Crime & Thrillers
The Way to Dusty Death.
London: Collins, 1973. [Grand Prix thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Constable, priced at £2.00. A clean, fine copy in near fine jacket which is a little rubbed at crown and with a few creases..... More
When Eight Bells Toll.
London: Collins, 1966. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine, priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges a little thumbed. Jacket lightly worn, with some light chipping to edges and a little toning..... More
When Eight Bells Toll.
London: Collins, 1966. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine, priced at 21s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, edges toned and spotted, near fine jacket is very lightly worn. An attractive copy. Millions..... More
The Godwin Sideboard. The second Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1984. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.166 [2]. SIGNED by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, with printed price of £6.95 to flap..... More
The Gwen John Sculpture. The Gwen John Sculpture, The third Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1985. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [4] 199 [5]. Signed by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, priced at £7.50 to flap..... More
Faceless Killers.
London: Harvill Press, 2000. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 280; [2]. With a map. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Dyer, priced at..... More
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, and Other Stories.
London: Fourth Estate, 2014. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 242; [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £14.99 to front flap. As new. One of only four..... More
Stopover Tokyo.
London: Collins, 1957. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.254. Publisher's blue cloth in original pictorial dust wrapper priced at 12/6. Some minor dustiness. A crisp, fine copy of this Mr. Moto mystery. Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was a popular success for the Post journal. When..... More
Clutch of Constables.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers showing map of the river, typographic dust-jacket by Kenneth Farnhill priced at 21s. A particularly fine copy. Murder-mystery aboard a canal boat..... More
Scales of Justice.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers showing map of Swevenings, pictorial dust-jacket by priced at 6s. No inscriptions, page edge toned, contents clean. Jacket bright and fresh with some minor..... More
The Ghost City Killings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284; [4], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced 8/3 (including War tax). Some toning to edges, jacket with a few chips and tears, some creasing. Uncommon. An Anthony Trent detective mystery..... More
The Last Scourge.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1948. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced at 8s. 6d. A very good, used copy; jacket with a few nicks, chipped to spine ends, sunned to same, joins rubbed. Uncommon..... More
They Wouldn't Be Chessmen.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Crime Thriller] FOURTH PRINTING, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.343 [1]. With a bookplate detailing provenance loose to preliminaries. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, repriced to 4s with stickers to spine and front cover..... More
The Witness For The Defence.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.312. VARIANT binding of red cloth decoratively blocked in colours. possibly a deluxe or primary binding(?), the standard binding in blue cloth is rather plain by comparison. Minor spotting, rear inside paper joint cracked else..... More
The Break in the Line.
London: Collins, 1970. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. With a sketch-map to preliminaries. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf: 'To another "sucker | for mountains" with the author's | thanks and good | wishes |..... More
The Terminators.
London: Collins, 1971. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £1.50. Some light general wear, small ding to top of rear wrapper panel and lower board. Very Good. Adventure caper featuring the sardonic and resourceful British agent Idwal Rees..... More
The White Dacoit.
London: Collins, 1974. [Crime Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.384. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on flyleaf: 'For Miss Eileen Cond | with the author's | gratitude and pride | in being included | in her formidable | collection of | contemporary..... More
With Extreme Prejudice.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 246 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on verso of flyleaf: 'Miss Eileen Cond | — my most faithful | fan | Berkely Mather | 19 November 1975 | Brede Sussex.' Publisher's..... More
Of Human Bondage.
London: William Heinemann, 1915. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.648. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt. Contents clean, owner name and date to top margin of title page, modern bookplate, inside hinges started, spine toned. Very good. Earliest state of the text, with 'help' fopr 'helped' p.257, line..... More
Fuzz: An 87th Precinct Mystery.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown Octavo, pp.216. In publisher's blue cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. Blue ink stamps of the Athole Palace Hotel (near Pitlochry in Perthshire) to front free end-paper. Slight reading lean; occasional creases from turned over page corners..... More
No Country for Old Men.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. [Neo-Western] ADVANCE READER'S COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 306 [6]. Publisher's soft covers designed by Chip Kidd, with additional flap to front cover. Very light handling. Near fine. Basis for the 2007 Coen Brothers' Oscar-winning film of the same name, set in..... More
The Caterpillar Cop.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1972. [Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Armorial bookplate to flyleaf, slight creasing to top edge of the dust-jacket. Fine. More
Three Spies for Glory.
London: Jarrolds Publishers, no date [1950]. [Wartime Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.238 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with orange titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. An exceptionally clean, bright copy, with just a little wear to jacket edges and spine. Near fine. Best-known..... More
Detonator.
London: Bantam Press, 2015. [Espionage thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.348; [1],Note; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, red endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page with 'Signed at Waterstones' label to upper panel. Absolutely fine/as new. A...... More
Murder at Eight Bells.
London; Columbine Publishing Company. n.d. [1939]. First EDition. 8vo. Publisher's orange cloth faded to spine and extremities to an attractive poached salmon, possibly that's not a standard book colour.Tight, clean and sharp. Very good indeed (except for being sunned) in a very good, unclipped dustwrapper with corresponding fading to spine..... More