HORLER, Sidney.

THE MYSTERY MISSION [in] THE THRILLER, No 30, Vol 1, August 31st, 1929 Issue.

London: The Amalgamated Press, Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, E.C.4, 1929. First Edition (& 1st printing). Quarto, original colour pictorial wrappers. Pp. 758-780. August 31st, 1929 issue. Contains a ''Gripping Book length novel'' THE MYSTERY MISSION by Sidney Horler, plus an installment of the serial "The Crook's Game" by George Dilnot and an installment of "Bafflers! The Popular Detective Story Game" - "The Death of 'Dope' Durant". Cheap newspaper format. Price 2d. Small tears, staples rusted out with some associated staining around them; a very good copy. Rare, and the true first appearance of the Horler story; the book edition came out two years later in 1931. Item #313046

¶ The usual Horler low-grade sensation fiction, although here we have a rather sensational masked villian. "The Thriller" was a British story paper that ran for an amazing 589 issues between 1929-1940., Thriller contained a complete mystery story (25,000 words) each issue, plus supporting serials, short stories or features. It published masses of crime, mystery and thriller serials and stories, many adapted from US sources. The title changed to "The Thriller Library" in 1937 and then to "War Thriller" in 1940.

Price (CAD): $75.00