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The Macropulos Secret. A Comedy.
London: Robert Holden and co., 1927. [Drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[4] 211 [1]. Publisher's grey quarter cloth with pictorial orange paper over boards. Paper label with titles to spine. Infrequent foxing, mostly to preliminaries. Toning to endpapers. Foxing and toning to edges, especially top. Gentle wear..... More
How They Do It.
London: George Allen and Unwin ltd, 1945. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.158; [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Karel apek. Publisher's green cloth to boards, blue titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, price-clipped to front flap. Top edge green. Toning to leaves and endpapers. Minor sunning..... More
Three Novels [Noetic Trilogy]. Hordubal; An Ordinary Life; Meteor.
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1948. [Modern Literature] FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.469 [3]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Top edge orange. With the grey typographic dust-jacket, printed on the reverse of a WWII map of Denmark..... More
The Lady with a Lamp.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1929. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.136. Publisher's black cloth with red paper title label to spine. With the plain dust-jacket, priced at 3/6 for paper, or 5s for cloth. A small blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. Quite heavy spotting and offsetting to endpapers..... More
The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California.
London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. [American Travel]. SECOND EDITION, identical to the First. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xii; 707. With 10 wood engraved plates including a frontispiece and two folding maps. Nine further illustrations in-text. In publisher's blue pebble grained cloth, re-backed during the twentieth century, with original..... More
Etruscan Bologna: A Study.
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1876. [Italian Travel and Archaeology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii, 275. Illustrated with folding frontispiece lithograph showing a Synoptical Table of the Paleo-Ethnological Remains of Central Italy. Also with occasional in-text wood engravings. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, decorative friezes..... More
Spider's Web.
London: Harper Collins, 2000. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. [6]; 241; [9], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's black cloth lettered in white to spine, illustrative dust-jacket. Small spider illustration at the start of chapters. Toning to edges of textblock, small markings from a green gel pen throughout the..... More
The Unexpected Guest.
London: Harper Collins, 1999. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. [4] 177 [11]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Andrew Davidson, priced at £14.99. Toning to edges of textblock, with a little light handling. Near Fine. When a stranger runs..... More
4.50 From Paddington.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the red and black illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. to front flap. Cloth fresh and bright, contents clean..... More
The ABC Murders.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1936. [Murder mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[x]; 306; [4], blank. Publisher's lemon yellow blue cloth blocked in dark green, top edge yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust-wrapper. Fine in a price-clipped dust-jacket, which has wear at spine tips, hinges, and..... More
After the Funeral.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1953. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Beytagh, priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. A lightly used copy, jacket with a few short tears, minor discolour and spotting to..... More
The Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder at The Vicarage, A Murder is Announced, Murder is Easy, The ABC Murders, Murder in The Mews, Murder in Mesopotamia, Murder on the Links, Lord Edgeware Dies, Mrs McGinty's Dead, Dead Man's Folly, The Hound of Death, Appointment with Death, Death on The Nile, Death in The Clouds, Death Comes as the End, Peril at End House, Crooked House, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Poirot's Christmas, Poirot Investigates, Parker Pyne Investigates, They Do it with Mirrors, The Mirror Crack'd, The Clocks, The Seven Dials Mystery, The Listerdale Mystery, The Sittaford Mystery, A Caribbean Mystery, The Mystery of The Blue Train, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, And Then There Were None, Five Little Pigs, Third Girl, The Big Four, The Thirteen Problems, Towards Zero, Three Act Tragedy, The Hollow, The Moving Finger, 4.50 From Paddington, Passenger to Frankfurt, Evil Under the Sun, At Bertram's Hotel, Why Didn't They Ask Evans, Dumb Witness, Taken at The Flood, They Came to Baghdad, Sparkling Cyanide, The Secret of Chimneys, After the Funeral, The Body in The Library, Halloween Party, The Pale Horse, The Secret Adversary, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, The Mysterious Mr Quin, Endless Night, The Man in The Brown Suit, Ordeal by Innocence, One, Two Buckle my Shoe, Cards On the Table, N or M?, Cat Among the Pigeons, The Labours of Hercules, Hickory Dickory Dock, Partners in Crime, Sad Cypress, Nemesis, A Pocketful of Rye and Destination Unknown.
