The Black Company

by W. B. M. Ferguson

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1924]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - English, Pages 330. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} Complete The black company :a mystery story / 1924 Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton), -

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Published December 10, 2025

About the author

Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton), 1882-1967. He wrote for the movies, including The Guardian (1917), Zollenstein (1917), and The Man with 100 Faces (1938).

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

A young man who has inherited unexpected wealth from his uncle and then succumbed to his family's tendency to alcoholism happens across a mysterious criminal gang calling itself the Black Company, and themed on chess. He manages to become sober, encouraged by his also-chance-met love interest, and insists on investigating, despite the danger.

There are lots of unexpected twists, in some of which a situation I was expecting to continue for a while is resolved and replaced with another situation. On the other hand, there are also a few tropes - the chance encounter, the Convenient Eavesdrop, falling into the obvious trap.

Still, it's action-packed, suspenseful, and if not quite as good as, say, Edgar Wallace or Johnston McCulley, it's very much in the same mould. I have to say, the love interest didn't interest me - she was high-handed and moody and had almost no other characteristics - but each to their own.