Author: John Creasey
Title: Twelve Toff Novels
Description: London, John Long; Evans; Hodder and Stoughton, 1944-1956 . First edition. Cloth. The first editions of twelve of John Creasey's 'Toff' novels, about an upper-class sleuth. The majority of these titles are very scarce, and all retain their original dust wrappers. The first editions, first impressions of twelve novels in this series by John Creasey, who authored more than six-hundred novels in his lifetime.Creasey produced sixty works about 'Toff', an upper class sleuth named the Honourable Richard Rollinson.Present here are:The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'The Toff and the Curate&apos. Published in 1944, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'The Toff and the Lady&apos. Published in 1946, in the publisher's original clipped dust wrapper, retaining price.The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'Hammer the Toff&apos. Published in 1947, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'The Toff in Town&apos. Published in 1947, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'The Toff Takes Shares&apos. Published in 1948, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'Fool the Toff&apos. Published in 1950, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of 'Kill the Toff&apos. Published in 1950, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. ---tape head verso back stripThe very scarce first edition, first impression of 'The Toff Goes Gay&apos. Published in 1951, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The scarce first edition, first impression of 'A Knife for the Toff&apos. Published in 1951, in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition, first impression of 'The Toff at the Fair&apos. Published in 1954, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The very scarce first edition, first impression of 'A Six for the Toff&apos. Published in 1955, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.The first edition, first impression of 'Make-Up for the Toff&apos. Published in 1956, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.With former owner's inscriptions to front pastedown of 'A Six for the Toff', and to the front free endpaper of 'Make-Up for the Toff&apos. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, with price unclipped dust wrappers. Instances of bumping to back strip heads and tails, but with boards generally exceptionally bright. Light fading to tail of front board of 'Fool the Toff&apos. Dust wrapper wraps bright, with significant losses to tail of 'Goes Gay', 'Takes Shares', 'Hammer' and 'Make-Up' back strips, and with further loss to head of Lady back strip. Light chipping to heads and tails of remaining back strips. Tape to the dust wrapper reverse of 'Kill', to the back strip head. inscriptions to front pastedown of 'A Six for the Toff', and to the front free endpaper of 'Make-Up for the Toff&apos. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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