>> COLLINS WHITE CIRCLE (1942 - 1952);
Vintage Canadian Mass Market PAPERBACKS;
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>> COLLINS WHITE CIRCLE (1942 - 1952);
Vintage Canadian Mass Market PAPERBACKS;
SCARCITY - 1 through 11; Many 10 to 20 year veteran collectors of the White Circles, still need 100+ books for their sets, I don't know of a single complete set in existence!!! This Series is MUCH more difficult to complete, than it's later counterpart (Harlequin) & competitor; Throughout this index & inventory I have noted the relative rarity of the White Circle Books based on 25 years experience dealing with them. Regional discrepancies may occur, but we try to give a rating of the overall picture. The terms we use if equated to a scale of 1 to 11 would go in this order from the most Common to RAREST; NOTE that MOST of these are located in CANADA & even the “Common” titles can be scarce in other countries. They were MUCH less Collected (and thus save from destruction) than Harlequin & many other publishers.
In general they are very scarce in better than VG condition. MANY titles are the FIRST Paperback Editions, that were
originally released in even Rarer UK Collins Hardcover Books. Many had NO other Paperback Printings. >>>
The Paperbacks published in this series, are among the all-time rarest Paperbacks, among the all-time most Valuable Paperbacks, among the all-time most collectible Paperbacks, & among the all-time most under-rated undervalued Paperbacks. [NO Complete List exists; Mine is probably the World's MOST complete list; VERY few accurate prices
are recorded in the Price Guides, because SO FEW copies ever surface for sale on almost 1/3 their entire output];
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1 = Very COMMON (Seen consistently, in Second-Hand Book Stores across Canada);
2= Common (Easily found in Most Canadian Cities);
3=AVERAGE Scarcity for a 1940's Paperback (Present in most Collector's sets);
4=Scarcer than average (Normally found with just a little legwork);
5= Hard to Find (1000-2000 Copies estimated to still exist);
6=UNCOMMON (500-1000 Copies estimated to still exist);
7=SCARCE (200-500 Copies estimated to still exist);
8=VERY SCARE (100-200 Copies estimated to still exist);;
9=RARE (50-100 Copies estimated to still exist);
10=VERY RARE (20-50 Copies estimated to still exist);
11=EXTREMELY RARE (None might exist; 0-20 Copies estimated to still exist);
AVERAGE PRICE RANGES;
>>> [ Prices Vary Widely, depending on; (1) Genre of Book; (2) Popularity of Author; (3) SCARCITY of Book in THIS series; (4) SCARCITY of Book in ALL other printings; (5) Condition; (6) Appeal of Cover illustration;
*** (Books in the Scarcity-1 thru Scarcity-3;
Fair to Good = Reading Copies = US$3-$10;
High Grade VG to FN copies = US$15-$25);
*** (Books in the Scarcity-4 thru Scarcity-6;
Fair to Good = Reading Copies= US$8-$18;
High Grade VG to FN copies = US$20-$40);
*** (Books in the Scarcity-7 thru Scarcity-9;
Fair to Good = Reading Copies = US$15-30;
High Grade VG to FN copies = US$30-$60);
*** (Books in the Scarcity-10 thru Scarcity-11;
Fair to Good = Reading Copies= US$25-75;
High Grade VG to FN copies = US$60-$200+);
1942 - Their first year, ALL "No Numbers"
NN#1 - BLAKE, Nicholas - Thou Shell of Death (Mystery;Green/Yellow/Black Cover Color Motif; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; 2nd book in Nigel Strangeways Series!);
NN#2 - BROCK, Lynn - The Stoat (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations ; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition ; Last book in the popular Colonel Gore Series);
NN#3 - BURTON, Miles - Death Leaves no Card (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Re-issued as #102; Inspector Arnold / D. Merrion series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#4 - BURTON, Miles - Death Takes a Flat (Mystery; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE!; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; USA edition retitled "Vacancy with a corpse"); = SOLD OUT!
NN#5 - BURTON, Miles - Mr. Babbacombe Dies (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Inspector Arnold / D. Merrion Series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#6 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dames Don't Care (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; 3rd book in the Lemmy Caution Series; re-issued as #245, which has a new cover);
NN#7 - CHEYNEY, Peter - This man is Dangerous (Mystery); Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; 1st book in Lemmy Caution Series, and one of the best); = SOLD OUT!
NN#8 - CONNOR, Ralph - Sky Pilot (CDN/ Biographic; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Famous Canadian author; 1st paperback of one of his first & most famous books!; About early life in Western Canada);
NN#9 - CURRAN, Tex - Fighting Buckarro (Western; RARE Blue/Green/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #115, with different cover); = SOLD OUT!
NN#10 - DIGBY, George - Goose Feathers (Non-Fiction; Orange & Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; South Sea's Adventure; Reissued as #118);
NN#11 - DIVINE, A.D. - U-Boat in the Hebrides (War Fiction; Adventure; G/T/B ; 1st Paperback; RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; His only book published by Collins, except #74, under his RAME Pseudonym);
NN#12 - DUNTON, James G. - A Maid & a Million Men (Humor; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Paperback; RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Confessions of Leona Canwick, a virgin in Khaki "censored indiscreetly"; Reissued as #111);
NN#13 - FARJEON, Jefferson - Aunt Sunday Sees It Through (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition);
NN#14 - FARJEON, Jefferson - Seven Dead (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Cover quotes "Farjeon is Quite Unsurpassed for Creepy Skill in Mysterious Adventures" by Dorothy Sayers!);
NN#15 - GILBERT, Anthony - Bells of Death (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Arthur Crook Series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#16 - GRAY, Berkeley - Conquest Takes All (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Norman Conquest series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#17 - GRAY, Berkeley - Mr Mortimer Gets the Jitters (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #105; first book in the popular Norman Conquest series);
NN#18 - GRAY, Berkeley (pseudonym of Edwy Searles Brooks; AKA= Victor Gunn & Carlton Ross ) - Vultures Unlimited (1st Paperback Ed; 2nd book in Norman Conquest series; 192 Pages. >> Canadian Collins White Circle Book # NO Number; "'A tale with more than the average amount of thrills, of an arch-spy whose machinations lead to a lot of trouble for a lot of people. Norman Conquest, the Gay Desperado, does things in his own inimitable way. By no means miss this. It's great stuff.''" Preceded by the Rare 1939 UK Collins Hardcover; >> Rare Early Black, Yellow & Green Cover MOTIF with Publisher Logo of Criminal in Circle; >>> Extremely RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; Cover with Text only Copy, and no illustrations (except the Publisher Logo); VERY RARE Title by this Highly Collectible author; VERY RARE number in the Canadian Collins White Circle Collectible Vintage Paperback series; VERY RARE in Paperback. VERY RARE in Higher Grade collectible condition) = SOLD OUT!
NN#19 - GUNN, VICTOR - Ironsides of the Yard (Mystery; Spy; Thriller; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; 2nd in Inspector "Ironsides" Cromwell series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#20 - HOLT, Henry - The Mystery of the Smiling Doll (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Inspector Pope of Scotland Yard; NOT listed in Any Price Guides?; Preceded by the 1939 UK Collins Hardcover; G/VG $125);
NN#21 - HOLT, Henry - Wanted for Murder (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; reissued as #106; Inspector Channing series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#22 - HULL, Richard - My Own Murderer (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; One of his Best Novels);
NN#23 - HUME, David - Death Before Honor (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #107); = SOLD OUT!
