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Anthony Armstrong (1897–1976)

Author of Ten Minute Alibi

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Includes the names: Anthony Armstrong Willis, Anthony Armstrong Armstrong

Disambiguation Notice:

,Anthony Armstrong, author of the Jimmy Rezaire thrillers, was the pseudonym of Anthony Armstrong Willis, 1897-1976, an Anglo-Canadian who wrote a wide range of works including novels, plays, children's stories and humorous pieces for Punch. Although the author's legal name was George Anthony Armstrong Willis, he preferred not to use the forename George.

Image credit: Anthony Armstrong (circa. 1950)

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Works by Anthony Armstrong

Ten Minute Alibi (1933) — Author — 19 copies
The Church of England, the Methodists and Society, 1700-1850 (1973) 14 copies
The Naughty Princess (1945) 10 copies
PRUNES PROGRESS (1943) 8 copies
The Strange Case of Mr. Pelham (2021) 5 copies
Cottage into house (1936) 5 copies
Nice types 4 copies
The Trail of Fear (1927) 4 copies
A Room at the Hotel Ambre (1956) 3 copies
Laughter Parade (1940) 3 copies
Glasgow: Paintings and Drawings (1990) 3 copies
Warriors Paraded 3 copies
Village at war 3 copies
Prangmere mess, and other tales (1945) 3 copies
Livestock in barracks 3 copies
The Laughter Omnibus Taken from Punch (1937) 3 copies
Warriors at ease 2 copies
The trail of the Black King (1933) 2 copies
The Prince who Hiccupped and Other Tales 2 copies
The poison trail : a Jimmie Rezaire story (1932) 2 copies
Plonk's Party of A.T.C. 2 copies
Warriors still at ease [Articles reprinted from "Punch"] 2 copies
Percival at play. [Articles reprinted from "Punch".] 2 copies
Thoughts on Things 2 copies
Warriors at war (1941) 2 copies
Anthony Armstrong ["A.A."] 2 copies
The Trail of the Lotto: A Jimmie Rezaire Story 2 copies
We like the country 2 copies
The Secret Trail (1928) 2 copies
When Nile was young : a romance of the eighteenth Egyptian dynasty 1 copy
Pilot-Officer Prune's Progress 1 copy
Goodbye, nice types ! 1 copy
Britisher on Broadway 1 copy
Patrick engaged : a humorous novel 1 copy
Two legs and four 1 copy
Me and Frances 1 copy
The Goldfields Repertory Club Presents "Ten Minute Alibi" 1936 1 copy
Patrick, undergraduate 1 copy
How to do it 1 copy
Patrick helps : a humorous novel 1 copy
Anthony Armstrong ('A.A.'). [Selections.] 1 copy
Apple & Percival, (1931) 1 copy
Warriors Paraded ... A military omnibus from Warriors at Ease, Warriors Still at Ease, Easy Warriors, Livestock in Barracks, Captain Bayonet and Others 1 copy
Easy warriors 1 copy
Sappers at War 1 copy
Spies in Amber (1956) 1 copy
Yesterdailies : being some extracts from the press of the past 1 copy
Man fand ihn auf der Straße (1959) 1 copy
No dragon, no damsel : a novel 1 copy
Percival and I 1 copy
When the bells rang 1 copy
England our England;: A vague and unauthenticated guide to some English towns 1 copy
The Year at Margarets (1953) 1 copy
Sir Borlays and the Dark Knight 1 copy
Diamonds—Black and White 1 copy
The Warlock's Daughter 1 copy
A demonstrator on trial (1968) 1 copy
Captain Bayonet and others 1 copy
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Associated Works

Three Men in a Boat (1889) — Introduction, some editions — 8,619 copies, 327 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 535 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy (1999) — Contributor — 353 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (2001) — Contributor — 203 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy (2005) — Contributor — 194 copies
The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Contributor — 173 copies, 3 reviews
The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Age of Legend (1992) — Contributor — 136 copies, 1 review
Richard Adams' Favourite Animal Stories (1981) — Contributor — 85 copies, 2 reviews
Fifty Best Mysteries (1991) — Contributor — 78 copies, 2 reviews
A Century of Humour (1935) — Contributor — 49 copies
Double Death: An Exercise in Detection (1939) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review
A Book of Princes (1964) — Contributor — 26 copies, 1 review
The Great Book of Humour (1935) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review
Great Unsolved Crimes (1975) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2004 - The Last 'Queer Stories from Truth' (2004) — Contributor — 8 copies
Ellery Queen’s Eleven Deadly Sins (1989) — Contributor — 7 copies
Best Detective Stories of the Year : 1953 (1953) — Contributor — 4 copies
The Golden Gift Book (1938) — Contributor — 4 copies
Best Stories of the Underworld (1941) — Contributor — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
Willis, George Anthony Armstrong
Other names
Willis, Anthony Armstrong
A. A. (pseudonym)
Birthdate
1897-01-02
Date of death
1976-02-10
Gender
male
Education
Uppingham School
Occupations
writer
dramatist
essayist
Nationality
UK
Canada
Birthplace
Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada
Disambiguation notice
,Anthony Armstrong, author of the Jimmy Rezaire thrillers, was the pseudonym of Anthony Armstrong Willis, 1897-1976, an Anglo-Canadian who wrote a wide range of works including novels, plays, children's stories and humorous pieces for Punch. Although the author's legal name was George Anthony Armstrong Willis, he preferred not to use the forename George.
Associated Place (for map)
British Columbia, Canada

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Works
58
Also by
19
Members
148
Popularity
#140,179
Rating
3.9
ISBNs
14
Languages
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