Le Petit Roman Policier
French crime pulps series. 112 issues [July 1938 - March 1942]. Format 32 pages - circa 105 x 160. The author’s name was only indicated inside. Published by Editions Ferenczi [#001 to #100], then - France defeated and occupied: June 1941, Applying their policy of aryanization, the Germans had put Ferenczi under sequestration and entrusted the publishing house to Jean de la Hire - the label becoming Editions du Livre Moderne.
Really a very nice series and interesting stories (most of them will be reissued in the series “Mon Roman Policier” after the war)
Reproduced:
# 12 L’effraction de la rue des Saints Pères - Pierre d’Aurimont
# 15 L’homme qui s’escamote - Claude Ascain
# 45 N°9 voiture verte - Jean Daye
# 55 Un scandale mondain - Claude Ascain
# 81 Le voleur du Radjah - Claude Ascain
# 85 Le fantôme noir - Claude Ascain
# 88 L’énigme du pavillon de chasse - A. Clouet
# 107 La Belle Affaire - A. Clouet
# 109 Mort au téléphone - Claude Ascain
# 111 L’énigme des poignards - René Virard
[Claude Ascain & Jean Daye are pen-names of Henri Musnik, who wrote circa 1/3 of the series. When Musnik signed Jean Daye, the story was almost always a sport crime tale]
cover art: Géo Sogny [001-100], Calvo [101-112]
J.Ferenczi & Fils, Editeurs < Editions du Livre Moderne, 9 rue Antoine Chantin, Paris 14e
source:amsaklapper’s collection