"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Crime & Thrillers
In the Frame.
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.252. Bound in publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, in a photographic dustjacket. Book is in fine condition with no visible signs of wear; clean and bright throughout excepting very light age toning to first and final few leaves. Dustjacket in..... More
Odds Against.
London: Michael Joseph, 1965. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's brown cloth hardcovers with illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Broome Lynn, in the style of James Bond jacket artist Richard Chopping. Contents clean, some dustiness to page edges, price clipped jacket with a few marks to flaps;..... More
Flashman and the Angel of the Lord. The Flashman Papers 1858-1859.
London, Harvill, 1994. FIRST EDITION, the tenth book in the series. Publisher's cloth in dustwrapper. Some spine lean, edges thumbed, jacket is near fine. If only Flashman had got on with his dinner and ignored the handkerchief dropped by a flirtatious hussy in a Calcutta hotel... well, American history might..... More
The Reavers.
London: Harper Collins, 2007. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 230. Author's final novel. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers blocked in gilt to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine/as new copy in like jacket. 'The Reavers' is an historical romp of espionage and intrigue..... More
The Second Freeling Omnibus. Comprising Double-Barrell, The King of the Rainy Country, The Dresden Green.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1972. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 176; 158; 221; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the distinctive yellow Gollancz jacket with black and red titles. Light spotting to edges and preliminaries, otherwise internally fine. Price clipped wrapper shows..... More
The Stoneware Monkey.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. Contents very clean, neat ownership to flyleaf, jacket with trivial rubbing and wear, some discreet (frankly unnecessary) touch-up (no paper repair); a lovely..... More
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Felo de Se? [aka Death At The Inn]. The 1937 "Thorndyke" novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper; spine and extremities faded, edges dusty, slight lean; markings to paste downs. In orange dustwrapper, head and tale of spine frayed with a couple of chips, extremities rubbed, fingermarks. A sound copy..... More
Fantasy and Fugue.
London: Derek Verschoyle, 1954. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 192. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in striking pictorial dustjacket designed by Alan Lindsay. Small bump to the middle of the bottom edge of the rear board, gilt to spine slightly dulled. Dustwrapper shows some slight nicking along the edges..... More
The Caribbean Account.
New York, NY: Delacorte press, 1981. [Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[10]; 342. Publisher's black quarter cloth over black paper covered boards, metallic red titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Irving Freeman, edges specked red. Binding very lightly rubbed to extremities, dust-jacket shows well, crease to rear..... More
The Chase of The Golden Plate.
London: Collier and Co., 1908. First edition. Octavo, pp.224. Near fine in publisher's ribbed bottle green clothtitled in gilt to the spine and front board. Decorated in blind to front board with two pictorial inlays. Light bumping to head and tail of spine otherwise fine. Internally clean A splendid copy..... More
The Diamond Master.
Indianapolis. Bobbs Merrill. 1909. First US Edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. Minor shelfwear otherwise, bright and clean. Internally clean. Ink ownership to front pastedown (apparently someone living in Roswell before it became famous). Colour frontispiece. Jacques Heath Futrelle (April..... More
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La Corde au Cou. [The Rope Around His Neck].
Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire de la Societe des Gens de Lettres, 1873. [Literature] EARLY EDITION, possibly the seventh. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.vi; 489; [1]. All text in French. Later tan half calf with gilt titles to spine., marbled boards. Internally clean, slight chip[ping to flyleaf, binding lightly rubbed to..... More
Come and Go.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. [Mystery novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles and design to spine, striking dust-jacket designed by Jarvis with printed price of 12s 6d net. A couple of tiny marks to edges, spine and rear panel of wrapper very..... More
The Cuckoo's Calling.
London: Sphere, 2013. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.449; [7], blank. Black cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 with Val McDermid quote to upper and quotes to rear from Mark Billingham and Alex Grey. A fine, unread copy. First of the Cormoran..... More
The Case of the Daring Decoy.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Co., 1957. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 7-281; [2] publisher's advertisements; [3]. Red cloth, titles in black to spine and upper. Photographic dust-jacket designed by Bill Hughes, printed price $2.95. Edges slightly toned. Wrapper very slightly edge worn, with tiny..... More
Founder Member
London: Frederick Muller 1969. FIRST EDITION, 8vo, Publisher's dark blue cloth, slight lean to spine, lovely fresh pages, fine. Photographic dustwrapper with a little wear to extremities and a few tiny scratches to the spine, near fine. A Boysie Oakes spy thriller written before Gardner's stint as the official James..... More
Madrigal.
London: Frederick Muller, 1967. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 310. Publisher's green cloth with white titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Abis Stribley, priced at 25s. Edges a little toned to edges, jacket a little edgeworn, with some scuffs to spine and folds. Very..... More
Understrike.
London: Frederick Muller, 1965. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.198; [4], blank. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Mayne Butler, priced at 18s. Minor dustiness, jacket with a few small nicks and closed tears, production crease with a small split to..... More
Jade Woman.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. A splendid, fine copy. Another instalment in the hugely popular, long-running adventures of Lovejoy, the roguish antiques dealer-turned-sleuth, famously televised starring Ian McShane and Phyllis Logan... More
Jade Woman.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1988. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. Collins' FILE COPY, marked as such to flyleaf. Sight wear at crown, minor toning otherwise an unused example. The publisher's editorial copy, although never corrected as such. Scarce (possibly..... More
Pearlhanger.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1985. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.197; [3], blank. Publisher's hardback in pictorial dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Trivial rubbing at crown, tiny closed tear to front panel. Fine. Another instalment in the hugely popular, long-running adventures of Lovejoy, the roguish antiques dealer-turned-sleuth..... More
Blackshirt Interferes.
London; Hutchinson. 1939. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth titled in black to spine, near fine, sharp and bright. In a very good dustwrapper, slightly creased here and there and with some very light edgewear, otherwise strong, clean and striking. Internally clean with very light spotting to page edges. A...... More
The Khufra Run.
London: Macmillan, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. pp. [7], 189. Bound in publisher's bright blue cloth, with titles in black to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper (designed by Ron Bowen) shows titles in white and beige, and divers searching the wreck of an aircraft to front cover, titles in black to spine..... More
Tiger Mark.
London: John Hamilton, n.d [c.1928]. Octavo. pp. [7], 224. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper shows a corpse lying at the foot of a man seated on a throne, and titles in black and red to front cover, attributed to Bert Wardle, titles..... More
Gun Cotton in Hollywood.
London: Grayson and Grayson, 1936. FIRST EDITION. OTTO PENZLER'S COPY. Octavo, pp.292. Bound in publisher's black cloth, with gilt titles to spine. Top edge stained red. Blank endpapers. Cloth in very good condition with minimal rubbing to board edges, and endcaps lightly pushed. Textblock browned but clean and unmarked throughout..... More