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Crime & Thrillers
Murder in Bermuda.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, COLONIAL ISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine. With the rare dust-jacket, illustrated in colour to the front cover, no price. Jacket and front pastedown stamped 'Overseas Edition'. Corners lightly bumped. Spine toned..... More
Trent's Own Case.
London: Constable and Co., 1936. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 314. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper. Top edge blue. Toronto bookseller's stamp to flyleaf. Erasure of heavy pencil inscription also to flyleaf. Gently toned throughout. Only very minor rubbing to cloth;..... More
Suddenly at Singapore.
London: Collins, 1961. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. SIGNED by the author in black ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's purple cloth with silver titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Miss Cond's usual exemplary condition, with a small blue ink..... More
An Expensive Place to Die.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. [Cold War spy thriller] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY in oversized PROOF-ONLY dust-wrapper. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254;[2] blank. Publisher's lime-green softcovers in jacket, with traces of the bold printed word 'ENGLISH' to extreme front edge of the flap and 'PROOF ONLY' in bold to rear with provisional..... More
The White Lie.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1914. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION, PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; 16, advertisements. Illustrated frontispiece with tissue guard. Black cloth ornately decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Publisher's file copy signified by a paper label to the upper board and a discreet file..... More
The Face Of Trespass.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Psychological Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £2.00. Some rubbing to jacket edges; spine slightly..... More
Chorus of Echoes.
London: T.V. Boardman and Company, 1950. [Mystery Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.279 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'To Eileen M. Cond | with all good wishes | from Elleston Trevor | September 1950.' Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine..... More
Tiger Street.
London: T.V. Boardman and Company, 1951. [Mystery Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.239 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to half-title: 'To Eileen Cond | a very especially-signed | copy for a most | appreciative friend. | All good wishes | for happy days –..... More
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The Murder at the Villa Rose [and] The Magic City [in] The Strand Magazine. Volumes 38, 39 and 40; numbers 228 to 239.
London: George Newnes, December 1909 to November 1910. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Twelve octavo magazines (28 x 19 x 18cm), pp.[126] 647-848; [127-166]; pp.[74] 128; [75-90]; pp.[80] 129-256; [81-96]; pp.[82] 257-384; [83-110] pp.[82] 385-512 [83-106]; pp.[82] 513-640 [83-106]; pp.[82] 641-768; [83-102]; pp.[70] 128; [71-86]; pp.[56] 129-256; [57-72]; pp.[70] 257-364; [71-86];..... More
The Light of Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 243 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and green decoration to spine, a gilt EA monogram to upper, top edge red, fore-edge..... More
The Brighter Buccaneer. More "Saint" Stories.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. [Short Crime Stories] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.317 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the fly-leaf: 'For Douglas | on the return | of the prodigal. | Ever | Leslie Charteris. | London 11.8.33.' Publisher's light blue cloth with..... More
Death Comes as The End.
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1945. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's orange cloth, black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 7/6. A very good copy (mildly sunned through to spine), in similar wrapper with a few tiny nicks. Shows well. A groundbreaking novel..... More
Carrington's Cases.
London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1920. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's bright red cloth titled and decorated in black to front board and spine. A trifle rubbed but otherwise bright and clean. Light toning to page edges, internally clean. A lovely copy of this Queen's Quorum mystery featuring the cases of..... More
Brighton Rock.
London: William Heinemann, 1938. [Gangster thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.361; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in red half calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides, top edge gilt, publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. Faint spotting to first and final leaves;..... More
Biggles in the Underworld.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Studio Stead, original printed price of 10/6 (uncommon thus, seemingly most copies are clipped and repriced by the publisher). Binding rubbed to extremities. Jacket..... More
The Case of the Transposed Legs.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1951. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in white to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 8/6 net. Publisher's file copy signified by an ink stamp to title page and paper labels to the..... More
The Stretton Street Affair.
London: Cassell and Co., 1924. [Spy fiction] ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Gift inscription to title page: "To Enid Agabeg | from Uncle | William Le Queux ". Internally clean, very light spoting to page..... More
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The Sanctuary Club [and] Hilda Wade [and] A Master of Craft [and] The Seven Dragons [and] The "Southern Cross" Antarctic Expedition [and] The Croxley Master [and] Whereyouwantogoto: or, The Bouncible Ball [and] Kind Little Edmund; or, The Caves and The Cockatrice [in] The Strand Magazine. Volume 18, numbers 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, and 108.
London: George Newnes, July 1899 to December 1899. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Six octavo magazines (28 x 19cm), pp.xl; 120; xli-xlviii; pp.xxxii; 121-240; xxxiii-xl; pp.xxxvi; 241-360; xxxvii-xliv; pp.xl; 361-480; xli-xlviii; pp.xlviii; 481-600; xlix-lvi; pp.lvi; 601-804; lvii-lxviii [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations. Publisher's pale blue paper covers titled in dark blue..... More
The Technique of the Mystery Story. A complete practical guide for detective and mystery story writers of today.
Springfield, MA: The Home Correspondence School, 1929. [Writing Education] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, the second revised edition. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xiv; 435 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author: 'For Lee Wright | to fulfil a long time | want | from | Caroyln Wells | 1941' in black ink to..... More
Flyaway.
London: Collins, 1978. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED LETTER. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.318 [4]. With a sketch-map to preliminaries. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David..... More
The White Dacoit.
London: Collins, 1974. [Crime Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.384. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on flyleaf: 'For Miss Eileen Cond | with the author's | gratitude and pride | in being included | in her formidable | collection of | contemporary..... More
Dive in the Sun.
London: Jarrolds, 1961. [Naval Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.258. SIGNED by the author in black ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Ing. Miss Cond's usual exemplary condition, with a small..... More
The Gang on Wheels.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1930. [Motoring crime caper] PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.269; [3], blank. Publisher's grey-green cloth blocked in colours, dust-jacket designed by W.Edward Wigton, with printed price of 2/6s net. Publisher's file copy signified by ink stamp to title page and paper label to..... More
Hilda Wade.
London: Grant Richards, 1900. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. A used copy with some shelfwear,rubbed to extremities, gilt illustration rubbed to upper, discreet owner stamp to flyleaf, inside paper joint cracked. Very good. Illustrated throughout by Gordon Browne..... More
The Honourable Jim
London; Hodder and Stoughton [1924]. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by the Author to title page: 'To William & Ada / de Jongh / With fondest love / from / Emmuska Orczy (flourish)'. 8vo.; pp.320. Publisher's red cloth lightly worn, edges spotted, first gathering foxed, occasional marking throughout. In its pictorial dust..... More