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Published by Jacobs, Plymouth, 1111
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. This is an original manuscript, 1000 words from an unpublished book. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs, was a prolific English pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. He was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, on 30 December 189…9. In 1928, Jacobs sold his first novel and From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time.Jacobs wrote more than 100 novels and short stories under many pseudonyms, including Jacques Pendower, T.C.H. Pendower, Penn Dower, Tom Curtis, Marilyn Pender, Kathleen Carstairs, Helen Howard, and Anne Penn. Book.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1955
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 241pp typewritten book manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. No date but assume early 1955. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. Born in Plymouth,…30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1960
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 214pp typewritten pre-publication manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. In original brown file folder. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. Born in… Plymouth, 30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1955
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 245 pp typewritten book manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. No date but assume early 1955. In original torn brown envelope from Hutchinson & Co. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime sto…ries, and spy and detective fiction. Born in Plymouth, 30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1954
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 338pp typewritten pre-publication manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. In original brown file covers. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. Born in… Plymouth, 30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1966
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 208pp typewritten book manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. No date but assume early 1966. In original brown envelope returned from Hutchinson & Co 1/7/55. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true… crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. Born in Plymouth, 30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1962
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 208 pp typewritten book manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. In original brown file folder. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. Born in Plymouth,… 30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
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Language: English
Published by MACAULAY., NEW YORK., 1936
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good plus book in its original dust jacket. 317 immaculate pages with no foxing or torn pages. Dated 1936 First US edition. Outer red boards are unmarked but there is a buckle on the front board where the corner may have been bent. The dust ja…cket is complete with a price of 39c stamped on the front flap.No tears or loss.
Published by Pendower, Plymouth, 1111
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. This is an original manuscript, later published in 1958 by Robert Hale.223 pages 63,000 words T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs, was a prolific English pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. He was born in Plymouth, Devonshire, En…gland, on 30 December 1899. In 1928, Jacobs sold his first novel and From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time.Jacobs wrote more than 100 novels and short stories under many pseudonyms, including Jacques Pendower, T.C.H. Pendower, Penn Dower, Tom Curtis, Marilyn Pender, Kathleen Carstairs, Helen Howard, and Anne Penn. Book.
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Published by Stanley Paul, London, 1936
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition, early reissue stating '3rd thousand' on title-page. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, with overlaid price-sticker '4/-' to spine. Early printing of this hard-to-find crime thriller, especially tricky in equally coeval jacket. Book in very good condition; jacket a little rubbe…d and creased near edges with a little minor chipping, but overall very good. Early printing of this hard-to-find crime thriller, especially tricky in equally coeval jacket. Book.
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Published by The Macaulay Company, New York, 1933
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Add to basketHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of Chief Inspector Barnard of Scotland Yard mystery. 8vo., 313pp + 2p ads. Beige cloth, stamped red, wine top stain. A near fine copy in a very good, bright dustwrapper showing modest use, neat name on ffe. A very nice Golden Age example.
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Published by London: Stanley Paul; Newspaper Features Ltd; Melbourne: The Sun News-Pictorial. [], 1930
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Add to basketFirst edition, first printing. Original khaki cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square with some bumping to the spine tips, the cloth with some rubbing and darkening to the extremities. The contents, with some toning to the endpapers and a few finger marks to the…margins are otherwise clean. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny nicks and a very thin strip of fading to the bottom edge. Also included is an original carbon typescript of the novel, 327 pages, bound in brown card with typed label to the upper wrapper; a letter from the publisher Stanley Paul, dated 2nd June 1930 requesting a blurb for the book; a typescript of the requested blurb; the string bound galley proof for the book publication; proof copy, with a few holograph emendations for the British serial publication (the title crossed out and renamed 'The Dartmoor Mystery'; the Australian serial publication in The Sun News-Pictorial (daily issues between June 4th to July 15th), housed in an envelope bearing the author's name and address. Unique thus A fascinating collection of material, originating from the author's archive, relating to his first crime novel. Thomas Curtis Hicks Jacobs, a man of many identities, (his surname later legally changed to Pendower) was a prolific writer of crime fiction, westerns and romance. He was a founding member of the Crime Writers Association and served as chairman in 1960-61. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Manuscript, Kent, 1959
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Add to basketLoose_leaf. Condition: G-. typescript. Quarto paper loose leaf 239pp typewritten book manuscript with editor's hand-written amendments. No date but assume early 1959. T.C.H. (Thomas Curtis Hicks) Jacobs was a prolific pulp fiction author of Westerns, romances, true crime stories, and spy and detective fiction. Born in Plymouth,…30th December 1899, educated at a local Plymouth grammar school, he wrote his first published work for the Western Weekly News at 16. He served in the British Army Infantry from 1917 to 1921 and in 1918 was wounded in action and taken prisoner of war. He escaped and was demobilized in 1921 as a second lieutenant. After the war, Jacobs joined the English civil service as a revenue investigating officer. In 1925, he married Muriel Newbury. In 1928, he sold his first novel as a serial published by A. J. Rhodes. During his 23 years with the Inland Revenue, Jacobs wrote at night. From 1950 to 1976, he wrote full time. He began by writing many short stories for boys' magazines, but later branched into non-fiction writing with a trilogy on the study of murder. In 1939, he attained the distinction of being the first English civil servant to have a film made from one of his novels, Traitor Spy. For much of his life, Jacobs made his home in Bexley, Kent. He died in London in 1976; his obituary was listed under the pseudonym Jacques Pendower. Immediate despatch from the UK. Book.
