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Saracen's Tower.
London: Collins, 1952. [Pirate adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189; [1], advertisement; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Vasco Lazzlo. Discreet ink name to reverse side of flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, sunned to spine, price-clipped; very good. A...... More
Air Bridge
London: Collins. 1951. Post-War air adventure. FIRST EDITION, Octavo. 288pp. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Page edges tanned/spotted, jacket with a few chips and tears. Very good. More
The Angry Mountain.
London: Collins, 1950. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.255. Publisher's pink cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. Edges of text block a toned, neat ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, sunned to extremities (and cloth beneath). Very good. An adventure novel unravelling beneath the blazing summit of Vesuvius in full..... More
Atlantic Fury.
London: Collins, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at 16s., illustrated map endpapers. Dust-jacket marginally toned to spine, small closed tear to rear fold. A lovely clean, near fine copy..... More
Atlantic Fury.
London: Collins, 1961. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey priced at 16s., illustrated map endpapers. Very good in a slightly chipped and torn jacket. Shows well. A naval thriller set in the..... More
Attack Alarm.
London: Collins. 1943. First Indian Edition. Octavo. In cream soft paper cover. Dust wrapper with titles in black to front cover and spine, and publisher's adverts for further titles to rear cover; unprice-clipped, originally priced at two rupees. Paper binding is rubbed, worn to extremities. Dust wrapper shows well, with..... More
The Black Tide.
London: Collins, 1982. [Shipwreck adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.347; [5], blank. Green cloth with silver gilt titles to spine in pictorial dust-wrapper. With publisher's paste-over text applied to an error within the blurb on the front flap, and a cancelled (replaced) dedication leaf 'To Marjory and Ian..... More
Campbell's Kingdom.
London: Collins, 1952. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284; [4], advertisements. Publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill priced at 10/6. Gilt tarnished else near fine, in similar jacket with some toning to the back strip. Very good... More
The Conquistadors.
London: Collins, 1969. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.336, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. Autographed to the half-title in black ink. A particularly sharp example, with strong red colour to the spine. A fine history of..... More
Dead and Alive.
London: Collins, 1946. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.156. Publisher's burgundy cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Discreet owner name beneath flap, wrapper chipped to spine tips, small triangular loss to rear panel (not affecting text). A very good copy indeed. Post-war naval adventure from a master..... More
The Doomed Oasis.
London: Collins, 1960. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 15s. Text block a little toned, very light wear to jacket. Near fine. A gripping novel set in the punishing 'Empty Quarter' of the Arabian gulf; the..... More
The Doomed Oasis. A Novel of Arabia.
London: Collins, 1960. Desert adventure set in the Persian Gulf. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.320. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-jacket. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Edge of text block a little toned, jacket is fresh. A lovely near fine copy. More
Harvest of Journeys.
London: Collins, 1960. [Intrepid travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.319; [1], blank. With numerous duo-tone photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket illustrated by H. Bridgeman Grindley with printed price of 18s. net. Trivial spotting, jacket a little worn to crown; near fine. Travel..... More
Killer Mine.
London: Collins, 1947. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles blocked to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Leslie Stead priced at 7/6. Cloth lightly sunned along bottom edge, jacket clean and bright with a couple of ships to crown; near fine..... More
The Killer Mine.
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1947. [Pirate adventure novel] FIRST US EDITION (stated). Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.246; [1], imprint; [1], blank. Publisher's oatmeal-coloured cloth blocked in red, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Jane Pitts, priced at $2.50 (one clip at foot). A few marks to covers else a near..... More
Levkas Man.
London: Collins, 1971. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320; [1], blank. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, cartographic endpapers printed in colour, illustrated dust-jacket by Richard Dalkins. A very good copy in price-clipped wrapper. More
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The Mary Deare [aka The Wreck of the Mary Deare].
London: Collins, 1956. [Naval thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.156. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial jacket. Edges dusty, some toning and wear to extremities, short tear to rear, price-clipped. Very good. The 'Mary Deare' was a 6000-ton freighter and apparent abandoned 'ghost-ship', which emerged one night from severe..... More
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The Mary Deare [aka The Wreck of the Mary Deare].
London: Collins, 1956. [Naval thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.156. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial jacket. Price clipped, else a lovely fine copy. The 'Mary Deare' was a 6000-ton freighter and apparently abandoned 'ghost-ship', which emerged one night from severe Biscay gales into the English Channel, and into..... More
Sea and Islands.
London: Collins, 1967. [Yachting Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.288. Twelve double-sided photographic plates showing both colour and black and white images, and occasional in-text diagrams and maps. Signed by the author in black ink to the title page. Also inscribed on the flyleaf to a sailor..... More
Solomons Seal.
London: Collins, 1980. [Ocean-going adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320; [2], blank. With two maps before the text. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, orange and brown dust jacket. Spine sunned almost to green, otherwise fine. Very good overall. The story of the Holland family..... More
Solomons Seal.
London: Collins, 1980. [Ocean-going adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320; [2], blank. With two maps before the text. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, orange and brown dust jacket. Top edge a little dusty else near fine in similar, lightly used and unfaded wrapper. The..... More
The Strange Land.
London: Collins, 1954. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Rose clipped and repriced to 6s net. Some offset toning to endpapers, toning to edges. A lovely example. Fine. More
The Strode Venturer.
London: Collins, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Farnhill, priced at 21s. A little dusty to edges. Some shrinkage to jacket around the joints, tape burn to flaps; very lightly sunned to spine..... More
The Strode Venturer.
London: Collins, 1965. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, illustrated dust-jacket by Kenneth Farnhill priced at 21s. A very good copy in similar, lightly nicked and marked jacket. Famous as a writer of thrillers and as a nautical man..... More
The White South.
London: Collins, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles blocked to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. Gilt tarnished. Very good in a like, price-clipped jacket. A murder-mystery based in the Antarctic, adapted for the big screen in 1954 as 'Hello Below Zero'..... More