NN#24 - HUME, David (Pseudonym of John Victor Turner) - Five Aces (Mystery; B/Y/B; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; NOT listed in Any Price Guides?; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Preceded by the 1940 UK Collins Hardcover; Private Detective Mick Cardby;
NN#25 - HUME, David - Make Way for the Mourners (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Mick Cardby series; "Knows his underworld inside out" = Dorothy Sayers quote);
NN#26 - INNES, Hammond - Attack Alarm (War Fiction; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition);
NN#27 - INNES, Hammond - Wreckers must Breathe - (War Fiction; Adventure; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; his 5th novel; later U.S. edition retitled "Trapped");
NN#28 - LEACOCK, Stephen - Literary Lapses (Canadiana; Humor; Orange & Black Motif; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations;Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #213); = SOLD OUT!
NN#29 - LEACOCK, Stephen - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (Canadiana; Humor; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Paperback; RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Classic book by this famous Canadian author! Reissued as #223);
NN#30 - LORAC, E.C.R. - Death at Dyke's Corner (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Inspector MacDonald series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#31 - MacKENNAN, Hugh - Barometer Rising (Canadiana; Adventure; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #75 and #529; Important early Canadian sufferagette novel set in the boat-building industry of WWI Halifax by famous Canadian Author); = SOLD OUT!
NN#31 - MADDOCK, Stephen - Doorway to Danger (Spy; Thriller; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #108; Tim Terrel series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#32 - MADDOCK, Stephen - Shades at Midnight (Spy; Thriller; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #109; Tim Terrel series);
NN#33 - MARSH, Ngaio - Death at the Bar (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #114; Reissued in the USA in 1945 as Pocketbook #297; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series);
NN#34 - MARSH, Ngaio - Death of a Peer (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #117; Reissued in the USA in 1947 as Pocketbook #475; Later USA edition retitled "Surfeit of Lampreys"; Inspector Roderick Alleyn);
NN#35 - MARSH, Ngaio - Overture to Death (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #113; Probably precedes Pocketbook #221 edition in the USA; Inspector R. Alleyn series);
NN#36 - MEYNELL, Laurence - The Creaking Chair (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Inspector Fenn);
NN#37 - MILLS, Arthur - Jewel Thief (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition); = SOLD OUT!
NN#38 - NIVEN, Frederick - The Flying Years (Mainstream Fiction; Canadiana; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #116; Classic Novel of Western Canada);
NN#39-A - PARRISH (Editor) - Kings English Dictionary (Non-Fiction; 1st Paperback; 1st Impression; RARE; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations cover only; Ad for Atlas on back cover; heavy cover stock; with nice blue end papers which contain population figures & postal info = deleted from 2nd Impression);
NN-39-B - PARRISH (Editor) - Kings English Dictionary (Non-Fiction; 1st Paperback; 2nd Impression; RARE; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; 1942 PHOTO COVER of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, taken by the Canadian National Railways! Photo back cover of 18 different British & Canadian metals & ribbons. List of "books in Canada". Possibly the first EVER photo cover on any North American Paperback); = SOLD OUT!
NN#40 - PENNY, Rupert - Sweet Poison (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition); = SOLD OUT!
NN#41 - POSTGATE, Raymond - Verdict of Twelve (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Great Book; His 1st of only 3 crime-Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations novels);
NN#42 - REID, Wallace Q. - Man from Peace River (Canadiana; Mainstream Fiction; Western; RARE Blue/Green/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Possibly PBO ??? {Paperback Original, or TRUE First Edition}; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Reissued as #112 which had a different cover; Classic book; by a Canadian author); = SOLD OUT!
NN#43 - RHODE, John - Death on Sunday (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Dr Preistly series; later USA edition retitled "Elm Tree Mystery"); = SOLD OUT!
NN#44 - RHODE, John - Death Pays a Dividend (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Dr Priestly series);
NN#45 RHODE, John - Death on a Boat Train (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Dr Priestley Series); = SOLD OUT!
NN#46 - SANDERS, C.W. - He Packed a Gun (Western; RARE; Blue/Green/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition); = SOLD OUT!
NN#47 - SHARP, Margery - the Nutmeg Tree (Esoteric; Humor; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very Scarce; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; reissued as #224, with a new cover; was adapted as a film and a play);
NN#48 - STEVENSON, Robert Louis - Treasure Island (Adventure; Orange & Black Motif; 1st Canadian Paperback; RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition);
NN#49 - TUTTLE, W.C. - Turquoise Trail (Western; RARE Blue/Green/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition); = SOLD OUT!
NN#50 - WAKEFIELD, H.R. - Belt of Suspicion (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Extremely RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Fantasy author; reissued as #110) = SOLD OUT;
NN#51 - WALLACE, Edgar - Calendar (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition);
NN#52 - WALSH, J.M. (James Morgan) - Kings Enemies (Spy; Thriller; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; NOT listed in Any Price Guides?; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition; Preceded by the 1939 UK Collins
Hardcover; Oliver Keene series; SPY Story, British Secret Service outwits GESTAPO in Prague; nice FINE = $109);
NN#53 - WALSH, J.M. - Secret Weapons (Spy; Thriller; Green/Yellow/Black Motif; 1st Paperback; Very RARE; Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations; Scarce in Collectible VG or better Condition); = SOLD OUT!
