Peter Cheyney Bibliography

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Title   Date Issue Points - Notes This Man is Dangerous Collins 1936   You Can't Hit a Woman Collins 1937   Poison Ivy Collins 1937   Dames Don't Care Collins 1937   Can Ladies Kill ? Collins 1938   The Urgent Hangman Collins 1938   Don't Get Me Wrong Collins 1938   Knave Takes Queen Collins 1939   Dangerous Curves Collins 1939   Another Little Drink Collins 1940   You'd Be Surprised Collins 1940   You Can't Keep the Change Collins 1940   Your Deal My Lovely Collins 1941   Mister Caution Mr Callaghan Collins 1941   It Couldn't Matter Less Collins 1941   Never a Dull Moment Collins 1942   Dark Duet Collins 1942   Sorry You've Been Troubled Collins 1942   The Unscrupulous Mr Callaghan Handi Books 1943 US only You Can Always Duck Collins 1943   The Stars are Dark Collins 1943   Adventures of Alonzo MacTavish Todd 1943   Alonzo MacTavish Again Todd 1943   Love With a Gun Todd 1943   The Murder of Alonzo Todd 1943   They Never Say When Collins 1944   The Dark Street Collins 1944   Account Rendered Vallancey 1944   Dance Without Music Vallancey 1945 Jacket priced ? Sinister Errand Collins 1945   I'll Say She Does Collins 1945 Wrapper priced at 8/6 The Adventures of Julia Poynings 1945   Escape for Sandra Poynings 1945   Night Club Poynings 1945   Tough Spot for Cupid Vallancey 1945   You Can't Trust Duchesses Vallancey 1945   G Man at the Yard Poynings 1946   Dark Hero Collins 1946   Date After Dark Todd 1946   He Walked in His Sleep Todd 1946   The Man With Two Wives Todd 1946   A Spot for Murder Todd 1946   Time for Caution Foster 1946   Vengeance with a Twist Vallancey 1946   Uneasy Terms Collins 1946   The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor Locke 1947   Dark Interlude Collins 1947   Dance Without Music Collins 1947 Wrapper priced at 8/6 Lady in Green Bantam 1947   A Matter of Luck Bantam 1947   Cocktail for Cupid Bantam 1948   Cocktail Party Bantam 1948   Fast Work Bantam 1948   Information Received Bantam 1948   The Unhappy Lady Bantam 1948   No Ordinary Cheyney Faber 1948 Jacket priced at 9/6 Try Anything Twice Collins 1948   Dark Wanton Collins 1948   The Lady in Tears Bantam 1949   You Can Call it a Day Collins 1949   One of Those Things Collins 1949   Lady Behave Collins 1950   Dark Bahama Collins 1950   Ladies Won't Wait Collins 1951   Velvet Johnnie Collins 1952 Jacket priced at 9/6 Calling Mr Callaghan Todd 1953   The Best Stories of Peter Cheyney Faber 1954   The Mystery Blues Todd 1954

Further Information Peter Cheyney was born Reginald Southouse Cheyney in 1896 and passed away in 1951. He was a very prolific author and one of the periods best-selling authors. His style was based on the American style hard boiled school, though usually slightly tamer, toned down version. Numerous titles were not published in the US, mostly the short story collections. UK editions generally precede the US. There are some alternative titles for books reissued at a later date. His two main series characters were Lemmy Caution and Slim Callaghan, with Caution being the most popular. Outside of collectors, Cheyney is largely forgotten now, which given he was once one of the country's most popular and successful authors is quite remarkable. His success enabled him to amass a fortune and made him one of England's richest authors at the time. As usual, the earlier titles are the rarest and most desirable. Pre 1940 titles in original first issue dust jackets are generally regarded as rare books. The later titles, whilst not common in nice collectable condition, are not overly difficult to locate and do not command particularly high prices.

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