Crime & Thrillers
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
Crooked House.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1949. [Detective Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean, no inscriptions, page edges toned, cloth a little handled, some sunning to spine. A very good copy lacking the scarce jacket. An Inspector..... More
Crooked House.
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1949. [Detective Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.192 [4]. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 8/6 (crossed out/obscured). Contents and edges clean, neat gift inscription to free endpaper, jacket chipped to head and tail..... More
The Liquidator.
New York: Viking Press, 1964. [Cold War Thriller] US EDITION, book club issue. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.182; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers blocked in colours to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Identical to the first edition but for unpriced jacket and BC impression to rear board. Green mark to f.e.p...... More
Draw The Blinds.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. ['Golden Age' crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, second printing (being the first 'cheap edition'). Crown octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.316. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, blocked in blind, illustrated dust-jacket by Bip Pares priced at 2/- net. Contents clean, some toning/spotting to edges, no inscriptions..... More
The Dinner Party at Bardolph's.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. ['Golden Age' crime fiction] NEW EDITION, first thus. Crown octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black, blocked in blind, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 2/- net. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with a few tears, chipped at crown. Very good. A yellow..... More
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
The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 15s. Contents and page edges clean, no inscriptions, jacket lightly worn, toned to spine with a few small..... More
The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some toning to page edges, jacket with some chips and tears but generally bright, larger chip/loss..... More
Death in Cold Storage.
London: John Long, 1965. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers with spine blocked in colours, illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket lightly rubbed, minor sunning to spine. Very good indeed. A muder mystery set in the Scottish..... 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
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
Thirty-Seven Dr. Thorndyke Cases.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, No date (1929). [Crime stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.1080. Publisher's blue cloth trimmed in colours (also issued in tan cloth), illustrated dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to edges, jacket is dusty/soiled, with a chip to..... More
The Witness For The Defence.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.312. VARIANT binding of red cloth decoratively blocked in colours. possibly a deluxe or primary binding(?), the standard binding in blue cloth is rather plain by comparison. Minor spotting, rear inside paper joint cracked else..... More
Mystery at Friar's Pardon.
London: The Crime Club Ltd. By W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd. No date (circa 1931). [Crime thriller] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284. Publisher's red cloth with titles in black, issued without endpapers. Spotting to edges, first gathering proud (a binding fault from the outset), cloth is rather bright and..... More
Death Comes to Perigord.
London: The Crime Club Ltd. By W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd. no date (circa 1931). [Crime thriller] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.252. Publisher's green cloth with titles in black, issued without endpapers. Some light foxing within, covers are rubbed and shelfworn, front joint cracked to hear and tail. A...... More
Murder In The Mews. 4 Poirot Stories.
London: Odhams Press Ltd, no date (1938). [Detective mysteries] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, code 'C338' to copyright page denoting 1928 as date printed. Some light foxing within, covers lightly shelfworn with a few small marks. Very good. Crime short stories, featuring..... More
Mrs McGinty's Dead.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188; [4], advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in half deep red calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, cloth sides, illustrated jacket panel bound in at rear. Contents clean, exterior as new. A near fine..... More
The Island of Fantasy. A Romance.
London: Griffit Farran, 1892. [Strange tale] FIRST EDITION, three volumes complete. Octavo (19 x 13 x 9cm), pp.288; 302; 300. Pagination appears to be correct, with half-titles to vols. 2 and 3 (evidently not called for in first volume). Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in gilt to spine, and titled..... More
The complete Boysie Oakes spy novel series. Comprising The Liquidator, Understrike, Amber Nine, Madrigal, Founder Member, Traitor's Exit, The Airline Pirates and A Killer For A Song.
London: Frederick Muller, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970,1970, 1975. [Cold War Thrillers] ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Eight volumes. Octavos (21 x 14 x 19cm). Publisher's hardcover cloth bindings, seven in pictorial dust-jackets. Contets clean, no inscriptions, some light spotting to some edges, wrappers lightly worn, with the odd chip/rub, spine..... More
Agatha Christie, Mistress of Mystery.
London: Collins, 1968. [Literary criticism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.128. With the photographic halftone frontispiece. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 21s to front flap. Internally bright, light spotting to margins and textblock edges. Some toning to jacket with offsetting to..... More
Death on the Nile.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1978. [Detective] SCARCE FILM TIE-IN EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.318 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket depicting Peter Ustinov as Poirot. Some spotting/dustiness to textblock edges. Light edgewear to jacket. Near fine. A rare edition published to..... 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 clean, fine copy in near fine jacket which is a little rubbed at crown and with a few creases..... More
Bleak House.
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 624 [2]. Typographical errors present in the first issue: p.19, line 6, 'elgble'; p.209, line 23, 'chair' instead of 'hair; and p.275, line 22, 'counsinship' instead of 'cousinship', p.529, line 32, 'picter' for 'picture'. Includes the..... More
Ice Station Zebra.
London: Collins, 1963. [Espionage Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255; [1]. Dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by John Heseltine, priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions. An attractive copy with some minor edge wear, some rubbing at crown and two old tape..... More