Crime & Thrillers
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
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 lovely fine copy with the slightest..... 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
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
Nobody Lives Forever.
Cleveland & New York: The World Publishing Company, 1945. [Crime thriller] FIRST MOTION PICTURE EDITION. Octavo (21x 15cm), pp.243; [3], blank. Two black and white photos as frontis plate. Publisher's red cloth blocked in grey, endpapers feature ten b & w stills from the movie, photographic dust-wrapper. Cheap paper toned..... 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
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 Unexpected Guest.
London: Harper Collins, 1999. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. [4] 177 [11]. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Andrew Davidson, priced at £14.99. Toning to edges of textblock, with a little light handling. Near Fine. When a stranger runs..... More
Murder In The Mews. 4 Poirot Stories.
London: Odhams Press Ltd, no date (1938). [Detective mysteries] Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, code 'C338' to copyright page denoting 1928 as date printed. Some light foxing within, covers lightly shelfworn with a few small marks. Very good. Crime short stories, featuring..... More
Garden of Beasts. A Novel of Berlin 1936.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 404 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Low grade paper somewhat toned, with a little..... More
Yesterday's Spy.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. The jacket artwork is by Raymond Hawkey, who designed the classic 1960s James Bond paperbacks for Pan Books. Price clipped (as many seem to be), otherwise a lovely fine copy..... More
The Man Who Wanted Tomorrow.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Psychological Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.253 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt tiles to spine. Top edge orange. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £2.75. Light wear and bumping to extremities. Very good. A box containing the identities of Nazi war criminals who..... More
Understrike.
London: Frederick Muller, 1965. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.198; [4], blank. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Mayne Butler. Minor dustiness, offset toning/browning to endpapers, jacket price clipped else clean and fresh. A near fine, bright example of the author's..... 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
The Little Drummer Girl.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8] 430 [10]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge tinted brown. With the bronze typographic dust-jacket, priced at £8.95. Small blue ink ownership to fly-leaf, otherwise minor handling and some sunning to..... More
Earthly Remains.
London: William Heinemann, 2017. [Crime thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 308; [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Cartographic endpapers. Publisher's black cloth, bronze titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99 to front flap. Some light bumping to..... More
Dead Straight; or, Harlow Jack's Life Mystery. Old Sleuth's Own No.94.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.80 [20]. Publisher's illustrated paper covers, stapled twice. Heavily browned throughout, as expected. Only very light wear to covers, with a chip from the lower corner of the front cover, and a couple of..... More
Nimble Ike's Romance; or, The Mysteries of a Cavern. The Conclusion of Nimble Ike's Adventures. Old Sleuth's Own No.57.
New York, NY: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, [circa 1920s]. DIME NOVEL. Octavo paperback (19 x 12cm), pp.92 [6]. 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
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
Innocent.
London: Mantle, 2010. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 406 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new copy. A sequel to..... More
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
Spies in Amber.
London: Methuen and Co., 1956. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 235; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Toni Wellis with printed price of 10s. 6d. to front flap. Slight toning visible to reverse of jacket. Fine. Within an hour..... More