BAILEY, H.C. "Mr. Fortune" trilogy. London: Ward, Lock & Co. 1930-1933.
BAILEY, H.C. Mr. Fortune Explains. London: Ward, Lock & Co. 1930.
[offered with:]
_. Case for Mr. Fortune. London: Ward, Lock & Co. 1932.
[and with:]
_. Mr. Fortune Wonders. London: Ward, Lock & Co. 1933.
Three volumes, 8vo. 1. Mr. Fortune Explains: original green cloth, lettered and ruled in black; pp. 320. 2. Case for Mr. Fortune, original olive-green cloth, lettered and ruled in black; pp. 320. 3. Mr. Fortune Wonders: original brown cloth, lettered and ruled in black; pp. 316. All volumes with light, variable browning and a few small stains, bindings a little rubbed and scuffed, but overall very good.
Three first editions of these collections of short mystery stories by H.C. Bailey, featuring brilliant detective Reggie Fortune, an eccentric surgeon working for Scotland Yard. Each volume contains eight stories.
A drama critic and war correspondent during the First World War, Bailey became one of the most-read writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. He authored widely divergent, dark stories, involving multiple homicides, disappearances, police corruption, and obstruction of justice.
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