Vaughan Kathrens; Peter Gascoigne — Benny Went First Zero Always Wins

London, Andrew Melrose: Collins, [1950]-61. First edition. Cloth. Two very scarce first edition thrillers in their original dust wrappers. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Two volumes. Very scarce. This set includes two very scarce thrillers by authors Peter Gascoigne and Vaughan Kathrens. This set includes; 'Benny Went First', a fast moving and exciting novel which follows Harry Marston and a series of murders that started with the death of a man called Benny, and 'Zero Always Wins' which follows the reckless and broke Mark Coleman as he partakes in criminal activity for a  tempting cash pay out.'Benny Went First' undated, dated by copies held on Jisc. In the publisher's original cloths with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally excellent with bumping to the extremities to 'Zero Always Wins' and a slight lean to 'Benny Went First&apos. Light offsetting to the endpapers. The wraps are smart with marks, edge wear, creasing, very small closed tears and slight loss to the tail of the spine to 'Zero Always Wins&apos. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.