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. [Mystery / Crime] LEATHER BOUND SET. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Handsomely bound in black half oasis morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and navy cloth over boards. A few minor spots to volume containing 'Lord Edgware..... More
The Agatha Christie Crime Collection: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Murder on the Orient Express, Murder at The Vicarage, A Murder is Announced, Murder is Easy, The ABC Murders, Murder in The Mews, Murder in Mesopotamia, Murder on the Links, Lord Edgeware Dies, Mrs McGinty's Dead, Dead Man's Folly, The Hound of Death, Appointment with Death, Death on The Nile, Death in The Clouds, Death Comes as the End, Peril at End House, Crooked House, The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, Poirot's Christmas, Poirot Investigates, Parker Pyne Investigates, They Do it with Mirrors, The Mirror Crack'd, The Clocks, The Seven Dials Mystery, The Listerdale Mystery, The Sittaford Mystery, A Caribbean Mystery, The Mystery of The Blue Train, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, And Then There Were None, Five Little Pigs, Third Girl, The Big Four, The Thirteen Problems, Towards Zero, Three Act Tragedy, The Hollow, The Moving Finger, 4.50 From Paddington, Passenger to Frankfurt, Evil Under the Sun, At Bertram's Hotel, Why Didn't They Ask Evans, Dumb Witness, Taken at The Flood, They Came to Baghdad, Sparkling Cyanide, The Secret of Chimneys, After the Funeral, The Body in The Library, Halloween Party, The Pale Horse, The Secret Adversary, By the Pricking of My Thumbs, The Mysterious Mr Quin, Endless Night, The Man in The Brown Suit, Ordeal by Innocence, One, Two Buckle my Shoe, Cards On the Table, N or M?, Cat Among the Pigeons, The Labours of Hercules, Hickory Dickory Dock, Partners in Crime, Sad Cypress, Nemesis, A Pocketful of Rye and Destination Unknown.
London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969-1972. [Mystery / Crime] COMPLETE SET AS PUBLISHED. In 24 volumes. Octavo (20 x 14 x 82cm). Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to red backing on spines, and further gilt and red decoration to uppers. Top edges and endpapers orange. All volumes with the original photographic..... More
Akhnaton.
London: Collins, 1973. [Play] PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.157; [1]. Publisher's mottled red paper wraps, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Andrew Vargo priced at £1.80 net. A scarce proof copy sent out in advance of the first edition. Dust-jacket very slightly creased and rubbed to top and bottom edges..... More
And Then There Were None (under its original "Ten Little N..." title, 1944). A Play in Three Acts.
London: Samuel French, 1944. [Drama] FRENCH'S ACTING EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.82. With a monochrome plate of the set layout opp. p.5, 'furniture and property plot' illustration is on p.76. Printed blue card softcovers priced 5s. Some underlining/stage direction else clean within. Moderate toning and wear to extremities, spine..... More
Appointment with Death.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1938. [Murder mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[6] 301 [5]. Publisher's bright orange with black titles to spine and upper. Fore-edge untrimmed, top edge red. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Minuscule sunning to the very tip of the spine, else an..... More
At Bertram's Hotel.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Crime Fiction] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. 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..... More
The Big Four.
London: W. Collins and Sons. 1927. [Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.v, 281; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in red to spine and upper. Some spotting to contents and edges (thick, fluffy paper is susceptible), covers fresh and bright, spine gently toned, lightly worn at tips. A very..... More
The Big Four.
London: W. Collins and Sons. 1927. [Crime] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.v, 281; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in red to spine and upper. Contents clean, edges a little toned, light wear to extremities, scraped at base of spine affecting the logo, otherwise a very good..... More
The Big Four.
New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1927. [Crime] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[vii]; 276; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in orange to spine and upper. Contents clean, page edges very slightly toned, cloth is bright with very little wear. A fine copy without jacket. A classic..... More
The Body In The Library.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1942. [Murder Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean, no ink inscriptions, inside paper joint cracked, cloth a little bumped and used, some sunning to spine. A very good copy lacking the scarce..... More
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), 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
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's mid green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jackt designed by Kenneth Farnhill. A fine copy of the book in a very good, price-clipped jacket with two short tears..... More
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's mid-green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill priced 21s. Contents clean, ink name to front endpaper, jacket is used, with some chips and tears..... More
Cards on the Table.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1936. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.286; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. Toning and light spotting to edges of textblock though internally clean. Sunning and rolling to spine, water marks to upper board, two..... More