1943 - Second Year: Numbered books begin
CWC book #51 - BROPHY, John - Immortal Sergeant (War Fiction; 1st Paperback; Uncommon; phfbc; 1st numbered issue in series; From the movie with Henry Fonda & Maureen O'Hara; Possibly the 2nd photo covers ever on a paperback = NN#39B is 1st; 1st Impression = Green cover; 2nd Impression = blue cover, different photo on front cover & no photo on back cover, dated 1944, scarcer);
CWC book #52 BARTIMEUS - Steady as You Go (War Non-Fiction; 1st Paperback; Uncommon; Line Art Cover; Stories of the battle of the Atlantic by Bartimeus - "The Naval Eyewitness");
CWC book #53 - HUME, David - Crime Unlimited (Mystery; PBO {Paperback Original, or TRUE First Edition}; Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; His first novel! "Hard- boiled mystery" - involving a "Cafe Danseuse"; 1st app. Policeman Jimmy Warren who later becomes Detective Sergeant of the CID in his 2nd novel = see #233);
CWC book #55 - BURTON, Miles - Death Takes a Flat (Mystery; 1st Paperback; Uncommon; Line Art Cover; 1st Impression = black & beige cover, dated 1943, RARE! Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 2nd Impression = blue on peach colored cover, dated 1944, Scarce; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series);
CWC book #56 - HULL, Richard - The Unfortunate Murderer (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #57 - PENNY, Rupert (Pseudonym of Ernest Basil Charles Thornett); - Policeman's Holiday (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Chief Inspector Beale; "A Classic of detection"); = SOLD OUT
CWC book #58 - RHODE, John (Pseudonym for Cecil John Charles Street) - The Bloody Tower (Mystery paperback; RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; NOT listed in Any Price Guides?;
Cover Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Dr Priestly series, with Inspector Jimmy Waghorn & Superintendant Hanslet; Preceded by the 1938 UK Collins Hardcover; USA 1938 Hardcover retitled as"Tower of Evil"; CWC book #59 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dangerous Curves (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Uncommon; Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Reissued as #219; 2nd book in
Slim Callaghan series);
CWC book #60 - GRAY, Berkeley - Six feet of Dynamite (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover 1st Impression = Scarce!; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better , has a black cover; Norman Conquest series);
CWC book #61 - GUNN, Victor - Footsteps of Death (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce!; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Inspector "Ironsides" Cromwell series);
CWC book #62 - KEVERNE, Richard - The Black Cripple (Spy; Thriller; 1st Paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Secret service & 5th column intrigue);
CWC book #63 - MADDOCK, Stephen - Date with a Spy (Spy; Thriller; 1st Paperback; Uncommon; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; 1st Impression = 1943, Tan color cover; 2nd Impression = green color cover, scarcer);
CWC book #64 - WALSH, J.M. - Danger Zone (Spy; Thriller; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; O.K. Keene, British agent);
CWC book #65 - ADAMS, Herbert - The Knife (Mystery; 1st paperback; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; both dated 1943; 1st Impression = RARE!, peach & gray color cover; 2nd Impression = Very RARE!; Green & brown color cover);
CWC book #66 - BLAKE, Nicholas - The Beast Must Die (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover precedes Black Cat digest #7 and Mercury #147; 4th book in Nigel Strangeways series);
CWC book #67 - CAMPBELL, Alice - No Murder of Mine (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE!; Uncommon;Line Art Cover small & crude NUDE woman in handcuffs cover, with large text on cover BUT PROBABLY North America's FIRST NUDE cover paperback, 1943!);
CWC book #68 - FARJEON, J. Jefferson - Dark Lady (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE!; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed);
CWC book #69 - GILBERT, Anthony - Vanishing Corpse (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Arthur Crook series; later USA ed retitled "She Vanished inthe Dawn");
CWC book #70 - HOLT, Henry - Whispering Man (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #71 - LORAC, E.C.R. (pseudonym for Edith Caroline Rivet / Carol Carnac.) - Slippery Staircase (Inspector MacDonald series); (1943. Soft Cover. LINE DRAWING COVER Art. (illustrator). 1st paperback;.Mystery; Scarce; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; RARE title in ANY condition & in ANY edition.
NOT listed in Any Price Guides?; Preceded by the 1938 UK Collins Hardcover; **** Near FN copy, but with crease at bottom of cover, small 1/2" piece off left corner of BACK cover. Name rubber stamped on inside front cover & first page. Thus, still a nice VG minus example $75);
CWC book #72 - RHODE, John - Night Exercise (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover later USA ed retitled "Dead of the Night");
CWC book #73 (Does not exist);
CWC book #74 - RAME, David - Tunnel from Calais (Fantasy; Adventure; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Strange Swastica cover; Fantasy Elements!; Divine's only book for Collins under this pseudonym; Precedes Armed Service #D-22);
CWC book #75 - MaCLENNAN, Hugh - Harometer Rising (Canadiana; Mainstream Fiction; 2nd paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover preceded by NN#28 which had a tpe-only cover; reissued again, with another new cover as #529; 1st Impression = white back cover & red edges; 2nd Impression = yellow back cover & blue edges; famous book by a famous Canadian author!; a novel of Halifax in the War time);
CWC book #76 - MARSH, Ngaio - Death & the Dancing Footman (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover 1st Impression = white back cover & blue edges; 2nd Impression = scarcer; yellow back cover & red edges; reissued in 1945 as Armed Service #727, & again in 1947 as Pocketbook #437; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series);
CWC book #77 - GROSE, Helena - Rehearsal for a Marriage (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover reissued as #330);
CWC book #78 - GAYE, Carol - Wife in Uniform (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover 1st Impression = blue cover; 2nd Impression = brownish colored cover, scarcer);
CWC book #79 - ARNOLD, Eloit - The Commandos (Non-Fiction; War Fiction; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; later reissued as #225; 1st Impression = red edges = Very RARE; 2nd Impression = blue edges = Very Scarce!);
CWC book #80 - CURRAN, Tex - The Ridin Fool (Western; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover all Impression = Uncommon; 1st Impression = 1943, reddish brown backgrounds, with blue cactus' on cover; 2nd Impression = from 1945, but still dated 1943, has brown backgrounds with green cactus' on cover; 3rd Impression = 1946, yellow backgrounds with red cactus' on cover);
CWC book #81 - GUNN, Victor - Ironsides Lone Hand (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 1st BONDAGE cover in the series, of a man tied to a post);
CWC book #82 - WHITE, Ethel Lina - She Faded into the Air (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; reissued in 1946 as Popular Library #75);
1944: Year of Transition;
CWC book #83 - MADDOCK, Stephen - Gentleman of the Night (Spy; Thriller; 1st Paperback; Scarce!; First painted cover in series; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #84 - YORE, Clem - O,Malley in the Saddle (Western; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover both Impression = Uncommon; 1st Impression = 1944, blue edges; 2nd Impression = 1946, red edges);
CWC book #85 - GRAY, Berkeley - Miss Dynamite (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE!; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 5th book in Norman Conquest series; Girl with Machine Gun cover!);
CWC book #86 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dark Duet (Spy; Thriller; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; later USA edition retitled "Counter Spy Murders"; 1st book in "Dark" series & one of his all time best novels!);
CWC book #87 - FARJEON, Jefferson - The Judge Sums Up (Mystery; 1st paperback, Scarce, Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed, Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #88 - CURRAN, Tex - Last Bullet (Western; 1st Paperback; Rrae!; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed);
CWC book #89 - WALSH, J.M. - Death at his Elbow (Spy; Thriller; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE!; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Nice "flags" cover; Nazi & Russia's are prominent);
CWC book #90 - The Forth Bomb (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Dr. Priestly series; Cover of a huge "4" and 3 bombs falling);
CWC book #91 - BROPHY, John - Spearhead (War Fiction; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed);
CWC book #92 - GILBERT, Anthony - Something Nasty in the Woods (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; later USA edition retitled "Mystery in the Woodshed"; Arthur Cook series);
CWC book #93 - ADAMS, Herbert - The 19th Hole Mystery (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ); = SOLD OUT!
