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Crime & Thrillers
Sleeping Murder. Miss Marple's Last Case.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10] 242 [4]. Publisher's brown quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and orange paper over boards. Top edge brown, fore-edge untrimmed, and orange endpapers. With the plain typographic dust-jacket, priced at $7.95..... More
Sleeping Murder. Miss Marple's Last Case.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1976. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.224. Black cloth with titles stamped in gilt to the spine, in purple typographic dust-jacket priced at £3.50. A few light marks to edges, jacket slightly sunned (as expected). Very good indeed. The fifteenth and final Jane..... More
Sleeping Murder. Miss Marple's Last Case.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1976. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224. 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, pistol..... More
Sleeping Murder. Miss Marple's Last Case.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1976. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.224. Black cloth with titles stamped in gilt to the spine, in purple typographic dust-jacket. Price clipped. Minor sunning to spine and extremities but much less than expected - this jacket is notorious for fading. A clean..... More
Sparkling Cyanide.
London: For the Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 8s.6d. Gift inscription beneath flap. A used copy in jacket which has some vintage tape to reverse side, rubbed to joints..... More
Sparkling Cyanide.
London: For the Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 8s.6d. No inscriptions. A near fine copy of the book in a very good wrapper with some minor chips and tears..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1951. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with titles and imprint in black to spine. Typographic dust-jacket shows titles in green and red to front cover and spine, plus a tribute to Christie celebrating her fiftieth novel to rear cover..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1951. [Espionage Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 218. Publisher's green leatherette, with maroon titles to spine and a maroon 'Red Badge Detective' stamp to upper. Top edge red, fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Hoffman, priced at $2.50..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1951. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with titles and imprint in black to spine. Typographic dust-jacket shows titles in green and red to front cover and spine, plus a tribute to Christie celebrating her fiftieth novel to rear cover..... More
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [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
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill, priced at 10/6. Book is slightly dusty, no inscriptions. Jacket with a little wear to joints and extremities, small amount..... More
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill, priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. A clean copy in similar jacket, slightly age-toned to spine panel and a little frayed..... More
Third Girl.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1966. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), 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
Third Girl.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1967. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 248. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with red and blue titles to spine, and grey cloth-effect paper over boards. Top edge deep mauve. With the dust-jacket designed by Salem Tamer. Internally crisp and..... More
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Third Girl. [A Hercule Poirot Story].
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1966. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's patterned orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill. No inscriptions, top edge spotted, jacket with acceptable wear, a couple of tears, minor soil etc. Very..... More
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[Thirteen] 13 For Luck! A Selection of Mystery Stories.
London: Collins, 1966. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS, an anthology. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's light blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the Kenneth Farnhill designed dust-jacket titled in orange and grey. Crisp and clean internally, with some spotting to edges. Price-clipped jacket shows spotting and toning..... More
Three Blind Mice, and Other Stories.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, no date [circa 1976]. [Crime Short Stories] UNIFORM EDITION, a reissue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 248. Publisher' black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, showing a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Grey endpapers, and..... 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
What Mrs. McGuillicuddy Saw!
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985. [Crime Mystery] UNIFORM EDITION, a reissue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 277 [5]. Publisher' black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, showing a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Grey endpapers, and fore-edge untrimmed. With..... More
Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. [Short Stories] FIRST THUS, a Uniform Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] 297 [3]. Publisher's black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and grey cloth over boards. Fore edge untrimmed; grey endpaper. With the purple dust-jacket designed by Kris Woolsey, priced..... 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