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Murder in Our Midst. The Body in the Library; The Murder at the Vicarage; The Moving Finger.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1967. [Crime Omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.444 [4]. Publisher's red leatherette, with silver titles to black backing on spine. Top edge red, fore-edge untrimmed. With the red and white dust-jacket, priced at $5.95. A crisp, clean copy internally. Jacket..... More
The Labours of Hercules.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1947. [Crime Short Stories] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 265 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with dark green titles to spine and upper. Top edge black, fore-edge untrimmed. Gently toned throughout with some spotting to endpapers. Boards show some light general..... More
Three Blind Mice, and Other Stories.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, no date [circa 1976]. [Crime Short Stories] UNIFORM EDITION, a reissue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 248. Publisher' black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, showing a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Grey endpapers, and..... More
What Mrs. McGuillicuddy Saw!
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1985. [Crime Mystery] UNIFORM EDITION, a reissue. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 277 [5]. Publisher' black quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, showing a facsimile signature stamped in gilt to upper. Grey endpapers, and fore-edge untrimmed. With..... More
Make Mine Murder! Appointment with Death; Peril at End House; Sad Cypress.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1962. [Crime Omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[2] 473 [3]. Publisher's red leatherette with silver titles to spine. Top edge yellow and fore-edge untrimmed. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at $4.95. Light wear to extremities, with a touch of spotting..... More
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Getuige à Charge. [Witness for the Prosecution].
Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1960. [Crime Short Stories] DUTCH FILM TIE-IN. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.181 [3]. Publisher's orange and cream paper over boards, with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket showing a still from the film of the same name starring Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton (1957), not priced..... More
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Moord in de Pastorie. [Murder at the Vicarage].
Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff, 1964. [Crime Mystery] DUTCH FILM TIE-IN. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.181 [4]. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket showing still of Margaret Rutherford playing Miss Marple, not priced. Heavily browned to low-quality paper. Light handling only, with the jacket showing some toning..... More
Triple Threat. Exploits of three famous detectives: Hercule Poirot, Harley Quin and Tuppence. Poirot Investigates; The Mysterious Mr. Quin; Partners in Crime.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1943. [Crime Mystery Omnibus] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.vi; 282; [4] 290; [4] 277 [1]. Publisher's light brown cloth with red titles to spine, and a red device to upper. With the red and black dust-jacket, priced at $2.50. Browning..... More
The Murder at the Vicarage.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1976. [Crime fiction] GREENWAY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 251; [3], blank. Bound in publisher's green cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. Part of the uniform Greenway edition (although not stated, this matches the series which may have been named retrospectively). Top corner..... More
Passenger to Frankfurt.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1970. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's patterned red cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £1.25. A very good copy in similar jacket with the inevitable sunning of the spine. A late Christie airport drama which develops..... More
Miss Marple's 6 Final Cases. and two other stories.
London: Collins, 1979. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.138. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £4.50 net. A lightly handled, near fine copy. Six superb short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's favourite sleuth, never before published in the UK in..... More
Curtain. Poirot's Final Case
London: Collins, 1975. [Poirot] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.221; [3] blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced at £2.95. Top edge dusty else a particularly fine copy in a lovely fine jacket. Poirot's final mystery, published September 1975. This was actually written during..... More
Poems.
London: Collins, 1973. [Poetry] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.124 [4]. Publisher's maroon cloth with white titles to spine and upper. Light spotting and toning to edges. Some sunning and a few marks to spine. Lacking the original clear plastic jacket. Very good. Containing two separate volumes, the first..... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's cloth binding in dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. Some toning, spine panel a little browned. Very good indeed. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When a number of leading scientists..... More
Hallowe'en Party. A Hercule Poirot Mystery.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1969. [Hercule Poirot] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255. Publisher's hardback red cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced £1.25 net. No inscriptions. Contents clean. Jacket is crisp, with a neat tear to the rear panel, a few small stabilising strips to reverse side..... More
After the Funeral.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1953. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Beytagh, priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. A near fine copy of the book, in a lightly used wrapper with a few minor nicks..... More
Sparkling Cyanide.
London: For the Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine. Illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 8s.6d. No inscriptions. A near fine copy of the book in a very good wrapper with some minor chips and tears..... More
Ordeal By Innocence.
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, titled in black, with typographical dust-wrapper, priced clipped. Discreet ownership hidden beneath flap. A few light spots/marks to rear but essentially a crisp, fine copy with particularly strong colours. Most..... More
4.50 From Paddington.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the red and black illustrated dust-jacket, priced clipped. Some dustiness and toning, faint erasure to rear panel, spine is not faded. Uncommon thus..... More
The Clocks.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth in dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey priced at 16s. No inscriptions. Contents clean. Edges a little dusty, one small mark to top edge, bright jacket with a few tiny nicks, one..... More
The Novels of the Sisters Brontë: Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Agnes Grey, Shirley, Villette, The Professor. The Thornton Edition.
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1905. [Prose Works] COMPLETE THORNTON EDITION. 12 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). With a frontispiece illustration to each volume, and numerous black and white photographic plates showing Bronte country. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and Nouveau-style floral decoration to spines, top edge gilt, others..... More
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Elephants Can Remember. [A Hercule Poirot Story].
London: The Crime Club, 1972. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256; [2] blank. Publisher's patterned red cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket priced £1.60. No inscriptions. A little dusty and toned; near fine. A late but essential Poirot novel. 'Christie is at her most..... More
The Pale Horse.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 15s. No inscriptions. A fine copy in a near fine jacket. A masterful 'strange tale' in which 'The Pale Horse' is the..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1951. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with titles and imprint in black to spine. Typographic dust-jacket shows titles in green and red to front cover and spine, plus a tribute to Christie celebrating her fiftieth novel to rear cover..... More
Destination Unknown.
London: The Crime Club, by Collins, 1954. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's cloth binding in dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. No inscriptions. Mildly toned with some light handling. Near fine. Secret Service thriller from the Queen of Crime; When a number of leading scientists disappear without..... More