Crime & Thrillers
The Devil's Alternative.
London: Hutchinson, 1979. [Political thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.479. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, with embossed red star to front board, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, original pictorial dust-wrapper priced £5.95. Very good indeed in like jacket, gently sunned to spine. The fourth novel from Frederick Forsyth, acclaimed..... More
The Dogs of War.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Thriller] INSCRIBED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.384. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For | David | Mr Chairman, and I | don't mean Mao!! | Freddie Forsyth.' Publisher's orange card covers titled to spine and upper. Light wear to covers; spine..... More
The Negotiator.
London: Bantam Press, 1989. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.448. With an unusually effusive INSCRIPTION by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For | David and Ruth | Warmest best wishes, | love as ever' dated 04/05/89. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine..... More
The Odessa File.
London: Hutchinson, 1972. [Thriller] INSCRIBED PROOF COPY. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 310. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to dedication page, dated 31.5.72. Publisher's orange card covers titled to spine and upper. Thumbing and spotting to edges. Covers worn, with some chips to spine and corners. Spine slightly..... More
Who Murdered Reynard?
London: Rich & Cowan, no date [1947]. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.168. Publisher's blue paper-covered boards with navy titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Kingsley Sutton, priced at 9/6. Heavy spotting to edges, and first and last leaves. Toning to spine and board edges..... More
In the Frame.
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. [Horse racing thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.252; [4]. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers with gilt titles, illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Chris Yates, priced at £3.25. Lightly handled, top edge dusty/spotted. A near fine copy. A genre classic from renowned crime writer, Dick Francis... More
Longshot.
London: Michael Joseph, 1990. [Equestrian Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 277 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by John Slater, priced at £13.99. Edges a little toned and spotted. Light..... More
Odds Against.
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's brown cloth hardcovers with illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Broome Lynn, in the style of James Bond jacket artist Richard Chopping. Contents clean, some dustiness to page edges, price clipped jacket with a few marks to flaps;..... More
Risk.
London: Michael Joseph, 1977. [Thriller / Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.252; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates, priced at £3.95. A clean copy with a few minor marks. Near fine. Racing thriller set around the Cheltenham Gold Cup... More
Trial Run.
London: Michael Joseph, 1978. [Thriller / Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.238; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates, priced at £4.50. A little soiling to edges, marginal rub/chip to fore-edge of last few sections, jacket is fine. A...... More
The Stoneware Monkey.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. Contents very clean, neat ownership to flyleaf, jacket with trivial rubbing and wear, some discreet (frankly unnecessary) touch-up (no paper repair);..... More
Thirty-Seven Dr. Thorndyke Cases.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, No date (1929). [Crime stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.1080. Publisher's blue cloth trimmed in colours (also issued in tan cloth), illustrated dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to edges, jacket is dusty/soiled, with a chip to..... More
The Man Who Wanted Tomorrow.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Psychological Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt tiles to spine. Top edge orange. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £2.75. Light wear and bumping to extremities. Very good. A box containing the identities of Nazi war criminals who..... More
My Lady's Garter.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1913]. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo ( pp.285; [1], blank. Publisher's slate blue cloth titled and extravagantly decorated in gilt, dark blue and white. In the scarce dust-jacket. Clean, tight and sharp, minor bumping to extremities and with very slight edgewear. One small chip at..... More
La Corde au Cou. [The Rope Around His Neck].
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire de la Societe des Gens de Lettres, 1873. [Literature] EARLY EDITION, possibly the seventh. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.vi; 489; [1]. All text in French. Later tan half calf with gilt titles to spine., marbled boards. Internally clean, slight chip[ping to flyleaf, binding lightly rubbed to..... More
The complete Boysie Oakes spy novel series. Comprising The Liquidator, Understrike, Amber Nine, Madrigal, Founder Member, Traitor's Exit, The Airline Pirates and A Killer For A Song.
London: Frederick Muller, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970,1970, 1975. [Cold War Thrillers] ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Eight volumes. Octavos (21 x 14 x 19cm). Publisher's hardcover cloth bindings, seven in pictorial dust-jackets. Contets clean, no inscriptions, some light spotting to some edges, wrappers lightly worn, with the odd chip/rub, spine..... More
The Dancing Dodo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1978. [Aviation thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.350; [2], blank. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Small and discreet ownership, jacket clipped otherwise a fine fresh copy. An aviation thriller from the James Bond continuation author. More
The Liquidator.
London: Frederick Muller, 1964. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.204; [4], blank. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Derrick Holmes, priced at 18s. Minor dustiness, jacket with some wearing to crown, laminate shrinkage at rear joint, light rolling to spine. A...... More
The Liquidator.
New York: Viking Press, 1964. [Cold War Thriller] US EDITION, book club issue. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.182; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers blocked in colours to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Identical to the first edition but for unpriced jacket and BC impression to rear board. Green mark to f.e.p...... More
The Secret Families [Inscribed Typescript with Associated Correspondence].
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT. 437 sheets of type-written A4 paper, with the title leaf INSCRIBED by the author in black ink: 'To Gary, | With all good wishes — | yours | John Gardner.' Also with a separate Compliments leaf on US..... More
Understrike.
London: Frederick Muller, 1965. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.198; [4], blank. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Mayne Butler. Minor dustiness, offset toning/browning to endpapers, jacket price clipped else clean and fresh. A near fine, bright example of the author's..... More
Jade Woman.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. A splendid, fine copy. Another instalment in the hugely popular, long-running adventures of Lovejoy, the roguish antiques dealer-turned-sleuth, famously televised starring Ian McShane and Phyllis Logan... More
Jade Woman.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. Collins' FILE COPY, marked as such to flyleaf. Sight wear at crown, minor toning otherwise an unused example. The publisher's editorial copy, although never corrected as such. Scarce (possibly..... More
Gold from Gemini. [Lovejoy].
London: Collins, 1978. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £3.95. Some rubbing to extremities, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Near fine. The second 'Lovejoy' novel, featuring the roguish antiques dealer played by Ian..... More
A Tombstone for Taro [and] Terror Holds the Gun [in] Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. Vol. VII, No. 3.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., February 1950. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. One faint mark to front cover, and a small chip to head of spine. Almost..... More