CWC book #94 - HUME, David - Heads You Liv (Mystery; 1st paperback; both Impression = Very Scarce!; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 1st Impression = 1944, red edges; 2nd Impression = 1944, blue edges; Mick Cardby series);
CWC book #95 - SANDERS, Caas Wesley - Wandering Cowboy (Western; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover 1st Impression = 1944, bly edges; 2nd Impression = 1946, red edges, scarcer than 1st Impression);
CWC book #96 - MARSH, Ngaio - Color Scheme (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; reissued in 1945 as Armed service #882 & again in 1946 as Pocket #351; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series);
CWC book #97 - CHEYNEY, Peter - You'd be Surprized (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 6th book in Lemmy Caution series = one of the best!; 1st Impression = 1944, blue edges, not scarce; 2nd Impression = 1946, red edges, Scarce!);
CWC book #98 - HOLT, Henry - Calling All Cars (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Nice speeding Car cover);
CWC book #99 - MARSHALL, Rosamond - Kitty (Esoteric; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed on both; 1st paperback; reissued in 1945 as Eagle #2; 2 Simultaneous editions were released with 2 different covers to appeal to 2 different audiences!; I've distinguished them by labeling them "A" and "B"; (A) Full Frontal "Breat" Nudity; 2nd Nude cover in series, much nicer than #67 cover; extremely risque for 1944!!; It is one of the earliest Nudes on all paperbacks, if not the 2nd ever; 1st Impression = red edges; Scarce, the hardest to find of and printing of #99; (B) Historical fiction "look" with a woman in a full dress on cover; common edition; 1st Impression = last page has full page ad for "Congo Song"; 2nd Impression = last page has ad for 6 different Collins books);
CWC book #100 - (No copies know to exist);
CWC book #101 - Brock, Lynn. - The Stoat (Mystery; Green/Yellow/Black Motif ; 2nd White Circle Edition Paperback; NEW edition of NN #2; Extremely RARE; Last book in the popular Colonel Gore Series; CONFIRMED to Exist; Mostly TEXT cover, with small crude illo of a red colored animal, perhaps a Weasel, near the top of the cover) = SOLD OUT;
CWC book #102 - BURTON, Miles (Pseudonym for Cecil John Charles Street) - Death Leaves No Card (Mystery; 2nd paperback; Extremely RARE; Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Early Skull cover; preceded by NN#3, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series; Preceded by the 1939 UK Collins Hardcover; = SOLD OUT;);
CWC book #103 - Devine, A.D.; -- U-Boat in the Hebrides (War Fiction; Adventure; 2nd White Circle Paperback edition; Preceded by NN #11; Extremely RARE; His only title published by Collins, except #74, under his RAME Pseudonym; CONFIRMED to exist; TEXT with crude Map illo on cover) = SOLD OUT;
CWC book #104 - GILBERT, Anthony - Bells of Death (Mystery; 2nd paperback; Extremely RARE; Reissued of NN#15; which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Arthur Crook series); = SOLD OUT!
CWC book #105 - GRAY, Berkeley - Mr Mortimer Gets the Jitters (Mystery; 2nd paperback; Extremely RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 1st book in Norman Conquest series; preceded by NN#17 which had a text only cover; 2nd Impression = yellow/Blue cover, dated 1945);
CWC book #106 - HOLT, Henry - Wanted for Murder (Mystery; 2nd paperback; RARE; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Inspector Channing series; preceded by NN#20, which had a different Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; 1st Impression = 1944, red/gray cover; 2nd Impression = 1945; brown/yellow cover); = SOLD OUT!
CWC book #107 - Hume, David (Pseudonym of John Victor Turner) - Death Before Honour (Mystery; 2nd paperback; RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; Reissued of NN#23, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Private Detective Mick Cardby; Preceded by the 1940 UK Thriller Book Club Hardcover; FA/G $39);
CWC book #108 - MADDOCK, Stephen - Doorway to Danger (Spy; Thriller; 2nd paperback; Very RARE; Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations/ Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by NN#31, which had a different cover; Tim Terrel series);
CWC book #109 - MADDOCK, Stephen - Shades at Midnight (Spy; Thriller; 2nd paperback; Extremely RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by NN#32, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations - only cover; Tim Terrel series);
CWC book #110 - WAKEFIELD, Russell H. - Belt of Suspicion (Mystery; 2nd paperback; Extremely RARE; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; reissued on NN#53, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Early Good Girl Art cover in an era when most covers were crude. One of this fantasy author's few non-fantasy books);
CWC book #111 - DUNTON, James G. - A Maid & a Million Men (Esoteric; 2nd paperback; preceded by NN#11, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Story of a woman in "drag" in the army! Early woman in BRA cover!; 1st Impression = Common, yellow back cover & blue edges; 3rd Impression = dated 1948, blue back cover, Scarce!!);
CWC book #112 - REID, Wallace Q. - The Man from Peace River (Canadiana; Mainstream Fiction; 2nd paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Early paperback by a famous Canadian author!; preceded by NN#42, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Mounties on cover; 1st Impression = 1944, red edges, scarce!; 2nd Impression = 1944, blue edges, Scarcer; 3rd Impression = 1946, red edges, Uncommon!);
CWC book #113 - MARSH, Ngaio - Overture to Death (Mystery; 2nd paperback; Very Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by NN#35, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series);
CWC book #114 - MARSH, Ngaio - Death at the Bar (Mystery; 2nd paperback; RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; previously issued as NN#33, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations - only cover; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series);
CWC book #115 - CURRAN, Tex - The Fighting Buckaroo (Western; 2nd paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover preceded by NN#9 which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations - only cover; 1st Impression = states "reprinted 1944" has red edges = Uncommon!; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1944", has blue edges = Scarce!; 3rd Impression = states "reprinted 1946", red edges = Very Scarce!);
CWC book #116 - NIVEN, Frederick - The Flying Years (Canadiana; Mainstream Fiction; 2nd paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Classic novel of Western Canada. Map of early Manitoba as cover; preceded by NN#38, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; 1st Impression = 1944, light blue's on front/back covers & blue edges; 2nd Impression = 1945, dark blue's on covers, & red edges, scarer than 1st Impression);
CWC book #117 - MARSH, Ngaio - Death of a Peer (Mystery; 2nd Paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover preceded by NN# 34, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations - only cover; later USA ed retitled "Surfeit of Lampreys"; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series);
CWC book #118 - DIGBY, George - Goose Feathers (Non-Fiction; 2nd paperback; Very RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; reissue of NN#10, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; this issue is RAREer than NN#10; a South Seas adventure story; Girl & Map cover);
CWC book #119 thru #199 - (Never Printed do not exist!);
CWC book #200 - BURTON, Miles - Murder M.D. (mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; later USA ed retitled "Who Killed the Doctor"; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series);
CWC book #201 - MEYNELL, Laurence W. - Dark Square (War Fiction; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover 1st Impression = blue edges, Very Scarce; 2nd Impression = red edges, RARE);
CWC book #202 - BLAKE, Nicholas - The Case of the Abominable Snowman (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Great early "surreal" NUDE woman cover, risque for 1944!; One of his best novels!; 7th book in Nigel Strageways series; 1st Impression = dated 1944; Scarce; blue edges, ad for "Beast must Die" on bottom half of back cover; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1946", has ad for "Cavalier Conquest" on back cover & different interior ads; RARE);
