P. G. Wodehouse. Fish Preferred. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First edition.
P. G. Wodehouse. Uncle Fred in the Springtime. Doubleday, 1939. First American edition.
P. G. Wodehouse. French Leave. Simon and Schuster, 1959. First American edition
A Quality of Mercy
Weird tales
Wish I had come across these for Halloween, but here they are the day after Thanksgiving instead. Happy Black Friday. All are from past Heritage auctions, so I missed the boat on them. I particularly like the jacket of "The Great Fog".
The Great Fog: And Other Weird Tales. New York: The Vanguard Press, [1944].
Franklin Gregory. The White Wolf. New York: Random House, [1941]. First printing.
Edward Shanks. The Dark Green Circle. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1936]. First edition.
Islwyn Williams. Dangerous Waters. 1952.
Curt Siodmak. Donovan's Brain. New York: Triangle Books, 1944.
Harry Harrison Kroll. The Ghosts of Slave Driver's Bend. Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1937]. First edition.
Dell Mapbacks
These mystery and crime paperbacks from the 40s featured crime scene maps on the back and some wonderful cover illustrations, especially those by Gerald Gregg. There are lots of his covers here on Flickr.
Dark Passage by David Goodis 1948, cover by Gerald Gregg. via ebay
A Halo for Nobody by Henry Kane 1948 via ebay
The Body Missed the Boat by Jack Iams 1949 via ebay
The scene of the crime
Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie 1947 via ebay
Rebecca, Rebecca
I now have 2 copies of the novel since I bought this inexpensive war-time edition published by Triangle Books/Blakston. Triangle books were marketed as affordable editions of popular books. I also have more than one copy of the Hitchcock film. I must really like this story.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier | 1940s edition
Daphne du Maurier | Rebecca 1938 | Jacket design by Hy Rubin
