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— Groucho Marx
Crime & Thrillers
A Caribbean Mystery.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1965. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 245 [1]. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with black and gilt titles to spine, and green cloth-effect paper over boards. Top edge and endpapers green. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at $4.50. Crisp..... More
A Caribbean Mystery.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1964. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Bound in publisher's red cloth, printed with black cloth pattern, with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 16s. Book is fine, jacket with some minor dustiness and a fraction toned to the..... More
Cat Among the Pigeons.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs..... More
Cat Among the Pigeons.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1960. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's grey leatherette, with purple titles to spine, and a purple 'Red Badge Detective' device to upper. Top edge pink, fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Salem Tamer, priced at $2.95..... More
Cat Among the Pigeons.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket priced at 12/6. No inscriptions, jacket with minor toning to edges, a few tiny nick and one neat (stabilised) tear to..... More
The Clocks.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
Dead Man's Folly (A Hercule Poirot mystery).
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth titled in black, original printed dust-wrapper priced at 12s 6d. No inscriptions. Text block lightly toned, jacket is exceptionally clean with some trivial wear, one short tear to rear, neat ballpoint..... More
Dead Man's Folly.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
Death Comes as The End.
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth, black titles to spine, correct first printing dust-jacket which has been clipped and reduced in price by the publisher (to 4/6, was 7/6). Discreet blind-embossed ownership to title, jacket with a...... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's cloth binding in dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. Mildly toned with some light handling. Near fine. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When a number of leading scientists disappear without..... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's cloth binding in dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. Some toning, spine panel a little browned. Very good indeed. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When a number of leading scientists..... More
Five Miss Marple Novels. The Mirror Crack'd; Caribbean Mystery; Nemesis; What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!; The Body in the Library.
New York, NY: Chatham River Press, 1984. [Crime Omnibus] DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 650 [6]. Publisher's green full leatherette, with gilt titles, as well as elaborate red and gilt decoration, to spine and upper. All edges gilt, with facsimile marbling to endpapers. Quite heavily browned throughout to..... More
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Getuige à Charge. [Witness for the Prosecution].
Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1960. [Crime Short Stories] DUTCH FILM TIE-IN. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.181 [3]. Publisher's orange and cream paper over boards, with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket showing a still from the film of the same name starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton (1957), not priced..... More
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Hallowe'en Party. [A Hercule Poirot Mystery].
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 248. Publisher's black quarter cloth, with white and orange titles to spine, and orange paper over boards. Top edge and endpapers orange. With the orange and black typographic dust-jacket, priced at $5.95..... More
Hallowe'en Party. A Hercule Poirot Mystery.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1969. [Hercule Poirot] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255. Publisher's hardback red cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced £1.25 net. No inscriptions. Contents clean. Jacket is crisp, with a neat tear to the rear panel, a few small stabilising strips to reverse side..... More
Hallowe'en Party. A Hercule Poirot Mystery.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1969. [Hercule Poirot] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255. Publisher's hardback red cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced £1.25 net. No inscriptions, contents clean, minor dustiness/spotting to top edge. Curiously, pp.151-156 appear to be cancelled leaves. Jacket has a few neat tears and..... More
Hercule Poirot's Casebook.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1984. [Poirot Short Stories] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xii; 860 [6]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and cream paper over boards. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Claire Counihan, priced at $15.95. Toning and spotting to..... More
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Hickory Dickory Dock [A Hercule Poirot Mystery].
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with titles and imprint in black to spine. Dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. Minor toning. Slightly dusty and handled in places, few light marks to rear..... More
Hickory Dickory Dock.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
The Hollow.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1946. [Crime / Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 256 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Contents and edges very clean with no spotting or toning, discreet ink ownership to pastedown, spine lightly sunned, a few marks to rear..... More
The Hollow.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1946. [Crime / Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 256 [2]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. No inscriptions. Some spotting to edges and extremities, also to jacket, with one tiny nick to rear joint..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Elegantly bound in half red calf over cloth sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Light spotting to edges, contents clean, exterior as new. A near fine copy..... More
The Listerdale Mystery. And Other Stories.
London: Collins, 1934. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.251; [5 of advertisements]. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger..... More
Make Mine Murder! Appointment with Death; Peril at End House; Sad Cypress.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. [Crime Omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 473 [3]. Publisher's red leatherette with silver titles to spine. Top edge yellow and fore-edge untrimmed. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at $4.95. Light wear to extremities, with a touch of spotting..... More