CWC book #203 - GILBERT, Anthony - The Case of the Tea-Cosy's Aunt (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; later USA ed retitled "Death in the Blackout"; Arthur Crook series);
CWC book #204 - LORAC, E.C.R. (pseudonym for Edith Caroline Rivet / Carol Carnac.) - Case in the Clinic (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE Title in ANY Printing & in ANY condition; Line Art Cover; Inspector MacDonald series; Preceded by the 1941 UK Collins Hardcover
CWC book #205 - GUNN, Victor - Ironsides Smashes Through (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; I. McQuire cover; 3rd book in "Ironsides" Cromwell series);
CWC book #206 BALCHIN, Nigel - Darkness Falls from the Air (Mainstream Fiction; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed);
CWC book #207 - MacDONALD, Philip - Murder Gone Mad (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover reissued later as Mercury #181; Inspector Pike; John Dickson Carr picks this as one of the 10 best detective novels ever!);
CWC book #208 - MITCHELL, Joseph - McSorley's Wonderful Saloon (Humor; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover 1st Impression - red edges; 2nd Impression = blue edges; scarcer than 1st Impression);
CWC book #209 - (No copies know to exist);
CWC book #210 - CLOETE, Stuart - Congo Song (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Gorilla holding sexy woman cover!! One of Collins original bestsellers);
CWC book #211 - CHEYNEY, Peter - The Stars are Dark (Spy; Thriller; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover later USA ed retitled "London Spy Murders" = Avon #49; 2nd book in "Dark" series & one of his all-time best novels!; 1st appearance of Everard Peter Quale in series; 1st Impression = blue edges; 2nd Impression = red edges = Scarcer than 1st Impression);
1945: Control passed completely to Canada:
CWC book #212 - (No copies know to exist);
CWC book #213 - LEACOCK, Stephen - Literary Lapses (Canadian; Humor; 2nd paperback; Very Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Two interior photo's of Leacock by Karsh. New 1945 introduction; preceded by NN#28, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations - only cover);
CWC book #214 - SMANN, Renee - 24 Hours Leave (War Fiction; Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed);
CWC book #215 - SHARP, Margery - Stone of Chastity (Fantasy; 1st paperback; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Fantasy about a stone with magic powers! Nice cartoonish-style Good Girl Art cover by M. Paull, a'la Thorne Smith covers);
CWC book #216 - CHEYNEY, Peter - You Can't Keep the Change (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; reissued in 1946 as Avon #80; 3rd in Slim Callaghan series);
CWC book #217 - GILBERT, Anthony - The Woman in Red (Mystery; 1st Canadian paperback; Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover preceded by Handibook #29; later USA ed retitled "Mystery of the Woman in Red"; Arthur Crook series);
CWC book #218 - REID, Wallace Q. - Bluewater Landing (Canadian/ Western; PBO {Paperback Original, or TRUE First Edition}; Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Famous Canadian author's story of Northern British Columbia; Totem Pole cover);
CWC book #219 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dangerous Curves (Mystery; 2nd paperback; RARE; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by #59, which had a different & poorer cover; 2nd book in Slim Callaghan series);
CWC book #220 - THANE, Elswyth - From this Day Forward (Romance; 1st Paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover (a line art cover, with a "wash" effect is still listed);
CWC book #221 - STRONG, L.A.G. - All Fall Down (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; Uncommon;Line Art Cover Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Inspector Ellis McKay of Scotland Yard; story & cover involving a RARE book collector.);
CWC book #222 - LORAC, E.C.R. - The 16th Stair (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Stylistic, abstract words & Stairs cover a'la Jonas by M. Paull);
CWC book #233 - LEACOCK, Stephen - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (Canadiana; Humor; 2nd paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; preceded by NN#29, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations cover);
CWC book #224 - SHARP, Margery - The Nutmeg Tree (Esoteric; 2nd paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; preceded by NN#47 which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; "Judy was a Lady and her Past was Shady"; great cartoonish-style Good Girl Art cover by M. Paull a'la Thorne Smith books; 1st Impression = Scarce, dated 1945; 2nd Impression = not scarce; dated 1946);
CWC book #225 - ARNOLD, Elliot - The Commandos (War Non-Fiction; 2nd paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; preceded by #79, which had a different & poorer cover; 1st Impression = dated 1945; 2nd Impression = dated 1946);
CWC book #226 - GROSE, Helena - The New Sin (Mystery; Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #227 - GRAY, Berkeley - Blonde for Danger (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Norman Conquest series);
CWC book #228 - MACDONALD, Philip - The Noose (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; nice abstract Noose & Numbers cover by M. Paull; This novel is highly praised by Arnold Bennett; Col. Anthony Ruthen Gethryn series);
CWC book #229 - GILBERT, Anthony - 30 Days to Live (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Reissued in 1946 as Mercury #108; Original British title = "The Moose who Wouldn't play Ball");
CWC book #230 - SPRING, Howard - Shabby Tiger (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; His 1st novel; Later reissued as #327, with a new cover; 1st appearance Rachel Rosing - see #251);
CWC book #231 - BALCHIN, Nigel - The Small Back Room (War Fiction; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #232 - CAMPBELL, Alice - no Light Came On (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Woman in Bed Cover);
CWC book #233 - WARREN, James - Prowl No More Lady (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; His 2nd book!; Policeman Jimmy Warren becomes a Detective Sergeant of the CID; 2nd book in J. Warren series; Cover pictures a lady on streetcorner by a streetlamp with a Ghostly-Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations image of a Hangmans noose behind her!);
CWC book #234 - GROSE, Helena - The Morning After (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #235 - PENNY, Rupert - Sealed Room Murder (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Great-Bizarre Abstract Nude Bondage Cover with Scissors/Key super-imposed infront!!! Quite risque for 1945! Possibly the first combination Nude/Bondage cover ever on any paperback! HOT! One of the most desirable books in the entire Collins series; Inspector Beale series = SOLD OUT);
CWC book #236 - RHODE, John - Dead on the Track (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Dr Priestly series);
CWC book #237 - HULL, Richard - And Death Came To (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #238 - WARREN, James - She Fell Among Actors (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 3rd book in Jimmy Warren series);
CWC book #239 - FARJEON, J. Jefferson - Room No.6 (Borderline Fantasy; Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line- art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Marginal fantasy elements. Bizzare, abstract cover of six strange figures walking thru huge "6"! Cover makes this book LOOK like straight fantasy.);
CWC book #240 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Farewell to the Admiral (Mystery; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; precedes Avon MMM#30; original British title "Sorry you've been Troubled"; 5th book in Slim Callaghan series);
CWC book #241 - AMES, Jennifer - Dark Sunlight (Romance; Spy; Thriller; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Romance & tropical Nazi Intrigue!);
CWC book #242 - LORAC, E.C.R. - Death Came Softly (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Inspector MacDonald series; Nice SKULL & SHOVEL cover);
CWC book #243 - HUME, David - Dishonor Among Thieves (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Mick Cardby series; Cartoonish-style cover);
CWC book #244 - GRAY, Berkeley - The Gay Desperado (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Norman Conquest);
CWC book #245 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dames Don't Care (Mystery; 2nd paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; preceded by NN#6, which had a Cover with text only copy, and no illustrations-only cover; 3rd book in Lemmy Caution series);
