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Death of a Bovver Boy
1974 UK hardback first edition, first impression, WH Allen London A near fine book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper Book has clean contents and cloth, no names etc The jacket shows no loss or tears A nice clean copy For Sale at £25 (approx $50) *P17 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Case for Sergeant Beef
1953 UK Penguin paperback first edition, London A reading copy Book has no names etc tanning to pages and cover Lean to spine but still tightly bound A readers copy For Sale at £5 (approx $10) *b9 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Nothing Like Blood
1962 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Davies London A VG+ book in unclipped dustwrapper The book is solid and clean, No names inscriptions or stamps The jacket has chip to spine lettering and rear panel some other light edge wear Another cracking effort at the artwork by Val Biro Once again a very scarce book For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Crack of Doom
1963 UK hardcover 1st edition, 1st impression, Peter Davies London A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped dust jacket Book has clean contents and cloth, no previous owner names The jacket shows some minor wear to extremities Excellent cover design, as always, by Biro A scarce book is such a nice jacket For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Dead for a Ducat - Leo Bruce
1956 English hardcover first edition, 1st issue, Peter Davies London A VG++ book in VG++ unclipped dust jacket The book is clean, square and bright No names inscriptions or stamps The jacket shows minor rubs to extremities Biro has, as usual, done the business with the artwork A very scarce title, especially in this condition For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF6 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Neck and Neck - Leo Bruce
1951 UK hardcover 1st edition, 1st impression, Gollancz London A VG+ book in VG indeed price clipped dust jacket Book has clean contents and cloth, no previous owner names etc The jacket shows some rubs to edges, nicer than the usual fragile Gollancz of the period A fairly early Sergeant Beef title A very rare book, especially so in jacket, the only copy we have seen in fact. For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF6 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Furious Old Women - Leo Bruce
1960 English hardcover 1st edition, 1st issue, Peter Davies London A VG++ book in VG+ price clipped dust cover The book is clean, square and bright Without previous owner marks etc The jacket shows minor wear to extremities, short closed tear A Carolus Deane 'whodunit' A rare title and an attractive looking copy For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *DF7 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Dead Man's Shoes - Leo Bruce
1958 UK hardcover 1st edition, 1st impression, Peter Davies London A VG indeed book in unclipped dust jacket Book has clean contents and cloth, no previous owner names but previous price eraser mark to endpaper The jacket shows wear to top panel corner and some light wear to extremities A Carolus Deene mystery Whilst some wear to jacket, still a solid example of a rare title. For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Our Jubilee is Death - Leo Bruce
1959 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Davies London A VG indeed book in unclipped (penline thro' price) dustwrapper Book has previous owner stamp to pastedown and also neat onwer emboss The jacket shows shallow loss to spine and shelf wear to edges One of the rarest titles of the period For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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A Bone and a Hank of Hair - Leo Bruce
1961 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Davies London A VG++ book in VG++ price clipped dust jacket Book has clean contents and cloth, no names etc The jacket displays very minor rubs to edges Famous cover artwork by Biro A very attractive book For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Die All Die Merrily
1961 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Davies London A VG+ book in VG+ price clipped dustwrapper The book shows clean contents and cloth, No names inscriptions or stamps The jacket shows minor rubs to edges Excellent artwork by Biro A particularly nice copy For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *B7 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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A Louse for the Hangman
1958 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Davies London A VG+ book in VG++ unclipped dustwrapper Book has clean contents and cloth, no names etc The jacket shows slightest wear to extremities Fabulous artwork by Biro A rare book especially in such a nice jacket For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide ! |
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BRUCE, Leo. Pseudonym for Rupert Croft-Cooke. British. Born in Edenbridge, Kent, 20 June 1903. Educated at Tonbridge School, Kent; Wellington College, now Wrekin College; University of Buenos Aires. 1923-26. Served in Field Security, 1939-46:
Captain; British Empire Medal. Founding Editor, La Estrella, Buenos Aires, 1923-24; antiquarian bookseller, 1929-31; Lecturer, Institute Montana, Zugerberg, Switzerland. 1931; Book Critic. The Sketch, London, 1946-53. Died 10 June 1979,
Sergeant Beef
The burly, red-faced Sergeant William Beef is a lackadaisical but remarkably astute village policeman who solved a number of intriguing cases in the late 1930's. After several successes, he retired from the force to return as a private inquiry agent. In his first case he matched wits with thinly-disguised versions of Father Brown, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Hercule Poirot,and outwitted them all.