1947 Thy Arm Alone

Description

First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon, With Dustwrapper

The first edition.

Dated using Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.

With the original, unclipped dust wrapper.

Written by British author John Russell Fearn, who wrote this novel under the pseudonym John Slate. Fearn was known for his multitude of pen-names, being a prolific writer of crime fiction and Westerns, as well as science-fiction. 

'Thy Arm Alone' is the fourth 'Black Maria Adventure Novel', being the fourth installment to feature amateur detective and Girls' School Headmistress, Miss Maria Black. In this particular adventure, Maria and Inspector Morgan attempt to track down the murderer of Herbert Pollitt, one of the three young men who have fallen for the charms of the lovely Betty Shapely.