Thurman Warriner

	Heavenly Bodies - Thurman Warriner 1960 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Hodder, London A VG+ book in VG+ unclipped dust wrapper No names, inscriptions or stamps etc Tightly bound and square, The jacket has only minor wear to edges A Mr Scotter mystery Great jacket artwork For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart
	The Doors of Sleep - Thurman Warriner 1955 UK hardback first edition, first impression published by Hodder & Stoughton in London A near fine book in unclipped dust jacket The book has no names, inscriptions or stamps etc Clean white pages and no lean to spine The jacket has only a short closed unobtrusive closed tear to rear panel, particularly clean and bright Sample IN the year 1952, Mr. Ambo's birthday fell on a Monday, September the 2,2nd. He celebrated it in all quietness till evening, rising late as became an elderly man, enjoying the warmth of autumn's first golden day as he walked sedately in the garden, and arranging the books that had arrived by that morning's post, sweet-smelling as new bread. He would never be too old to enjoy the pleasure of handling pages fresh from the printing-house and seeing the brave heraldic colours of new dust-jackets on his shelves. A superb copy of a very scarce Mr Ambo mystery For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - free delivery worldwide !	Buy Secure - Enquire or Add to Cart

Brief Biography Warriner, Thurman born in Britain and also wrote under the names of John Kersey and Simon Troy. He had a brief theatrical career in his early youth, and has also been a poultry farmer and a cinema technician. In latter years he threw wisdom to the winds and on the strength of fifty stories sold in pre-war years, gave up his job to make writing his full-time occupation. His hobbies are walking and finding obscure pubs and churches. His ambition ? £2,000 a' year, without tax.

Thurman Warriner - The Characters Mr Ambo Mr Ambo is a prim and proper wealthy bachelor Scotter A brash and outspoken private detective Archdeacon Toft A good and righteous devil fearing man Reviews METHOD IN HIS MURDER "The book thrills the life out of you." CHURCH TIMES "Mr Thurman Warriner is a real find. Everything about his book is excellent." . YORKSHIRE POST DUCATS IN HER COFFIN "A well-written story, for which all crime readers should find a place on their book-shelves." MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS "Mr Thurman Warriner is a pleasant and cultivated writer."YORKSHIRE POST DEATH'S DATELESS NIGHT "Never once did I turn down the corner of a page because something gripping and exciting happened on every page." A-lan Melville in the BBC's BOOK'BY THE HIRK "As surprising as it is intriguing." SHEFFIELD EVENING STAR

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