Literature
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The Paper Tomb.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the orange dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 10/6. Edges browned. Jacket gently toned, with some light wear and chipping..... More
The Single Eye.
London: Hutchinson, 1964. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth, titles in black to spine, dust-jacket designed by Jack Larkin with printed price of 21s net. Internally fine, some light spotting to edges and offsetting to endpapers. Wrapper shows very well, a little sunned to spine..... More
Jade Woman.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. A splendid, fine copy. Another instalment in the hugely popular, long-running adventures of Lovejoy, the roguish antiques dealer-turned-sleuth, famously televised starring Ian McShane and Phyllis Logan... More
Jade Woman.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. Collins' FILE COPY, marked as such to flyleaf. Sight wear at crown, minor toning otherwise an unused example. The publisher's editorial copy, although never corrected as such. Scarce (possibly..... More
Gold from Gemini. [Lovejoy].
London: Collins, 1978. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £3.95. Some rubbing to extremities, otherwise a clean, bright copy. Near fine. The second 'Lovejoy' novel, featuring the roguish antiques dealer played by Ian..... More
Statement Against Corpses. Short Stories.
London: Constable, 1964. [Short Stories] ASSOCIATION COPY, First Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Richard Weaver, priced at 21s. Gently toned to edges. Jacket water-stained and wrinkled, with toning and sunning to spine, and some wear and..... More
Bertie and the Big Red Ball.
London: John Murray and Gallery Five Ltd., 1982. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Cook to every other page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated hard covers, priced at £4.95. Light spotting to endpapers, and a small tear to the lower edge of the first..... More
No Country for Old Men.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. [Neo-Western] ADVANCE READER'S COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 306 [6]. Publisher's soft covers designed by Chip Kidd, with additional flap to front cover. Very light handling. Near fine. Basis for the 2007 Coen Brothers' Oscar-winning film of the same name, set in..... More
The Burning Shore.
London: Heinemann, 1985. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 435; [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Andy Seymour priced at £9.95. Lightly used with some expected toning to paper stock, spine lettering not faded; a very good copy... More
Eagle in the Sky.
London: Heinemann, 1974. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 307 [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Ron Alexander priced at £2.25. A blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf, and a little spotting to top edge, otherwise internally..... More
Monsoon.
London: Macmillan, 1999. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 674 [8]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers. With the red dust-jacket illustrated by Syd Brak, priced at £17.99. Book is moderately handled, small 'R' discreetly inked to margin of second page otherwise..... More
The Triumph of the Sun.
London: Macmillan, 2005. [Adventure novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 501 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Illustrated with cartographic endpapers in colour, and frontispiece map in black and white. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket..... More
The Triumph of the Sun.
London: Macmillan, 2005. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 501 [1]. Illustrated with cartographic endpapers in colour, frontispiece map in black and white. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £18.99. A fine, as-new copy. Rich with vibrant historical detail..... More
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