Literature
The Glass Cage. Translated from the French by Antonia White.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. [Psychological thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[iv]; 156. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Ken Reilly. A clean, fine copy in like jacket. A penetrating study of a psychopath, first published in French in 1971, and released..... More
Celebrity Cooking For You. Includes 'Scrambled Eggs James Bond'.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.260. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket. A near fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with some small nicks and tears, one larger chip to crown. A...... More
One Shot. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 376 [2]. Number 86 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
No Middle Name. The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2017. [Thriller Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] viii; 418 [6]. Number 26 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles..... More
The Pass Beyond Kashmir.
London: Collins, 1960. [Adventure Thriller] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Barbara Walton. with the scarce promotional wraparound band. Author's gift note in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf: 'Very best wishes..... More
The Achilles Affair.
London: Collins, 1959. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose. Contents clean, edges very gently toned, a few light marks to endpapers, price-clipped jacket with a few small nicks and tears. Near fine. A rare book in..... 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
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with exclusive 'Advertising' jacket. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in typographic jacket with promotional blurb and text to front panel only. A fine copy in a near fine jacket..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric..... More
Dangling Man.
London: John Lehmann, 1946. [Modern literature] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth, brown titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. Light toning internally. Faint ownership inscription pencilled to front flyleaf. Gentle toning to cloth at..... More
Call for the Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. [Crime caper] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.253; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half dark blue calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean with some gentle spotting to prelims/final leaf. Exterior..... More
Payment Deferred.
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1926. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [8], ads. Elegantly hand-bound in half burgundy calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, original cloth covers preserved at rear, top edge tinted red. Contents..... More
From The Earth To The Moon Direct and Round the Moon.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1877. [Science Fiction] NEW EDITION, first thus. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.318 [34]. With an illustrated frontispiece. Adverts dated August 1875. Publisher's green cloth with black and gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. Yellow-coated endpapers. Toned to edges, with some minor repairs to..... More
Vendetta for the Saint. The new full length Saint novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1965. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over publisher's cloth sides with 'The Saint' stick man motif blocked in gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, original cloth spine preserved at rear. Clean..... More
Matilda.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Children's Literature] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240. With in-text illustrations by Blake throughout. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated jacket, also by Blake, priced at £8.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket has a few very faint marks/spots..... More
4.50 From Paddington.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the red and black illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. to front flap. Cloth fresh and bright, contents clean..... More
The King's General.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.298 [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the distinctive yellow Gollancz dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. With author's inscription to title: 'For Frieda my / friend and neighbour /..... More
Hickory Dickory Dock [A Hercule Poirot Mystery].
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with titles and imprint in black to spine. Dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 10/6. Contents and edges clean, discreet price 4/- to corner of endpaper, jacket gently..... More
The Poison Belt. Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee, and Mr. E.D. Malone, the discoverers of "The Lost World".
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. [Strange tale] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.vii; 199; [1], blank. With sixteen full-page black and white plates drawn by Harry Rowntree. Publisher's mid-blue pictorial cloth, titled in gilt to the spine, tooled in black to upper. Some light spotting within, no inscriptions..... More
The Saint in Pursuit.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.180; [4], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover, blocked in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £1.50. Contents clean, minor mark to front endpaper, jacket a touch rubbed at spine tips. Near fine. A difficult late..... More
A Passage to India.
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924. [Bloomsbury] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.325; [3], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. No inscriptions, contents clean and fresh with just a few minor spots, endpapers toned as usual, binding tight with one small bump..... 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
Our Man In Havana.
London: Heinemann, 1958. [Satirical spy novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 273; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Donald Green with printed price of 15s to front flap. Some toning to edges of textblock, jacket gently worn with..... More
Randall and The River of Time.
London: Michael Joseph, 1951. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, SUPERB PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Biro, with printed price 10s 6d. With author's inscription to flyleaf: 'To Sir William and Lady Tennant /with best wishes from /..... More
An Outcast of the Islands.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. [Literature] FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 336 [10]. Publisher's green cloth, designs blocked in red, black, and gilt to upper and spine. Publisher's advertisements to rear. Internally clean and lightly toned. Typographic bookplate of Christopher Clark Geest to front pastedown..... More