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Poirot Loses a Client.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1937. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 302; [2], sample pages reprinted from 'Dead Man's Mirror'. Publisher's orange cloth pictorially blocked in black, top edge orange, others untrimmed, patterned endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. A lovely fine copy..... More
Poirot's Early Cases.
London: Collins, 1974. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.138. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean, small thumb mark to top edge, exterior unmarked. A fine copy in a bespoke binding. Eighteen mysteries..... More
Towards Zero.
London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime Mystery] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 160 [2]. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Lightly trimmed for binding. Paper slightly toned as usual. A...... More
Red Rabbit.
London: Michael Joseph, 2002. [Spy Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 618 [12]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and burgundy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Anthony Ramondo, priced at £18.99. A fine copy. A Jack Ryan prequel. More
A Note of Enchantment.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 250 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Leslie Wood. Miss Cond's usual..... More
The President is Missing.
London: Century, 2018. [Political Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 513 [9]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges red and American flag endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £20.00. A sticker removed from front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
Carrington's Cases.
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1920. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's bright red cloth titled and decorated in black to front board and spine. A trifle rubbed but otherwise bright and clean. Light toning to page edges, internally clean. A lovely copy of this Queen's Quorum mystery featuring the cases of..... More
The Spy in Black.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1917. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth with titles in gilt to spine and upper. Faded spine, dusty edges, extremities lightly rubbed. A sound and tight copy of this scarce title. A Great War espionage tale from the author of 'Carrington's Cases', etc. More
The Two Strange Men.
London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson Limited, 1924. OTTO PENZLER'S COPY. The first edition. Octavo, pp.vi; 288. Simply bound in publisher's red cloth with blind ruling to front board, gilt titles to front board and spine, and gilt ruling to spine at endcaps. Externally near-fine, slightly sunned to spine, with endcaps..... More
The Burning Room.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2014. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 388 [6]. Number 181 of 200 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
Dark Sacred Night.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2018. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 433 [9]. Number 74 of 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Drop.
New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 388 [6]. Publisher's orange cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Allison J. Warner, priced at $27.99. A fine copy. Detective Harry Bosch feels compelled to take on more..... More
The Late Show.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2017. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 405 [5]. Number 62 of 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Lincoln Lawyer.
London: Orion, 2005. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 404 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new copy. Basis for..... More
The Lincoln Lawyer.
New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED and dated by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green quarter paper with gilt titles to spine and blue paper over boards. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
The Secret Agent.
London: Methuen and Co., 1907. [Landmark Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 442; [1], imprint; [1], blank; [40], advertisement catalogue dated September 1907. Bound in publisher's burgundy coloured cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Edges of text block toned/browned, binding a little sunned to the spine..... More
Fools and Mortals.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 369 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Holly Macdonald, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
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Mad Morgan's Murder Sanctum [and] Danger! Dead Men! Detour! [in] Detective Story Magazine. Vol. IX, No. 5.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., May 1954. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories is made only more appealing by its..... More
The Plague of Silence.
London: Hutchinson Library Services / John Long, 1974. [Germ Warfare Spy Thriller] VINTAGE COPY, a new edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.188. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £1.85. Light rubbing and a few marks to jacket. Near fine. A terrorist organisation..... More
The Great Train Robbery.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Locomotive thievery] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.255, [1]. Publisher's mid brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Leigh Taylor. Signed by the author to the title page. Internally fine. Bright dust-wrapper, not faded or clipped, with just some light..... More
A Nice Place to Die.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With a bookplate detailing provenance loose to preliminaries. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink, white and green dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Light offsetting..... More
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The Wrong Corpse [and] Let's Have Some Murder [in] Thrilling Detective Magazine. Vol. V, No. 2.
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., October 1949. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories is made only..... More
Ranson's Folly. With 16 Illustrations by Frederic Remington, Walter Appleton Clark, Howard Chandler Christy, E.M. Ashe, and F. Dorr Steele.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First Edition. Publisher's brick coloured cloth with gilt titles to upper with colour illustration to centre, gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt, others rough trimmed. Rubbed to extremities; internally clean and sound. Very good indeed. More
Soldiers of Fortune.
New York, Scribners. 1897. First US Edition. 8vo. Publisher's pale yellow decorated cloth titled in blue to spine and titled and decorated in blue and gilt to front board. Very good indeed with only very slight edgewear and light bumping to the spine ends. Slightly dusty top edge, internally bright..... More
Twisted Face Defends His Title.
London; Herbert Jenkins. 1940. First Edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's bright and sharp red cloth titled in black to spine and front board. In a bright, clean dustwrapper with some marginal wear and creascing and a closed tear with some very slight loss to the spine ends. Very good..... More