Crime & Thrillers
Wycliffe and the Tangled Web.
London: Gollancz Crime, 1988. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.191; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-titled black cloth in dust-wrapper priced at £10.95. A fine copy in near fine jacket. Starring detective Charles Wycliffe, one of the most popular literary Police investigators. More
...Or Be He Dead.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Crime Mystery] 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 William Randell, not priced. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (23 x 18cm)..... More
The Burning Question.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (31 x 25cm)..... More
Long Shadows.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Mystery] 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 William Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (29 x...... More
The Witch of the Low Tide. An Edwardian Melodrama.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8]; 247; [1]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Biro with printed price of 15s. Light toning to edges of text block, wearing to edges of jacket, expected toning to white of..... More
Miss Seeton Draws the Line.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1969. [Crime Satire] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 213 [1]. With a 'review copy' slip loose to preliminaries, as well as a bookplate detailing provenance. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the aubergine dust-jacket designed by..... More
The Sting.
London: HarperCollins, 2019. [Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 435; [3]. Publisher's white cloth, purple titles to spine, purple endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claire Ward, printed price £12.99. All textblock edge tinted pink. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Minor bump to..... More
Killer In The Rain. Being: Killer in the Rain; The Man who liked Dogs; The Curtain; Try the Girl; Mandarin's Jade; Bay City Blues; The Lady in the Lake; No Crime in the Mountains. With an Introduction by Philip Durham.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1964. [Crime stories] FIRST EDITION (stated). Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.394. Publisher's blue cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Rob Howard, priced at $5.50. Contents and page edges clean, jacket with a little edgewear and a crease to the spine panel, neat tape reinforcement to..... More
Count On The Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. [Crime caper] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth in original dust-wrapper designed by Melvyn Gill. Some bumping, jacket nicked at spine, some edgewear, not faded. A very good copy. Two short episodes with the gentleman adventurer. Includes the..... More
Count On The Saint. The Pastor's Problem [and] The Unsaintly Santa.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. [Crime caper] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 175 [5]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in at rear..... More
The Brighter Buccaneer [The Saint].
Great Britain: White Lion Publishers, 1975. [Crime Fiction] Vintage hardcover reissue. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's deep pink cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £2.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy in like jacket. A fine (and rather elusive) hardback reissue of the..... More
Catch The Saint.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1975. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.153; [5], blank. Publisher's white vinyl-covered hardback with blue titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $5.95. Minor toning to jacket. A fine copy. Two retrospective Saint..... More
The First Saint Omnibus [together with] The Second Saint Omnibus. An Anthology of Saintly Adventures.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1939, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITIONS, two volumes. Octavos (19 x 13cm), pp.1008 (printed on thin wartime paper); 636. Elegantly hand-bound in half navy blue calf over blue cloth sides, spines gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound..... More
Follow The Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] c.1941. [Thriller] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT, Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.283; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Stickman illustrations to title page and preliminaries. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, edgewear to spine and..... More
The Saint Abroad
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. [Crime novellas] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1], advertisement. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket by Studio Stead, priced at 12s./£1.25. No inscriptions, some light foxing, more so to edges of text block, jacket without chips or..... More
The Saint Abroad.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1969. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's tan cloth hardback with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $4.50. Contents clean, no ink names, jacket is fresh, with minimal rubs and..... More
The Saint And The Fiction Makers.
Great Britain: White Lion Publishers, 1969. [Crime Fiction] Vintage hardcover reissue. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £1.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Some minor toning, jacket a little worn at crown. Near fine. A fine (and..... More
The Saint And The Fiction Makers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's mid-blue cloth hardcovers blocked in gilt to spine, in a cheesy 'Pop-Art' dust-wrapper priced 21s / £1.05. Some spotting/toning to edges and endpapers, jacket also lightly foxed. Very good. One..... More
The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1976. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.186. Publisher's white vinyl-covered hardback with purple titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $5.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions, crisp jacket with one closed tear, spine sunned..... More
The Saint and the People Importers.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1972. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.186. Publisher's black cloth hardback with yellow titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $4.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some minor wear to front hinge, crisp jacket..... More
Saint Errant.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.253; [1], advert. Elegantly hand-bound in half brown calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, original cloth spine preserved at rear. Contents clean with some light spotting to first and final..... More
The Saint in New York.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] c.1941. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT, Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket edition. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.320; [2]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 2/- to front flap. Stickman illustrations to title page and preliminaries. Toning..... More
The Saint in Pursuit.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.180; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $4.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some browning to hinges, crisp jacket with..... More
The Saint In the Sun.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1963. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth hardback with red titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.50. Some trivial rubs to jacket; a crisp, fine copy. Seven..... More
The Saint Sees it Through.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket designed by Jarvis, priced at 8/6. A very good copy in slightly nicked and edge worn jacket. Simon Templar, alias The Saint..... More