Literature
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The Strange Land.
London: The Book Club, 1955. [Suspense Thriller] BOOK CLUB EDITION WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Biro, priced at 3/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Biro (20 x 28cm). Presented in a custom-made..... More
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
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 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
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.
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. No inscriptions. Edges slightly dusty, jacket bright and clean. A near fine copy. A gripping novel set in the punishing 'Empty Quarter' of the Arabian gulf;..... More
Isvik.
London: Chapmans, 1991. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.319 [1]. With a map to preliminaries. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Stimpson, priced at £14.99. Lightly handled, with slight wear and sunning to jacket spine. Near fine... More
Killer Mine.
London: Collins, 1947. [Pirate adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. 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. Contents clean, edges a little toned, jacket with a few small chips and tears, price clipped. Very good..... More
The Last Voyage
London: Collins, 1978. [Fictional biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], blank. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine and upper, cartographic endpapers in colour, photographic dust-jacket. Discreet gift note to second blank, jacket price clipped with pinking shears else a fine copy in a similar wrapper..... 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
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. [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. [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. Lightly handled. Fine. A classic Innes adventure, somehow linking the Khmer Rouge with an..... More
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