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Book	Publisher	Year	Binding
The Bride Wore Black Cornell Woolrich	Robert Hale	1942	Hardback
The Bridge in the Jungle B. Traven	Jonathan Cape	1940	Hardback
The Cannibal First John Hawkes	New Directions	1949	Hardback
The Carrot Seed First Ruth Krauss	Harper & Brothers	1945	Hardback
The Case for Christianity C. S. Lewis	Macmillan	1943	Hardback
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward First H. P. Lovecraft · Dream Cycle	Arkham House	1943	Hardback
The Case of the Baited Hook First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1940	Hardback
Case Black Eyed Blonde First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1944	Hardback
The Case of the Borrowed Brunette First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1946	Hardback
The Case of the Buried Clock First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1943	Hardback
The Case of the Careless Kitten First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1942	Hardback
The Case of the Cautious Coquette; the Case of the Crimson Kiss; the Case of the Crying Swallow First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1949	Hardback
The Case of the Constant Suicides John Dickson Carr	Harper	1941	Hardback
The Case of the Constant Suicides John Dickson Carr	Hamish Hamilton	1941	Hardback
The Case of the Crooked Candle Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1944	Hardback
The Case of the Drowning Duck First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1942	Hardback
The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1943	Hardback
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom First Erle Stanley Gardner	William Morrow	1949	Hardback
The Case of the Empty Tin First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1941	Hardback
The Case of the Fan-Dancer's Horse First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1947	Hardback
The Case of the Gilded Fly First Edmund Crispin	Gollancz	1944	Hardback
The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife First Erle Stanley Gardner	M. S. Mill Co	1945	Hardback
The Case of the Haunted Husband First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1941	Hardback
The Case of the Lonely Heiress First Erle Stanley Gardner	William Morrow	1948	Hardback
The Case of the Perjured Parrot First Erle Stanley Gardner	World Pub. Co	1948	Hardback
The Case of the Smoking Chimney First Erle Stanley Gardner	Morrow	1943	Hardback
The Case of the Turning Tide First Erle Stanley Gardner	William Morrow	1941	Hardback
The Case of the Vagabond Virgin First Erle Stanley Gardner	William Morrow	1948	Hardback
The Case of the Weird Sisters First Charlotte Armstrong	Coward-McCann	1943	Hardback
The Castle of Adventure Enid Blyton · The Adventure Series	Macmillan	1946	Hardback
The Castle of Adventure Enid Blyton · The Adventure Series	Macmillan & Co.	1946	Hardback
The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth	Dent	1949	Hardback
The Catherine Wheel First Patricia Wentworth	New York	1949	Hardback
The Chequer Board First Nevil Shute	Heinemann	1947	Hardback
The Children of Cherry Tree Farm First Enid Blyton	Country Life	1940	Hardback
The Children of Willow Farm First Enid Blyton	Country Life	1942	Hardback