Literature
Cards on the Table.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1936. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.286; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. Toning and light spotting to edges of textblock though internally clean. Sunning and rolling to spine, water marks to upper board, two..... More
Cat Among the Pigeons.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Crime Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 255 [3]. Recently re-bound in navy half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in..... More
Crooked House.
London: W. Collins & Son / The Crime Club / Harper Collins, 2012. [Crime Mystery] FACSIMILE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.196; [12], blank. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. A clean, fine copy. An Inspector Taverner mystery, which..... More
Crooked House.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1949. [Detective Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 8/6 (crossed out/obscured). Contents and edges clean, neat gift inscription to free endpaper, jacket chipped to head and tail..... More
Crooked House.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1949. [Detective Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean, no inscriptions, page edges toned, cloth a little handled, some sunning to spine. A very good copy lacking the scarce jacket. An Inspector..... More
Crooked House.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1949. [Detective Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 192 [4]. Recently re-bound in tan half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine..... More
Curtain. Poirot's Last Case.
London: Collins, 1975. [Murder Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 221 [3]. Recently re-bound in black half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in at rear. A crisp..... More
Dead Man's Folly.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
Death on the Nile.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1978. [Detective] SCARCE FILM TIE-IN EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket depicting Peter Ustinov as Poirot. Some spotting/dustiness to textblock edges. Light edgewear to jacket. Near fine. A rare edition published to..... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Elegantly hand-bound in half navy blue calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cloth sides, publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. A few very light marks to fore-edge, exterior unmarked..... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's cloth binding in dust-wrapper. No inscriptions. Uniform toning to edges, jacket with a few chips and tears, age-toned to spine, price clipped. Very good. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When..... More
Easy to Kill.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1939. [Detective Fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[vi]; 248; [2], blank. Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in navy, fore-edge untrimmed, 'red badge detective' design endpapers. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Some light spots to spine panel else a clean, fine copy..... More
Endless Night.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1968. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 248. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and lime green paper over boards. Top edge blue. With the blue dust-jacket illustrated by Salem Tamer. A crisp, fresh copy in..... More
Five Miss Marple Novels. The Mirror Crack'd; Caribbean Mystery; Nemesis; What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!; The Body in the Library.
New York, NY: Chatham River Press, 1984. [Crime Omnibus] DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 650 [6]. Publisher's green full leatherette, with gilt titles, as well as elaborate red and gilt decoration, to spine and upper. All edges gilt, with facsimile marbling to endpapers. Quite heavily browned throughout to..... More
Getuige à Charge. [Witness for the Prosecution].
Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1960. [Crime Short Stories] DUTCH FILM TIE-IN. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.181 [3]. Publisher's orange and cream paper over boards, with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket showing a still from the film of the same name starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton (1957), not priced..... More
Hickory Dickory Dock [A Hercule Poirot Mystery].
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with titles and imprint in black to spine. Dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 10/6. Contents clean, edges foxed, discreet ink ownership hidden under flap, jacket toned/spotted to rear panel..... More
Hickory Dickory Dock.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
The Hollow.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1946. [Crime / Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 256 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. Edges spotted, ink ownership to flyleaf. A very good copy in a used jacket with an inch loss..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Publisher's plum-coloured cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Contents clean, no inscriptions, edges with some expected dustiness/toning, spine sunned, gilt tarnished as usual. A very good, respectable copy without jacket. A collection of twelve..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Hand-bound in deep red half calf over cloth sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Light spotting within, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive..... More
The Labours of Hercules.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1947. [Crime Short Stories] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 265 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with dark green titles to spine and upper. Top edge black, fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Herbstman, priced at $2.50. Contents clean and fresh..... More
The Labours of Hercules.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1951. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 2/- to front cover and spine. Toning to edges of textblock and pages, rubbing to gilt, bumping to spine and..... More
The Listerdale Mystery. And Other Stories.
London: Collins, 1934. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.251; [5 of advertisements]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger..... More
The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some toning to page edges, jacket with some chips and tears but generally bright, larger chip/loss..... More