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The first 2 images are taken from the Classic Crime Fiction website (with apologies)
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Sergeant Michael Cassidy Hodder 1915

The Lieutenant & others Hodder 1915

No Man’s Land Hodder 1917 Short stories.

Doran 1917
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Mufti Hodder 1919. Jacket by Leo Bates. From Poperinghe in May 1918 to London on sick leave, Derek Vane ponders the meaning of the War.  

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Shorty Bill Hodder rpt. (1930s) A collection of some of the earlier war stories.

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An entire page given over to SAPPER (Herman Cyril McNeile 1888 - 1937).

A celebration of the art of the dust jackets used on his books rather than any comment on his literary merit!

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John Walters Hodder 1927 & 1935 rpt. alongside More collected war stories.

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Jim Maitland, The Return of Bulldog Drummond & The Finger of Fate Hodder 1923, 1932 & 1930

Sapper’s War Stories Hodder 1930

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Hodder 1915 A rare paperback which I suspect is the true 1st ed. Makes no mention of ‘The Lieutenant. & others’ and shows Cassidy turned more to the front and with a crutch which may have been deemed inappropriate for the hardback edition later that year.

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The Man in Ratcatcher Hodder (early 20’s).

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Hodder 1938. An anthology of the first 4 Drummond novels

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Word of Honour Doran 1926. US 1st of this short story collection.

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Men, Women & Guns Hodder 1916 (from James Pickard ) & 1st cheap ed. 1917.An interesting alteration in the image for the reprint. A tricky operation, no doubt, in the pre-Photoshop era.

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The Human Touch Hodder (Toronto) 1918

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The Saving Clause Hodder 1927 Short stories

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Challenge Hodder 1937 A Bulldog Drummond novel

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When Carruthers Laughed Hodder 1934 (from Swann Galleries)

The Final Count Hodder 1926

The Female of the Species Hodder 1928

Temple Tower Hodder 1929

The Island of Terror, Tiny Carteret & Ronald Standish Hodder 1931, 1932 & 1933

Knock-Out, Bulldog Drummond at Bay & Ask for Ronald Standish Hodder 1933, 1935 & 1936

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The Final Count Doran 1926

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(from Adrian Harrington)

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The Dinner Club Hodder 1923 (Available from Mark Terry)

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Hodder 1916. A collection of pseudonymous articles written by McNeile for the Times in which he castigates the New Army Officers for not upholding the traditions of the Army. (thanks to George Simmers for identifying this previously unknown work).

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Doran 1919 (from Heartwood Books)

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Hodder 1921