Crime & Thrillers
Athabasca.
London: Collins, 1980. [Action Thriller] FIRST EDITION, an export copy. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.252. Publisher's light blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by James Elliott. Light handling, with some toning to edges. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine. Near fine. A novel of adventure..... More
Bear Island.
London: Collins, 1971. [Murder Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.286 [2]. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Norman Weaver. A crisp, clean copy, with a touch of sunning to jacket spine. Price-clipped. Very good. Seafaring suspense novel..... More
Caravan To Vaccares.
London: Collins, 1970. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[2] 251 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Norman Weaver, priced at £1.50. Light handling, with a touch of toning and spotting to edges. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine. Near..... More
Circus.
London: Collins, 1975. [Highwire Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Gini d'Achille, clipped and repriced by the publisher at £2.95. Moderate handling with some toning and spotting to edges. Jacket rubbed and lightly chipped to..... More
Floodgate.
London: Collins, 1983. [Disaster novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23x 13cm), pp.[ii]; 315; [3]., blank. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, pictorial dust wrapper. Price-clipped else a clean, near fine copy. A ransom thriller concerning a group of IRA-sympathisers and their plot to decimate Amsterdam's Schiphol..... More
The Golden Gate.
London: Collins, 1976. [Presidential Kidnap Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] 246. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ginetto Coppola, priced at £3.50. Moderate handling with toning to edges. Jacket has been laminated, sunned to spine and rubbed to edges. Very..... More
The Golden Rendezvous.
London: Collins, 1962. [Maritime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine book, in a very good jacket with a few small rubs and some..... More
Goodbye California.
London: Collins, 1977. [Action Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.318 [4]. Publisher's brown cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Roy Botterell. Near fine in similar price-clipped jacket, with usual sunning to spine, and a little rubbing and a few nicks to edges. A...... More
The Guns of Navarone.
London: Collins, 1957. [WWII Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 14s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to fore edge, jacket with some edge wear and a couple of neat closed tears. Near..... More
HMS Ulysses.
London: Collins, 1955. [Naval Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and illustrated cartographic endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose, priced at 12/6. Small blue ink ownership to front pastedown. Quite heavy toning to edges, with some very light..... More
Ice Station Zebra.
London: Collins, 1963. [Espionage Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255; [1]. Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Heseltine, priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. An attractive copy with some minor edge wear, some rubbing at crown and two old tape..... More
The Last Frontier.
London: Collins, 1959. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 15s. Edges toned, some tape ghosts to the endpapers where the jacket was secured. Jacket has also been laminated with clear plastic and..... More
The Last Frontier.
London: Collins, 1959. [Adventure novel] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 319 [3]. Recently re-bound in deep red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. A crisp, clean copy, with edges gently trimmed, presented in an attractive new leather binding. An..... More
The Last Frontier.
London: Collins, 1959. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15), pp. 319; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to front flap. No inscriptions, some gentle toning to edges of text block, few light spots to fly, jacket with very..... More
Puppet on a Chain.
London: Collins, 1969. [Smuggling adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Norman Weaver. Neat Durban bookseller ticket to pastedown. Near fine in price-clipped jacket. Exported to South Africa hence price being clipped. Heroin smuggling..... More
Puppet on a Chain.
London: Collins, 1969. [Smuggling adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Norman Weaver, priced at £1.25 / 25s. Just a touch of light wear and toning to extremities. Near fine. Heroin smuggling thriller set..... More
River of Death.
London: Collins, 1981. [Amazon Thriller] FIRST EDITION, an export copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, not priced. Light handling with some spotting to top edge. Light sunning to jacket spine. A crisp, near fine..... More
San Andreas.
London: Collins, 1984. [Second World War maritime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.286 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Wright, priced at £8.95 with a publisher's sticker to the front flap. Toning and spotting to edges, otherwise a crisp..... More
Santorini.
London: Collins, 1986. [Navy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] 220 [2]. With a map of the Aegean Sea on page 6. Publisher's black cloth with silver-gilt titles to the spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Wright, priced at £9.95. Heavy toning to edges, otherwise a crisp..... More
Seawitch.
London: Collins, 1977. [Action thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.221 [3], blank. Publisher's blue-green cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket photographed by Roy Botterell. Near fine in similar price-clipped jacket, a trifle sunned to spine. Classic MacLean 'vendetta' novel, uncovering kidnap and betrayal in the cut-throat..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. Minor spotting, small scuff/sticker pull to flyleaf, jacket fine but for a tiny chip to crown. Shows well. A war-time adventure set on the South China..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. An attractive, gently-aged copy with light spotting and toning and a couple of short tears to jacket. Overall near fine. A wartime adventure set on the..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15), pp. 320. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to front flap. No inscriptions, toning to edges of text block, jacket with very light edge wear. A fine copy. A war-time..... More
The Way to Dusty Death.
London: Collins, 1973. [Grand Prix thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Constable, priced at £2.00. A clean, fine copy in near fine jacket which is a little rubbed at crown and with a few creases..... More
When Eight Bells Toll.
London: Collins, 1966. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine, priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges a little thumbed. Jacket lightly worn, with some light chipping to edges and a little toning..... More