Sexton Blake: Detective (Sexton Blake Library) [Hardcover]

George (ed) Mann (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: Snowbooks (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906727414
• ISBN-13: 978-1906727413
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,822,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm enjoying it, October 9, 2010

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Kevin P. Lees (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sexton Blake: Detective (Sexton Blake Library) (Hardcover)

750-odd pages of stories and novellas - and a short play - written by various authors. Some are detective-deduction stories in Sherlock Holmes style, others are "Boys' Own" type adventures with daring deeds and narrow escapes. I hadn't realised Sexton Blake adventures were kept going from the late 1800s through to the 1960s by a swag of different writers. These date from 1909 through to 1933. I haven't finished it yet but I'm finding it entertaining reading!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection, Terrible Presentation, December 28, 2011

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P.S. Tail (Belleville, MI United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sexton Blake: Detective (Sexton Blake Library) (Hardcover)

This is a terrific bumper volume of Sexton Blake stories and novellas, but the reading experience is marred by dozens if not hundreds of typos that appear to have been introduced by poor proofreading after original texts were scanned (things like "cast" for "east", "beard" for "heard", etc.). In addition, one of the novellas, "They Shall Repay!" is missing the ending chapters! While this is a treasure trove of rare Blake material Snowbooks has not done well by it.