Crime & Thrillers
The Crime of the Crystal.
London: Digby, Long and Co. 1901. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 1 of adverts, 396, 16 of adverts. Yellow cloth with vivid design to spine and upper board. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, small close tear to front two pages, neat ownership inscription to the half title page, some occasional marking..... More
In Queer Street.
London: F.V. White and Co., 1913. Inscribed First Edition. Octavo, pp.312. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with gilt titles to upper, gilt titles and publisher's imprint to spine, bottom edge uncut. Quite clean inside, inscribed by the author "To Mrs Graham / with kind regards / Fergus Hume / Thundersley..... More
The Mystery Queen.
New York, G.W. Dillingham. [1913]. US First Edition. 8vo. Fine in publisher's red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Fresh, bright and crisp. In a fine dustwrapper, illustrated by J. Hodson Redman, possibly supplied from an institutional copy or somesuch, as the jacket is a...... More
Gently Go Man.
London: Cassell, 1961. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.181; [1], blank. Publisher's brown cloth, titles in silver to spine, illustrated dust jacket priced at 13/6. With Cassell's printed and typed review slip loosely inserted. Publication date pencilled to flyleaf. A lightly handled copy in..... More
Far From The Sea.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1983]. UNCORRECTED PROOF from American crime writer, bound in soft blue card covers. Very clean both externally and internally with extremely limited signs of wear. Black lettering on cover appears rubbed but this is possibly due to printing. Near-fine. More
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[An Archive of Books and Letters Belonging to Hutchison's Secretary, Norah Skeggs]: The W Plan [and] The Governor of Kattowitz [and] Colonel Grant's Tomorrow [and] Life Without End [and] The Viper of Luxor [and] Eye for an Eye [and] Arya: The Call of the Future [and] Blood Money [and] Challenge! [and] Minos Magnificent! [and] Pelican Row [and] Scar 77 [and] The K Code Plan [and] According to Plan [and] The Red Colonel.
London: Thornton Butterworth; Hutchinson & Co.; Rich & Cowan, 1929; 1932; 1934; 1931; 1932; 1932; 1933; [1934]; 1934; 1935; 1935; 1935; 1936; 1938; 1938; [1947]. [Collection of Books and Letters] INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPIES, WITH LETTERS AND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS. Sixteen volumes and two signed photographs. Octavo (20 x 14 x 58cm)..... More
Air Bridge
London: Collins. 1951. Post-War air adventure. FIRST EDITION, Octavo. 288pp. Publisher's red cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Page edges tanned/spotted, jacket with a few chips and tears. Very good. More
Air Bridge.
London: Collins, 1951. [Post-War air adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. Blue ink gift inscription to front pastedown, as well as a bookseller's ticket. Lightly browned throughout, as expected. Jacket lightly sunned to..... More
Delta Connection.
London: Macmillan, 1996. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 437 [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Moore, not priced. Spotting to top edge. Light wear to extremities. Jacket spine sunned. Very good. An adventure novel..... More
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The Lonely Skier. [Fire In the Snow].
London: Collins, 1947. [Alpine Thriller] FIRST EDITION, with a later dust-jacket. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the Cheap Edition dust-jacket, circa 1949, priced at 4/6 and re-priced with a sticker to 5s. Also with the back panel and flap cut from..... More
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The Mary Deare [aka The Wreck of the Mary Deare].
London: Collins, 1956. [Naval thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.156. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Light toning and spotting to edges, with some light wear to extremities. Jacket rubbed and chipped to edges, with..... More
The Strange Land.
London: Collins, 1954. [Suspense novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Rose priced at 10s. 6d. net. A very lightly handled copy in similar jacket with a small ink no. '5' stamped to rear..... More
The Strode Venturer.
London: Collins, 1965. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Farnhill, priced at 21s. A little dusty to edges. Some shrinkage to jacket around the joints, tape burn to flaps; very lightly sunned to spine..... More
Target Antarctica.
London: Chapmans, 1993. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 305 [7]. With a map to preliminaries. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Gary Keane, not priced. Light handling. Near fine. A classic Innes adventure, somehow linking the Khmer Rouge with..... More
Deadline at Dawn.
Cleveland, OH and New York, NY: World Publishing Company, 1946. [Noir fiction] FIRST EDITION thus, Tower Motion Picture Edition (film tie-in) Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.220; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth blocked in green, endpapers featuring stills from the RKO film, further stills within, photographic dust-wrapper. Text block toned, discreet..... More
The Black Tower.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.271; [1] blank. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Errol le Cain. Neat gift inscription and a Foyles label to pastedown, edges lightly toned otherwise internally clean and bright. Price clipped wrapper shows..... More
Scend of the Sea.
London: Collins, 1971. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Brian Lubrani, with quote from Ian Fleming on the rear panel. Neat contemporary ink ownership. A bright copy with some accidental damp-marking..... More
A Twist of Sand.
London: Collins, 1959. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.320. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Rose, with a reference to Jenkins' journalist colleague Ian Fleming on the rear flap. A fine copy of the book, which appears unread..... More
The Cincinnati Kid.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. [Gambling Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[6] 154. Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and green endpapers. Top edge green. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Seymour Chwast, priced at $3.95. Very light rubbing to marginally short jacket with..... More
Biggles in the South Seas.
London: Oxford University Press, 1940 [circa 1942]. [Children's Adventure] EARLY REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece and six other black and white illustrations by Howard. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles to spine and upper, and brown decoration matching the First to upper only. With..... More
Biggles in the Underworld.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Studio Stead, original printed price of 10/6 (uncommon thus, seemingly most copies are clipped and repriced by the publisher). Binding rubbed to extremities. Jacket..... More
Biggles Flies South.
London: Oxford University Press, 1938. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. With a colour frontispiece by Leigh, and a sketch-map and six black and white illustrations by Nicolle. Publisher's tan cloth with brown titles and decoration to spine and upper. Top edge brown. School prize inscription..... More
The Case of the Transposed Legs.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1951. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in white to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Publisher's file copy signified by an ink stamp to title page and paper labels to the..... More
No Escape.
London: Museum Press Limited, 1951. [Detective thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 9/6 net. Some slight spotting to edges and endpapers, discreet pencil ownership to pastedown. Gilt to spine a little oxidised. Wrapper shows very well..... More
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The Inshore Squadron. [A Bolitho novel].
London: Hutchinson, 1978. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. Maps to light blue endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Mayger, priced at £4.50. Spotting to edges; a little bruising to jacket edges. Near fine. September 1800: Richard Bolito..... More