BALLINGER, W.A. [BAKER, ARTHUR ATHWILL WILLIAM].

I, The Hangman. (Sexton Blake. 5th Series. No.13).

London: Mayflower-Dell, 1965. "A name to conjure with, a name to dread.. Jack Ketch, public hangman of England in the mid-seventeenth century. And suddenly, in the England of the mid-twentieth century, an England where hanging has been abolished, the terrifying figure of Jack Ketch returned. The Jack Ketch Society meant the noose for killers whom even the courts had found innocent. For the Jack Ketch Society was its own court. And it provided its own savage executioner". Pp.139/5(publisher's catalogue), pages toned. Paperback, slightly rubbed with minor sunning to spine. G+.** Arthur Athwill William Baker wrote under the pen names W.A.Ballinger, William Howard Baker, John Long, Desmond Reid, Richard Williams, Peter Saxon, and John Saxon.

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Book number: 47223

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime: : Sexton Blake

Keywords: Ballinger I the Hangman Sexton Blake Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Jack Ketch Executioner 48741 Fiction: : Crime: : Sexton Blake

THOMAS, MARTIN.

The Sound of Murder. (Sexton Blake Library No.525).

London: Sexton Blake Library, 1963. A crime novel. Pp.64, toning to pages. Paperback, rubbed to spine with creasing to spine edge and corner tips. Good.

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Book number: 47210

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime: : Sexton Blake

Keywords: Martin Thomas Sexton Blake Sound of Murder Crime Detective Novel 48717 Fiction: : Crime: : Sexton Blake