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THE WAGES OF VIRTUE.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [c. 1927]. Octavo, original light blue cloth stamped in black. Later edition. Adventure novel of the French Foreign Legion.
SOWING GLORY: THE MEMOIRS OF "MARY AMBREE," THE ENGLISH WOMAN-LEGIONARY...
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-x [xi-xii] [1-2] 3-380, original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, top edge stained blue. Second Printing of the U. S. edition. Novel based on the anonymous memoirs and diary of a woman who purportedly served in the French Foreign Legion after her involvement in WW I.
BEAU GESTE.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, n.d., [1926]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-418 [419-426: ads], four inserted plates from the film, original light blue cloth stamped in black. Later edition. Issued to coincide with the 1926 Paramount film production starring Ronald Coleman. Includes a 6-page afterword by Glendon Allvine about the making of the Paramount film in the Arizona desert.
BEAU IDEAL.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1928. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-373 [374: Epilogue], original dark blue cloth, front ruled in blind and stamped in gold, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained blue. First U. S. edition. Sequel to BEAU GESTE and BEAU SABREUR. Adventure in the French Foreign Legion, the story of John Geste and Otis Vanbrugh. Filmed in 1931 by RKO Pictures.
BEGGARS' HORSES.
London: John Murray, [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-444 [445-448: ads], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Six British army officers in India meet a famous Yogi. During that meeting each discuss their desires. As they eventually go their separate ways they achieve in varying degrees what they wish.
CARDBOARD CASTLE.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Octavo, pp. [1-6][1] 2-311 [312] [313-314: blank], original orange cloth front and spine stamped in black. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. as WORTH WHILE. Sequel to THE SPUR OF PRIDE.
FLAWED BLADES: TALES FROM THE FOREIGN LEGION.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1933. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7- [8-10] 11-379 [380-384], original dark blue cloth, front ruled in blind and stamped in gold, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained blue. First U. S. edition. Story collection of French Foreign Legion adventures.
THE FORT IN THE JUNGLE: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF SINBAD DYSART IN TONKIN.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-3] 4-333 [334: Epilogue], original orange cloth, front and spine stamped in red, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First U. S. edition. The adventures of Sinbad Dysart, who is now in the French Foreign Legion, continue.
GOOD GESTES...
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-307 [308-312: blank], original dark blue cloth, front ruled in blind and stamped in gold, spine stamped in gold, top edge stained blue, decorated end papers. First U. S. edition. Story collection of French Foreign Legion adventures with the Geste brothers and associated characters. Hubin, p. 880.
MAMMON: A MYSTERY NOVEL.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-330, original dark yellow cloth, front and spine stamped in black, top edge stained blue. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. as MAMMON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Murder mystery and subsequent trial. Hubin, p. 881.
PORT O' MISSING MEN: STRANGE TALES OF THE STRANGER REGIMENT.
London: John Murray, [1934]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-10 [11-12]13-409 [410: blank] [411-416: ads], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. French Foreign Legion stories.
SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE: THE STORY OF OTHO BELLÊME...
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-2] 3-366 [367-374: blank], original dark blue cloth, front and spine stamped in green top edge stained blue, decorated end papers. First U. S. edition. Novel of a young man who is a boxing champion and his two friends, they eventually join the French Foreign Legion.
THE SPUR OF PRIDE.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi-viii[1-3] 4-288, original blue cloth front and spine stamped in red, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. as MAN OF A GHOST. Adventures of an officer dismissed from the service who is out to clear his name.
TO THE HILT.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-2][1-3] 4-318, original orange cloth front and spine stamped in black, fore edge and bottom edges rough cut. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. as WORTH WHILE. Sequel to THE SPUR OF PRIDE.
VALIANT DUST.
London: John Murray, [1932]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-359 [360: printers statement] [361-368: ads], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Adventures with the French Foreign Legion.
ACTION AND PASSION.
New York, Chicago: A. L. Burt, Publishers, n.d., [c. 1930s]. Octavo original orange cloth, spine stamped in black. Later edition.
ODD -- BUT EVEN SO: STORIES STRANGER THAN FICTION.
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1942. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 11-337 [338: blank] [note: pagination starts with free end paper], original greenish gray cloth, front and spine stamped in dark orange, top edge stained orange, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First U. S. edition. Collects fifteen short stories in two sections labeled "Queer" and "Quaint." "A miscellaneous collection of macabre and mainstream material which includes three supernatural pieces." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 504.
ROUGH SHOOTING: TRUE TALES & STRANGE STORIES.
Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1944. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] [9-10] 11-317 [318] [319-320: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original red cloth, spine panel stamped in black. First U. S. edition. A mixed collection of twenty-two supernatural and adventure stories, including several of Wren's best weird tales. The occult and supernatural stories include "Man-Eating Saviour," "The Inexplicable Disappearance of Ai Toon," "The Joy Riders," " The Fatal Bite," "Elephantasy," "Fear," "A Franc's Worth of Gas," and "Robert Replies." "Good commercial work with excellent local color." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1739. The author's weird and fantastic fiction, collected here and in several other books, has been overshadowed by his popular writings about the French Foreign Legion, in which he served. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-215. Wilson, Shadows in the Attic, p. 503. Bleiler (1978), p. 212. Reginald 15636.