Crime & Thrillers
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Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, production-used copy of Linnit and Dunfee. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 361; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Linnit and Dunfee ownership stamp to flyleaf. Previous owner's name in black ink to flyleaf and dated 1940, toning to end-papers..... More
Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Gangster thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.361; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Contents toned, but less so than often encountered. Cloth is particularly bright and fresh, mild toning and rolling to spine. Minor edgewear. Very good. The chilling tale..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at £2.00. A lovely crisp, fine copy. 'The Honorary Consul' returns to that third world the..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket price clipped else fine. 'The Honorary Consul' returns to that third world..... More
The Human Factor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. [Espionage novel] First Edition, second state of title page with publisher's monogram in place of the Shakespeare head motif. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.339 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted, and the dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at..... More
It's a Battlefield.
London: William Heinemann, 1934. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 275 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Toned throughout; more heavily to edge and endpapers. Hinges starting. Heavy rubbing and some bumping to cloth, especially spine. Good. An early thriller from Greene, which portrays the..... More
No Man's Land.
London: Hesperus Press, 2005. [Spy fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xxvi; 118. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, yellow endpapers, dust-jacket priced at £9.99 to front flap. A fine copy with a hint of sunning to spine. Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy, with his pencilled notes and..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, 1958. [Spy satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Toning to textblock edges, some wear to hardcover spine, jacket price clipped and toned, jacket torn on spine. Internally clean..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: William Heinemann, [1958] 1960. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, third printing. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. Crease to title page else contents clean and fresh, in a crisp, fine dust-jacket. Greene's classic..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green with printed price of 15s to front flap. Some toning to edges of textblock, jacket gently worn with..... More
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green. A few light marks to page edges, price clipped jacket is particularly bright with no toning to the spine whatsoever..... More
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 247 [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With dust-jacket illustrated by BGS, priced at 13/6. Contents clean with a very few spots to fore-edge, blue ink ownership hidden beneath flap, jacket..... More
The Tenth Man.
London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. pp158. Publisher's yellow paper covers with titles in black to front cover and spine. Nominal rubbing to corners, internally pristine; in sum, a very attractive copy. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by..... More
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 188 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. A lovely crisp, clean example, with just a hint of toning to jacket..... More
The Labours of Hercules [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 98 and 99, numbers 587 to 597.
London: George Newnes, November 1939 to September 1940. [Literary Magazine] First appearance. Eleven magazine issues in their original colour-illustrated paper covers, priced at 1s. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[7-8] 104 [9-16]; pp.[1-2] [15-16] 105-208 [17-24]; pp.[8] 209-312 [9-16]; pp.[8] 313-416 [9-16]; pp.[12] 417-520 [13-20]; pp.[12] 521-624 [13-20]; pp.[12] 104 [13-20];..... More
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