Crime & Thrillers
Three Boy Detectives; or, the Story of Three Daring Country Lads. A Great Narrative. Old Sleuth's Own No.21.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.114 [16]. Publisher's yellow illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected, with some chipping to corners. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements..... More
Three Little Tramps; or, Footing It to the West. A Tale of All Sorts of Adventures. Old Sleuth's Own No.17.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.117 [11]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
The Two Conspirators; or, A Great Surprise. Story of a Daring Rescue. Old Sleuth's Own No. 63.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.125 [3]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements of other similar copies to U-Boats..... More
Weaver Webb; or, The Young Champion. A Glorious Old-Time Story. Old Sleuth's Own No. 67.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.88 [10]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers, with a small chip to front cover lower corner. A rare survival. Near fine. References..... More
A Wonderful Detective; or, Magic Dick's Greatest Shadow. A Dazzling Detective Narrative. Old Sleuth's Own No. 38.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.106 [24]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near Fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
Young Dash; or, the Detective's Apprentice. One of Our Best Detective Stories. Old Sleuth's Own No.82.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.89 [11]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
Young Vigilance; or, a Broken Link. A Detective Narrative. Old Sleuth's Own No.99.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.82 [18]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
Zantilli; or, Creco's Wonderful Pursuit. A Romantic Detective Story. Old Sleuth's Own No.80.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.89 [11]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
The Grass Widow's Tale.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1968. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Brian Russell with printed price of 18s to front flap. Minimal splitting to hinges, light toning to edges of textblock, bumping to base..... More
Mystery at Friar's Pardon.
London: The Crime Club Ltd. By W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd. No date (circa 1931). [Crime thriller] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Publisher's red cloth with titles in black, issued without endpapers. Spotting to edges, first gathering proud (a binding fault from the outset), cloth is rather bright and..... More
The Literature of Crime. Stories by World-Famous Authors.
London: Cassell and Company, 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 366. Publisher's black cloth titled to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15/ to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, spotting to some preliminaries and rear blanks, toning and spotting to edges of textblock..... More
The Paddington Mystery.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 305; [1], blank; [6], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine and upper board. Toning to endpapers, water marks to upper board, some soiling to cloth, rolling to spine, wear to spine extremities. Very..... More
The Female of The Species.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1928]. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312; [8], advertisements. In publisher's light blue cloth blocked in black to spine and upper. Edges clean, no inscriptions. A lovely fine copy, lacking the scarce jacket. The fifth Bulldog Drummond thriller... More
Tiny Carteret.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1930]. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Spurrier, priced at 7/6 to spine. Light offsetting to endpapers; text lightly browned. Spine lightly sunned. Rather worn jacket..... More
Sonntag.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1971. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Mike McInnerney, priced at £1.50 / 30s. Blue ink ownership to fly-leaf, otherwise crisp and clean, with a touch of toning to edges and one..... More
The Blackbird
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. [Spy thriller] FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo (20x 14cm), pp.184; [8], blank. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Graphics Partners. A clean, fine copy in near fine price-clipped wrapper. Adventure novel featuring the 'swinging' series character Alan Grofield. Westlake..... More
The Dark Crusader.
London: Collins, 1961. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Pino Dell-Orco. An export copy, not priced. Toning, spotting, and some bumping to edges. Moderate spotting also to pages either side of the..... More
Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. [Crime Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 246 [34]. With six illustrated plates by Loeb, and a frontispiece photograph of the author. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper. Moderate spotting and light toning throughout. Very light wear to binding..... More
The Crime of Colin Wise.
London: Macdonald, 1964. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189 [3]. Publisher's dark brown cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the red and green illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Light handling. A fine copy. The story of a cold premeditated murder and its unravelling... More
Girl Found Dead.
London: Macdonald, 1963. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With a bookplate detailing provenance loose to preliminaries. Publisher's black cloth with yellow titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by Rupert Smith, priced at 12/6. Light offsetting to endpapers, with some light..... More
A Pinch of Snuff.
London: Macmillan, 1974. [Murder mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.221; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in white to spine, dust-jacket featuring a photograph by Bush Hollyhead. Some spotting/toning to edges. Price clipped wrapper a little toned, lightly sunned to left of front panel. Very good. A murder mystery..... More
The Oriental Mind [and] Ghost of a Chance [in] Detective Fiction Weekly. Volume CXVI, Number 2.
New York, NY: The Red Star News Company, December 1937. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.144. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 10c. Heavily browned throughout to low grade paper. Some large tears to the first eight leaves. A large tear also to final..... More
Punchard's Agency [and] Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest [and] The British Campaign in France [and] Uneasy Money [and] The Man-Trap [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 53, numbers 315, 316 and 317
London: George Newnes, March to May 1917. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Three magazines. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.50; 209-312; 51-58; pp.50; 313-416; 51-58; pp.40; 417-512; 41-48. Liberally illustrated in black and white throughout. Publisher's blue paper covers, titled in red and navy, and priced at 7d. Presented in a navy..... More
The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition [and] The Croxley Master [and] Whereyouwantogoto: or, The Bouncible Ball [and] Kind Little Edmund; or, The Caves and The Cockatrice [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 18, numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, and 108.
London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue..... More
Murder Most Fouled Up.
London: Robert Hale and Company, 1969. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 X 13cm), pp.190; [2]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews with printed price of 18/- and (90p) to front-flap. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf. Toning..... More