Crime & Thrillers
Len Deighton's Continental Dossier. A collection of cultural, culinary, historical, spooky, grim and preposterous fact compiled by Victor and Margaret Pettitt.
London: Michael Joseph, 1968. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm). Publisher's glazed photographic boards with all-over design in colour. Printed on glossy paper stock, folding cloth map at rear. A particularly fine example of an unusual 'sixties reference book, without the heavy fading to the spine that affects this title..... More
Original Sin.
London: Faber and Faber, 1994. [Crime fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.426. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Autographed in back ink to the title page. Minor toning to text block as usual, else fine in like, fresh..... More
Young Dash; or, the Detective's Apprentice. One of Our Best Detective Stories. Old Sleuth's Own No.82.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.89 [11]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
Young Vigilance; or, a Broken Link. A Detective Narrative. Old Sleuth's Own No.99.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.82 [18]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements to U-Boats, and to books being..... More
The Hanging Garden.
London: Orion, 2003. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.336; [7], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, all best!', together with his characteristic 'hangman's gallows' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine. With the..... 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
Magnet of Doom.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1955. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.279. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by MB, priced at 9/6. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket, toned to spine with one..... More
Thou Shell of Death.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, [1937]. [Crime Mystery] VINTAGE REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brick red cloth with black titles to spine. An undated early printing (almost certainly the second) in exactly the same format as the dated first edition (1935); the list of other..... More
The Saint Sees it Through.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's 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 slightly nicked and edge worn jacket. Simon Templar, alias The Saint..... More
Send for The Saint.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1977. [Crime Fiction] FIRST HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Beige cloth hardcover, illustrated dust-jacket priced £3.95. A clean and tidy ex-library copy, with stamp and label to endpapers, declassification notice to title page. Jacket would be fine but for sunned spine..... More
Vendetta for the Saint. The new full length Saint novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1965. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, 'saint' motifs blocked in gilt, typographic dust-jacket priced at 15s. Rear flap mentions 'a very successful [TV] series starring Roger Moore'. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket slightly..... 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
The Ipcress File [IPCRESS-streng geheim].
Bern & Munich: Phoenix, 1965. [Spy thriller] FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-jacket featuring Len Deighton in conversation with Ian Fleming on the rear panel. A clean, fine book in near fine jacket with a little wear to extremities. Basis for the..... 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]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted, and the dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at..... 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 Tailor of Panama.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.410. Publisher's grey quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and purple paper-covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket. Lightly handled, price clipped. Near fine. Harry Pendel is the best known tailor in Panama and is..... 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
The Summons.
London: Little, Brown, and Company, 1995. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.viii; 356; [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Pink endpapers. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Peter Pugh-Cook priced at £15.99..... More
When Eight Bells Toll.
London: Collins, 1966. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine, priced at 21s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, edges toned and spotted, near fine jacket is very lightly worn. An attractive copy. Millions..... More
Stopover Tokyo.
London: Collins, 1957. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.254. Publisher's blue cloth in original pictorial dust wrapper priced at 12/6. Contents clean, edges slightly toned. Near fine in similar jacket with one small chip to lower edge of rear. Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was a...... More
Three Boy Detectives; or, the Story of Three Daring Country Lads. A Great Narrative. Old Sleuth's Own No.21.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.114 [16]. Publisher's yellow illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected, with some chipping to corners. Only very light wear to covers. A rare survival. Near fine. References in the advertisements..... More
Exit Music.
London: Orion, 2007. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.380; [10], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine- Goodbye to Rebus?', together with his characteristic 'face' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with red titles to spine. With the..... More
Red Fox.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1979. [Crime fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.308. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-wrapper with printed price £5.50 to flap. Inscription from author on title page. Minor toning to edges of textblock, bumped to top of spine..... More
Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. [Crime Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 246 [34]. With six illustrated plates by Loeb, and a frontispiece photograph of the author. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper. Moderate spotting and light toning throughout. Very light wear to binding..... More