A Shadow On The Lens
London: Orion, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. Author's first novel.
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Elevator Pitch
London: HQ, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page.
In London's Heart
New York: F. M. Buckles & Company, 1900. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original cranberry colored boards, lettered in gilt with black borders, to the front panel and spine. In a very nice example of the scarce dust jacket. A very lovely copy by this highly regarded author. Quayle in The Collector's Book of Detective Fiction offers...
The House Of Black Magic
London: F. V. White & Company, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered in gold to the front panel and spine. In a complete dust jacket. There is some offsetting to the front and rear free endpapers due to the dust jacket flaps. That the jacket exists at all is a minor miracle. Some...
A Matter Of Nerves
London: The Crime Club, (1950). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. In original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. In a bright and complete example of the dust jacket with cover art by G. Bass. A murder mystery novel told in the first person from the unidentified murderer's point of view.
The Unfortunate Murderer
London: The Crime Club, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. In original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Very small previous owner name in light pencil to the front free endpaper. In a bright and complete example of the dust jacket. A war-time novel set at a munitions factory with secret scientific research underway and...
The Return Of Blackshirt
London: T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth, bordered and lettered in red. In a bright and lovely example of the very rare dust jacket. Only the second Blackshirt volume and a very early Graeme title. There are a few areas of very minor chipping and some shallow closed tears.
The Trail Of The White Knight
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1927). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright and complete example of the extremely scarce dust jacket. Some minor scuffing and soiling to the jacket. A very early Graeme title and a lovely example at that.
A Certain Dr. Thorndyke
New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original dark green boards, with lettering in orange to the front panel and the spine. Green patterned endpapers. In a bright and complete dust jacket. The U.K. Hodder edtion came out in 1927. An extremely clean, bright and solid copy and quite rare in...
The Chestermarke Instinct
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original green cloth, with lettering stamped in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright and solid example of the extremely rare dust jacket. 6/- price to the spine. Some wear to the spine ends and a mostly closed tear at the foot of...
Murder At The Munition Works
London: The Crime Clut, (1940). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. George Cole's own copy of the book with a statement in his own hand to the front free endpaper - "Please return to/ G.D.H. Cole/74 Holders Hill Road/London, N.W.4." This one of a kind copy also comes with.....
The Woman In Black
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original brown cloth with black stripes. In a bright and complete example of the scarce dust jacket. Cover art by Guy Fry. A Jimmie Haswell novel. Listed in Hubin.
Rogues Fall Out
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright and pleasing copy of the dust jacket signed, I think, "WB." A Jimmie Haswell novel. A brief gift inscription, dated 1928, to the front free endpaper. A very clean, bright and...
Four Winds
London: The Crime Club, (1944). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Murder and espionage along the wind-swept Cornish coastline. A war-time novel featuring Roger Bennion. A lovely example in a very nice though price-clipped jacket. Listed in Hubin.
Signal For Invasion
London: The Crime Club, (1942). First edition. Very Good / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. In a bright and pleasing example of the dust jacket. A very specific war-time novel dealing with espionage and the murder of high government officials. A darker and more urgent novel than typically written by Adams. Listed in Hubin...
Roger Bennion's Double
London: The Crime Club, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Book nerd factoid - the jacket's front panel and spine omit the apostrophe at the end of Bennion's. The title page includes it. In any case, the jacket shows some edge-wear to both ends of the spine...
The Purple Mist
Boston: L C. Page & Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original burgundy cloth with full color paste-down illustration identical to that of the dust jacket and lettered in gilt to the spine. The book appears fine - bright and solid. The extremely rare dust jacket shows some minor chipping to the spine ends and also a....
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
New York: Garden City, 1935. First American edition. Near Fine / Very Good. Some minor rubbing to the bottom of the spine and a few very small closed tears along the edges. Original black cloth lettered and decorated in red to the front panel and the spine. First Edition statement is present on the copyright page. A very sharp copy.
The Girl Who Lived Twice
London: MacLehose Press, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. With promotional book-mark and post-card laid in. From a special limited edition of 500 copies - the two offered here being numbers 105 and 110. All edges sprayed black. Translated by George Goulding. Signed by both Lagercrantz and Goulding to the limitation page.
The Case Of The Wandering Scholar. A Laetitia Rodd Mystery - A Private Detective Of The Utmost Discretion
London: Bloomsbury, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the tite page.
The Sanctuary Murders
London: Sphere, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. The Twenty-Fourth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew.
The Bone Fire
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page.
The Room Of The Dead. A Betty Church Mystery.
London: Head Of Zeus, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author to the title page with a line quote as well.
The Blue Wall. A Story Of Strangeness And Struggle
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth with lettering in white to the front panel and spine. Stunning color design involving the frontispiece and title page as one canvas. Illustration on frontis page same as that of the jacket. Coles Phillips has designed this lovely image. With four full-page black and white...
"The Blackmailer"
New York: Paget Literary Agency, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original buff card stock covers. Separated at the spine. A small piece missing at the bottom edge at the spine and again at the rear panel at the fore-edge. This is a first edition of a short piece which was later incorporated into The Bradmoor Murder. A very rare...