Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Author of the Week: CHRISTOPHER BUSH

Just when I thought I was not going to be able to wish you Happy Holidays ONE MORE TIME, along comes our author of the week!

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


BUSH, CHRISTOPHER

Once a popular writer of classic English detective fiction whose career spanned 42 years, he inspired Anthony Shaffer’s aphorism: "A Bush in the hand is worth two of any other bird." His series character, Ludovic Travers, appeared in all books. Unless otherwise noted, all titles listed are first American editions and were published in New York by Macmillan. (Note: TCOT=The Case of the and dj=dust jacket).

The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First U.S. edition. Ex-library. $10.00

The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Collier, 1929. Reprint. Very good. $15.00

The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Reprint. Very fine in bright dj with light edge wear and closed tears. $40.00

The Perfect Murder Case, N.Y., Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Fine, fresh copy. $20.00

The Perfect Murder Case, London, Heinemann, 1930. Reprint. Fine, fresh copy. $25.00

Dead Man Twice, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First U.S. edition. Name, else fine. $25.00

Dead Man Twice, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First U.S. edition. Spine wear, else very good. $15.00

Dead Man’s Music, London, Heinemann, 1937 (originally 1931). First cheap edition. A fine copy. $35.00

Cut Throat, London, Baler, 1970 (originally 1932). Fine in rubbed dust jacket. $15.00

The Crank in the Corner, N.Y., Morrow, 1933. First U.S. edition. Spine sunned, endpapers foxed, else a near very good copy of a very scarce title. $50.00

The Kitchen Cake Murder, N.Y., Morrow, 1934. Third printing. Uncommon. $25.00

TCOT Chinese Gong, London, Cassell, 1936. First cheap edition. Very good. $25.00

The Wedding Night Murder, N.Y., Holt, 1937. First U.S. edition. A very good copy of a scarce title. $65.00

TCOT Chinese Gong, N.Y., Triangle, 1938. Reprint. Bookplate; very good. $17.50

Eight O’Clock Alibi, N.Y., Triangle, 1938. Pages tanned as usual, else fine in dj with small chips at spine ends and corners. $22.50

The Body in the Bonfire, 1939. N.Y. Triangle, 1939. Pages tanned as always, else fine in bright dust jacket with tiny chips. $27.50

Another copy. Very good in heavily chipped dj. $15.00

TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1944. Ex-library. $12.50

TCOT Second Chance, 1946. Fine. $15.00

TCOT Second Chance, 1946. Ex-library. $10.00

TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1949. Ex-library. $12.50

TCOT Platinum Blonde, 1949. Good. $12.50

TCOT Seven Bells, 1950. Spine sunned, else near fine. $10.00

TCOT Purloined Picture, 1952. Tape stains to endpapers and dj flaps, else very good. $15.00

TCOT Burnt Bohemian, 1954. Cover spotted, else about fine in dj chipped along top edge. $20.00

TCOT Burnet Bohemia, 1954. Name stamp, else very good in badly chipped dj. $15.00

TCOT Three Lost Letters, 1955. About fine in price-clipped dj with light wear at spine ends. $25.00

TCOT Three Lost Letters, 1955. About fine in lightly chipped dj. $20.00

TCOT Red Brunette, 1955. Near fine in chipped dj. $17.50

TCOT Benevolent Bookie, 1956. Fine in very good dj. $20.00

TCT Benevolent Bookie, 1956. Near fine. $10.00

TCOT Extra Man, 1957. MWA rubber stamp on endpapers and bottom page edges, else near fine in price-clipped dj. $20.00

TCOT Russian Cross, 1957. Fine in dj with scrape on spine. $20.00

TCOT Russian Cross, 1957. Rubber stamp, else good in badly chipped, glued down dj. $12.50

TCOT Running Man, 1958. Light foxing, else near fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Running Man, 1958. Name, else near fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Running Man, 1958. Bookplate, else near fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Treble Twist, 1958. London, MacDonald, 1958. First edition. Very good in chipped dj.

TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Fine in dj. $30.00

TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. MWA rubber stamp, else fine in lightly rubbed dj. $25.00

TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Fine in lightly rubbed dj. $25.00

TCOT Triple Twist, 1958. Ink dates on front endpaper, else fine in chipped dj. $15.00

TCOT Careless Thief, 1960. Fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. Fine in dj. $30.00

TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. MWA rubber stamp, else fine in dj with trifle rubbing at spine ends and one corner. $25.00

TCOT Sapphire Brooch, 1961. Writing on front endpaper, else about fine in chipped and rubbed dj. $15.00

TCOT Three-Ring Puzzle, 1963. Good reading copy in worn dj. $10.00

TCOT Heavenly Twin, London, MacDonald, 1963. First edition. Ex-library in dust jacket. $7.00

TCOT Heavenly Twin, 1963. Ex-library copy dj. $10.00

TCOT Heavenly Twin, 1963. Tape-stained reading copy. $7.50

TCOT Grand Alliance, 1965. Small bookseller’s label, corner bumped, else fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Good Employer, 1966. London, MacDonald, 1966. First edition. Rubber stamps, else about fine. $12.50

TCOT Good Employer, London, White Lion, 1968. Reprint. Ex-library in good dj. $8.50

TCOT Good Employer, 1966. Very fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Prodigal Daughter, London, MacDonald,1968. Reading copy only very good dj. $6.00

TCOT Prodigal Daughter, 1968. Name, else very fine in dj. $25.00

TCOT Deadly Diamonds, 1969. Very fine in dj. $25.00

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