User:Pwendt/Series/Dr. Palfrey

Series: Dr. Palfrey

2018-10-18 create by export from User:Pwendt/Publishers#Walker & Co.

els  John Creasey 45691 (212+ +many) 

[1] "During 1953, John Creasey founded the Crime Writer's Association (CWA) in the UK." ...

Dr. Palfrey

NN = series no. (indb only);
   YY = database year of Walker edition
1 = -- (no US ed. indb) "Traitors' doom"
  O.. 1942 --NEED augment, inclg hardcover format
    70 https://lccn.loc.gov/70126119 (with ISBN) 1 --NEED THIS EDITION // 70\65 a story of Dr. Palfrey

SFE reports no rev, no vt

[2 73\] https://lccn.loc.gov/72080534 "The perilous country" <= The Valley [#2] // 73\66 a Doctor Palfrey thriller

SFE (rev vt 1962) The Perilous Country

---- Wikipedia gives months Nov 42, May 43, Nov 43 for the first three
3 -- "The Legion of the Lost" T1814215K synopsis done
    // 74\65 
  Om£- 1943 Long (WorldCat also shows 1968 Long)
  Om$- 1944 Daye (US) --perhaps alone published early in the US
  O. 1965 Arrow Books #852 "Arrow ed., rev. and abridged by the author" 	
  LO..i 1974 ✓ --dnf 1974 newspapers

SFE reports for #4 to #11 revised eds. under original titles, Arrow Books 1962 to 1970(?)

[4 74\] https://lccn.loc.gov/73083308 "Dangerous quest" rev [#4 revised] // 74\65
[5 76\] https://lccn.loc.gov/75034828 "Death in the rising sun" [#5] // 76\69
[6 -- The Hounds of Vengeance (1945)

BL 1969 6r The hounds of vengeance: a Doctor Palfrey thriller. Revised ed.

[7 -- Shadow of Doom (1946)
[8 75\] https://lccn.loc.gov/75007517 "The house of the bears" [#8] // 75\62

BL 1969 8r The house of the bears: a Doctor Palfrey thriller. Revised ed.

9 77 L.$ $6.95 "Dark Harvest" --US ed. of the 1962 Arrow ; unknown $ource
    // 77\62 revised 
10 -- (no US ed. indb) "Sons of Satan"
11 78 LOm$ $7.95 "The Wings" --"LCCN is the source of the price" (not true 2018-10) ; unknown $ource for month
     // 78\69
12 -- (no US ed. indb) "The Dawn of Darkness"
13 -- (no US ed. indb) "The League of Light"

SFE (rev 1963)

14 -- (no US ed. indb) "The Man Who Shook the World"

BL The Man Who Shook the World, etc

SFE The 13th "Dr Palfrey" Adventure

SFE (rev 1963) The Man Who Shook the World

15 78 LOm.i $ "The Prophet"

BL The Man Who Shook the World, etc

SFE The 14th "Dr Palfrey" Adventure

16# 71 LO..i $ "The Killers of Innocence" <= The Children of Hate --1972 Award Books
     // 71\68 a Doctor Palfrey thriller

SFE (rev vt 1971) The Killers of Innocence: A Dr Palfrey Thriller

BL 1970 16r [The children of hate.] The children of despair: a Doctor Palfrey thriller. Revised ed.

SFE The Children of Despair (London: Jay Books, 1958) [vt of the above: pb/]

17: 69 -O.. "The Touch of Death" --1971 Lancer Books

SFE The Seventeenth "Dr Palfrey" Adventure

18 77 LOm$ $6.95 "The Mists" --"LCCN is the source of the price" (not true 2018-10)
     // 77\70 o[2] --1st most widely held in series

SFE The Eighteenth "Dr Palfrey" Adventure

Lpb The Mists of Fear

19: 69 LO.i $4.50 "The Flood" ✓ --Lancer Books as 1969 $0.75; unknown $ource
20. 68 LO..i "The Plague of Silence" --Lancer Books as 2 yrs later
     // 68\58 o[3] --2nd most widely held in series

SFE A "Dr Palfrey" Story

Luk The plague of silence, a "Dr. Palfrey" story

21d 67 O..i "The Drought"
    67 https://lccn.loc.gov/67023103 21 --NEEDs // a new Dr. Palfrey story

SFE A New Dr Palfrey Story

SFE Dry Spell (London: New English Library, 1967) [rev vt of the above: pb/]

o[4]

o[5]

22a 66 LOm$ "The Terror: The Return of Dr. Palfrey" (1962) ✓ --1968 Berkeley Medallion PV Don Erikson
     // the return of Dr. Palfrey

SFE The Return of Dr Palfrey

SFE (rev 1966)

BL 1962 22 The Terror. The Return of Dr. Palfrey.

BL 1966 22r? The Terror, etc.

23c 67\63 LO..i "The Depths"

BL 1963 23 The Depths. A new story of “Dr. Palfrey”.

