Crime & Thrillers
The Stretton Street Affair.
London: Cassell and Co., 1924. [Spy fiction] ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Gift inscription to title page: "To Enid Agabeg | from Uncle | William Le Queux ". Internally clean, very light spoting to page..... More
The White Lie.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1914. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; 16, advertisements. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Black cloth ornately decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Publisher's file copy signified by a paper label to the upper board and a discreet file..... More
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London.
London: Eveleigh Nash 1911. Crime novel. First UK edition. Crown octavo, pp.[vi]; 7-318; [2], blank; [8], advertisements. Publisher's green cloth cloth, blocked in gilt, with colour plate illustration laid down to upper cover. Light wear only, gilt to spine has toned; very good indeed. HUBIN; Crime Fiction IV. More
Her Majesty's Minister.
London Hodder and Stoughton. [1901]. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's light blue cloth titled in gilt to a lightly sunned spine, and in dark blue to the front boards. Possibly the Colonial binding, as a pictorial cloth edition with the same sheets has been recorded. Very minor edgewear otherwise a crisp..... More
Racket Busters Incorporated.
London: Gerald G. Swan, 1946. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 5s. A large clumsy blue ink ownership to fly-leaf, otherwise an exceptionally clean, bright copy on low-grade economy paper. Just..... More
Darkness, Take My Hand.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1996. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[12] 336 [4]. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford Foltz, priced at $24.00. Some rubbing and bumping to board edges. Corresponding rubbing and bumping to..... More
Moonlight Mile.
New York, NY: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2010. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 325; [3], blank. Publisher's navy blue paper over boards with black cloth spine titled in bronze, navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by May Schuck, priced at $26.99. Clean and fresh, with..... More
Moonlight Mile.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Harper Collins, 2010. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Number 71 of 100 copies thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 324; [1], acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's glit-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new..... More
Mystic River.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2001. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[12] 401 [3]. Publisher's dark grey paper over boards with bronze titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chip Kidd, not priced. Text block toned. A fine copy. Basis for the neo-noir mystery drama film..... More
Since We Fell.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2017. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 418 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with black titles to spine and green cloth over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Rachel Willey, priced..... More
Blood from a Stone.
London: William Heinemann, 2005. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 276. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £15.99. Lightly browned throughout. A fine..... More
Earthly Remains.
London: William Heinemann, 2017. [Crime thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 308; [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Cartographic endpapers. Publisher's black cloth, bronze titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99 to front flap. Some light bumping to..... More
Suffer the Little Children.
London: William Heinemann, 2007. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 264. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £15.99. Lightly browned throughout. A fine copy. The sixteenth in..... More
A Venetian Reckoning.
London: Macmillan, 1995. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 231 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Text block gently toned. A fine copy. The fourth in the popular Commissario Brunetti series, set in Venice. More
Djibouti.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Harper Collins, 2012. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Number 98 of 100 copies thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 279; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new. Suspense novel..... More
Get Shorty.
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1990. [Gangster crime caper] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 292; [2], blank. Publisher's quarter white cloth, black sides, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $18.95. Just a touch of light A clean, near fine copy. Debt-collecting shenanigans set in Hollywood. Basis for the entertaining 1995..... More
Fly Me A Killer.
London: Robert Hale, 1962. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. A lovely crisp copy, with just a touch of spotting to the top edge. Jacket lightly rubbed and toned, with a few..... 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
Murder in False Face.
London: Hutchinson, 1969. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp. 190; [2]. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrative dust-jacket with printed price of 23s or £1.15 to front flap. Minor toning to edges of textblock, rolling to bottom of the spine, marking to dust-jacket spine..... More
The Summons.
London: Little, Brown, and Company, 1995. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.viii; 356; [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Pink endpapers. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Peter Pugh-Cook priced at £15.99..... More
The Doomsters.
London: Cassell and Co. Ltd., A Crime Connoisseur Book, 1958. [Detective Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.[vi]; 225; [1], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced 12/6. A crisp, fine example in like jacket with one creased tear to upper. Near fine- appears unread. Another case for the..... More
The Underground Man.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1971. [Crime Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Roy Belcher, priced at £1.50. Spotting to edges. Jacket quite heavily rubbed to edges with a few small chips. Very..... More
The Rasp.
London: Collins Crime Club, 2015. [Crime Fiction] REISSUE, first thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 230. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, featuring designs from 1932 and 1934 jackets, priced at £9.99. A fine, as-new copy. The author's first novel..... More
Dangerous Silence.
London: Collins [Collins Thriller], 1960. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's deep purple cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (23 x 18cm), with original..... More
Double Exposure.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1963. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the black and yellow dust-jacket, priced at 12/6. Blue ink ownership to flyleaf. Some light offsetting to endpapers and browning to edges. Jacket..... More