Crime & Thrillers
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
London: Folio Society, 1958. [Crime Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, FOLIO EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[16]; 291; [1]. Burgundy quarter calf, red cloth over sides. With numerous full page illustrations by Hogarth, including a frontispiece. Some minor marking to edges of texblock, wearing to leather at spine leading to some..... More
Bear Island.
London: Collins, 1971. [Murder Mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.286 [2]. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Norman Weaver. A crisp, clean copy, with a touch of sunning to jacket spine. Price-clipped. Very good. Seafaring suspense novel..... More
Crooked House.
London: W. Collins & Son / The Crime Club / Harper Collins, 2012. [Crime Mystery] FACSIMILE EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.196; [12], blank. Publisher's red cloth blocked in black. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. A clean, fine copy. An Inspector Taverner mystery, which..... More
SS-GB. Nazi Occupied Britain 1941.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.350; [2], blank. Hardback in dust-wrapper designed by Raymond Hawkey, who designed the classic 1960s James Bond paperbacks for Pan Books. Near fine, in similar wrapper with the usual sunning to the spine. With comparisons to Graham Greene..... More
Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.240. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge blue, photographic endpapers depicting the sky at night. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at £3.25. Contents clean, no inscriptions, a few minor marks; near..... More
The Labours of Hercules.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1951. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 2/- to front cover and spine. Toning to edges of textblock and pages, rubbing to gilt, bumping to spine and..... More
N or M?
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1951. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.192. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 2/- to spine. Tearing to rear pastedown away from board causing some shakiness, spotting to preliminaries, toning and spotting to..... More
U 97. A Play in Three Acts.
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1931. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.99; [1], blank; [8], ads. Publisher's green cloth with printed paper title label to spine, in original printed dust-wrapper. Owner bookplate. Contents clean, covers have some dampstaining which has offset to jacket. Some chips..... More
The Literature of Crime. Stories by World-Famous Authors.
London: Cassell and Company, 1952. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.ix; [1]; 366. Publisher's black cloth titled to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15/ to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, spotting to some preliminaries and rear blanks, toning and spotting to edges of textblock..... More
This is What Happened.
London: John Murray, 2018. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 243 [5]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in blind to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Jacket sunned to spine, otherwise a crisp, clean, near fine copy. Author Mick Herron has received..... More
Exit Music.
London: Orion, 2007. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 380 [10]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed, with doodled smiley face motif. Publisher's black cloth, with red metallic titles to spine and red endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
The Complaints.
London: Orion, 2009. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 381; [7]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine and purple endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. A clean, fine copy. The..... More
The Glass Cage.
New York, NY: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. [Psychological thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 148; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in bronze to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Robert Korn priced at $5.50. A clean, fine copy in like..... More
The Prison.
New York, NY: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1969. [Crime Mystery] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 182; [4], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in gilt and black to spine, russet endpapers, dust-jacket priced at $4.95. A clean, fine copy of the book..... More
The Saint in New York.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] c.1941. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT, Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket edition. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.320; [2]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 2/- to front flap. Stickman illustrations to title page and preliminaries. Toning..... More
Follow The Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [no date] c.1941. [Thriller] VINTAGE HARDCOVER REPRINT, Hodder and Stoughton Yellow Jacket. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.283; [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Stickman illustrations to title page and preliminaries. Toning and spotting to edges of textblock, edgewear to spine and..... More
N or M?
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1941. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Hand-bound in deep red half calf over cloth sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Contents clean, exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent..... More
The Hound of Death. And Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press Limited, 1933. [Crime fiction] LEATHER BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.247; [1]. Hand-bound in deep red half calf over cloth sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. Light spotting within, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive..... More
The Saint In the Sun.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1963. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth hardback with red titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.50. Some trivial rubs to jacket; a crisp, fine copy. Seven..... More
Senor Saint.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's tan cloth hardback with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $2.95. Contents clean, no ink names, light spotting to endpapers, jacket..... More
The Saint Abroad.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1969. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's tan cloth hardback with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $4.50. Contents clean, no ink names, jacket is fresh, with minimal rubs and..... More
The Saint Sees it Through.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's beige cloth (also issued in pale blue cloth), with black titles to spine and upper board. With the dust-jacket designed by Jarvis, priced at 8/6. A very good copy in a good, edge-worn wrapper with..... More
Thanks to the Saint. A collection of six more Saintly adventures.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.190 [2]. Publisher's dark red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Only slightly dusty and handled. Generally a clean, near fine copy. Short story collection, including 'The Bunco Artists' and..... More
Hornblower and the Crisis.
London: Michael Joseph, 1967. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.174 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Ivan Lapper. Internally clean with a little spotting to edges. Head of spine quite heavily bumped. A bright example of the..... More
Postern of Fate.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1973. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green photographic dust-jacket. Contents clean, no ink names, page edges are fresh. A fine copy in like wrapper with a small..... More