SFE A New Story of Dr Palfrey

K as 1967-02-21
    Notes
    A Doctor Palfrey story. Cf. Hubin.
    The 23rd novel featuring Dr. Palfrey and Z5. Cf. Reginald, R. Science fiction.
24. 68\64 -O.. "The Sleep" --Lancer Books as 2 yrs later; unknown source (cover image?)

Luk The sleep

---- US eds. now published same or next calendar year ----
25b 66\65 -O.. "The Inferno" --1968 Berkeley Medallion PV Don Erikson

BL 1965 25 The Inferno. A Dr. Palfrey story.

SFE A Dr Palfrey Story

26. 68\67 O..i as 1967 "The Famine" --Lancer Books as 3 yrs later PV Bluesman
    68 https://lccn.loc.gov/68013253 26 --NEEDs // a new story of Dr. Palfrey

SFE A New Story of "Dr Palfrey"

Luk The famine: a new story of ʻDr. Palfrey

27. 68\68 LO..ic $ "The Blight" --Lancer Books as 1 year later "©1968, not likely published until 1969" PV Don Erikson
     //  a story of Dr. Palfrey

SFE A Story of Dr Palfrey

Luk The blight: a story of Dr. Palfrey

28= 70\69 LO.. "The Oasis" --Lancer Books as 3 yrs later
     // 70\69 (no ISBN) a story of Dr. Palfrey

BL 1969 28 The oasis: a story of Dr Palfrey.

SFE A Story of Dr Palfrey

Luk The oasis: a story of Dr Palfrey

29# 71\70 LO.. $ "The Smog" --1972 Award Books
K as 1970-02-05
     // a story of Dr. Palfrey

BL 1970 29 The smog: a story of Dr. Palfrey.

SFE A Story of Dr Palfrey

Luk The smog: a story of Dr. Palfrey

30 72\71 L..ic $ "THE UNBEGOTTEN: The 30th Story of Dr. Palfrey" --1975 Manor Books PV Marc Kupper
K as 1972-03-20]
     // 72\71 a Doctor Palfrey thriller

BL 1971 30 The unbegotten: the 30th story of Dr. Palfrey.

SFE The 30th Book of Dr Palfrey

Luk The Unbegotten; the 30th story of Dr. Palfrey

31 73\72 -O..i $ "The Insulators" --1975 Manor Books

SFE The 31st Book of Dr Palfrey

32 74\73 LO..i $ "The Voiceless Ones" --"LCCN typos the checksum ..." ; --no US soft

SFE The 32nd Book of Dr Palfrey

Luk The voiceless ones : the 32nd book of Dr. Palfrey

33 76\76 Lm$ $6.95 "The Thunder Maker" --"LCCN is the source of the price" (not true 2018-10)  --fake month ; --no US soft
     // c76 a new Dr. Palfrey adventure

BL 1976 33 The thunder-maker : a new Dr Palfrey adventure

SFE A New Dr Palfrey Adventure

34 -- (no US ed. indb) "The Whirlwind"

BL 1979 34 The whirlwind : the 34th Dr Palfrey adventure

SFE The 34th Dr Palfrey Adventure

US publication

66 - 22, 25

67 - 23, 21

68 - 20 24 26 27

69 - 17 19   [#27 The Blight not found in US newspapers]

("the blight" creasey) no hits 1968/1970 except Parley 1968 UK review, Hubin 1970 US pbk

70 - 1 28

71 - 16 29   [thus (14) 1 16-17 19-27] [#16 Killers not found in US newspapers]

("killers of innocence") no hits 1970/1972

72 - 30

73 - 2 31

74 - 3 4 32

75 - 8   [non-genre Bears, $5.95]

76 - 5 33 [#33, $6.95]

77 - 9 18

78 - 11 15 [thus (27) 1-5 8-9 11 15-33]

[missing 6-7 10 12-14 34] WorldCat shows no US eds. of the other seven unless London, New York John Long or Arrow Books sold here

no hits in newspapers (none as creasey)

1977 "dark harvest" ; "mists of fear"

1978 "wings of peace" ; "Prophet of Fire"

LC

(creasey palfrey) 27 hits!

(creasey palfrey) Walker 18 hits --LC linked above

hours later 21 LC records of Walker eds. are linked above, inclg 3 not among 18 search hits (9 Dark Harvest, 15 The Prophets, 18 The Mists)

+ The Flood, The Plague

WorldCat

3 from Lancer Books 1967/68/69 [6]

3 from Walker [7]

se"Dr. Palfrey" [8] (25)

("john creasey" palfrey) newspapers 1961 1965 (4 hits)

[9] The Observer 1963-07-07 p22, Kingsley Amis, "Science Fiction: Inner Space and Elsewhere" --inclg The Depths

The Observer 1964-06-14 p27, H&S one-line footer as last/least of four "The new JOHN CREASEY Dr. Palfrey The Sleep 15s"

[10] The Irish Times 1964-06-02 p9 "Some Recent Thrillers" --The Sleep 15/-

Variety 1965-11-03 p69; Chatter; London (Hyde Park 4561/2/3) "Thriller writer John Creasey sailed on the Elizabeth Nov. 29 enroute to Hollywood to sell tele rights of his new sci-fi book character, Dr. Palfrey.

