Mr Fortune Explains, Case for Mr Fortune and Mr Fortune Wonders, by H. C. Bailey

BAILEY, H. C. Mr. Fortune Explains. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1930. [and:]

_. Case for Mr. Fortune. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1932. [and:]

_. Mr. Fortune Wonders. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1933.

Three first editions of these collections of short mystery stories by H. C. Bailey, featuring brilliant detective Reggie Fortune, an eccentric surgeon working for Scotland Yard. Each volume contains eight stories.

A drama critic and war correspondent in World War I, Bailey became one of the most-read writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. He authored widely divergent, dark stories, involving multiple homicides, disappearances, police corruption, and obstruction of justice.

Three octavo volumes: Mr. Fortune Explains, pp. 320, in publisher’s green cloth, lettered and ruled in black; Case for Mr. Fortune, pp. 320, in publisher’s olive-green cloth, lettered and ruled in black; Mr. Fortune Wonders, pp. 316, in publisher’s brown cloth, lettered and ruled in black. All volumes lacking the dust wrappers. Some light, variable browning and a few stains, binding a little rubbed and scuffed, but overall very good reading copies.