Crime & Thrillers
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 Ability to Kill.....And Other Pieces.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1963. [Murder/true crime] FIRST EDITION, corrected state. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's light red cloth in a rather chilling pictorial dust jacket, illustrated by Don Higgins. Usual laminate shrinkage at joint else a fine copy. Not exactly bed-time reading! Ambler's examination of what kind..... More
The Ability to Kill.....And Other Pieces.
London: The Bodley Head Ltd., 1963. [Murder/true crime] FIRST EDITION, corrected state. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.222. Publisher's light red cloth in a rather chilling pictorial dust-jacket, illustrated by Don Higgins. Illustrated bookplate to flyleaf. Usual laminate shrinkage at joint, some soiling, spine and extremities toned. Very good... More
The Care of Time.
New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 277 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'With best wishes from | an ever-grateful patient | Eric Ambler | London 14 May 82'. Publisher's purple quarter cloth..... More
The Dark Frontier.
London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1936. First Edition of the author's first novel. 8vo, pp.320. Association copy, belonging to a leading British Army lawyer. Bound in contemporary native red oasis over marbled sides, spine titled and ruled in gilt, with speckled edges. Bumped to lower corners. Internally very clean. Some dustiness..... More
Epitaph For A Spy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.287; [1], advertisement. Bound by the W.H. Smith and Son bindery in green cloth, titled in gilt to the spine. Some spotting and toning to page edges, cloth a little rubbed and darkened to extremities. Very..... More
The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally very clean with no ownership marks, bookplates or inscriptions. Covers are fresh but for a little sunning to spine, a few small marks and the..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[6]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe. Small area of toning to the bottom right corner of a few of the early pages, price clipped dust-jacket shows well with a couple of small..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Lightly toned and spotted to edges. Jacket a touch toned to spine, lightly rubbed to edges. Near fine. A modern day pirate adventure, set in the South-Seas. This..... More
The Man Who Killed Hitler.
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1939. [Anti-Nazi Novel] UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.113, [1]; [14] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's black cloth with titles in yellow, in yellow typographic dust-jacket showing printed price of 3/6 net to the spine. Binding is tight, printing crisp with no spotting. Dust-wrapper is bright..... More
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Murder too Late [A Patrick Dawlish Thriller].
London: John Long Limited, 1947. First Edition. Publisher's light blue cloth with black titles to spine; in its bright, atmospheric dustwrapper by Alex Jardine, lightly rubbed, a little creased at corners and spine extremities. A very attractive copy. More
Flyaway.
London: Collins, 1978. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.318. With a map. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Leeming, not priced. Light shelf-wear. Some minor bruising and a couple of small closed tear to top edge of jacket. Near fine..... More
The Ten Holy Horrors.
London; Hodder and Stoughton. 1939. First edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's black cloth titled in red to spine and front board, clean and sharp, minor edgewear and bumping to spine ends. In a near fine dustwrapper, clean and bright with very slight edgewear to extremities and some very light..... More
The Decoy.
London: William Collins Ltd., 1927. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[ii]; 251; [1], imprint. Publisher's burgundy cloth in illustrated jacket. Some trivial dustiness handling and toning but essentially a fine copy in jacket. A bank robbery intrigue, from an author better known for his strange tales and..... More
The Whisper In The Gloom.
London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1954. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.254; [2], blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket. Extremities toned, jacket with some chips and a couple of repaired tears to upper with old tape to reverse. Very good..... More
The Mystery of Belvoir Mansions.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1929. Octavo, pp.128. Bound in publisher's pictorial white paper wraps, with illustration by Abbey to front panel. Advertisements to inner of wraps. In remarkable condition, considering age and format. Wraps appear clean and bright, with no visible marks. Textblock age toned. Tight, strong binding. Very..... More
The Red Rat's Daughter. Illustrated by Henry Austin.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1899. First Edition. Octavo, (20 x 14cm), pp.384. With occasional half-tone plates by Austin, including a frontispiece. Publisher's dark blue cloth with titles and elaborate decoration in gilt to spine and upper. Light rubbing to cloth; front endpapers browned. Very good. More
The Kidnapped President.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1902. [Adventure Fiction] First Edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.308 [12]. Publisher's dark blue cloth over bevelled boards, boldly titled in gilt and lavishly decorated in what appears to be six pairs of orange Y-fronts. Ink name to flyleaf, cloth showing some acceptable wear, and..... More
The Dead Side of the Mike.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1980. [Crime thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's red cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95 net. Inscribed by the author to the copyright page: "with love | from | Simon | 11th June 1980". Cloth sunned..... More
Colonel Gore's Second Case.
London: W. Collins Sons and Co., 1925. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 389; [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles to spine and upper board. Toned to edges. Spine lightly toned; some rubbing to joints and base of spine. Very good. The second Colonel Wyckham Gore..... More
Escape From Alcatraz. A Farewell To The Rock.
London: Hammond, Hammond and Co., 1964. [Prison-break thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.248; [2] blank. Publisher's hardcover cloth in striking dust-wrapper designed by Blofeld, priced at 21s. Book is fine; jacket with one chip to upper panel, some edgewear. Shows well. Classic escape novel, basis for the..... More
Good Men Do Nothing.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1970. First UK Edition. Octavo. pp. 191. In publisher's Dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. In original pictorial dustwrapper featuring hands in chains with the Parthenon in the background. Author's bookplate to front pastedown, featuring an animation of himself assailed by various aliens and..... More
Mr. Standfast.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1919. Advance proof copy. 8vo. Publisher's original plain brown wraps, slightly spotted with minor edgewear. Internally clean, unifom light toning to page block. A most unusual and scarce advance proof copy of Mr. Standfast, one of Buchan's scarcer Richard Hannay stories. Protected by a tailor-made brown..... More
The Courts of The Morning.
Boston, Houghton Mifflin. 1929. First US edition. 8vo. Very good in publisher's green cloth titled in red to spine and front board. Light edgewear, slight bumping to spine ends, minor abrasion to top edge front board. In a strong, sharp example of the pictorial dustwrapper with shallow wear and chipping..... More
The Courts of the Morning. A Richard Hannay novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Publisher's light blue cloth (also issued in green cloth) with title and trim printed in black. Minor wear and discolour to cloth. Very good. A dramatic series of adventures which take place against the backdrop of a small South American Republic that..... More