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APPLEBY INTERVENES: THREE TALES FROM SCOTLAND YARD.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1965]. Octavo, boards. First combined edition. Collects three novels: ONE-MAN SHOW (1952), A COMEDY OF TERRORS (1940) and THE SECRET VANGUARD (1940).
THE BLOODY WOOD.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1966. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Review slip laid in. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. [Reference: Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1212. Hubin (1994), p. 430].
CHRISTMAS AT CANDLESHOE.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1953]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A non-Appleby mystery. Basis for "Candleshoe," a 1977 Disney film starring David Niven, Helen Hayes (her last film performance), and Jodie Foster. Hubin (1994), p. 430.
DEATH ON A QUIET DAY.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. [Reference: Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1218. Hubin (1994), p. 430].
THE MAN FROM THE SEA.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1955]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A non-Appleby Cold War suspense thriller. "A departure for Innes and a good one ... an inversion of the defector theme ..." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1223 [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 430].
ONE-MAN SHOW.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. Published in the UK as A PRIVATE VIEW (1952). "Innes' undoubted masterpiece." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1227. [Reference: Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 397. Hubin (1994), p. 430].