Leonard R Gribble

	Crime at Cape Folly - Sterry Browning aka Leonard Gribble 1951 UK hardback first edition, first impression publishe dby Clerke & Cockeran in London A VG+ copy in unclipped dust jacket The book is tight and square. No names or inscriptions etc The jacket has a sticker pull to front cover which has taken the colour away (the white patch as seen, very much priced to reflect) Some general shelf wear to edges, still clean and bright with superb cover artwork A murder mystery set on the Cornish Coast and very rare in dust jacket, the only one I've ever seen . . . For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Enquire or Add to Cart
	They Kidnapped Stanley Matthews - Leonard Gribble 1950 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Herbert Jenkins, London A VG+ book in price clipped dustwrapper Book shows no other names, inscriptions or stamps, tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth The jacket shows a little chipping to spine ends and front panel, still clean and bright An important and classic football mystery A nice clean copy and uncommon in jacket For Sale at £35 (approx $52) *23 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Case of the Marsden Rubies - Leonard Gribble 1930 English hardcover second edition, Harrap, London A VG+ copy without dust jacket A very interesting copy as it still has it's original paper seal to last chapter stating 'this boook cannot be returned if this seal is broken' No names or inscriptions etc Tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth A lovely clean and interesting copy For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Arsenal Stadium Mystery - Leonard Gribble 1941 British hardback Thriller Book Club edition published in London A VG indeed book in rare dustwrapper The book,has to prelims tan, no names or stamps etc Nice tight solid book The jacket has some light edge wear and a few smal pointless tape repairs to rear A fabulous looking jacket and still looks nice and tidy Synopsis An important bok in the genre, murder mystery written with the co-operation of the legendary London football club A rare book in jacket, a true first in jacket is very expensive, this is effectively the second printing 2 years after the first. It is very much rarer than themore commonly seen 1950 reprint For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) *uspbb - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Gillespie Suicide Mystery - Leonard Gribble 1929 UK hardback second edition, same year as 1st, Harrap, London A near VG book sadly sans dustwrapper Book shows no names, inscriptions or stamps, tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth Some light wear to cloth and spine ends A nice clean thick format book, just like the true 1st For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Secret of Tangles - Leonard Gribble 1933 British hardback first edition, first impression published by George G. Harrap in London A VG indeed book in 7/6 unclipped dustwrapper Te book,has some light spotting and page tan, no names or stamps etc Nice tight solid book The jacket has no loss, a few very minor marks, still clean and bright A fabulous looking jacket Synopsis ANOTHER baffling mystery for the author's celebrated detec-. tive, Inspector Anthony Slade. The story opens with a wireless call from Scotland Yard to the Flying Squad cars in-the western area, and it is not long after this before a Squad patrol are hot on the trail of a maroon-coloured saloon car believed to have been used by burglars of a house in Mayfair. The car is trailed to a lonely house named Tangles, with grounds that run down to the Thames, but the only person in that car was a girl who had driven to Tangles after receiving an urgent -'phone call. The front door of the house' is found open, and the house itself is deserted—save for a corpse in the study. The subsequent investigation proves a difficult task, with danger and mystery confronting the police at every turn. A very rare early Gribble title in wonderful period jacket For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check	Enquire or Add to Cart

Brief Biography GRIBBLE, Leonard (Reginald). Also writes as Sterry Browning; Lee Denver; Landon Grant; Leo Grex; Louis Grey; Dexter Muir. British. Born in London. 1 February 1908. Educated at schools in England. Served in the Press and Censorship Division of the Ministry of Information. London, 1940-45. Married Nancy Mason in 1932; one daughter. Has worked as a literary adviser to several publishers; started the Empire Bookshelf series. BBC Radio, London. Founding Member, Crime Writers Association, 1953

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