Sat 3 Oct 2009
INQUIRY from John Herrington: Various Herbert Jenkins Ltd. authors.
Posted by Steve under Authors , Inquiries[7] Comments
Hi Steve,
I am starting to research the authors of the Herbert Jenkins publishing company, and wonder if you can help me by asking if anyone knows anything about four of their 1930s authors.
Robert Ladline, Peter Luck and Gret Lane are pseudonyms of unidentified writers. The HJ archive tell me the contracts they hold are signed by different names, but won’t tell me without a search for descendants who would give permission for them to release the information! Since I have waited over a year so far for them to find such a descendant for another writer, that may be something to leave till all other possibilities have been checked.
Garstin Begbie is the name on the contracts for books under that name, but a search of Ancestry etc has failed to produce anything.
So would it be possible for you ask on your blog if the names mean anything to anyone? I know it’s a slim chance, but there’s always a chance someone might be looking for the names.
Regards
John
Bibliographic Data [taken from the Revised Crime Fiction IV, by Allen J. Hubin] —
BEGBIE, GARSTIN
Murder Mask (Jenkins, 1934, hc) [Supt. Samuel Quan; England]
Sudden Death at Scotland Yard (Jenkins, 1933, hc) [Supt. Samuel Quan; England]
Trailing Death (Jenkins, 1932, hc) [England]
LADLINE, ROBERT
A Devil in Downing Street (Jenkins, 1937, hc) [J. A. (Rem) Remington; England]
The Man Who Made a King (Jenkins, 1936, hc) [England]
The Quest of the Vanishing Star (Jenkins, 1932, hc) [England]
The Shoe Fits (Jenkins, 1936, hc) [J. A. (Rem) Remington; England]
Sinister Craft (Jenkins, 1939, hc) [J. A. (Rem) Remington; England]
The Sky’s the Limit (Jenkins, 1937, hc) [J. A. (Rem) Remington; England]
Stop That Man! (Jenkins, 1940, hc) [J. A. (Rem) Remington; England]
They Stuck at Nothing (Jenkins, 1935, hc) [England]
When Fools Endanger Us (Jenkins, 1938, hc) [J. A. (Rem) Remington; England]
When the Police Failed (Jenkins, 1933, hc) [England]
The Wolf Swept Down (Jenkins, 1935, hc) [England]
LANE, GRET. Given name probably Margaret.
The Cancelled Score Mystery (Jenkins, 1929, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
The Curlew Coombe Mystery (Jenkins, 1930, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
Death in Mermaid Lane (Jenkins, 1940, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
Death Prowls the Cove (Jenkins, 1942, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
Death Visits the Summer-House (Jenkins, 1939, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
Found on the Road (Jenkins, 1926, hc) [England]
The Guest with the Scythe (Jenkins, 1943, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
The Hotel Cremona Mystery (Jenkins, 1932, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; London]
The Lantern House Affair (Jenkins, 1931, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); England]
The Red Mirror Mystery (Jenkins, 1938, hc) [Insp. Hook; England]
The Stolen Scar (Jenkins, 1925, hc) [Idaho]
Three Dead That Night (Jenkins, 1937, hc) [Insp. Hook; England]
The Unknown Enemy (Jenkins, 1933, hc) [Kate Clare (Marsh); (Insp.) John Barrin; England]
LUCK, PETER
Crime Legitimate (Jenkins, 1937, hc) [England]
Infallible Witness (Jenkins, 1932, hc) [England]
The Killing of Ezra Burgoyne (Jenkins, 1929, hc) [England]
Terror by Night (Jenkins, 1934, hc) [England]
The Transome Murder Mystery (Jenkins, 1930, hc) [England]
Two Shots (Jenkins, 1931, hc) [England]
Under the Fourth-? (Jenkins, 1927, hc) [England]
Who Killed Robin Cockland? (Jenkins, 1933, hc) [England]
The Wingrave Case (Jenkins, 1935, hc) [England]
The Wrong Number (Jenkins, 1926, hc) [England]
November 23rd, 2010 at 10:09 am
Dear John,
He was my Father! I have one book (Trailing Death, inscribed by the author)..
I have other information, please let me know if I can be of any assistance.
Regards
Leo
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:47 pm
Leo
Thanks for getting in touch. I’ve sent your comment directly on to John. He’ll be glad to hear from you. I know he’ll have some questions to ask.
Steve
April 5th, 2015 at 9:52 pm
Hello,
I am also doing work on a Herbery Jenkins author, Lois Austen-Leigh. I am headed to London next week to read her works in the British Library and would love to talk to anyone working on this publisher. Is there a way to put me in touch with John Herrington? Thanks so much! Kirsten
April 6th, 2015 at 8:47 am
Kirsten
I’ve forwarded your inquiry on to John, and he should be in touch soon.
February 17th, 2016 at 1:06 pm
Dear John & Steve,
i am very interested in the thriller writings of Robert Ladline.
Have you had any progress at identifying him from the files of contracts?
Best wishes,
Giles
February 18th, 2016 at 8:30 am
A note from John says:
Hi Giles,
I have now identified him as Charles Edward Gaunt, birth registered in Fulham 1st quarter 1885, died Folkestone in 1956. Have been unable to find much about him, except that he was an ‘assistant adjudicator of averages’ ! on 1911 census, never married and lived with his mother – whose maiden name was Ladline – until her death in 1939.
Regards
John
January 31st, 2021 at 8:40 am
Dear Leo, I have only just come across your comment, written ten years ago, so perhaps am too late to join in the conversation. I was fascinated that you say your father was Garstin Begbie. His father, Arundel Begbie, was my mother’s uncle so we are related! I would love to hear from you and to learn more about your father if that is possible
Best wishes
Roger