Author: Mark Cross; Valentine; [Archibald Thomas Pechey]
Title: Twenty-Five Crime Novels by Mark Cross Aka Archibald Thomas Pechey
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co. 1934-1961. First edition. Cloth. A selection of first edition crime, mystery and thriller novels from Archibald Thomas Pechey, under his two pseudonyms Mark Cross and Valentine. Twenty-five novels in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Inscribed by the author to the front free end paper of 'The Grip of Four&apos. Archibald Thomas Pechey (1876-1961), who wrote under the pen names Mark Cross and Valentine, was an English lyricist and novelist. He was best known for his stories about 'The Adjusters', a group of amateur crime fighters who punish the guilty and protect, release or compensate the innocent.This selection of his novels includes his crime novels, mysteries and thrillers. All the volumes in this selection are first editions, and all are scarce to see, apart from The Blue Pool (1930).This selection comprises: One Good Turn (1928); The Blue Pool (1930); The Grip of Four (1934); The Hand of the Four (1935); The Way of the Four (1936); The Four Get Going (1938); The Four Make Holiday (1938); Challenge to the Four (1939); Find the Professor (1940); It Couldn't Be Murder (1940); Murder in the Pool (1941); Murder as Arranged (1943); The Secret of the Grange (1946); The Strange Affair at Greylands (1948); Who Killed Henry Wickenstrom (1951); The Black Spider (1953); The Circle of Freedom (1953); Murder Will Speak (1954); The Best Laid Schemes (1955); In the Dead of Night (1955); Desperate Steps (1957); Foul Deeds Will Arise (1958); Over Thin Ice (1958); When Danger Threatens (1959); Once Upon a Crime (1961) In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very bright and smart. Fading to the spine of The Way of the Four, It Couldn't Be Murder, The Secret of the Grange, In the Dead of Night, and When Danger Threatens. Marks to the boards of One Good Turn, The Four Get Going, The Four Make Holiday, Challenge to the Four, It Couldn't Be Murder, Desperate Steps, and When Danger Threatens. Stamp and ink inscription to the front free end paper of The Four Make Holiday. Stamp to the front paste down of Murder in the Pool. Stamp to the half title page of The Best Laid Schemes. Front hinge is strained to The Four Make Holiday, but is held reasonably firmly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Crime fiction Mark Cross Valentine Archibald Thomas Pechey Mark Cross Not Stated


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