Literature
The Secret Adversary.
London: The Bodley Head / Harper Collins, 2012. [Crime Mystery] FACSIMILE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.257; [13], blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles and trim. With the illustrated facsimile dust-jacket, priced at 7/6. Some minor spotting; near fine. A facsimile of the original 1922 edition of the classic..... More
The Secret Adversary.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1922. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.312; [4], advertisements. Elegantly bound in dark green full oasis morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, gilt ruled boards, marbled endpapers. Internally clean, spine very lightly aged. A near fine copy in an..... More
The Secret of Chimneys.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1925. [Mystery novel] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; [2]; 310. Publisher's navy cloth, red titles to upper and spine. Top edge red, fore untrimmed. A short tear at the top of the spine, one corner bumped, else very good indeed. Rather scarce. A...... More
The Seven Dials Mystery.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. [Murder Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 310; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black, top edge orange, fore-edge untrimmed, decorative red endpapers. With the illustrated dust-wrapper. Fine in a bright, fresh, price-clipped dust jacket. As with all..... More
Sleeping Murder. Miss Marple's Last Case.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1976. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.224. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of dagger, pistol..... 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-jacket priced at 8s.6d. No inscriptions. Jacket shows general wear, chipped at foot of spine, tear to joint backed with a strip of clear..... More
Sparkling Cyanide.
London: For the Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth with titles in black to spine. Illustrated dust-jacket. No inscriptions. Discreet address stamp to endpaper, correct jacket has been clipped and repriced to 4/6 by the publisher (was 8/6)..... More
Sparkling Cyanide.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Elegantly hand-bound in half burgundy calf over cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in a striking recent leather binding. "A year ago, seven people..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1951. [Crime Mystery] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 256 [2]. Recently re-bound in burgundy half calf, with gilt titles to spine, raised bands, and matching cloth over boards. All edges trimmed, with the original publisher's cloth spine bound in..... More
They Came to Baghdad.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1951. [Crime fiction] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Hand-bound in deep red half calf over cloth sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Toning to first and final leaves else contents clean, exterior..... More
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill, priced at 10/6. Book is slightly dusty, no inscriptions. Jacket with a little wear to joints and extremities, small amount..... More
They Do it With Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Farnhill priced at 10/6. Contents clean, discreet gift note to free endpaper, some spotting to the page edges, jacket..... More
Third Girl.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1966. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Finely bound by the Baker Bindery, Anniston, Alabama in green full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine, green patterned paste-paper endpapers, generous turn-ins ruled in gilt, with gilt motifs of..... More
Third Girl.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1966. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's patterned red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 18s. A very good copy in a slightly torn jacket. Shows well. When a...... More
Thirteen at Dinner.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1933. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[x]; 305; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth heavily blocked in black, fore-edge untrimmed, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. Modest soiling to cloth, a trace of a small rubber stamp on endpapers, else a...... More
Towards Zero.
London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime Mystery] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 160 [2]. Recently bound in burgundy half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. Lightly trimmed for binding. Paper slightly toned as usual. A...... More
Towards Zero.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1944. [Murder mystery] FIRST US EDITION, usual later issue with 'Blakiston' publisher credit on t.p. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[8] 242 [2]. Publisher's grey cloth with brown decoration to spine and upper, and sketch-map to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Koerney. Discreet..... More
Towards Zero.
London: Collins, 1944. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, Crime Club Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. No ink inscriptions, contents clean, some general wear to covers, spine a little sunned and marked; very good. 'Towards Zero' marks the fifth and final appearance of..... More
Two New Crime Stories. The Under Dog, and Blackman's Wood by E. Phillips Oppenheim.
London: The Readers Library Publishing Co., no date [1929]. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 11cm), pp188; [2], advertisements. Publisher's burgundy cloth gilt-stamped to upper and spine. With the illustrated dust-wrapper by Vernon L Soper. Contents toned as expected, slight lean, gilt to spine dulled, bright dust jacket..... 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
Why Didn't they ask Evans?
The Crime Club, by Collins, London, 1950. [Detective Fiction] Vintage hardcover edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252; [2] ads. Ninth impression. Bound in publisher's orange cloth lettered in black illustrated dust-wrapper by Gilbert Cousland priced at 4/6. Contents clean, edges a little toned/dusty/spotted, small ink cross to front endpaper. Jacket..... More
A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great.
London: Seeley and Co., 1890. [Historical novel] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 325 [3]. With sixteen illustrations including a frontispiece. Tan full calf, gilt armorial device of St. Michael's School to upper, boards gilt-ruled. Brown label lettered in gilt, gilt-tooling, and raised bands to spine. Blind..... More
Roman Life in the Days of Cicero.
London: Seeley and Company, 1884. [Roman History] FINELY BOUND, the fourth printing thus. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2]; xii; 291; [3]. Twelve illustrations including frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf, with gilt titles on green label to spine, gilt decorations to spine, raised bands, gilt decorative panelling to boards, gilt dentelle..... More
Man Overboard! [extracted from] The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine.
London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCE. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.661-664, with several blanks bound in as fillers. Taken from The Harmsworth Magazine, January 1899, with 3 illustrations by Henry Austin. Elegantly bound by Bayntun-Riviere, in half red morocco, gilt titles, marching buckram sides, marbled eps., t.e.g...... More