Crime & Thrillers
The Windblow Mystery.
London: John Hamilton, 1926. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, black titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 7s 6d to spine. Interior bright; foxing to preliminaries, rear few leaves, and edges. Bumping to spine ends. Some minor marking to..... More
No Dust in the Attic. [with Original Artwork].
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION with the ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the deep pink dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 12/6. Together with two separate original artworks by..... More
Ring for a Noose.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 12/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Rose (31 x...... More
Be Shot for Sixpence.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] Circa 1957. [Modern Literature] THRILLER BOOK CLUB EDITION, early edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. to front flap. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, 10cm..... More
Sky High.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13xm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in black to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d to front and back flaps. Toning to edges of text-block, archival tape to flaps and spine (six pieces applied..... More
Tiger Mark.
London: John Hamilton, n.d [c.1928]. Octavo. pp. [7], 224. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper shows a corpse lying at the foot of a man seated on a throne, and titles in black and red to front cover, attributed to Bert Wardle, titles..... More
Death on a Smokeboat.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1947. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.167; [1]. Publisher's green cloth lettered in red to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 6/- to spine. Toning and spotting to preliminaries and endpapers, toning and spotting to edges of text-block, light toning and rubbing to jacket..... More
Killer Conquest.
London: Collins, 1947. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.192. With a bookplate loose to preliminaries detailing provenance. Publisher's purple cloth with silver titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Browning and spotting to preliminaries; light rubbing to cloth. Jacket toned to..... More
The Circular Study.
New York: McLure Phillips. 1900. First US Edition. Publisher's decorated bottle green ribbed cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board and decorated with a swirling art deco device surrounding an embossed key. Slight scuffing to extremities and spine ends, essentially a clean, tight copy. Page edges untrimmed, internally..... More
The House of the Whispering Pines.
London, Eveleigh Nash, 1910. 8vo. Uncommon British First Edition. Publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt to spine and to upper with colour illustration within a gilt frame. Slight rubbing to extremities. Edges dusty. A sound, attractive copy. Anna Katharine Green was one of the first writers of Detective Fiction..... More
The Filigree Ball.
America, The Bobbs Merrill Co. 1903. 8vo. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine, decorative title in red with the subject of the title, the Filigree Ball, stamped in gilt to upper board. One illustration as frontispiece by C.M. Relyea. 21 pages advertisements to rear of text. Gentle..... More
Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, production-used copy of Linnit and Dunfee. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 361; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Linnit and Dunfee ownership stamp to flyleaf. Previous owner's name in black ink to flyleaf and dated 1940, toning to end-papers..... More
Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Gangster thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.361; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Contents toned, but less so than often encountered. Cloth is particularly bright and fresh, mild toning and rolling to spine. Minor edgewear. Very good. The chilling tale..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £2.00. A lovely crisp, fine copy. 'The Honorary Consul' returns to that third world the..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket price clipped else fine. 'The Honorary Consul' returns to that third world..... More
The Human Factor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. [Espionage novel] First Edition, second state of title page with publisher's monogram in place of the Shakespeare head motif. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.339 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted, and the dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at..... More
It's a Battlefield.
London: William Heinemann, 1934. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 275 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Toned throughout; more heavily to edge and endpapers. Hinges starting. Heavy rubbing and some bumping to cloth, especially spine. Good. An early thriller from Greene, which portrays the..... More
No Man's Land.
London: Hesperus Press, 2005. [Spy fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxvi; 118. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, yellow endpapers, dust-jacket priced at £9.99 to front flap. A fine copy with a hint of sunning to spine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled notes and..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Spy satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Toning to textblock edges, some wear to hardcover spine, jacket price clipped and toned, jacket torn on spine. Internally clean..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, [1958] 1960. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Crease to title page else contents clean and fresh, in a crisp, fine dust-jacket. Greene's classic..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green with printed price of 15s to front flap. Some toning to edges of textblock, jacket gently worn with..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. A few light marks to page edges, price clipped jacket is particularly bright with no toning to the spine whatsoever..... More
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 247 [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With dust-jacket illustrated by BGS, priced at 13/6. Contents clean with a very few spots to fore-edge, blue ink ownership hidden beneath flap, jacket..... More
The Tenth Man.
London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. pp158. Publisher's yellow paper covers with titles in black to front cover and spine. Nominal rubbing to corners, internally pristine; in sum, a very attractive copy. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by..... More
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 188 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. A lovely crisp, clean example, with just a hint of toning to jacket..... More