*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Often dubbed ‘the poor man’s Sherlock Holmes’, there’s still no doubting the popularity of Sexton Blake, who has probably had far more fiction written of him than the world’s greatest detective. In the Crime, Spies and Sleaze category of our Books section, we have added six digests from the famous Sexton Blake Library. These are picture library sized, but mainly text. The series ran from 1915 to 1968, and these date from 1947/48 and all feature covers painted by master Sexton Blake illustrator Eric Parker (we think).
PICTURED: SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY ALL SOLD
#147 VG £7 The Yellow Terror by Rex Hardinge
#155 GD £5 The Night Of The 23rd by Lewis Jackson (cover detached)
#158 VG/FN £8 The Mystery Of The Whitehall Bomb by Anthony Parsons
#164 FN £9 The Loot Of Pakistan by Anthony Parsons
#167 VG £7 The Mystery Of The Red Cockatoo by Anthony Parsons
#171 VG £7 The Man Who Blacked Out by Anthony Parsons