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Sexton Blake Library Bound Volumes. London: Amalgamated Press Ltd., 1926-'60s. Original file copies of issues of the... (Total: 127 Items)
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Eighty-Five Volumes of the "King of the British Pulps"
Sexton Blake Library Bound Volumes. London: Amalgamated Press Ltd., 1926-'60s. Original file copies of issues of the digest-sized British "penny dreadfuls" that have been trimmed and uniformly bound into a set of approximately 85 hardcover volumes (plus plus about 40 loose '60s-era issues), representing the bulk of the long-running series. The digests are in very nice condition with bright covers, supple pages, and mild tanning and wear. Many volumes with labels on front boards reading "This File Volume must not be mutilated, and should be returned at the earliest possible moment"; also with rubber stamps reading "Property of the Stock Room, Bear Alley. Please Return." Very good or better. Not currently in Bookery's.The character Sexton Blake, sometimes called "the poor man's Sherlock Holmes," was an enormously popular figure in British popular culture, appearing in over 4,000 stories by more than 200 different authors. He starred in his own long-running title, The Sexton Blake Library, which ran from 1915 to 1968 and was published in five "series." A fabulous collection.
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This lot is comprised of approximately 127 volumes: all but 40 are bound file copies (the 40 are individual loose issues):
Undated volumes (price 4d):
52-55
56-59
60-63
64-67
68-71
72-75
76-78
84-87
88-91
92-95
69-99
152-155
171-175
Undated volumes (price 7d)
159-170
171-182
183-194
195-206
207-218
255-266
267-278
279-290
315-326
339-350
373-384
397-408
409-420
421-432
433-442
443-454
455-466
467-478
479-490
515-526
Dated bound volumes:
1923 (all issues)
267-314
1924 (July-Sept)
339-350
1926 (Oct-Dec)
65-76
1927 (Jan-?)
77-88
1929 (all issues)
173-220
1930 (all)
221-268
1931 (all)
269-316
1932 (all)
317-364
1935 (all)
461-508
1936 (all)
509-556
1937 (all)
557-604
1938 (all)
605-652
1939 (April-June)
665-676
1940 (April-December)
713-734
1941 (all)
735-744 and starting new series 1-14
1942 (Jan-June)
16-26
1943 (all)
39-62
1944 (all)
63-83
1945 (Jan-June)
87-98
1946 (all)
111-134
1947 (all)
135-158
4 issues from 1939, loose, all with 4d price
Nos. 659, 665, 686,687
36 loose issues from Jan. 1962-June 1963 (price 1/-)
Nos. 491-526
(Issue 526 has "A personal message of farewell from Sexton Blake to the readers of the Sexton Blake Library" printed on the back cover)
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