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Crime & Thrillers
![A Study In Scarlet [and] A Case of Identity. Arthur Conan DOYLE, Sir](/pictures/thumb/58672.jpg?v=1617899762)
A Study In Scarlet [and] A Case of Identity.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.230. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine, and black decoration to spine and upper. Heavy browning throughout. Four super-size worm holes to text block, penetrating about 1cm into margins in..... 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
Finished.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1917. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. With a black and white half-tone frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper board. Hinges split; spotting to edges and preliminaries. Rubbing to boards; spine head pulled; corners bumped. Good. The..... More
The Fear Index.
London: Hutchinson, 2011. [Corporate / Cyber thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 323; [5]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, diagrammatical black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page. Trivial handling; a fine copy. Intrigue concerning artificial intelligence..... More
Air Bridge.
London: Collins, 1951. [Post-War air adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 9/6. Blue ink gift inscription to front pastedown, as well as a bookseller's ticket. Lightly browned throughout, as expected. Jacket lightly sunned to..... More
Darkness, Take My Hand.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1996. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[12] 336 [4]. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford Foltz, priced at $24.00. Some rubbing and bumping to board edges. Corresponding rubbing and bumping to..... More
Gone, Baby, Gone.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1998. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 374. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red quarter paper over spine, with white titles and black paper over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford Foltz..... More
Live By Night.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2012. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 401 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's orange quarter cloth with green titles to spine and grey paper over boards. Orange endpapers, and fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket..... More
Since We Fell.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2017. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 418 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with black titles to spine and green cloth over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Rachel Willey, priced..... More
Fuzz: An 87th Precinct Mystery.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. FIRST UK EDITION. Crown Octavo, pp.216. In publisher's blue cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. Blue ink stamps of the Athole Palace Hotel (near Pitlochry in Perthshire) to front free end-paper. Slight reading lean; occasional creases from turned over page corners..... More
The Caterpillar Cop.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1972. [Thriller]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Armorial bookplate to flyleaf, slight creasing to top edge of the dust-jacket. Fine. More
The Traitors.
London: Ward Lock & Co., no date [circa 1910]. [Thriller] SIXPENNY NOVEL. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.128. With a black and white frontispiece illustration by Oscar Wilson. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers. Light spotting and browning to edges and preliminaries. Very light wear to covers. Remarkably crisp and clean. Near fine..... More
The Bernini Bust.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper. Price clipped, otherwise a clean, fine copy. The third of seven acclaimed mysteries for detective art historian Jonathan Argyll, from the award-winning novelist Iain Pears... More
To Risks Unknown.
London: Hutchinson, 1969. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Val Biro, priced at 30s / £1.50. A little toned to edges, cloth bumped to top corners. Minor chips and some closed tears to jacket edges;..... More
Violent Ends. Comprising Belle and The Brothers Rico.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.285; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket featuring images by Robin Jacques, priced at 10/6. Slightly dusty copy with a couple of short tears. Most attractive. A brace of short crime novels from..... More
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.
London: Raven Books, 2018. [Fantasy Murder Mystery] SIGNED PAPERBACK, second impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[10] 507 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Emily Faccini, and priced at £8.99. All edges red. Waterstone's 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front..... More
The Courts of the Morning. A Richard Hannay novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's light blue cloth (also issued in green cloth) with title and trim printed in black. Minor wear and discolour to cloth. Very good. A dramatic series of adventures which take place against the backdrop of a small South American Republic that..... More
![Senor Saint [Señor Saint]. Leslie CHARTERIS](/pictures/thumb/54223.jpg?v=1569253766)
Senor Saint [Señor Saint].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1959. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.189. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 12/6. A lightly used copy with a few rubs to extremities, edges dusty, creased tear to crown, old tape to reverse; remains bright and..... More
Blue Moon.
London: Bantam Press, 2019. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 404 [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine, orange endpapers, and all edges cyan. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
The President is Missing.
London: Century, 2018. [Political Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 513 [9]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges red and American flag endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £20.00. A sticker removed from front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
Fools and Mortals.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 369 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Holly Macdonald, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Ranson's Folly. With 16 Illustrations by Frederic Remington, Walter Appleton Clark, Howard Chandler Christy, E.M. Ashe, and F. Dorr Steele.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First Edition. Publisher's brick coloured cloth with gilt titles to upper with colour illustration to centre, gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt, others rough trimmed. Rubbed to extremities; internally clean and sound. Very good indeed. More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: William L. Allison Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. Repairs to split endpapers. Quite heavily browned and brittle throughout. Moderate wear to cloth, with some white marks to..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black ink gift inscription, and purple corporate compliments stamp to fly-leaf. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Light wear to cloth..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
London: Ward, Lock & Co., no date [circa 1905]. [Sherlock Holmes] VINTAGE COPY. Small octavo (16 x 11cm), pp.255 [1]. With a black and white half-tone frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to upper. Somewhat cocked, and rather well-read. Gently toned throughout. Light rubbing..... More