Lot of 3 Novels by Miles Burton

London: The Crime Club, 1951-1958

8vo (19 x 12,8 x 2,3cm for each book)

Bones in the Brickfield

First ed. 1958. 254pp. Good condition. Binding tight. Book very slightly cocked. Spine ends and edges of boards slightly bumped. Top & bottom edges of boards have small dents. Page edges sunned. Library markings and sticker on the ffep. Both pastedowns have scuff marks. Slightly tanned inside. Pgs 15 - 34 have scuffing at the bottom of the page. Pg 23 has a small piece missing. Unclipped DJ is a bit sunned. Back panel, being white, is a bit grubby. Slight shelfwear to edges. Front fold has a closed tear / scrape where something has been removed. Ditto on the back fold.

Beware your Neighbour

First ed. 1951. 192pp. Good condition. Good copy with clean, if tanned pages and firm binding. Spine is creased, spotted and sunned. Boards are rub marked, faded and edges are darkened. Rubbing to edges and bumps to corners. Small inscription on ffep. No jacket. Scarce title in good condition.

The Chinese Puzzle

First ed. 1957. 254pp. Good to very good condition. Binding tight and square. Boards very slightly rubbed with minor shelfwear to the edges. Small pencil mark to ffep. First and last few pages have minor foxing and tanning. Top edge dusty. Jacket rubbed and grubby with shelfwear to the edges. Chipping to the top and bottom of the spine with a little loss. Closed 5cm tear from bottom of spine towards the top. Minor foxing on the inside. Not price clipped. A very nice copy of an extremely scarce title.

Cecil John Charles Street, MC, OBE (3 May 1884 – 8 December 1964), who was known to his colleagues, family and friends as John Street, began his military career as an artillery officer in the British Army. During the course of World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7, in which role he held the rank of Major. After the armistice, he alternated between Dublin and London during the Irish War of Independence as Information Officer for Dublin Castle, working closely with Lionel Curtis. He later earned his living as a prolific writer of detective novels. (wikipedia.com)