1946: Their 5th Year, Post-WWII books:
CWC book #246 - ASHTON, Helen - Yeoman's Hospital (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #247 - KIELLAND, Axel - Live Dangerously (Spy; Thriller; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; translated from the Swedish text & original Norwegian Manuscipt; "Wine, Women & Sabotage"; "If you want a breathless thriller plus a love story that spells Ingrid Bergman on every page, this book is for you".);
CWC book #248 - SPRING, Howard - Hard facts (Humor; Mainstream Fiction; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; author of "Shabby Tiger");
CWC book #249 - TWAIN, Mark - The Advnetures of Huckleberry Finn (Mainstream Fiction; 1st Canadian paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; A perrenial Classic.);
CWC book #250 - FARJEON, J. Jefferson - Green Mask (Borderline Fantasy; mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Marginal fantasy elements of a haunted Castle; Probably preceded Dell #111);
CWC book #251 - SPRING, Howard - Rachel Rosing (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 2nd appearance of R.Rosing = 1st appearance is in Spring's "Shappy Tiger");
CWC book #252 - BURTON, Mies - The 3 Corpse Trick (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series; Strange stylistic abstract cover of a Woman's face, a barrel & a big "3");
CWC book #253 - CHEYNEY, PETER - Another Little Drink (Mystery; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Nick Bellamy = one of Cheyney's best non-series private-eye books!);
CWC book #254 - HOWARD, Mary - Family Orchestra (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #255 - WALLACE, Edgar - The Devil Man (Mystery; Non-Fiction; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; reissued as #545, with a sifferent cover; USA ed retitled "Life & death of Charles Peace"; True story about Charles Peace the 'Arch-Criminal of all time");
CWC book #256 - CARTER, Dyson - Night of Flame (romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #257 - CALDWELL, Erskine - Tobacco Road (Mainstream Ficiotn; 1st Canadian paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Classic Hard-boiled-fiction about the Georgia Hills; 1st Impression = 1947, turquoise blue back cover; 2nd Impression = 1949, navy blue back cover, scarcer; 3rd Impression = 1952, navy blue back cover, RARE!);
CWC book #258 - LORAC, E.C.R. - Checkmate to Murder (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Inspector MacDonald series);
CWC book #259 - WHITE, Ethel Lina - The Man who was not There (mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #260 - GREIG, Maysie - Reluctant Millionaire (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #216 - SMITH, Shelley - This is My House (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Her 3rd novel; Great Abstract cover of a panther-like cat, a dead girl & a BLEEDING DAGGER!);
CWC book #262 - GILBERT, Anthony - Death at the Door (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Reissued in 1947 as Bantam #85; Original Britsh title "He came by night"; Arthur Crook series);
CWC book #263 - AMES, Jennifer - Restless Beauty (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; 1st Impression, dated 1946; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1946", scarcer!);
CWC book #264 - CLOETE, Stuart - Turning Wheels (Humor; Mainstream Fiction; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Historical Story about the Boers trek across South Africa; author of "Congo Song");
CWC book #265 - HAIG-BROWN, Roderick - Timber (Canadiana; Mainstream Fiction; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Canadian author; A novel of the Pacific Coast loggers; also published as"The Tall Trees Fall");
CWC book #266 - ROSS, John - The Tall Man (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; His only book for Collins. "A Playboy's War on crime");
CWC book #267 - GRAY, Berkeley - Cavalier Conquest (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Norman Conquest series);
CWC book #268 BLAKE, Nicholas - The Smiler with the Knife (Mystery; 1st Canadian paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by Popular Library #41; 4th book in Nigel Strangeways series);
CWC book #269 - SHANN, Renee - Girl About Town (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #270 - WINCH, Evelyn - Mankiller (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Negress in Jungle Good Girl Art cover);
CWC book #271 - GUNN, Victor - The Dead Man Laughs (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Nice Graveyard & skull cover!; Inspector "Ironsides" Cromwell series);
CWC book #272 - HUME, David - Too Dangerous to Live (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; "The Career of a Lady Crook"; Mick Cardby series);
CWC book #273 - PRATT, Theodore - Miss Dilly says No (Esoteric; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ' "Secrets of a Holywood Secretary");
CWC book #274 - RHODE, John- Men Die at Cyprus Lodge (Mystery; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Dr Priestly series; Murder in a "Haunted" house; Moody Pop-art style cover!);
CWC book #275 - WHITE, Ethel Lana - They See in Darkness (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Bizarre pop-art mysterious cover, with strage figures walking in front of a huge green eyeball!);
CWC book #276 - REID, Walter Q. - The Doctor of the North (Canadian; Mainstream Fiction; 1st paperback; Scarce; line- art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Canadian author's story of the Canadian North-West);
CWC book #277 - CHEYNEY, Peter - They Never Say When (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Preceded Avon MMM#36; 7th book in Slim Callaghan series; "Slim meets 3 Glamour girls"; Girl with Gun cover!);
CWC book #278 - MAYBURY, Anne - A Lady Fell in Love (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #279 - ADAMS, Herbert - The Case of the Stolen Bridegroom (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Noose cover);
CWC book #280 - GREIG, Maysie - The Girl with a Million (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Colorful part/ Champagne glasses cover);
CWC book #281 - ADAMS, Herbert - The Writing on the Wall (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #282 - GILBERT, Anthony - The Scarlet Button (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Arthur Crook series; later USA ed retitled "Murder is Cheap");
CWC book #283 - LORAC, E.C.R. - Murder by Matchlight (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Inspector MacDonald series);
CWC book #284 - FARJEON, J. Jefferson - The House of Shadows (Gothis or Horror; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Eerie "Haunted House" pop-art-style cover);
CWC book #285 - SHANN, Renee - Crossroads (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #286 - HUME, David - Meet the Dragon (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Mick Cardby series; Story about a female criminal.);
CWC book #287 - ERMINE, Will - Cowboy, Say Your Prayers (Western; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; His only Collins book);
CWC book #288 - WHITE, Ethel Lina - Step inthe Dark (Mystery; 1st Canadian Paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by Penquin #565; Cover of a blindfolded woman & eerie blue hairy hands coming at her);
CWC book #289 - BURTON, Miles - Early Morning Murder 9mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; later USA edition retitled "Accidents Do Happen"; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series);
CWC book #290 - EDGINTON, May - Favorite Wife (Esoteric; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Uncommon; Woman in bed cover);
CWC book #291 - GRAY, Berkeley - Convict 1066 (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; note: as the Norman Conquest of Britian occured in the year 1966 A.D., this title represents a further extension of the author's wit!; Strange pop-art style cover!);
1947: Intro of the "Photo Good Girl Art cover!":
CWC book #292 - THANE, Elswyth - Queens Folly (Historical Fiction; romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #293 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Poison Ivy (Mystery; 1st paperback; Introduction of a New Cover Genre to paperbacks - the "Photo-Good-Girl-Art-Cover"!!!; Superb photo-Good Girl Art-cover of a sultry woman, with a cigarette! Hot! Key Book!; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 2nd book in Lemmy Caution series);
