London: Odhams Press, 1939. [Short Stories]. EARLY MAGAZINE APPEARANCE. A4 magazine (29 x 22cm), pp.100. Illustrated throughout in photogravure, with illustrations for the Christie story by Jack Faulks. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled to spine. Light browning to edges. Staples oxidising; some rubbing to edges and spine. Very good. First... More about Witness for the Prosecution [in] Summer Pie Magazine

London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1957. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Neat gift inscription, toned to edges, slightly short price-clipped jacket with a few chips and tears, spine a little faded. Very good... More about 4.50 From Paddington

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. Fine. More about Akhnaton

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and pattern to boards, dust-jacket designed by Brian Russell with printed price of 16s net. Edges and endleaves lightly spotted, clean jacket a little toned to... More about At Bertram's Hotel

London, Collins, The Crime Club. 1964. Advance Copy. 8vo. Publisher's blue marbled paper wraps, near fine save for a small triangle of loss to lower rear panel. Clean and fresh. Internally clean. Not to be confused with a proof copy which Collins issued for this title in red card wraps... More about A Caribbean Mystery

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. Some minor toning to book block, light wear to jacket, a little rubbed to lower joint, price clipped. Very good indeed... More about Cat Among the Pigeons

London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1949. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.252; [4] advertisements. Publisher's orange hardback cloth binding, blocked to spine in black, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. A fine copy of the book in near fine price-clipped wrapper, with a little edgewear... More about Crooked House

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, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Discreet dated initials to pastedown, edgeworn jacket has a few small chips, one longer closed tear to rear panel, some dustiness. Very... More about Death Comes as The End

London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1935. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.252; [4], advertisements. Hand-bound in half mid-green calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching green cloth sides. Contents clean, minor toning to edges of textblock, binding as new. A scarce... More about Death in the Clouds

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1937. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.326; [2], blank. Publisher's russet cloth pictorially blocked in black, top edge blue, fore edge untrimmed, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. Contents very clean, unfortunate scratch/dink to top edge, some fading to same... More about Death On The Nile

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. Edges spotted, no inscriptions, some general wear and tear, spine toned, jacket partially split along rear flap fold, but no other major defects; a very good... More about Destination Unknown

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1967. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13), pp.224. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands. A few minor marks to fore-edge otherwise a fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. A.... More about Endless Night

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. Book is very clean with minor offset browning to endpapers, jacket panels a little dusty... More about Hickory Dickory Dock [A Hercule Poirot Mystery