An Attempt to Create a full Bibliography for Peter Blundell

Posted: September 20th, 2014 | No Comments »

Following a post I uploaded back in January on the author Peter Blundell, one China Rhyming reader has been trying to put together a complete list of his books. But, as I noted in my post, Blundell is quite an ellusive author to track down. Orwell rated him so he has to be worth reading. He wrote mostly about Far Eastern port towns, had lived out in Malaya and Brunei and his real name was Frank Butterworth. Perhaps any fans of Blundell’s coming across this post can add anything to the list below which we believe is probably partial and not actually complete.I’ve attached a few notes I came across to the titles.

 

1.The Finger of Mr.Blee,a tropical comedy (1913)

Published as Frank Nestle Butterworth
2. Oh, Mr. Bidgood (1914)

described as a “nautical comedy”- available to read online for free here
3. Love-birds in the coco-nuts (1915)
4.The Kidnappers (1900)

Volume 10 of the Sovereign Series?

5. Wanted, A Tortoise-Shell (1917)
6. The Sin of Godfrey Neal (1920)
7. Mr. Podd of Borneo (1920)

Available to read for free online here
8. Lunatics Aboard (1921)
9. The Confessions of a Seaman (1924)

10. Princess of Yellow Moon (1922)

Available to read for free online here
11. City of Many Waters/On the Fringe of the Eastern Seas (1923/1924)

A view of Brunei from Bundell while he was resident in the state running a cutch factory.

12. The Banja Pirates (1924)

13. Morals of Matilda (1927)
14.The Star of the Incas (1926)

15. The Jungle Trail (1923)

Another Borneo story

If anyone can add to this list it would be much appreciated?

 

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