"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde

London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's red cloth in dust-wrapper designed by J.Z. Atkinson (the correct issue with the small illustration of a bell on the spine - omitted on reprints). Price clipped, a few tiny taped..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.233; [3], blank. Publisher's cloth in dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at 25s. Top edge dusty/spotted else a lovely fine copy in fine jacket. This is the scarcer hardback trade issue comprising just 9000 copies (released as..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1969. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Val Biro, priced at 30s / £1.50. A little toned to edges, cloth bumped to top corners. Minor chips and some closed tears to jacket edges;..... More