickson Carr 1944 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Hamish Hamilton, London A VG book in VG unclipped dust jacket Book has neat name, no stamps etc, clean and tight, bump to front board The wrapper shows bump to front panel and minor rubs to extremities Great jacket artwork by Hookway Cowles A nice solid and attractive copy of a Dr Fell mystery For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Case of the Constant Suicides - John Dickson Carr 195 UK Penguin paperback later edition, London A clean copy, name to front cover Tightly bound, usual tan Dr Fell is on the case ! A respectable copy For Sale at £5.50 (approx $9) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	He Who Whispers - John Dickson Carr 1955 UK Penguin paperback later edition, London A solid copy, small neat name to cover Tightly bound, minor tan A solid copy A classic Dr Gideon Fell title first published in 1946 For Sale at £5.50 (approx $9) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Sleeping Sphinx 1962 UK first Pan paperback first edition, London A por copy really, loss to spine bottom No names but general wear and tanning A Dr Fell mystery A reading copy that is still solidly bound For Sale at £3.75 (approx $6) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Below Suspicion c1950 UK Thriller Book Club first edition, London A VG book in VG unclipped dust jacket Tightly bound and solid, no owner names etc The jacket has short closed tear and light edge wear, superb artwork The Rolls-Royce limousine—its owner, forbidden by law to run a small car, could have both limousine and chauffeur as 'expenses'—drew up before the prison gates. Inside it sat Mr. Charles Denham, the solicitor, and Mr. Patrick Butler, K.C., the barriste A nice clean period copy For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *B15 - 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
	Dark of the Moon 1970 English Corgi paperback first edition, London A solid reading copy, light rubbing and some scattered tanning Tightly bound, Dr Fell is in South Carolina For Sale at £5.50 (approx $9) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes - John Dickson Carr & Adrian Conan Doyle 1978 English paperback later edition, Sphere in London A reading copy, Tightly bound, clean and tidy, bit of page tanning New stories featuring Sherlock Holmes For Sale at £6 (approx $10) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Nine Wrong Answers 1962 American paperback edition, Bantam A worn reading copy only Tightly bound but with wear to extremities and creases to covers etc Worn but a scarce title For Sale at £3.75 (approx $6) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The House at Satan's Elbow 1969 British Pan paperback 1st, London A reading copy, price to front cover and small bookshop stamp inside Some tanning as ever but still solid Dr Fell and a locked room mystery A reading copy For Sale at £4.75 (approx $8) *us5 - 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 Black Spectacles 1965 UK Four Square paperback edition, London A worn reading copy only Tightly bound, but rubbing to covers and some page tanning Dr Gideon Fell, first published in 1939 and a less common title A worn copy For Sale at £4 (approx $7) *us5 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Devil in Velvet 1957 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London A respectable solid example Still tight and solid , minor wear and a little tanning A mystery set in London 1675 and highly acclaimed For Sale at £6 (approx $10) *us5 - 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 £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Waxworks Murder 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
	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 £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Below Suspicion - John Dickson Carr 1956 UK Pan paperback first edition, London A clean copy, much nicer thna normal Tightly bound, no names etc Patrick Butler and Dr Fell ! A nice copy For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Emperor's Snuff Box - John Dickson Carr 1953 UK Penguin paperback 1st edition, London A solid copy, minor wear to edges, tanning mark to front cover Tightly bound, A solid copy A classic Dr Fell title For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - 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 Dead Man's Knock 1961 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London A clean copy, minor wear to edges, Tightly bound A clean readers copy of a scarce title A Dr Fell mystery For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - 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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