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The Veiled One
London, Hutchinson 1988. FIRST EDITION, 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, slightly bumped at bottom of spine and the corners, a few tiny white marks on the back and spine, pages in excellent condition, fine. Photographic dustwrapper, also fine. More
The Best Man to Die.
London: John Long, 1969. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.184. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. A ticket to the Soho Theatre event 'Ruth Rendell and PD James, Head to Head' September 2012, attended by a well-known bookseller, suggests provenance for the..... More
The Face Of Trespass.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Psychological Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £2.00. Some rubbing to jacket edges; spine slightly..... More
No More Dying Then.
London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.198; Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, dust-wrapper design by Colin Andrews with printed price of £1.60 to flap. Neat ownership to verso of flyleaf, minor spotting to edges. Jacket lightly bruised at the foot of the..... More
One Across, Two Down.
London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £1.50. Offsetting to endpapers, and..... More
Road Rage. An Inspector Wexford Mystery.
London: Hutchinson, 1997. [Crime fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 328. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, green endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page. A clean, fine copy. More
Vanity Dies Hard.
London: John Long, 1966. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.183 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with blue and yellow titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 15s. Some light rubbing to board..... More
The Veiled One. An Inspector Wexford Mystery.
London: Hutchinson, 1988. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author; 'To George - best wishes, Ruth Rendell'. Octavo, pp.278. Publisher's black cloth, in original photographic dustwrapper. Tiny rub to fold else a fine copy. More
The Man Who...
Bristol: Scorpion Press, 1992. [Detective Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] x, 230. Number 121 of just 125 copies SIGNED by all the contributors in various inks to preliminary leaves. Also with an illustrated frontispiece tipped in. Book mark for 'Murder by the Book' bookstore in..... More
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