I have about eight of his early books, a dozen from the middle period and the last two dozen plus that were published. (HOM released them in batches of four.) All of the early ones that I have were two-parters, and in every case I only have one part.

It was the middle group that I liked the least. They were formulaic without being 'hard' enough to suit me. The final group finally made it up to my preferred level of cruelty, so I enjoyed them the most, though I agree with you that the first group demonstrated the greatest craftsmanship.

Sorry, but scanning is out of the question. Even if I broke the spines of the books to scan two pages at a time, it would take around four hours to scan each book, and There are just too many other things to do in a day. Not to mention that I would have no idea what to do with them after they were scanned.