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Frank Showell Styles

Male : Mountaineer, Children's Writer & Novelist, esp of crime
Nationality : English Place of Birth : Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire

Date of Birth : 1908

Pseudonyms : Glyn Carr

Education : Bishop Vesey GS, Sutton Coldfield
1946-1950
Traitor's Mountain
(1946 Selwyn & Blount) (1946 Macmillan NY)
Dark Hazard
(1947 Selwyn & Blount)
Kidnap Castle
(1947 Selwyn & Blount)
Hammer Island
(1948 Selwyn & Blount)
The Rising of the Lark
(1948 Selwyn & Blount)
Sir Devil
(1948 Selwyn & Blount)
A Climber in Wales
(nd. 948 Cornish Brothers, Birmingham)
Walks and Climbs in Malta
(1949 Progress Press, Malta)
(Ed) The Mountaineers Weekend Book (1950 Seeley Service)
Climbs on Moel-Y-Gest
(1950 Showell Styles Pb)

1951-1955
Death on Milestone Buttress
(1951 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Path to Glory
(1951 Faber)
Murder on the Matterhorn
(1951 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Land from the Sea
(1952 Faber)
Corpse in the Crevasse
(1952 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Youth Hostel Murders
(1952 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Mr Nelson's Ladies
(1953 Faber)
The Frigate Captain
(1954 Faber) (1956 Vanguard NY)
Introduction to Mountaineering
(1954 Seeley Service)
Death Under Snowdon
(1954 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Mountains of the Midnight Sun
(1954 Hurst & Blackett)
The Moated Mountain
(1955 Hurst & Blackett)
Corpse at Camp Two
(1955 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
The Lost Glacier
(1955 Hart-Davis) (1956 Vanguard)

1956-1960
Murder of an Owl
(1956 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
The Camper's and Tramper's Weekend Book
(1956 Seeley Service)
Midshipman Quinn
(1956 Faber) (1956 Vanguard NY)
He Was the Fire
(1956 Faber) (1956 Vanguard)
Kami the Sherpa
(1957 Brockhampton) (1960 Vanguard as "Sherpa Adventure")
Tiger Patrol
(1957 Collins)
Introduction to Caravanning
(1957 Seeley Service)
Getting to Know Mountains
(1958 Newnes)
The Ice Axe Murders
(1958 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
How Mountains Are Climbed
(1958 Routledge)
The Tiger Patrol Wins Through
(1958 Collins)
The Tiger Patrol at Sea
(1958 Collins)
Quinn of the Fury
(1958 Faber) (1958 Vanguard)
The Admiral's Fancy
(1958 Faber) (1958 Longmans NY)
Shadow Buttress : A Novel
(1959 Faber)
How Underground Britain is Explored
(1959 Routledge)
Wolfe Commands You
(1959 Faber)
Swing Away Climber
(1959 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
The Flying Ensign
(1960 Faber)
The Battle of Cotton
(1960 Constable)
Holiday with Murder
(1960 Bles) - as Glyn Carr

1961-1965
Midshipman Quinn Wins Through
(1961 Faber)
The Shop in the Mountains
(1961 Gollancz) (1961 Vanguard)
The Tiger Patrol Presses On
(1961 Collins)
The Sea Officer
(1961 Faber) (1962 Macmillan NY)
Death Finds a Foothold
(1961 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
The Lost Pothole
(1961 Brockhampton) - C W Bacon
Tiger Patrol Presses
(1961 Collins)
The Battle of Steam
(1961 Constable)
Look at Mountains
(1962 Hamish Hamilton)
The Ladder of Snow
(1962 Gollancz) (1962 Vanguard)
Byrd of the 95th
(1962 Faber)
Gentleman Johnny
(1962 Faber) (1963 Macmillan NY)
Lewker in Norway
(1963) - as Glyn Carr
HMS Diamond Rock
(1963 Faber)
A Necklace of Glaciers
(1963 Gollancz)
Modern Mountaineering
(1964 Faber)
The Camp in the Hills
(1964 Benn)
Greenhorn's Cruise
(1964 Brockhampton)
Red for Adventure
(1965 Brockhampton Press)
Blue Remembered Hills
(1965 Faber) - Autobiography
Death of a Weirdy
(1965 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Mr Fiddle
(1965 Hamish Hamilton)
Quinn at Trafalgar
(1965 Faber) (1965 Vanguard)

