Crime & Thrillers
The Albert Gate Affair. A Reginald Brett Detective Novel. With Illustrations by John Cameron.
London: Ward Lock and Co. Ltd., 1904. First Edition. 8vo; pp. 309, (2). Superb copy in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt and orange striped decoration to spine and upper. Extremities very slightly rubbed; light foxing to edges. More
Lestrade and the Ripper.
London: Macmillan, 1988. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. With a 'review copy' slip loose to preliminaries, as well as a bookplate detailing provenance. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by the author, priced..... More
The Decoy.
London: William Collins Ltd., 1927. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[ii]; 251; [1], imprint. Publisher's burgundy cloth in illustrated jacket priced at 3/6 (title was likely published at 7/6, although we are certain this particular jacket has always been with this book). Some trivial dustiness handling and..... More
Soldiers of Fortune.
New York, Scribners. 1897. First US Edition. 8vo. Publisher's pale yellow decorated cloth titled in blue to spine and titled and decorated in blue and gilt to front board. Very good indeed with only very slight edgewear and light bumping to the spine ends. Slightly dusty top edge, internally bright..... More
Carte Blanche. A James Bond Novel.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2011. [James Bond Continuation] 'INDIES' SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 436. Number 1092 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page, and hand-numbered. Publisher's red cloth blocked with metallic red foil to spine and upper, and grey metallic..... More
Horse Under Water.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1968. [Espionage Thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, black and blind decoration to upper, and orange endpapers. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the blue illustrated dust-jacket. Quite heavy spotting to edges. Some dulling to..... More
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes.
London: John Murray, 1954. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 313. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dustjacket. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Jacket with a few chips and tears. A very good copy. A new series of cases for the consulting detective, including..... More
A Study In Scarlet, and A Case of Identity.
Chicago, IL: E.A. Weeks and Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.232. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Textblock browned. Cloth rubbed to extremities, especially to joints, corners and spine ends, some scuffs and marks. Very good... More
The Human Factor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. [Espionage novel] First Edition, second state of title page with publisher's monogram in place of the Shakespeare head motif. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.339; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles, top edge tinted purple, dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey priced at £4.50. A...... More
The Flag Captain.
London, Hutchinson and Co. 1971. FIRST EDITION, 8vo. Publisher's dark brown cloth in a handsome pictorial dustjacket depicting the 'Battle of the Nile', engraved by Robert Pollard from a painting by Nicholas Pocock. Front and back endpapers are decorated with the map of Spain. An excellent copy, just a hint..... 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
Necklace and Calabash. More Judge Dee Mysteries.
London: Heinemann, 1967. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.144. With eight illustrations drawn by the author in the Chinese style. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper. Scuff to border of endpaper design else fine, in rubbed and price-clipped jacket. More
Galatea.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 242; [6]. Publisher's grey cloth with purple titles to spine and upper board. Top edge yellow; fore edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., priced at $3.00. Internally fine. Small mark..... More
The Saint In the Sun.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead (Leslie Stead), priced at 15s. Very good indeed, in a lightly used jacket. Seven short adventures for the globe-trotting Simon Templar, set in exotic..... More
The 9th Directive. The 9th Directive Quiller in Bangkok.
London: Heinemann, 1966. [Espionage fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.254; [2] blank. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Tom Simmonds. Internally clean and bright, a little spotting to edges, cloth bright. Price clipped wrapper shows wells, a little edge wear and a...... More
One Away.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1961. Signed First Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's black cloth, with titles and silhouetted figure in red to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper, designed by Christopher Macartney Filgate, shows a man running across a field in striking black and white, with titles to front cover and spine..... More
Number 13.
London: Collins, 1938. Signed First Edition. Octavo, pp. 222. Red cloth with silver titles to spine and bold 'No. 13' motif to upper board in silver. Frontispiece illustration. Top edge stained red. Boldly signed by the author to the title page. Front hinge starting, textblock shows some toning, marking, and..... More
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The Oriental Mind [and] Ghost of a Chance [in] Detective Fiction Weekly. Volume CXVI, Number 2.
New York, NY: The Red Star News Company, December 1937. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.144. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 10c. Heavily browned throughout to low grade paper. Some large tears to the first eight leaves. A large tear also to final..... More
The Recollections of a Policeman.
Boston: Wentworth and Company, 1857. Early US edition in publisher's embossed blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine. Binding rubbed, bumped, frayed at corners and spine ends; small stain to upper. Water damaged with the last 100 pages or so water stained, the marking getting stronger towards the back..... More
Huntingtower.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1922]. [Classic adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's mid-blue cloth, titled and ruled in dark blue. Printed map endpapers. Owner name to flyleaf, full-colour upper panel to jacket tipped-in, moderate handling to cloth, spine gently toned. Very good..... More
Blood Junction.
London, Orion. 2001. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. SIGNED by the author. Fine in like dustwrapper. As New. The hardback print run was limited to 1000 copies. Winner of the CWA New Writer's award. Author's debut novel. When journalist India Kane travels from Sydney to the outback town of Cooinda for..... More
A Case of Identity and Other Stories. A Scandal in Bohemia, The Man from Archangel, The Captain of the "Pole-Star," and John Barrington Cowles.
New York, NY: Optimus Printing Company, no date [circa 1905]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 11cm), pp.30 [2]; 30 [2]; 30 [2]; 30 [2]; 30 [2]. Publisher's light blue cloth with blue titles and decoration to spine and upper. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Advertisement leaf at..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: Street and Smith, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 176 [12]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Browning to endpapers, but surprisingly clean otherwise. A superior pirate edition. Rubbing and bumping to corners, toning to spine, and heavy..... More
The Sign of the Four.
Rahway, N.J.: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 189 [3]. Publisher's light orange cloth with black and green titles and decoration to spine and upper. Heavily browned and brittle throughout. Hinges split with netting showing. Spine sunned and toned, with..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: William L. Allison Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate of Herbert F. Mitchell to front pastedown. Heavily browned throughout. Spine toned and lightly rubbed, with a...... More