Crime & Thrillers
Complete Paperback First Editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond Novels. Comprising: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill, Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man With the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
London: Pan Books, 1955-67. [Spy fiction] All paperback First Editions, all are export copies with no price on front cover [OHMSS being the exception priced at 60c]. Fourteen volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 19cm). Publisher's illustrated softcovers. LLD priced in Lira within, FRWL has UK price blanked out by..... More
I'll Say She Does.
London: Collins, 1945. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, titles in blue to spine, with striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Signed by the author, dated 1st July 1946. Lightly used; near fine. Ownership signature of Eileen M. Cond, a noted collector..... More
The Girl with a Squint.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.156. Translated from the French by Helen Thomson. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Beverley LeBarrow, priced at £3.95. A clean fine copy of the book in similar jacket but for..... More
The Family Lie.
New York, NY: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. [Psychological thriller] FIRST US EDITION (stated). Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[6]; 146; [4], blank. Publisher's red hardcovers cloth with titles in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at $7.95. Edges lightly spotted, bright jacket slightly toned to..... More
Saint Errant.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1949. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.253; [1], advert. Elegantly hand-bound in half brown calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, original cloth spine preserved at rear. Contents clean with some light spotting to first and final..... More
Biggles Sees It Through.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1947. [Children's Adventure] Vintage hardcover. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], blank. With a colour frontispiece and six full-page black and white illustrations by Alfred Sindall. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, 'Flying Jacket' series wrapper on economy paper (another jacket..... More
The Saint And The Fiction Makers.
Great Britain: White Lion Publishers, 1969. [Crime Fiction] Vintage hardcover reissue. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £1.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Some minor toning, jacket a little worn at crown. Near fine. A fine (and..... More
The First Saint Omnibus [together with] The Second Saint Omnibus. An Anthology of Saintly Adventures.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1939, 1952. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITIONS, two volumes. Octavos (19 x 13cm), pp.1008 (printed on thin wartime paper); 636. Elegantly hand-bound in half navy blue calf over blue cloth sides, spines gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, publisher's original titled cloth spine bound..... More
Enigma.
London: Hutchinson, 2006. [Thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.390; [2], blank. Publisher's photographic softcovers. Edges a little toned else a clean, fine copy. An espionage novel set inside Bletchley Park, Britain's wartime code-breaking headquarters. Author Robert Harris later won the Crime Writers' Association..... More
The Honorary Consul.
London: The Bodley Head, 1973. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.335 [1]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted. With the typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket price clipped else fine. 'The Honorary Consul' returns to that third world..... More
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 339 [6]. With a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, russett-coloured endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £17.99. A near fine, unread copy, showing some light wear..... More
A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A near fine copy in like jacket. 'A Small Town In Germany' is set in Bonn, the small and provincial capital of West Germany, where le..... More
Spartan.
London: Swordfish, 2011. [Espionage thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 418; [1], imprint; [7], blank. Publisher's black softcovers. A fine copy. Scarce in proof form. Breathtaking debut novel from the British spy writer and former MI6 intelligence officer. It is also the first..... More
Spartan.
London: Swordfish, 2011. [Espionage thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi] 392; [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £12.99. A fine, unread copy. Breathtaking debut novel from the British spy writer and former MI6 intelligence officer. It is also..... More
The Brighter Buccaneer [The Saint].
Great Britain: White Lion Publishers, 1975. [Crime Fiction] Vintage hardcover reissue. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's deep pink cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £2.95. Contents clean, no inscriptions. A fine copy in like jacket. A fine (and rather elusive) hardback reissue of the..... More
Third Girl.
London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1966. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's patterned red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill, priced at 18s. A very good copy in a slightly torn jacket. Shows well. When a...... More
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