Sexton Blake and other titles

Sexton Blake

The Sexton Blake Library, 150 copies from the 1^st and 2^nd series bound in 21 volumes, original wrappers bound in, full buckram gilt, with 426 loose copies from the 3^rd and 4^th series, 1941 to 1963, and 173 loose duplicates, comprising 45 copies from the 1^st series, 16 copies from the 2^nd series, 71 copies from the 3^rd series [with] Magnet omnibus volumes 1-17, 19-22, 14 further vols., and 104 loose original copies of Magnet, 1938-40; Greyfriars Book Club, vols. 22, 38, 41-43, 46, Howard Baker; (large quantity)

For a full breakdown of the copies included in this lot, please click on the following link: Sexton Blake lots 227, 231-236.doc

***Since first appearing in ‘The Marvel’ in 1893, the Sexton Blake saga became a publishing phenomenon, appearing in English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, French, Arabic, Hindi and Afrikaans.

Blake initially sprang from the mind of a writer called Hal Meredith, but continued to be reimagined by over 200 different authors, including: G. H. Teed, Gwyn Evans, Anthony Skene and Robert Murray.

In April 1894, the stories began appearing in the Union Jack, and it was this pink-jacketed magazine which was to make Sexton Blake famous. They were also published in Detective Weekly and the monthly magazine the Sexton Blake Library.