Leo Bruce

	Case for Sergeant Beef - Leo Bruce UK hardback first edition, first impression published by Nicholson and Watson in London London A VG indeed book 8/6 1st issue unclipped dustwrapper The book has a neat inscription to endpaper The book is tight and square, little bit of age tanning The jacket has small chip to spine bottom, bit of edgewear, rear panel bit marked and 'dusty' neat repairs to rear of jacket. A solid copy overall, great artwork and still looks nice and a very scarce book indeed and priced very much to sell ! For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *s - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *b9 - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	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 !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Case Without a Corpse [1939] book dated 1937 UK hardback second edition, Geoffrey Bles London A VG+ book in VG indeed unclipped dustwrapper 1st edition sheets, red cloth black titles, jacket priced 2/6 The book is tight and square, as the 1st bar black titles not white No names inscriptions or stamps The jacket has light wear to edges, clean and bright, artwork as the first A nice full size 'fat' format book and the author's second book Extremely rare and a true 1st is all but inpossible in a jacket, a viable and hugely cheaper option For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *s - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	Case for Three detectives - Leo Bruce UK hardback second edition book dated 1936 , Geoffrey Bles London No mention of reprint, 1st issue sheets. Same as first bar cloth colour and lettering In second issue 2/6 unclipped dustwrapper The book has a contemporaneous newspaper review pasted to the front endpaper and and pastedown The book is tight and square, little bit of age tanning No names inscriptions or stamps The jacket has chip to spine top, general edge wear etc, artwork as the first A nice full size 'fat' format book and the author's first book Extremely rare and a true 1st is all but impossible in a jacket, if one did turn up then you could comfortably stick a nought on this price ! For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart

see also our Leo Bruce Bibliography

Brief Biography 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,

Leo Bruce - The Characters 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.

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