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The Ipcress File [IPCRESS-streng geheim].
Bern & Munich: Phoenix, 1965. [Spy thriller] FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-jacket featuring Len Deighton in conversation with Ian Fleming on the rear panel. A clean, fine book in near fine jacket with a little wear to extremities. Basis for the..... More
A Grue of Ice.
New York: Viking, 1962. [Thriller] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp242. Publisher's grey hardcovers, top edge purple, in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £3.95. Contents clean, jacket fresh and bright. An excellent copy. Geoffrey Jenkins was a South African thriller writer of the 'Ian Fleming school', and a protege..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments of the author'. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear..... More
Hunter Killer.
London: Collins, 1966. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper by Dell 'Orco, with two quotes from Ian Fleming on the back flap. Contents clean, edges very dlightly toned, jacket with some light wear to spine ends..... More
The Watering Place of Good Peace.
London: Collins, 1960. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with publisher's slip noting 'Compliments of the author'. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318; [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Contents clean, edges very slightly dusty, jacket with a few small chips and..... More
The Saint And The Fiction Makers.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's mid-blue cloth hardcovers blocked in gilt to spine, in a cheesy 'Pop-Art' dust-wrapper priced 21s / £1.05. Some spotting/toning to edges and endpapers, jacket also lightly foxed. Very good. One..... More
Enemy in the House.
London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Historical murder mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.216; [4], blank. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine, dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy of the book in a near fine jacket with some..... More
The Third Hour.
Lonsdon: Chatto & Windus, 1937. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.452. Publisher's beige cloth lettered in red and blue, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6, printed wraparound band (Evening Standard's 'Book of the Month' selection). Some gentle toning to the rear panel else a lovely fine copy. The..... More
Goldfinger.
New York, NY: Macmillan Publishing Co. [Book Club], no date [circa 1970]. [James Bond] US BOOK CLUB EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.x; 214. Publisher's grey paper-covered boards with blue titles to spine. With the pictorial blue dust-jacket. Whole lower edge of book tinted purple (other copies are similarly noted..... More
The Springers.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Alan Manham, priced at 21s. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: To all the Wiggingtons / with love from /..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, third printing. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, Bookseller ticket (Johannesburg) to pastedown. Autographed and dated in blue ink to the title page. A very good copy, cloth has some local sunning where a...... More
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Spy Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, limited issue, on of 500 copies. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6] 339 [6]. With a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's hardback blocked in silver, terracotta endpapers, sewn endbands, pictorial cloth slipcase. This is an exclusive signed edition for Hatchards..... More
Across the Street. Translated from the French by John Petrie.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1954. [Crime Fiction] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.183; [1], blank. Red cloth stamped in green to spine, dust-jacket illustrated by Lore Strich, priced at 8/6. A very good copy in slightly chipped jacket. A supreme storyteller, his non-series psychological thrillers are..... More
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