Crime & Thrillers
The Pale Horse.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1961. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the distinctive dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Contents clean, edges a little toned, no inscriptions, bright jacket lightly worn with some gentle spotting to..... More
Parker Pyne Investigates.
London: Collins, 1934. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.248; [6 of advertisements]. 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..... More
Parker Pyne Investigates.
London: W. Collins & Son / The Crime Club / Harper Collins, 2013. [Crime Mystery] FACSIMILE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles and trim. With the illustrated facsimile dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to backstrip. Some minor spotting; near fine. A collection of..... More
Passenger to Frankfurt.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1970. [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 dagger..... More
Passenger to Frankfurt.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1970. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, printed price of £1.25p to front flap. Internally bright and clean. Some light sunning to dust-jacket backstrip (much less than usual). Near fine..... More
Passenger to Frankfurt.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1970. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, printed price of £1.25p to front flap. Internally bright and clean. Some sunning to dust-jacket backstrip although red lettering has not..... More
Passenger to Frankfurt.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1970. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket, printed price of £1.25p to front flap. Internally bright and clean, a few brown spots to fore-edge, jacket spine lettering faded..... More
A Pocket Full of Rye. [A Miss Marple story].
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1953. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1]. 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..... More
A Pocket Full of Rye. [A Miss Marple story].
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1953. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the red and black illustrated dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, edges spotted/toned, jacket chipped to head and tail of spine, with..... More
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery.
London: Vallancey Press Limited, no date [1945]. [Detective Mystery] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Slim octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.16. Illustrated stiff card covers designed by 'Jeffrey', original price 6d. A little dustiness and handling, lightly rubbed; near fine. The first stand-alone printing of this famous short story which had only previously..... More
Poirot's Early Cases.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1974. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254. 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
Postern of Fate.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1973. [Crime fiction] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254. 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
Postern of Fate.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1973. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket priced at £2.00. A crisp, clean copy internally, with a little toning and a few marks to edges. Jacket shows wear..... More
Postern of Fate.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1973. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green photographic dust-jacket. A very good, used copy with no inscriptions, edges a little dusty/toned, jacket shows some handling and wear to extremities..... More
Postern of Fate.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1973. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green photographic dust-jacket. Contents clean, no ink names, page edges are fresh. A fine copy in like wrapper with a small..... More
Problem at Pollensa Bay, and Other Stories.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. [Crime Mystery Short Stories] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 227 [5]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £13.99. Gently toned throughout, with a little light handling. Jacket worn and chipped to tail of spine..... More
Problem at Pollensa Bay, and Other Stories.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. [Crime Mystery Short Stories] FIRST THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 227 [5]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at £13.99. Some spotting to edges (mostly to top edge), dated ink name to flyleaf. Near fine. A collection..... More
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 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
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: 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 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
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