1966-1970
The Pass of Morning
(1966 Gollancz)
Wolf Cub Island
(1966 Brockhampton)
Mr Fiddle's Pig
(1966 Hamish Hamilton)
Number 290
(1966 Faber)
The Foundations of Climbing
(1966 Stanley Paul, London)
Rock and Rope
(1967 Faber)
The Sea Cub
(1967 Brockhampton)
Lewker in Tyrol
(1967 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
Mr Fiddle's Band
(1967 Hamish Hamilton)
On Top of the World : An Illustrated History of Mountaineering & Mountaineers
(1967 Hamish Hamilton) (1967 Macmillan NY)
Indestructible Jones
(1967 Faber) (1968 Ives Washburn US)
Mallory of Everest
(1967 Hamish Hamilton) (1967 Macmillan, NY)
The Climber's Bedside Book
(1968 Faber)
Sea Road to Camperdown
(1968 Faber)
Men and Mountaineering : An Anthology of Writings by Climbers
(1968 Hamish Hamilton)
(1968 David White US)
Journey with a Seecret
(1968 Gollancz) (1969 Meredith Press US)
Cubs of the Castle
(1969 Brockhampton)
First Up Everest
(1969 Coward-McCann US)
A Case for Mr Fiddle
(1969 Hamish Hamilton)
Jones's Private Navy
(1969 Faber)
Fat Man's Agony
(1969 Bles) - as Glyn Carr
First on the Summits
(1970 Gollancz)
The Snowdon Rangers
(1970 Faber)
The Forbidden Frontiers : The Survey of India from 1765 to 1949
(1970 Hamish Hamilton)

1971-1975
A Tent on Top
(1971 Gollancz)
Welsh Walk and Legends
(1972 Jones, Cardiff Pb)
Cubs on the Job
(1972 Brockhampton)
Vincey Joe at Quiberon
(1971 Faber)
The Mountains of North Wales
(1973 Gollancz)
Snowdon Range
(1973 Gastons Alpine Books)
Marty's Mountain
(1973 Heinemann)
What to See in Beddgelert and How to See It
(1973 Eastwood Pb)
Admiral of England
(1973 Faber)
Glyder Range
(1974 Gastons Alpine Books)
Exploring Gwynedd from Porthmadog
(1974 Jones, Cardiff Pb)
Welsh Tales for Children
(1974 Showell Styles Pb)
Walking Snowdonia
(1975 Jones, Cardiff Pb)
A Sword for Mr Fitton
(1975 Faber)
Legends of North Wales
(1975 Gelert Pb)

1976-1980
Backpacking in the Alps and Pyrenees
(1976 Gollancz)
Backpacking : A Comprehensive Guide
(1976 Macmillan)
Mr Fitton's Commission
(1977 Faber)
Welsh Walks and Legends of South Wales
(1977 Jones, Cardiff Pb)
Backpacking in Wales
(1977 Robert Hale)
Llanberis Area : Tourist Guide
(1978 Cicerone Press Pb)
The Baltic Convoy
(1979 Faber)
A Kiss for Captain Hardy
(1979 Faber)
Welsh Walks and Legends
(1979 Jones, Cardiff Pb)
Centurion Comes Home
(1980 Faber)
Walks from the Festiniog Railway
(1980 Showell Styles Pb)
Public Footpath Walks from the Cambrian Coast
(1980 Showell Styles Pb)

1981-1990
The Quarterdeck Ladder
(1982 Kimber)
Seven Gun Broadside
(1982 Kimber)
The Malta Frigate
(1983 Kimber) (1986 Walker US)
Mutiny in the Caribbean
(1984 Kimber)
Stella and the Fireship
(1985 Kimber)
Walks in Gwynedd
(1985 Jones, Cardiff)
The Lee Shore
(1986 Kimber)
Gun-Brig Captain
(1987 Kimber)
Snowdonia National Park
(1987 Countryside Commission Pb)
Hill Walks from Beddgelert
(1980s Gelert Press Pb)
HMS Cracker
(1988 Kimber)
Welsh Tales for Children
(1989 Jones, Cardiff Pb)
Welsh Walks and Legends
(1990 Jones Pb)

After 1991
A Ship for Mr Fitton
(1991 Robert Hale)
Nelson's Midshipman
(1991 Robert Hale)
The Independent Cruise
(1992 Robert Hale)
Mr Fitton's Prize
(1993 Robert Hale)
Mr Fitton and the Black Legion
(1994 Robert Hale)
Mr Fitton in Command
(1995 Robert Hale)
The 12-Gun Cutter
(1996 Robert Hale)
Lieutenant Fitton
(1997 Robert Hale)
Mr Fitton at the Helm
(1998 Robert Hale)
The Martinique Mission
(1999 Robert Hale £16.99)
Mr Fitton's Hurricane
(2000 Robert Hale £16.99)