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Crime & Thrillers
Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue, 1910. Mystery. Crown octavo. pp.350. Translated from the French by George Morehead. No edition stated. Publisher's green cloth decoratively stamped in white nand dark green. A beautiful, fine, unread copy of this Sherlockian pastiche. More
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
London: Mills and Boon, Limited, 1912. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Full size, entitled pictorial illustration laid down to upper board. Some expected wear to extremities, light rubbing, edges dusty. In all, a sound and bright copy. More
The Strip-Tease Murders
John Lane, Bodley Head, London 1942. FIRST UK EDITION, published as G-String Murders in the US.Publisher's hardcover in dustjacket. A little bumped and toned, jacket with a few small nicks and tears, chips to spine ends; generally in very good condition. More
The Apaches of New York.
New York, NY: G.W. Dillingham Company, 1912. [Short Stories] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.272. With 11 illustrated plates including a frontispiece by Thomson. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge grey. With the remains of the cream dust-jacket and a contemporary newspaper..... More
The Far Side of The Dollar.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1965. [Detective Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.256; [1], blank. Publisher's red hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket, priced 16s. One small mark to fore-edge. A near fine copy in a slightly chipped and torn jacket Shows well. Another case for..... More
The Underground Man.
London: The Crime Club Collins, 1971. [Detective Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's red hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket, priced £1.50. A near fine copy in slightly rubbed jacket. Another case for the Los Angeles Private Investigator Lew Archer, created by Ross MacDonald-..... More
The Zebra-Striped Hearse.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 278; [2]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and yellow blind stamped paper over boards. Top edge pink; others untrimmed. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Bacon, priced at $3.50. Very..... More
Fear Is The Key.
London: Collins, 1961. [Adventure fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255; [1]. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Kean, with printed price 15s net. Some dustiness and toning. Very good, in like jacket with a few tears and one chip to..... More
Force 10 From Navarone.
London: Collins, 1968. [War thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254; [2], blank. Publisher's brown cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 25s. Sequel to the 1957 novel 'The Guns of Navarone'. A lovely fine copy of the book in a marginally short unworn yet sunned jacket, with a little..... More
Puppet on a Chain.
London: Collins, 1969. [Smuggling adventure]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in macabre pictorial dust-jacket designed by Norman Weaver. Some very slight creasing and nicking to the top and bottom edges of the dust-jacket, else a near fine bright copy. Heroin smuggling..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. Minor spotting, small scuff/sticker pull to flyleaf, jacket fine but for a tiny chip to crown. Shows well. A war-time adventure set on the South China..... More
The Way to Dusty Death.
London: Collins, 1973. [Grand Prix thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Constable, priced at £2.00. A near fine copy in like jacket. Unusual to find this copy unclipped. More
Breakheart Pass.
London: Collins, 1974. [Historical adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Owner inscription, bright jacket with small chip at foot of spine, price clipped. Very good. Suspense novel set in 1870s Nevada, at a US..... More
A Regimental Affair.
London: Bantam Press, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[x]; 326. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper priced at £16.99. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in black ink to title page. Signature obtained in person upon release. An fine/unread copy, warehoused by ourselves since..... More
Chance Awakening
London: Souvenir Press. 1977. Espionage thriller. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.251. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper. Light general wear. No inscriptions or price-clipping. A very good copy indeed. Author's third novel. Markstein was a prolific writer in the espionage genre who scripted two hugely popular series for television; 'Danger..... More
The Adventures of Judith Lee.
London, Methuen. 1916. First edition. 8vo. 314pp + 32pp ads. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in black to spine. Near fine copy with minor edgewear and bumping to spine ends. Internally clean, light offsetting to endpapers, very minor spotting to page edges.A remarkably handsome copy of a scarce collection of..... More
The Chase of The Ruby.
London, R.A. Everett. 1904. Thriller. Early edition. Publisher's decorated red cloth slightly darkened to spine and with some rubbing to extremities. A tight clean copy, pages toned, edges untrimmed. A lesser known adventure from the author of The Beetle. HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV. More
Opening Night.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1951. [Murder-mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 9/6. Book is near fine with some age-toning to text block, owner name to flyleaf. Wrapper is edgeworn. Remains a presentable copy. Cooper and Pike; Detective Fiction..... More
The Ghost City Killings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284; [4], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced 8/3 (including War tax). Some toning to edges, jacket with a few chips and tears, some creasing. Uncommon. An Anthony Trent detective mystery..... More
The Last Scourge.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1948. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced at 8s. 6d. A very good, used copy; jacket with a few nicks, chipped to spine ends, sunned to same, joins rubbed. Uncommon..... More
Manhunt in Murder.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1950. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Seymour Stanley, priced at 8s. 6d. A very good, used copy; jacket with a tears, chipped to spine ends, some edge wear..... More
The Terminators.
London: Collins, 1971. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £1.50. Some light general wear, small ding to top of rear wrapper panel and lower board. Very Good. Adventure caper featuring the sardonic and resourceful British agent Idwal Rees..... More
Fuzz: An 87th Precinct Mystery.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown Octavo, pp.216. In publisher's blue cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. Blue ink stamps of the Athole Palace Hotel (near Pitlochry in Perthshire) to front free end-paper. Slight reading lean; occasional creases from turned over page corners..... More
The Caterpillar Cop.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1972. [Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Armorial bookplate to flyleaf, slight creasing to top edge of the dust-jacket. Fine. More
Detonator.
London: Bantam Press, 2015. [Espionage thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.348; [1],Note; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, red endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page with 'Signed at Waterstones' label to upper panel. Absolutely fine/as new. A...... More