Crime & Thrillers
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
A Line to Kill.
London: Century, 2021. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 375 [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with illustrated endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, priced at £20. A fine, as-new copy. A gripping crime mystery by the writer of..... More
Moonflower Murders.
London: Century, 2020. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 228; pp.[14] 224; pp.229-357 [5]. Publisher's white cloth with grey titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. A thumb mark to fore-edge, otherwise a crisp, clean near fine copy. A...... More
Dance of the Dwarfs.
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1968. [Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 257; [7]. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial device in blind blocked to upper. Red titles to spine. Red endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Paul Lubell priced at $5.95 to front flap. Interior..... 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
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
Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with later state / printing of the jacket. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 271 [1]. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine. With the 'sniper' design dust-jacket priced at 4/6 (earliest jackets were priced 7/6). Page edges..... 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
The Third Hour.
Lonsdon: Chatto & Windus, 1937. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.452. Publisher's beige cloth lettered in red and blue, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6, printed wraparound band (Evening Standard's 'Book of the Month' selection). Some gentle toning to the rear panel else a lovely fine copy. The..... More
The Crime of the Crystal.
London: Digby, Long and Co. 1901. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 1 of adverts, 396, 16 of adverts. Yellow cloth with vivid design to spine and upper board. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, small close tear to front two pages, neat ownership inscription to the half title page, some occasional marking..... More
The Island of Fantasy. A Romance.
London: Griffit Farran, 1892. [Strange tale] FIRST EDITION, three volumes complete. Octavo (19 x 13 x 9cm), pp.288; 302; 300. Pagination appears to be correct, with half-titles to vols. 2 and 3 (evidently not called for in first volume). Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in gilt to spine, and titled..... More
The Mystery Queen.
New York, G.W. Dillingham. [1913]. US First Edition. 8vo. Fine in publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Fresh, bright and crisp. In a fine dustwrapper, illustrated by J. Hodson Redman, possibly supplied from an institutional copy or somesuch, as the jacket is a...... More
Far From The Sea.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1983]. UNCORRECTED PROOF from American crime writer, bound in soft blue card covers. Very clean both externally and internally with extremely limited signs of wear. Black lettering on cover appears rubbed but this is possibly due to printing. Near-fine. More
The Strange Land.
London: The Book Club, 1955. [Suspense Thriller] BOOK CLUB EDITION WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Biro, priced at 3/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Biro (20 x 28cm). Presented in a custom-made..... More
Air Bridge
London: Collins. 1951. Post-War air adventure. FIRST EDITION, Octavo. 288pp. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Page edges tanned/spotted, jacket with a few chips and tears. Very good. More
Air Bridge.
London: Collins, 1951. [Post-War air adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. Blue ink gift inscription to front pastedown, as well as a bookseller's ticket. Lightly browned throughout, as expected. Jacket lightly sunned to..... More
Delta Connection.
London: Macmillan, 1996. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 437 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Moore, not priced. Spotting to top edge. Light wear to extremities. Jacket spine sunned. Very good. An adventure novel..... More
Isvik.
London: Chapmans, 1991. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.319 [1]. With a map to preliminaries. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Stimpson, priced at £14.99. Lightly handled, with slight wear and sunning to jacket spine. Near fine... More
The Strange Land.
London: Collins, 1954. [Suspense novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Rose priced at 10s. 6d. net. A very lightly handled copy in similar jacket with a small ink no. '5' stamped to rear..... More
Target Antarctica.
London: Chapmans, 1993. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 305 [7]. With a map to preliminaries. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Gary Keane, not priced. Lightly handled. Fine. A classic Innes adventure, somehow linking the Khmer Rouge with an..... More
The Lighthouse.
London: Faber and Faber, 2005. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 323 [3]. SIGNED and dated '27 Oct 2005' by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy paper over boards, with cream titles to spine and green endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by..... More
A Mind To Murder.
London: Faber and Faber, 1964. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, rich pink illustrated dust-jacket designed by Charles Mozley. No inscriptions. A fine copy of the book; jacket remains fresh with a little rubbing to front panels, an..... More
The Murder Room.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. [Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.371. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's maroon boards, titles and publisher's imprint in white to spine, yellow endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ghost with a printed price of..... More
Original Sin.
London: Faber and Faber, 1994. [Crime fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.426. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Autographed in back ink to the title page. Minor toning to text block as usual, else fine in like, fresh..... More
The Skull Beneath the Skin.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.384. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the purple illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £7.95. Edges slightly dusty else fine in a clean, fine wrapper. The second Cordelia Gray case. More