CWC book #294 - FERRARS, E.X. - Murder Among friends (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; Nice, interesting experimental retouched-photo cover of a woman walking down an eerie staircase; early 7th novel by this prolific author who still writes some of the best contemporary mysteries today; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #295 - HANCOCK, Lucy Agnes - Nurses Aide (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #296 - VON TEMPSKI, Armine - Born in Paridise (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Nice cover of a Topless Hawaiin girl with a lei covering only the top of her breasts);
CWC book #297 - SMITH, Harry - Nine to Five (Humor; 1st paperback Canadian paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; His only book for collins);
CWC book #298 - HULL, Richard - Left-Handed Death (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Great Skull in outline of a left hand cover);
CWC book #299 - LEE, Ranger - Short Grass Range (Western; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #300 - MARSH; Ngaio - Died in the Wool (Mystery; 1st Canadian paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by Armed Service #760; reissued in 1949 as Pocketbook #626; Inspector Roderick Alleyn series; Strange, but great NUDE cover of a Blonde fallen out of a large cube of wool, with one full BREAST & NIPPLE Exposed! Risque for 1947);
CWC book #301 - CAMPBELL, Alice - With bated Breath (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #302 - EDGINTON, May - Experiment in Love (Esoteric; Romance; 1st paperback; Scarce; "Marriage of Convenience" featuring a Photo cover of a Husband & Wife sitting at opposite ends of a bed in robes, avoiding each other yet looking at each other out of the corners of their eyes!);
CWC book #303 - KIELLAND, Axel - Dangerous Honeymoon (Spy/Thiller; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Nice Photo cover; "Hardboiled, sophisticated & amusing");
CWC book #304 - SHARP, Margery - The Flowering Thorn (Esoteric; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; "Weekend Scandals" Nice cartoonist style Good Girl Art cover of girl in bikini);
CWC book #305 - WALSH, J.M. - Lady Ingognito (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; "Mistress of the Underworld"; Nice girl in black mask cover);
CWC book #306 - SMITH, Wade - Rattlesnake (Western; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
CWC book #307 - MARSHALL, Gary - Cottonwood Creek (Western; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #308 - WHITE; Ethel Lina - Her Heart in her Throat (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; "A Masterpiece of Terror"; Great cover of an eerie street with a transparent man's image over it);
CWC book #309 - LEE, Ranger - The Valley Before Me (Western; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #310 - CAMPBELL, Grace - Thorn-Apple Tree (Canadian/Historical Fiction/Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Inside illustrations by Franklin Carmichael, who was a member of the "Group of Seven" & a very famous Canadian painter. Classic novel of Canada, about the Glengarry settlers);
CWC book #311 - FARJEON, J. Jefferson - The Third Victim (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect / Photo front cover; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Fantastic photo - Good Girl Art "Legs" cover; Cover is part art/part photo; "Legs" are in stockings & period sandals and are depicted in black & white; rest of cover depicts large pop-art style numbers "1,2 &3" plus several Collins books scattered on floor!! Hot!! Unique, strange & very desirable cover!);
CWC book #312 - GREIG, Maysie - table for two (Romance/Mystery; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect / photo front cover; "Reckless Passionate Romance" with mystery elements);
CWC book #313 - MARSHALL, Rosamond - Dutchess Hotspur (Esoteric; 1st paperback; probably preceded Eagle book #E3; HOT "Cleavage" photo-Good Girl Art-cover, of a reclining, sultry & alluring female, holding her hand to he breast & fanning herself with her other hand! By the author of "Kitty"! One of Collins' all-time bestsellers);
CWC book #314 - WYNNE, Pamela - A Dream Come True (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #315 - KEYES, Francis Parkinson - The Safe Bridge (Historical fiction/Esoteric; 1st paperback; Scarce; line- art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Cover of a fallen woman with a threatening looking man standing before her, stick in hand!);
CWC book #316 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dark Hero (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Fantastic photo-Good Girl Art-cover; 4th book in "Dark" series; "Guns, Gangsters & a Girl"; 1st Impression = dated 1947; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1948" = RARE);
CWC book #317 - MARSHALL, Gary - Guns of Arizona (Western; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #318 - SMITH, Wade - The Battle at Black Mesa (Western; 1st paperback;line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #319 - LARRIMORE, Lida - True by the Sun (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #320 - Maddock, Stephen - Overture to Trouble (Spy/Thriller; 1st paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Tim Terrel series);
CWC book #321 - GREIG, Maysie - The Dangerous Age (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; 'A Wolf at a Lady's door"; Great cover of a topless woman in lingerie covering herself with a towel as a "Wolf" peeks in the door);
CWC book #322 - HUME, David - Heading for a Wreath (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; Great, bizarre Photo cover of a screaming woman's head surrounded by a wreath of white lily flowers; Mick Cardby series);
CWC book #323 - PRATT, Thoedore - Thunder Mountain (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Nice Good Girl Art cover; "Seven Intimate Love Affairs" in the Rockies of Colorado);
CWC book #324 - SEIFERT, Elizabeth - A Great day (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Good Girl Art - Nurse cover);
CWC book #325 - MEYNELL, Laurence - Strange Landing (Adventure/Esoteric/Borderline Fantasy; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Fantasy overtones; Fantastic BONDAGE cover of a frightened woman being threatened with a sickle by a nude man with a wolf's head-dress, a member of a strange Aegean Island Cult!!! Bizarre);
CWC book #326 - AMES, Jennifer - Lovers in the Dark (Esoteric; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Nice Good Girl Art cover; Romantic adventure with black marketeers & smugglers);
CWC book #327 - STRING, Howard - Shabby Tiger (Esoteric; 2nd paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Classic Frontal NUDITY & "Nipples" cover; Very controversial for 1947!!!; Preceded by #230 which had a different & much poorer cover; 1st Impression = dated 1947, Scarce!; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1948"; HOT);
CWC book #328 - RANDALL, Rona - She Married a Doctor (Romance; 1st paperback; Unusual Photo cover, taken in black & white);
CWC book #329 - SANDERS, C.W. - He Packed a Gun (Western; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect );
CWC book #330 - GROSE, Helena - Rehearsal for Marriage (Romance; 2nd paperback; line-art cover a line art cover, with a "wash" effect ; preceded by #77, which had a different & much poorer cover);
#331 - ANTHONY, Norman - How to Grow Old Disgracefully (Humor/ Esoteric; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Great cartoonist-style Good Girl Art cover of 3 beautiful girls fawning over an older gent, drinking champagne, with scantily dressed dancing girls in background! Anthony's only book for Collins; Many interior illustrations, photo & line-drawn; including advertising spoofs, cartoons etc. in a "Mad magazine" style/format; Preceded Mad by many years!);
#332 - SHERIDAN, Clare - El Caid (Esoteric; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Uncommon; Great Harem Girl, Good Girl Art cover; 1st Impression = dated 1947; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1948", Scarce);
#333 - HUME, David - Stand Up and Fight (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE);
1948: More photo-Good Girl Art-covers; Spillane
#334 - WALSH, J.M. - Express Delivery (Mystery; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; RARE; Moody "Sinister Soho" cover);
#335 - CALDWELL, Erskine - Trouble in July (Mainstream Fiction; 1st Canadian paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Classic, gritty novel of prejudice toward negroes in early Georgia; 1st Impression = turquoise blue back cover, dated 1948; 2nd Impression = 1951, but still dated 1948, has Navy blue back cover, Scarce; 3rd Impression = dated 1952, Navy blue back cover, Very Scarce; ALL Impression's have different ads on last page);
