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The Ability to Kill: True Tales of Bloody Murder.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Press, 1987. [True Crime] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] xxii; 214 [2]. Letter I of 26 lettered copies, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's deep red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the matching cloth-covered slipcase..... More
Background to Danger.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280; [1], blank; [1], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy, pictorial jacket priced at $2.00. Edges of text block toned, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, clipped..... More
Epitaph For A Spy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Tom with very / best wishes and all / the best - / Eric Ambler'. Publisher's grey cloth titled in black to..... More
The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally very clean with no ownership marks, bookplates or inscriptions. Covers are fresh but for a little sunning to spine, a few small marks and the..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, a few small marks and some splashing to edges of text block, lightly used jacket with a couple of short edge tears. A...... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. ['Rogue school' thriller] SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.247, with map endpapers bound in. Publisher's yellow softcovers printed in black. Autographed to title page in blue ink. Contents clean, spine gently rolled, some wear to joints covers dusty with some..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Thank you, thank you. / Eric Ambler / Jan' 1965. Spine edges and extremities toned else near fine..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in two pictorial dust-jackets priced $3.95- one of which was supposedly a trial jacket and not issued, but in reality very many copies came with the..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with exclusive 'Advertising' jacket. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in typographic jacket with promotional blurb and text to front panel only. A fine copy in a near fine jacket..... More
Uncommon Danger.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, pictorial jacket by Gibbs, priced 7/6. Trivial toning to edge of text block, jacket with very light rubbing/wear to extremities. Overall a lovely fine copy of..... More
Earl Lavender. A Full and True Account of the Wonderful Mission of Earl Lavender, Which Lasted One Night and One Day: With a History of the Pursuit of Earl Lavender and Lord Brumm by Mrs Scamler and Maud Emblem.
London: Ward and Downey, 1895. [Satire fiction] BEARDSLEY FRONTISPIECE. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[xii]; 290; [2]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, dark purple endpapers. All edges untrimmed. Frontispiece by Beardsley. Red and black ink to title page. Internally clean, toning to top edge. Toning to..... More
Fleet Street Eclogues; A Second Series of Fleet Street Eclogues.
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, and The Bodley Head, 1893-1896. [Poetry] VOLUME ONE IS A LIMITED EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (19 x 12 cm), pp.[8] 104 [4]; pp.[8] 102 [16], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spines, gilt titles and decoration to upper of volume two..... More
Sentences and Paragraphs.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. [Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.vii; [1]; 134; [2]. Title page lettered in red and black. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. Lawrence and Bullen emblem blocked to lower board. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Leaves moderately toned, a few lightly spotted..... More
St. George's Day: A Fleet Street Eclogue.
New York, NY: John Lane, 1895. [Scottish Verse] AMERICAN COPYRIGHT EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (19 x 13cm), pp.16. Stapled twice. Some handling and a few small chips to covers. Very good. Part of the second series of Fleet Street Eclogues, expressing dismay at the homogenisation of British and American culture, and..... More
To Catch A Spy [3 copies]. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: Four Square & Fontana, New York: Bantam, 1966, 1974, 1966. [Spy Anthology] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITIONS; first UK, first Fontana edition and first U.S printings. Bibliographer's copies. Octavos, publisher's pictorial softcovers. No inscriptions, book store stamp inside cover of Bantam edition, contents toned as expected, very light wear to covers..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 16s. Contents and edge of text block clean. Book is lacking free endpaper else fine, in a near fine, price-clipped jacket with a...... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, jacket with a little of the usual laminate shrinkage to joints, rich red lettering to spine, price clipped else a fine copy. Contains..... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. [Anthology] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the first edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's printed buff wraps. Contents clean, covers slightly spotted, sunned to spine. Near fine. A rare proof; no other copies are currently listed online. Contains Ian Fleming's James Bond novella 'From A...... More
To Catch A Spy. An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories Edited and Introduced by Eric Ambler.
New York: Atheneum, 1964. [Anthology] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardcovers, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at $4.50. With autograph of Eric Ambler to half-title. A clean, near fine copy in similar jacket. Contains Ian..... More
General Gordon: The Christian Hero.
London and Felling-on-Tyne: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., no date [1908]. [African Colonial Wars] FINELY BOUND, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 369 [3]. A stamp at rear suggests a printing date of April 1908. Contemporary red full calf by RELFE BROS of London, with gilt titles..... More
Contribute 'Red Carpet Treatment' and 'Ski Test' to 'Argosy' magazine January 1960.
London: Fleetway Publications, [late 1959]. [Literary magazine]. (20 x 13cm), pp.144. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Light handling, expected toning. Near fine. The thrillers of Geoffrey Household greatly influenced the writing of Ian Fleming [Gilbert]. Berkely Mather's books were favourably reviewed by Ian Fleming for the Sunday Times, and Mather later contributed..... More
Cyril Connolly. A Memoir. Limited Edition hardback [together with] Proof copy.
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. [Literature] LIMITED FIRST EDITION in book form, having appeared in the TLS on 6th Dec. 1974. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.18; [2], blank; [1], limitation; [5], blank. Original black cloth-backed green paper-covered boards, with paper title label to the spine. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece. No..... More
The Colonel's Photograph.
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.177 [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, priced at 25s. A lovely crisp, clean copy with a slight tobacco scent. Jacket spine very slightly toned, with some light..... More
Elia Kazan: A Life.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1988. [Film and Theatre Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION, with a SIGNED BOOKPLATE. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 848 [8]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate tipped in ahead of the half-title. With numerous in-text black and white photographs. Publisher's navy cloth with silver..... More