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"Straight to the Mark;" or, A Detective's Phenomenal Trick. An Unsurpassed Detective Narrative. Old Sleuth's Own No.81.
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
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
Chandos.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. [Romance and Adventure] SIXPENNY NOVEL. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.250 [8]. With a colour Lifebuoy advertisement and stock list to centre of text-block. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, priced at 6d. Toned throughout; heavily browned to cover and edges. Covers detached, heavily rubbed and chipped, with..... More
Rouge et Noir. The Academicians of 1823, or the Greeks of the Palais Royal and the Clubs of St. James's.
London: 1823. FIRST EDITION. pp.310; 439-456, with hand-coloured frontispiece entitled 'La Roulette'. Not including pages 311 to 438, which were redacted in some cases. Bound in original linen-backed grey boards with paper label to spine, edges untrimmed. Heraldic bookplate to pastedown, bound without flyleaves, minor wear to binding, label toned..... 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
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... 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 Banishing Of Billy Bunter.
London: Cassell and Company, 1956. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. With a colour frontispiece, and black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust jacket. Light toning and spotting to edges. Price-clipped jacket shows wear..... More
Billy Bunter Afloat.
London: Cassell and Company, 1957. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (29 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. With a colour frontispiece, and black and white illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth lettered in black to spine and upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 8s 6d. Light toning and spotting to edges. Jacket..... More
Billy Bunter At Butlins. Illustrations By C.H. Chapman.
London: Cassell, 1961. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.vi; 217; [1]. Colour frontispiece by Chapman plus in-text line drawings. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine and upper board. photographic jacket, priced 9'6 net. Lightly used with some acceptable edge wear. Very good indeed. With the..... More
The Orchard of Tears.
London: Methuen and Co., 1936. [Modern Literature] FINE PRE-WAR DUST-JACKET, seventh edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 250. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrative dust-jacket designed by Frank Marston with publisher's advertisements to flaps. Toning and light spotting to edges of textblock, toning and some spotting to..... More
Virgin In Flames.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.204 [4], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 9/6 to front and rear flaps. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, extremely light and infrequent spotting throughout..... More
The Yellow Claw.
Lippincott's Magazine. 1915. First appearance in print, bound from the parts. 8vo. Attractively bound in recent half green morocco leather with gilt titles to spine, black title label. Green cloth boards and plain endpapers. Near fine. Bound from the parts extracted from the 1915 issues of Lippincott's Magazine predating the..... More
Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers. Edited by his friend, Reuben Shapcott.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co., 1890. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 194 [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Publisher's dark navy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black endpapers. All edges untrimmed. A touch of light spotting to preliminaries. Somewhat shaken. Moderate wear to..... 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