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Campbell's Kingdom.
London: Collins, 1952. [Adventure Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's pink cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 10/6. Together with the original..... 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
Air Bridge.
London: Collins, 1951. [Post-War air adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. Blue ink gift inscription to front pastedown, as well as a bookseller's ticket. Lightly browned throughout, as expected. Jacket lightly sunned to..... 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. Very good in a slightly chipped and torn jacket. Shows well. A naval thriller set in the..... More
The Big Footprints.
London: Collins, 1977. [African Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.349 [1]. Publsher's tan cloth with silver titles ton spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. A crisp, clean copy, with just a little rubbing and chipping to jacket edges. Near fine. As a troop of elephants embark on..... 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 & The Book Society, 1952. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION, Book Society issue. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284 [4]. Publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge red. With the dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 10/6. Illustrated 'Book Society' bookplate to fly-leaf. Some dulling to..... 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
Delta Connection.
London: Macmillan, 1996. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 437 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Moore, not priced. Spotting to top edge. Light wear to extremities. Jacket spine sunned. Very good. An adventure novel..... 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
Golden Soak.
London: Collins, 1973. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.283. Publisher's brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £2.00, illustrated map endpapers, printed in colour. Light wear and tear, some creases to flaps, small mark to top edge. Near fine A typical Hammond Innes mystery set in challenging..... 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 Land God Gave to Cain.
London: Collins, 1958. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 15s. No inscriptions. A little dustiness and toning; very good indeed. Arduous adventure set around an unfinshed railroad in the unmapped Labrador plateau, described..... 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 Lonely Skier. [Fire In the Snow].
London: Collins, 1947. [Alpine Thriller] FIRST EDITION, with a later dust-jacket. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the Cheap Edition dust-jacket, circa 1949, priced at 4/6 and re-priced with a sticker to 5s. Also with the back panel and flap cut from..... 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 grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Light toning and spotting to edges, with some light wear to extremities. Jacket rubbed and chipped to edges, with..... 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, 1956. [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. Some overall dustiness and toning; accepatable wear. A very good copy. Adventure novel set in post-war North Africa. More
The Strange Land.
London: Collins, 1954. [Suspense 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 priced at 10s. 6d. net. A very lightly handled copy in similar jacket with a small ink no. '5' stamped to rear..... 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
Target Antarctica.
London: Chapmans, 1993. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 305 [7]. With a map to preliminaries. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Gary Keane, not priced. Light handling. Near fine. A classic Innes adventure, somehow linking the Khmer Rouge with..... More