Red Arrow - Captain Nemesis

The tenth book published by Red Arrow Books is Captain Nemesis by F. Van Wyck Mason, first published New York: Putnam's, 1931.

Captain Nemesis is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] by the same author,
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] about Red Arrow books,
[6] blank,
7-279 Captain Nemesis,
[280-288] blank.

The copyright date is 1931.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text and Book Club editions are illustrated below.

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Red Arrow 10 Book Club edition

Red Arrow - The Seven Sleepers

The ninth book published by Red Arrow Books is The Seven Sleepers by Francis Beeding, first published London: Hutchinson, 1925. Pseudonym of John Lelsie Palmer and Hilary St. John Saunders.

The Seven Sleepers is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] by the same author,
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] about Red Arrow books,
[6] blank,
7-280 The Seven Sleepers,
[281-288] blank.

The copyright date is 1925.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text is illustrated below.

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Red Arrow - Girl Hunt

The eighth book published by Red Arrow Books is Girl Hunt by Laurence D(wight) Smith, first published Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1937.

Girl Hunt is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] about Red Arrow Books,
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
5-279 Girl Hunt,
[280-288] blank.

The copyright date is 1937.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text is illustrated below.

Red Arrow - My South Sea Island

The sixth book published by Red Arrow Books is My South Sea Island by Eric Musprat, first published London: Hutchinson, 1931.

My South Sea Island is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] about Red Arrow Books,
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5-7] preface,
[8] blank,
9-288 My South Sea Island.

The copyright date is 1931.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text and book club are illustrated below.

Red Arrow - Death Wears a White Gardenia

The fifth book published by Red Arrow Books is Death Wears a White Gardenia by Zelda Popkin, first published Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1938.

Death Wears a White Gardenia is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] about Red Arrow Books,
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] "All characters .. are intended.",
[6] blank,
7-281 Death Wears a White Gardenia,
[282-288] blank.

 The copyright date is 1938.

There are four variant covers: two text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text is illustrated below.

Red Arrow - Yankee Komisar

The seventh book published by Red Arrow Books is Yankee Komisar by S. M. Riis, first published New York: R Speller, 1935.

Yankee Komisar is 240 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] copyright page,
[3] title page,
[4] dedication,
[5] introduction,
[6] blank,
7-236 Yankee Komisar,
[237-240] blank.

The copyright date is 1939.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The text and illustrated are below.

"Voice of Death"

In 1941 Bantam Publications published The Shadow and the Voice of Murder by Maxwell Grant, pseudonym for Walter Gibson. The story was first published in the February 15, 1940 issue of The Shadow as “Voice of Death”. Now, seventy years later, the story has been reprinted again. The Shadow Volume 49 (San Antonio, TX: Sanctum Books) has just been published and includes the third Shadow story from 1931 as well as "Voice of Death".

The Bantam Publications book is mentioned but, as is often the case, details are wrong. The year is given as 1942 and it's called "an early Bantam book" which gives the impression that it was published by the later Bantam Books of New York. The illustrated cover is reproduced.