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The Old Trade of Killing.
London: Hutchinson, 1966. [Treasure Hunt Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.236 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro. Miss Cond's..... More
The Spring of Malice.
London: Hutchinson, 1962. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.349 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with silver and red titles to spine, a red device stamped to upper, and grey endpapers. With the..... More
Sunset at Sheba.
London: Hutchinson, 1960. [Colonial Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow and red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Mudge Marriott. Miss Cond's usual exemplary..... More
Enigma.
London: Hutchinson, 2006. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.390. Black cloth with silver titles to spine, pictorial endpapers and typographic dust-wrapper priced at £15.99. Some toning and handling; near fine. An espionage novel set inside Bletchley Park, Britain's wartime code-breaking headquarters. More
The Fear Index.
London: Hutchinson, 2011. [Corporate / Cyber thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 323; [5]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, diagrammatical black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page. Trivial handling; a fine copy. Intrigue concerning artificial intelligence..... More
Hannibal.
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1999. [Horror Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8] 486 [2]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and red paper over boards. Facsimile marbled endpapers; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Craig Decamps, priced at $27.95. A fine copy. The..... More
Side-Effect.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Body-Snatching Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris Edward Milward-Oliver. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, designed by the author. Indentation from heavy pencil pricing to title page (rubbed out). Some very light handling..... More
The Braydon Mystery.
London: John Long, 1963. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's black cloth with yellow and white titles to spine, series 'gunman' motif to foot, illustrated dust-jacket by William Randell priced at 12/6. Discreet ink name, jacket slightly soiled with small chips to crown, old tape to..... More
Naked Came the Manatee
New York: Putnam, 1996. FIRST EDITION, multi-signed. Octavo, pp.201; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. A fine copy. A mystery parody comprising thirteen chapters, each written by a different Miami-based author writer. This is one of a small number SIGNED BY ALL THIRTEEN CONTRIBUTORS. More
Day of Judgement.
London: Collins, 1978. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Reg Boorer, priced at £4.95. Lightly sunned to spine else a fine copy, perhaps carefully read once. More
A Dog's Ransom.
London: Heinemann, 1972. [Crime novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.282. Bound in yellow softcovers, printed lettering in two colours. Spine a little wrinkled else a fine copy. Kidnap thriller from the acclaimed writer of psychological mysteries. More
Eleven.
London: Heinemann, 1970. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO HER PUBLISHER. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.194. Publisher's maroon cloth in typographic dust-jacket. Author's inscription reads "For Otto Penzler | with thanks for the | party twenty-second | of October 1981 | Pat Highsmith". Internally clean. Binding is..... More
Ripley Under Ground.
London: Heinemann, 1971. [Mystery novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.298. Bound in yellow softcovers, printed lettering in two colours. Discreet ink name to upper, spine a little rolled; very good indeed. The fifth and final psychological thriller featuring anti-hero Tom Ripley. Rather scarce..... More
Ripley Under Water.
London: Bloomsbury, 1991. [Mystery novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.247; [1], Note. Bound from uncorrected proofs in photographic softcovers with publication date shown as October 1991. Lightly handled. One small mark to fore-edge. Fine. The fifth and final psychological thriller featuring anti-hero Tom..... More
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The Embassy Case [Publisher's retained copy].
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1915. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [1], advertisements. Frontispiece illustration by Gilbert, with tissue guard. Original black cloth decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. A near fine copy of the book in price-clipped wrapper, lightly chipped and rubbed..... More
The Chinese Keyhole.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1968. [Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.175; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth, titles in white to spine, pictroail dust-jacket. Internally fine, some marks and toning to edges. Cloth lightly handled. Wrapper price clipped and repriced by hand, a little rubbed to folds, some chipping..... More
Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes.
London: J. M. Dent, 1980. REVIEW COPY. Octavo, pp.xxii; [2]; 237; [3]. With publisher's compliments slip loose to prelims. In publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear; likely unread. Near fine. A prequel to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, in which Mycroft..... More
No Honour.
London: John Hamilton Ltd., c.1930. SCARCE THIRTIES CRIME NOVEL. Octavo, pp. 224. Bound in green publisher's cloth with title, author's name, and publisher's logo in black to spine. In a pictorial dustjacket depicting a shocked suited gentleman encountering a policeman's body at night. Cloth boards in very good condition with..... More
Rogue Justice.
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.174 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author 'For Jean Hills | with love from | Geoffrey | 20.X.92' in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates..... More
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[Rogue Justice] Vengeance.
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. [Spy Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled 'Vengeance' to cover, half-title and title page, but hand-corrected to 'Rogue Justice' in black ink to front cover, with a date. Some light handling. Near fine. A sequel to the classic Nazi-hunting..... More
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Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY, with an original 4-page advert/order form. Octavo, pp.[vii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's brown card softcovers, with printed label to upper, handwritten details to spine. Contents clean, some wrinkling and lean to spine, covers lightly handled. A very good..... More
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Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, with later state/printing of the jacket. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine, 'sniper' design dust-wrapper priced at 4/6 (earliest jackets were priced 7/6). Page edges are age-toned, fugitive-coloured cloth has..... More
A Rough Shoot.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. [Spy Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 156. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Lew Keller, priced at $2.50. Spotting to top edge. Jacket lightly bruised and chipped to edges, with some closed..... More
The Sending.
Boston, MA/Toronto, ON: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo, pp.186. Bound in publisher's subtlely patterned green cloth, with black cloth spine. In an illustrated dustjacket, designed by D. Christine Benders. As new/very fine. No visible signs of wear. More
The Third Hour.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. [Thriller] ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, First US Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 451 [5]. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled in red with black illustrations. Internally clean, with some toning to spine, and fairly light general rubbing and bumping. A few small chips to..... More