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Mr Campion and Others - Margery Allingham
1950 English Penguin paperback 1st edition
A solid reading copy, slight paper tanning
Light wear to spine and edges, tightly bound and square
Overall a decent readers copy
A classic Queen's Quorum title
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Flowers for the Judge - Margery Allingham
1936 English hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG book sadly lacking dustwrapper
Previous owner name to endpaper, tight and square
A solid copy and an uncommon title
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Black Plumes - Margery Allingham
1954 English Penguin paperback later edition, London
A VG indeed book
The book is clean and tight, light edge tanning
No owner names etc, minor wear to edges
A classic Golden Age mystery
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The Beckoning Lady
1961 British Penguin softcover later edition
A solid example with light age tanning
No names or stamps etc, tight and square
A solid copy od an Albert Campion and Inspector Luke mystery
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Flowers for the Judge - Margery Allingham
1959 Penguin softcover later edition,
A clean reading copy
Usual light paper ageing, a little wear to extremities
Still a solid copy
An early Golden Age classic featuring Albert Campion
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Black Plumes - Margery Allingham
1940 British hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG+ book with no dustwrapper
No names or stamps etc, tight and square
A little light page tanning. A rare book from a notoriously difficult date range
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Dancers in Mourning
1937 British hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG book missing the dust jacket
No names or stamps etc, tightly bound and square
The cloth is clean and bright, light scattered edge spotting
Attractive endpapers illustrated by Alan Gregory, nice copy and uncommon
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Mystery Mile - Margery Allingham
1950 UK Penguin paperback first edition
Covers a little marked, scatterered tanning
No names or stamps etc, tight and square
Still a very solid reading copy
A solid example of a classic Albert Campion title
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Death of a Ghost - Margery Allingham
1934 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG book missing the dust jacket
No names or stamps etc, tightly bound and square
There is 'Witherslack Hall' stamped on front board. No other names or stamps
A nice copy of an uncommon title complete with original map illustrated endpapers
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The Mind Readers
1965 British hardcover first edition, first impression, Chatto & Windus, London
A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped DJ
No names or stamps etc, tight and square,occasional light spotting to edges
The jacket is clean and bright, no loss etc, very unusually the spine has not faded
A particularly nice example
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Hide My Eyes
1958 English hardcover first edition, first impression, Chatto London
A VG book in VG unclipped dust jacket
The book is clean and tight, light scattered spotting
The jacket shows minor wear to extremities, a little age tanning
A solid copy of a classic mystery title
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Sweet Danger - Margery Allingham
1933 British hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG book unfortunately sans dust jacket
No names or stamps etc, tight and square
A decent copy of an early, important and rare book
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Mr Campion and Others
1939 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
Vincent Starrett's own copy. His personal bookplate to pastedown and signed by Starrett
A VG book sadly lacking its dustwrapper
Short tear to spine top, tightly bound and square
A nice clean copy with a great provenance
A scarce Queen's Quorum title
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Police at the Funeral
1931 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG book with no dustwrapper
No names or stamps etc, tight and square
Bump to one corner, light wear to boards
A solid example of a scrce and important title
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The Fashion in the Shrouds - Margery Allingham
1938 British hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London
A VG book missing the dust jacket
No names or stamps etc, tightly bound and square
The cloth is clean and bright
A decent copy of an early, important and rare book
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Brief Biography
ALLINGHAM, Margery (Louise). British. Born in London, 20 May 1904; daughter of the writer H.J. Allingham. Educated at Perse High School for Girls. Cambridge; Polytechnic of Speech Training. Married the artist and editor Philip Youngman Carter in 1927. Died 30 June 1966.

Series Characters
Albert Campion
When he first came on the scene, Albert Campion was described as "... a lunatic . . . quite inoffensive ... just a silly ass." At that time, he was a con-man who bragged that he lived by his wits and would do anything for money provided it wasn't vulgar or sordid, using such aliases as "Mornington Dodd" and "Tootles Ash." Perhaps the foolish expression in his eyes and the idiotic, high-pitched voice which he affected were merely attempts at disguise. It is likely that Campion really meant to be a serious detective all along. He was, after all, Cambridge-educated. By the mid-1930's, Albert Campion no longer pursued a life of crime and was then described as mild-mannered, bespectacled and scholarly. At that time, he lived with his valet, ex-burglar Magersfontein Lugg, in a private flat above a police station off Piccadilly Lane. From this convenient location he functioned as Scotland Yard's expert on society matters and proved to be of great assistance to official detectives Stanislaus Gates and Charlie Luke. As Campion grew older (he was born in 1900) he continued to grow more serious and responsible. He fell in love with, and married, airplane designer Amanda Fitton. As his hair whitened, more and more people came to him for advice and he was often described as a kind of "universal uncle." During World War II and afterwards, his investigative talents were used by the British Government in espionage work.

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