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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. 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. 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 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. 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.
THE PAPER THUNDERBOLT.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. Published in the UK as OPERATION PAX (1951). A suspense thriller concerning the theft of a secret formula which ultimately is discovered hidden in a book in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Hubin (1994), p. 430.