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Evil Eyes - Roland Daniel
1942 UK hardback first edition, first impression published in London by Wright & Brown A Vevy Good book in Very Good 7/6 unclipped dust jacket There are no names or stamps in the book, light age tan but still clean and solid The wrapper has some shallow wear to spine ends and a 'dusty' rear white panel Stunning artwork by one of my favourute dustwrapper artists G.P. Micklewright Sample
A 1942 thicker format book, 1.25 inch spine, a nice solid copy and very rare in jacket - never seen another !
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Mrs Graystone Murdered - Roland Daniel
1947 British hardback 1st edition, 1st impression published by Wright & Brown in London A VG+ in dust jacket A nice book, bright boards and text block, no owner names etc Nice tight binding and square spine The jacket has some edge chipping but is still clean and bright Outstanding cover artwork by Micklewright Sample
I've never handled this title in jacket before !
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MR. ALFRED LAGEY, late Chief-Detective-Inspector Lacey, of the Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, stood looking out of the window of one of the offices of the Noel Baxter Private Detective Agency. He was idly watching the traffic pass up and down Piccadilly. Lacey was a big man, not bad-looking, his iron-grey moustache and hair showed him to be a man getting on in years; he had, as a matter of fact, just turned fifty and had retired from the police force after having completed thirty-two years of service. One day, about nine months after his retirement, he had seen an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph stating the Noel Baxter Private Detective Agency required the services of an ex-Inspector of Police. Thinking the job might suit him and having become thoroughly bored with loafing around, he answered the advertisement and received a reply—to call on Mr. Noel Baxter. Before answering the advertisement he had made a few inquiries and had learned the Baxter Private Detective Agency was a firs top class firm who did a big business with some of the big Insurance Companies and specialized in confidential work for a number of exceedingly wealthy clients. The moment he set eyes on Noel Baxter he had decided he liked the man, though he had to admit Baxter was not just what he had expected him to be. Nearly as big and powerful-looking as he was himself, Noel Baxter could easily have been described as a handsome-looking dandy. His clothes, built by an exclusive West End tailor, fitted him like a glove; his silk shirts and ties were specially made for him. For his age, which Lacey later learned was thirty-five, Noel Baxter had crowded in a deal of adventure. Before he had set up for himself in London he had worked for a well-known New York Agency, also another in Paris; he numbered amongst his acquaintances some of the best-known crooks |
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