London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976. [Mystery novel] FIRST UK EDITION, translated by Lawrence G. Blochman. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.187; [1], blank. Publisher's jade cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Beverley LeBarrow, priced at £2.95. Trivial wear to crown; a lovely fine copy. A pyschological thriller;... More about Three Beds in Manhattan

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. [Crime Fiction] UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 155; [1]. Publisher's grey papers covers with titles to front cover. Light spotting to edges and covers. Near fine. Maigret is forced out of Paris, and into a country town, where he is intolerably bored. An old... More about Maigret in Exile

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[4] 155 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Ken Reilly. Light spotting to edges. Jacket price-clipped. Very good. First published in French as 'Maigret a New-York' (1947). More about Maigret in New York

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.124. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Beverley LeBarrow, clipped and repriced by the publisher at £4.95. A lovely fine copy which appears to be unread. First published in France in 1962. More about The Others

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1977. A novel by the prolific Belgian crime writer. The dark past of P. M. Ashbridge comes back to haunt him as he attempts to settle into prosperous family life on a ranch in New Mexico. First UK Edition; first published in France, 1949. Translated from the... More about The Bottom of the Bottle

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961. [Mystery novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.156. Translated from the French by Daphne Woodward. Publisher's deep orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Youngman carter, Priced at 12/6. A fine copy of the book in near fine, slightly sunned wrapper. More about The Premier

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine; slight fading to extremities, edges foxed. In its original pictorial dust wrapper, rubbed and frayed to extremities with chips to corners; back panel dusty. Very Good indeed. More about Danger Ahead. Comprising: Red Lights, and The Watchmaker of Everton. Translated from the French...

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1955. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Crown octavo, pp.279. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Quite simply a crisp, fresh, fine copy. Outstanding. 'A story of murder and scandal by a master of criminal psychology' (from the blurb of the Pan paperback edition). Haining;... More about Magnet of Doom

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.525; [3]. Elegantly bound in dark blue half calf, gilt-lettered to black red labels, raised bands, matching cloth sides. Contents clean; exterior unmarked. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. More about A Maigret Omnibus. Comprising: Maigret Right and Wrong (Maigret in Monmartre and Maigret's...