1966 (2 hits, both US)

[11] Chi. Tribune 1966-05-22 pN4, Mort Vivian "Crime on My Hands" --explains the return of Dr. P (The Terror $3.50)

[12] NYT 1966-09-18 p407, Anthony Boucher "Criminals at Large" -- The Inferno $3.95, the most entertaining

[13] NYT 1967-03-12 p378, Anthony Boucher "Criminals at Large" --The Depths $3.95 (also one Le Fanu) --Uncle Silas T885686 15% abridged as a Paperback Library Gothic $0.75

"John Creasey has cut back to a mere seven books a year (not counting his careful revision of old material for the American market)" "the Dr. Palfrey series, those unfortunate melanges of melodrama with science fiction of the outmoded Mad Scientist, World Destruction school"

[14] NYT 1967-09-03 p182, Anthony Boucher "Criminals at Large" --The Drought $3.95 "one of the worst"

[15] Chi Tribune 1967-09-13 p21, Alice Cromie "... Capsule Reviews" --The Drought $3.95

[16] The Guardian 1967-03-29 p7, Geoffrey Moorhouse "The Toff at the Polls" --Creasey runs for office, All Party Alliance, cuts back from 14 to 7 books

Toff, June; ... Palfrey, November; Ashe, December "They will be started about the 7th and not later than the 10th of each month and finished on the 21st precisely ..."

1968

NYT 1968-03-31 pBR36, Anthony Boucher "Criminals at Large" --The Plague $3.95, newly revised

LAT 1968-06-23 pR40, Dorothy B. Hughes "The Crime File" --six from Walker at $3.95, inclg Palfrey The Plague, The Famine $3.95

Chi Trib -09-11 p24, Alice Cromie "Crime on My Hands" --The Sleep $3.95

NYT -11-03 p456, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --The Sleep $3.95

The Spectator 220.7305 -05-24 p710, Peter Parley --The Blight 18/- (negative, as unusually silly) ; The Blight not found in US newspapers

1969

NYT 1969-01-19 pBR10, Lewis Nichols "American Notebook" --19 scheduled for US publication this year inclg 4 Palfrey (12 from Walker)

NYT -03-16 pBR62, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --a fan of Palfrey

NYT -03-30 pBR36, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --The Flood $4.50; "easily the most chilling of the lot (3 Creasey from Walker) provided you don't mind that its science fiction aspect is not very credible." --q

NYT -09-14 pBR16, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --The Touch $4.50 (redd in 1954 UK also) "I suppose these Dr. P tales should best be described as fantastic mysteries: Creasey makes no attempt to legitimize the science they contain."

1970

NYT -05-17 p287, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --5 pbk Creasey reprints from Lancer at $0.75, inclg The Blight --NEED write Don Erikson

Chi. Tribune -06-11 p26, Alice Cromie "Crime on My Hands" --The Oasis "a horrendous plot"

Bos. Globe -06-28 pA68, Mycroft Holmes "The Mystery Shelf" --two Creaseys this week incl The Oasis $4.50

[17] Chi Trib -11-12 p18, Alice Cromie "Crime on My Hands" --Creaseys include Traitor's Doom $4.95 "early World War II espionage"

1971

NYT 1971-01-10 pBR22, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --The Smog $4.95

[18] NYT -02-28 pBR33, Allen J. Hubin, "Criminals at Large" --Traitors' Doom $4.95 "an intriguing overture to the series"

Chi. Tribune -03-31 p14, Alice Cromie "Crime on My Hands" --The Smog $4.95 "good scientific-thriller stuff, built out of John Creasey's pressing awareness of problems facing human society, and translated into diverting fiction"

1972

[19] Newsday 1972-04-16 pB40, Robert Wiemer "Mysteries" --The Unbegotten $4.95 (Palfrey is Creasey's weakest)

1973

NYT 1973-03-15 p40 "A Listing of Recently Published Books" --"The Perilous Country: A Doctor Palfrey Thriller" $5.95 --non-genre

June obituaries

1974

LCJ -08-18 p79 The Masters of Bow Street (posthumous, historical novel?)

1975/1979, 2 hits only ("john creasey" palfrey)

NYT -07-28 p19 "New Books", The House of the Bears (Walker, $5.95) --non-genre

Bos. Globe 1976-08-29 pA14, Mycroft Holmes "The Mystery Shelf" --The Thunder Maker $6.95 (also one Baron) "his backlog keeps rolling off the presses"

("john creasey" "thunder maker") no other hit

indb w cover image: 15-16 19-21 23 26-27 30-32 no cover image: 1 3 9 11 17-18 22 24-25 28-29 33

Walker at Amazon US, w cover image (3) (1 that we don'e have) Amazon US

T1349667

1976 1st not found at British Library --neither title nor BLIC 010686028

1976us --fake month-- LCCN, OCLC, Amazon US all show The thunder maker: A new Dr. Palfrey adventure (no hyphen; with subtitle)