#336 - CHEYNEY, Peter - The Urgent Hangman (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; 1st book in Slim Callaghan series; Fantastic top-Photo--good Girl Art-Cover = Very subtle & sensuous "Cleavage" cover of girl in gorgeous French gown, cigarette in hand!!! Beautiful cover composition of gown draping around book title - PLUS the Very Unusual Positioning of the book title in the lower right part of the cover - even the Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations face chosen for the title is unusual - it's a Cover with Text only Copy, and no Illustrations face never used on US paperbacks. Overall a brilliant piece of cover design, a classic example of how collins covers differed from other paperback publishers! Counterbalancing the incredibly tasteful front cover is the back cover quote "--who knew how to wear - or not to wear - her clothes!");
#337 - LEE, Ranger - Rustler's Luck - Western; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect);
#338 - SMITH, Wade - "B" Diamond Ranch (Western; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Possibly the RAREst numbered Collins western! Cover of Cowboys fist fighting, dropping branding iron.);
#339 - GUNN, James - The Tarnished lady (Esoteric/Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Superb photo-Good Girl Art cover; "A novel of Violence" & "A beautiful and immoral woman", "female of the Species"; His only book for Collins; 1st Impression = 1948, Extremely RARE; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1948", Very RARE; Hot Book!);
#340 - SHANN, Renee - Christopher's Wife (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; "A Beautiful schemer for luxury & love".);
#341 - VERNON, Elizabeth - Come by Chance (Esoteric; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; "An English Girl was a Turk's delight".);
#342 - GREIG, Maysie - Take this Man (Romance/ Esoteric; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; "Passion" & "Romance the Argentine Way");
#343 - MOORE, John - Fair Field (Mainstream Fiction; 1st Canadian Paperback; Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; semi-biographical novel of a man & his small market town in the mid-west.; His only book for Collins);
#344 - GRAY, Berkley - Meet the Don (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Great fistfight & Good Girl Art Bondage cover; Norman Conquest series);
#345 - GROSE, Helena - No Man's Bride (Esoteric/Romance; 1st paperback; Very RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; "Tarnished!"; Excellent Good Girl Art cover = Man forcefully grabbing beautiful girl with his hand cupped over her mouth!);
#346 - CALDWELL, Erskine - House in the Uplands (Esoteric/ Mainstream Fiction; 1st Canadian Paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Profile of a pretty Negress on cover; "The degeneration of a man"; Classic story of the decay of the Southern gentry & Negroes.);
#347 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Uneasy Terms (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Fantastic "Bikini" photo-Good Girl Art-cover, girl has cigarette in hand!! "She was a lady but her past was shady"; 8th book in Slim Callaghan series; Made into a film with Michael Rennie as Slim, using Cheyney's supervision.);
#348 - GROSE, Helena - You Were Mine (Romance; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect);
#349 - SHANN, Renee - Love & learn (Esoteric/ Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; "The Lady was Indiscreet"; Reclining girl with cigarette cover!);
#350 - KEVERNE, Richard - The Lady in Number 4 (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Mysterious cover & errie story);
#351 - MacKINNON. Allan - The House of Darkness (Mystery; 1st paperback; Very RARE; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Fantastic photo-good girl art-cover of a Blonde ina robe ina darkly lit room! Colin Oglivie & 3 beautiful women);
#352 - MARSHALL, Gary - The Prospector of Signal Mountain (Western; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; "Guns & Gold");
#353 - LEE, Ranger - Red Skirt (Western; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
#354 - SMITH, Wade - Three Bar Cross (Western; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
#355 - GRANT, Ambrose ( pseudonym of Rene Brabazon Raymond; AKA = James Hadley Chase) - More Deadly Than
the Male (Mystery; 1st paperback; SCARCE Title in ANY edition; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Classic book title; Fantastic PHOTO GGA Good Girl Art-cover of beautiful Blonde standing in doorway
of a bar with cigarette in hand! Hot! "Greed & Savage passions", "Violent & brutal characters"; only time author used this pseudonym; His only Ambrose Grant book for Collins; Preceded by the 1946 UK Eyre & Spottiswoode Hardcover;
#356 - MARSHALL, Gary - Buckshot (Western; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect);
#357 - TAYLOR, Angeline - B line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect Jade (Esoteric; 1st paperback; als; reissued in 1952 as Harlequin #184; Nice Good Girl Art "Cleavage" cover of a Topless Negress covering the bottom half of her breasts with crossed arms! Jade is a "Beautiful, exotic slave mistress", "brought at a shameful auction sale", has "Voodoo drums", "Savage Rites" and more; 1st Impression = 1948, turquoise blue back cover; 2nd Impression = states "reprinted 1948", otherwise same; 3rd Impression = states "reprinted 1949", has Navy blue back cover; scarcest version!);
#358 - INNES, Hammond - Snowbound (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; Nice photo-Good Girl art-cover of a pretty girl at a ski lodge; "The year's most exciting mystery"; Made into a J. Arthur Rank film with Dennis Price as Neil Blair!);
#359 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Dark Interlude (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Great experimental photo-Good Girl Art cover with an art nouveau background including a nude woman in sketch, with the photo in the foreground; reissued in1949 as Bantam #730; 5th book in "Dark" series; 3rd appearance of E.P. Quale);
#360 - GRAY, Berkeley - Mr Ball of Fire Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Norman Conquest series; Nice "period" cover, with a man in back & with a girl loading a gun in foreground.);
#361 - LEE, Ranger - The Silver Train (Western; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect);
#362 - SMITH, Wade - The Red Steer (Western; 1st paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Fistfight cover!);
#363 - GAYE, Carol - Let's Get Married (Romance; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better );
#364 - GREIG, Maysie - Castle in the Air (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect);
#365 - CHRISTIE, Agatha - The Hollow (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; precedes Pocketbook #485; Great Good Girl Art cover of a Blonde in a bikini who has just gunned down a man!; Hercule Poirot series; later USA ed retitled "Murder After Hours");
#366 - MAYBURY, Anne - Only to Ask (Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Girl in Bikini cover);
#367 - GROSE, Helena - Brides Must Obey (Esoteric/ Romance; 1st paperback; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Girl-in-Bed cover);
#368 - FRANKLIN, Charles - Cocktails with a Stranger (Mystery; 1st paperback; RARE; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Superb "Femme Fatale" Photo-Good Girl Art-cover, with a beautiful girl sitting at a bar, cigarette in one hand, drink in other, several bottles of Canadian "hard" liquor pictured & a mysterious stranger at the doorway! Hot!! 1st book in Grant Garfield series);
#369 - CHEYNEY, Peter - Your Deal my Lovely (Mystery; 1st paperback; Extremely RARE; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Excellent photo-Good Girl Art cover of a pretty girl, cigarette in hand playing poker with two men!; 7th book in Lemmy Caution series; One of the 3 RAREst Cheyney books of all time, along with NN#5 & NN#6);
#370 - BLAKE, Nicholas - Minute for Muder (Mystery; 1st paperback; Uncommon; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Photo-Good Girl art-cover of a Blonde witha cigarette! "Where there's a Blonde - there's trouble"; precedes Pocketbook #548?; 8th book in Nigel Strageways series; One of his best novels);
#371 - MARSH, Ngaio - Final Curtain (Mystery/Esoteric; 1st Canadian Paperback; Very Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; preceded by Armed Service #1269; reissued in