Crime & Thrillers
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 247 [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With dust-jacket illustrated by BGS, priced at 13/6. Contents clean with a very few spots to fore-edge, blue ink ownership hidden beneath flap, jacket..... More
The Tenth Man.
London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. pp158. Publisher's yellow paper covers with titles in black to front cover and spine. Nominal rubbing to corners, internally pristine; in sum, a very attractive copy. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being held prisoner by..... More
The Third Man and The Fallen Idol.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. [Spy novel and short story] FIRST EDITION. Small Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 188 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the black and white photographic dust-jacket, priced at 6s. A lovely crisp, clean example, with just a hint of toning to jacket..... More
The Woman in the Case.
London: Greening and Co., 1909. [Edwardian murder mystery]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.281; [1]. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt to spine and black and gilt to upper board, top edge gilt. Frontispiece by A. Morrow. Some spotting to preliminaries and edges, edges toned. Cloth slightly rubbed to..... 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
Teagarden's Gang.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1971. [Prohibition Novel] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.314 [6]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill Botten, priced at £2.50. Some toning and spotting to edges, especially top edge. Jacket shows some wear and spotting..... 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 Mandarin Cypher.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.256. SIGNED by the author ink black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket, designed by Craig Dodd, price-clipped and re-priced at £2.95 by the publisher. Light wear to cloth..... More
The Cross of Lazzaro.
London: Hutchinson, 1965. [Disaster Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.232. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Fawcett. Miss Cond's usual exemplary condition, with a...... More
The Old Trade of Killing.
London: Hutchinson, 1966. [Treasure Hunt Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.236 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro. Miss Cond's..... More
The Spring of Malice.
London: Hutchinson, 1962. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.349 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with silver and red titles to spine, a red device stamped to upper, and grey endpapers. With the..... 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
Hannibal Rising.
London: William Heinemann, 2006. [Psychological thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 323; [5]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, printed price £17.99. A bright, clean copy. Minor bumping to spine, light creasing to dust-jacket upper edge. Fine. From..... More
Hannibal.
New York, NY: Delacorte Press, 1999. [Horror Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8] 486 [2]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and red paper over boards. Facsimile marbled endpapers; fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Craig Decamps, priced at $27.95. A fine copy. The..... More
Side-Effect.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Body-Snatching Thriller] FIRST EDITION, Edward Milward-Oliver's copy. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, designed by the author. Indentation from heavy pencil pricing to title page (rubbed out). Some very light handling, and..... More
The Braydon Mystery.
London: John Long, 1963. [Crime novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's black cloth with yellow and white titles to spine, series 'gunman' motif to foot, illustrated dust-jacket by William Randell priced at 12/6. Discreet ink name, jacket slightly soiled with small chips to crown, old tape to..... More
Death in Cold Storage.
London: John Long, 1965. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers with spine blocked in colours, illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket lightly rubbed, minor sunning to spine. Very good indeed. A muder mystery set in the Scottish..... More
This is What Happened.
London: John Murray, 2018. [Spy Novel] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 243 [5]. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards, titled in blind to spine. With the dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Jacket sunned to spine, otherwise a crisp, clean, near fine copy. Author Mick Herron has received..... More
Detection Unlimited.
London: Heinemann, [no date] Circa 1954. [Modern Fiction] THRILLER BOOK CLUB EDITION, early edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; 243. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in dark blue to spine, illustrated dust-jacket with printed price of 10s. 6d. to front flap. Toning to edges of textblock, rolling to spine, bumping to..... More
Day of Judgement.
London: Collins, 1978. [Cold War Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Reg Boorer, priced at £4.95. Lightly sunned to spine else a fine copy, perhaps carefully read once. More
A Dog's Ransom.
London: Heinemann, 1972. [Crime novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.282. Bound in yellow softcovers, printed lettering in two colours. Spine a little wrinkled else a fine copy. Kidnap thriller from the acclaimed writer of psychological mysteries. More
Ripley Under Ground.
London: Heinemann, 1971. [Mystery novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.298. Bound in yellow softcovers, printed lettering in two colours. Discreet ink name to upper, spine a little rolled; very good indeed. The fifth and final psychological thriller featuring anti-hero Tom Ripley. Rather scarce..... More
The Embassy Case [Publisher's retained copy].
London: Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, 1915. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Crown Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [1], advertisements. Frontispiece illustration by Gilbert, with tissue guard. Original black cloth decorated in red and gilt, illustrated dust-jacket. A near fine copy of the book in price-clipped wrapper, lightly chipped and rubbed..... More
Enter the Lion: A Posthumous Memoir of Mycroft Holmes.
London: J. M. Dent, 1980. REVIEW COPY. Octavo, pp.xxii; [2]; 237; [3]. With publisher's compliments slip loose to prelims. In publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Light shelf-wear; likely unread. Near fine. A prequel to Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, in which Mycroft..... More
A Line to Kill.
London: Century, 2021. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 375 [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with illustrated endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, priced at £20. A fine, as-new copy. A gripping crime mystery by the writer of..... More