Strange Tales & Mysteries
The Wrong Box.
London: Cassell and Company, 1889. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION, noted in several important crime checklists. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[iv]; 283; [1], blank; [16], catalogue (dated January 1889). Publisher's red cloth, titled in black and gilt. 'Swan' patterned endpapers. Internally clean, inside paper joints parted, and signature of Wyville..... More
His Last Bow. Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1917. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.viii; 305 [7]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Contents clean, some browning to endpapers, cloth shows a few marks, faint cup ring to upper, spine sunned, gilt dulled to same. Overall very good..... More
Day and Night Stories.
New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1917. [Strange tales] FIRST US EDITION, one of 1500 copies. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 228; [2]. Publisher's brown cloth, black titles to upper and spine. Interior mostly clean, although thumbed and/or spotted in a few places. Small bookseller's sticker to rear paste-down. Top..... More
Peril at End House.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1932. [Murder Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[x]; 270. Publisher's tan cloth blocked in red, fore-edge untrimmed, cream endpapers. Illustrated dust-wrapper by Beth Krebb Morris, priced at $2.00. Contents clean. An exceptionally fine, fresh copy in a lovely dust jacket..... More
Island Nights' Entertainments. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices.
London: Cassell & Company, 1893. [South-Sea Novellas] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with hand-corrected price on page facing half-title. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 277 [19]. Advertisements dated 3.93. With 28 illustrated plates, including a colour map and a frontispiece. Publisher's light blue grained cloth, with gilt titles and decoration to..... More
Mediterranean Nights.
London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers) LTD., no date [1943]. [Short stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine and gilt publisher's monogram to upper, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 9'- net (including extra war costs). Neat gift inscription dated December 1942 to..... More
Cesar Cascabel.
London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co., 1891. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii, 313; [1], imprint; [2], list of works; [32], ads. With eighty wood-engraved illustrations by George Roux, including a frontispiece. In publisher's blue-green cloth with gilt titles and polychrome blocked illustrations to spine and upper..... More
Feet of Clay.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1996. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. 288. Publisher's grey cloth lettered on gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Josh Kirby and designed by Splash, priced at £15.99 to front flap. A bright and clean copy, some bumping to spine and dust-jacket spine..... More
The Magic Mirror. A Round of Tales for Old and Young.
London: Alexander Strahan, 1866. [Illustrated Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp. [vi]; 290. 84 small in-text illustrations by W. S. Gilbert. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, gilt illustration to front board, gilt edges of textblock, embossed illustration to back board. Spotting to pages, darkening of..... More
The Great Keinplatz Experiment, And Other Stories.
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally and Company, 1894. [Supernatural] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.232. Publisher's red cloth over boards. Gilt titles to upper and spine. Gilt ruling and floral device to upper. Title page lettered in black and red. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Leaves moderately..... More
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror. Second Series.
London: Victor Gollancz ltd., 1931. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.1147; [5]. Publisher's black cloth over boards, red titles to spine. Leaves lightly toned, spotting to a couple. Minor splashing to top margin starting around page 410. Ownership inscription in pencil to flyleaf. Top edge toned. Binding..... More
The House of Fear.
London: T. Fisher Unwin Limited, 1927. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.336. Publisher's red cloth with blue titles to spine, black ruling and title to front board. Red variant first edition. Browning and light spotting to textblock edge, black ink ownership inscription to flyleaf, else internally clean..... More
The Two Magics: The Turn of the Screw [and] Covering End.
London: William Heinemann, 1898. [Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, first impression, earliest state. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[iv]; 310; [2], blank; [32], catalogue. Title page printed in two colours. Publisher's mid-blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper cover, with four irises in blind to centre of same, edges untrimmed..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends, or, Mirth and Marvels.
London: Henry Frowde, 1905. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND OXFORD EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. [2]; lv; 527; [3]. With 26 engravings, including a frontispiece portrait of the author, by Cruikshank, Leech and others. Publisher's green cloth with maroon label and gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorations to boards, dentelles. Marbled..... More
The Voyages of Lemuel Gulliver to Lilliput and Brobdingnag [Gulliver's Travels].
London: The Folio Society, 1948. [Adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xx; 153; [1], colophon. Elegantly bound in red half morocco over marbled boards, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, twin black title labels. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive..... More
Everything's Eventual. 14 Dark Tales.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Short stories] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 416. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price £17.99. Toning to textblock, else internally clean. Bumping to upper board corners, minor rolling to spine, light creasing to dust-jacket edges..... More
The House On The Borderland. And Other Novels.
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1946. [Strange tales] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 639; [1], colophon. Publisher's black cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, pastel-hued pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $5.00. Text block slightly toned, jacket bright and fresh with some minor edgewear; near fine. Not merely..... More
By The Pricking Of My Thumbs.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's mid green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the yellow dust-jackt designed by Kenneth Farnhill. A fine copy of the book in a very good, price-clipped jacket with two short tears..... More
Spider's Web.
London: Harper Collins, 2000. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. [6]; 241; [9], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's black cloth lettered in white to spine, illustrative dust-jacket. Small spider illustration at the start of chapters. Toning to edges of textblock, small markings from a green gel pen throughout the..... More
Secrets of a Private Enquiry Office. Being Tales Weird and Tales Ghostly, Tales Humorous and Tales Pathetic, Tales Exciting and Tales Curious.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth to bevelled boards with gilt titles to upper and spine. 'Routledge's Hearth and Home Library' blocked in blind to upper. Ruling in blind to upper, spine, and lower. Top edge gilt. Toning..... More
Strange Stories.
London: William Heinemann, 1929. [Short Stories] FIRST THUS. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[10] 745 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Toning to textblock edges, pencil ownership inscription, light spotting to preliminaries, else internally clean. Wearing to edges, more so spine and board corners, shaken in binding, light..... More
The Mousetrap. A Play in Two Acts.
London: Samuel French Limited, [circa 1990]. [Drama] CENTENARY EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] 70 [4]. Publisher's yellow paper covers, illustrated to upper, reproducing the original from 1954. With a photogravure plate showing the set. Internally bright and clean. Minor crease to upper. A fine copy. First performed in 1952..... More
The Sting.
London: HarperCollins, 2019. [Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 435; [3]. Publisher's white cloth, purple titles to spine, purple endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claire Ward, printed price £12.99. All textblock edge tinted pink. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Minor bump to..... More
Hannibal Rising.
London: William Heinemann, 2006. [Psychological thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 323; [5]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, printed price £17.99. A bright, clean copy. Minor bumping to spine, light creasing to dust-jacket upper edge. Fine. From..... More
The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance.
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897. [Speculative fiction] FIRST EDITION, first Issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 246; [2] advertisements. With page 1 incorrectly numbered as 2. Attractively bound in full burgundy oasis, gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, top edge gilt, original cover bound in at rear. A...... More