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The Saint in Pursuit.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.180; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $4.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some browning to hinges, crisp jacket with..... More
The Saint in Pursuit.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1970. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.180; [4], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover, blocked in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £1.50. Contents clean, minor mark to front endpaper, jacket a touch rubbed at spine tips. Near fine. A difficult late..... More
The Saint In the Sun.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1963. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth hardback with red titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.50. Some trivial rubs to jacket; a crisp, fine copy. Seven..... More
The Saint on Guard.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1945. [Mystery collection] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (18.5 x 13cm), pp.239; [1], advertisement. Publisher's cornflower blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket designed by Stead, priced at 8s 6d. Neat ink name/date, edges a little dusty, pale blue cloth lightly marked, jacket with some nicks, worn..... More
The Saint to the Rescue.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1961. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, 'saint' motifs blocked in gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. Top edge dusty, contents clean, discreet ink name. Price clipped jacket is lightly used, sunned to spine. Near..... More
Saints Alive.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., 1974. [Crime Fiction] FIRST HARDBACK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.416. Orange cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Edges slightly toned/dusty else near fine, in similar price-clipped jacket, with some light rubs/edgewear, one crease to front flap and one small tear..... 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
Senor Saint.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.190; [2], blank. Publisher's tan cloth hardback with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $2.95. Contents clean, no ink names, light spotting to endpapers, jacket..... More
Trust The Saint.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.180. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.50. Contents clean, no inscriptions, crisp jacket with one closed tear. Near fine..... 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
Vendetta for the Saint. The new full length Saint novel.
New York: For The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., 1964. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, with Doubleday slip loosely inserted (likely an advance copy). Precedes the British hardcover. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.208; [4], blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at $3.95. The rear..... 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. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over publisher's cloth sides with 'The Saint' stick man motif blocked in gilt, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, original cloth spine preserved at rear. Clean..... More
I'll Say She Does.
London: Collins, 1945. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, titles in blue to spine, with striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Signed by the author, dated 1st July 1946. Lightly used; near fine. Ownership signature of Eileen M. Cond, a noted collector..... More
61 Hours. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 383 [3]. Number 8 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... 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 Enemy. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 393 [1]. Number 83 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Midnight Line.
London: Bantam Press, 2017. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 391 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine. Blue endpapers and all edges blue. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephen Mulcahey, priced at £20. 'Signed..... More
Worth Dying For. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xii; 384 [8]. Number 84 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Butterflies In Britain. Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Written & Lithographed by Richard Chopping.
London: Penguin Books Ltd. No date(circa 1940s). [Natural History] Oblong Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp32. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers designed by the author. Contents clean, light wear to covers, owner name to front, spine creased, with neat crack to head and tail. Very good. An early book..... More
The Fly [2 copies].
London: Secker and Warburg, 1965. [Modern literature/60s culture] FIRST EDITION, first printing, together with the second impression. Octavos, each (20 x 14cm), each pp.291; [1]. Publisher's hardcovers in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by the author. With several contemporary newspaper reviews tucked in. No inscriptions. Both near fine, with gentle toning to..... More
The Fly.
New York: Farrer, Straus & Giroux, 1965. [Modern literature/60s culture] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.291; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by the author. No inscriptions, contents clean, top edges dusty/spotted, some foxing to jacket. Very good indeed. A satirical melodrama in an office setting..... More
The Fly.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1965. [Modern literature/60s culture] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's printed green softcovers. Pagination differs from the published book. Contents clean, spine gently toned and wrinkled, some wear to joints, cup ring to front panel; very good. A satirical..... More
The Fly.
New York: Farrer, Straus & Giroux, 1965. [Modern literature/60s culture] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.291; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover, top edge tinted blue, in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by the author. No inscriptions, contents clean, light wear along top edge of jacket. Near fine. A satirical melodrama in..... More
The Ring [2 copies].
London: Secker and Warburg, Corgi, 1967, 1968. [Modern literature/60s culture] FIRST EDITION, first printing, together with the first paperback edition. Tow vols., octavos. Publisher's red hardcover in pictorial dust-wrapper, designed by the author, priced 30s., and publisher's illustrated softcovers priced 5s. Lightly handled, minor spotting, expected toning to cheap paperback..... More
The Ring.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1967. [Modern literature/60s culture] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's printed tan softcovers. Contents clean, some light soiling to covers, ink note to rear. Very good indeed. The author's second novel, a frank portrait of the squalid side of..... More