Crime & Thrillers
A Grue of Ice.
New York: Viking, 1962. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp242. Publisher's grey hardcovers, top edge purple, in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Contents clean, jacket fresh and bright. An excellent copy. Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school', and a protege..... More
Hunter Killer.
London: Collins, 1966. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper by Dell 'Orco, with two quotes from Ian Fleming on the back flap. Contents clean, edges very dlightly toned, jacket with some light wear to spine ends..... More
Scend of the Sea.
London: Collins, 1971. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Brian Lubrani, with quote from Ian Fleming on the rear panel. Neat contemporary ink ownership. A bright copy with some accidental damp-marking..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear flap. A fine copy of the book, which appears unread..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear flap. Neat ink name, edges toned, jacket with chips and..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins Fontana, 1961. [Thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.192. Publisher's sofcovers priced at 2/6. Very good indeed. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencil ownership within). Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school' whose adventure novels often involved smuggling and Royal Navy..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments of the author'. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear..... More
The Watering Place of Good Peace.
London: Collins, 1960. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments of the author'. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318; [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, edges very slightly dusty, jacket with a few small chips and..... More
The Cincinnati Kid.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. [Gambling Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[6] 154. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and green endpapers. Top edge green. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Seymour Chwast, priced at $3.95. Very light rubbing to marginally short jacket with..... More
Biggles in the South Seas.
London: Oxford University Press, 1940 [circa 1942]. [Children's Adventure] EARLY REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece and six other black and white illustrations by Howard. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles to spine and upper, and brown decoration matching the First to upper only. With..... More
Biggles Sees It Through.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1947. [Children's Adventure] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], blank. With a colour frontispiece and six full-page black and white illustrations by Alfred Sindall. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, 'Flying Jacket' series wrapper on economy paper (another jacket..... More
Biggles Takes A Hand.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. With 12 in-text black and white illustrations by Stead. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Stead, priced at 8/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A lovely bright, crisp..... More
Biggles in the Underworld.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, clipped and repriced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright showing some..... More
Biggles Flies South.
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece by Leigh, and a sketch-map and six black and white illustrations by Nicolle. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles and decoration to spine and upper. Top edge brown. School prize inscription..... More
The Case of the Transposed Legs.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1951. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in white to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Publisher's file copy signified by an ink stamp to title page and paper labels to the..... More
The Inshore Squadron. [A Bolitho novel].
London: Hutchinson, 1978. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. Maps to light blue endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Mayger. A crisp, clean copy, in a price-clipped jacket, a little sunned to spine. Very good. September 1800: Richard..... More
Captain Shannon.
London: Ward, Lock, and Co., 1897. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; [2]; 258; [6]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red to spine with red embossed: 'By order, Captain Shannon' to upper board. Untrimmed edges. With sixteen halftone plates by Wilson, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Plate opposite p.184..... More
Wreath For A Dead Angel.
London: Clerke and Cockeran, 1951. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.193; [1] blank. Publisher's brown cloth with black titles, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anderson, originally priced 9/6. Internally fresh and presentable, negligible spotting to front edge. Fragile dust-wrapper shows well; clean and bright, with some inevitable..... More
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Short stories] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 416. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price £17.99. Toning to textblock, else internally clean. Bumping to upper board corners, minor rolling to spine, light creasing to dust-jacket edges..... More
Mr Mercedes.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2014. [Police Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION, W.H. Smith Collector's Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 405 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with blue metallic titles to spine and blue illustrative endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £20. One leaf shows two folded corners. Light general handling..... More
Appointment in Cairo.
London: Evans and Brothers, 1950. [Espionage thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'Harry— | here's hoping you | enjoy this fable. | Bruce | London 1950.' Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated..... More
The Secretary.
London: Transworld, 2019. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[294]. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards in pictorial dust-jacket, designed by Stephen Mulcahey. Signed by the author to the title-page. Small blob of binders glue to front edge, neatly opened. Signed sticker to the dust-wrapper. Near Fine. After eighteen years..... More
The Tallyman. A Thane and Moss Case.
London: John Long, 1969. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. Publisher's brown material over boards,with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 22/6. A crisp, clean copy showing some spotting to top edge only. Light wear to jacket extremities. Near fine. The tenth..... More
Millennium Trilogy. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; The Girl Who Played with Fire; The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest; Afterword—Stieg Larsson: Four Essays and an Exchange of e-mails.
London: MacLehose Press, Quercus, 2010. [Swedish Crime Thriller] FIRST BOX SET, complete in four volumes. Octavo (25 x 17 x 15cm), pp.[8] 454 [2]; pp.[8] 517 [3]; pp.[8] 599 [1]; pp.[8] 85 [3]. Publisher's variously coloured cloth, with gilt titles to spines and maps to endpapers. With a series of..... More
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. [Book One of the Millennium Trilogy].
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. [Swedish Crime Fiction] US ADVANCE READER'S EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 463 [8]. Publisher's plain card covers. With accompanying letter from the publisher loose to preliminaries. Letter rubbed to central fold. A crease to front cover, with slight rubbing and bumping. Near..... More