Peter Cheyney Bibliography

UK First Edition Books

The following bibliography contains the criminous titles
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Title	Publisher	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	1939	Dust jacket priced 7/6
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	Dust jacket priced 7/6
Mister Caution Mr Callaghan	Collins	1941
It Couldn't Matter Less	Collins	1941
Never a Dull Moment	Collins	1942	Dustwrapper priced 7/6
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	Reprinted Todd 1952 as Dressed to Kill
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	Yellow cloth, green titles. Jacket 8/6
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	A Johnny Vallon book
One of Those Things	Collins	1949	The first Terence O'Day mystery Also published as: Mistress Murder, Avon 1951
Lady Behave	Collins	1950
Dark Bahama	Collins	1950
Ladies Won't Wait	Collins	1951
Velvet Johnnie	Collins	1952	Dust jacket priced at 9/6
Calling Mr Callaghan	Todd	1953
The Best Stories of Peter Cheyney	Faber	1954
The Mystery Blues	Todd	1954

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Peter Cheyney Author Biography - 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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