Crime & Thrillers
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. Minor spotting, small scuff/sticker pull to flyleaf, jacket fine but for a tiny chip to crown. Shows well. A war-time adventure set on the South China..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. An attractive, gently-aged copy with light spotting and toning and a couple of short tears to jacket. Overall near fine. A wartime adventure set on the..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15), pp. 320. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to front flap. No inscriptions, toning to edges of text block, jacket with very light edge wear. A fine copy. A war-time..... More
The Way to Dusty Death.
London: Collins, 1973. [Grand Prix thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Constable, priced at £2.00. A clean, fine copy in near fine jacket which is a little rubbed at crown and with a few creases..... More
When Eight Bells Toll.
London: Collins, 1966. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine, priced at 21s. Contents clean, edges a little thumbed. Jacket lightly worn, with some light chipping to edges and a little toning..... 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
The Godwin Sideboard. The second Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1984. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.166 [2]. SIGNED by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, with printed price of £6.95 to flap..... More
The Gwen John Sculpture. The Gwen John Sculpture, The third Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1985. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [4] 199 [5]. Signed by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, priced at £7.50 to flap..... More
Faceless Killers.
London: Harvill Press, 2000. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 280; [2]. With a map. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Dyer, priced at..... More
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, and Other Stories.
London: Fourth Estate, 2014. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 242; [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £14.99 to front flap. As new. One of only four..... 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. Some minor dustiness. A crisp, fine copy of this Mr. Moto mystery. Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was a popular success for the Post journal. When..... 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
Clutch of Constables.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.253; [3], blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers showing map of the river, typographic dust-jacket by Kenneth Farnhill priced at 21s. A particularly fine copy. Murder-mystery aboard a canal boat..... More
Scales of Justice.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1955. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers showing map of Swevenings, pictorial dust-jacket by priced at 6s. No inscriptions, page edge toned, contents clean. Jacket bright and fresh with some minor..... More
The Ghost City Killings.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.284; [4], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced 8/3 (including War tax). Some toning to edges, jacket with a few chips and tears, some creasing. Uncommon. An Anthony Trent detective mystery..... More
The Last Scourge.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1948. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.218; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth, titled and trimmed in black, striking illustrated dust-wrapper, priced at 8s. 6d. A very good, used copy; jacket with a few nicks, chipped to spine ends, sunned to same, joins rubbed. Uncommon..... More
They Wouldn't Be Chessmen.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Crime Thriller] FOURTH PRINTING, EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.343 [1]. With a bookplate detailing provenance loose to preliminaries. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, repriced to 4s with stickers to spine and front cover..... More
The Witness For The Defence.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.312. VARIANT binding of red cloth decoratively blocked in colours. possibly a deluxe or primary binding(?), the standard binding in blue cloth is rather plain by comparison. Minor spotting, rear inside paper joint cracked else..... More
The Break in the Line.
London: Collins, 1970. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. With a sketch-map to preliminaries. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf: 'To another "sucker | for mountains" with the author's | thanks and good | wishes |..... More
The Springers.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Alan Manham, priced at 21s. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: To all the Wiggingtons / with love from /..... More
The Terminators.
London: Collins, 1971. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £1.50. Some light general wear, small ding to top of rear wrapper panel and lower board. Very Good. Adventure caper featuring the sardonic and resourceful British agent Idwal Rees..... 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
With Extreme Prejudice.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 246 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on verso of flyleaf: 'Miss Eileen Cond | — my most faithful | fan | Berkely Mather | 19 November 1975 | Brede Sussex.' Publisher's..... More
Ashenden. Or The British Agent.
London: William Heinemann, 1928. [Thriller collection] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.196; [12], blank. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in black and gilt, striking illustrated dust-jacket. Some gentle toning, jacket with a tiny amount of wear at crown, spine toned as usual, 'The Times Book Club' small label to lower..... More
Of Human Bondage.
London: William Heinemann, 1915. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.648. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt. Contents clean, owner name and date to top margin of title page, modern bookplate, inside hinges started, spine toned. Very good. Earliest state of the text, with 'help' fopr 'helped' p.257, line..... More