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| *ss21 De Jonge, Alex |
| The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin |
| (London: Collins: 1982) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. 368. Illust. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $50 |
| *ss37 Ward, Maisie |
| Return to Chesterton |
| (London: Sheed and Ward: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 276. Illust. Index. Fine in fine price-clipped d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss42 Mills, Hilary |
| Mailer: A Biography |
| (NY: Empire Books: 1982) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. 477. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in near fine d/j. |
| $50 |
| *ss124 Oppenheim, E. Phillips |
| The Pool of Memory |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: November 1941) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 300. Index of names. 'The Prince of Story-tellers' remembers. Fine in good d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss362 Wallace, Edgar |
| People: A Short Autobiography |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Cl. pp. 253. An owner's name with date 1928 on free front endpaper. Near fine |
| $60 |
| *ss41 Bresler, Fenton |
| The Murder of John Lennon |
| (London: Sidgwick and Jackson: 1989) First (British) Edition. Bds pp. x, 309. Bibliography. Index. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss349 Aylmer, Felix |
| The Drood Case |
| (London: Hart-Davis: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. x, 218. Illust. Bibliography (List of Works Quoted). Index. Fine in fine price-clipped d/j. |
| $50 |
| *ss368 Thomas, Donald |
| The Victorian Underworld |
| (NY University Press: 1998) First US Edition. Bds pp. vi, 346. Illust. Notes. Index. Fine in like d/j |
| $40 |
| *ss09 Pope, Dudley |
| Ramage and the Drum Beat |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 170. About fine in v.g. d/j. which has a few (moderate) clean tears. |
| $50 |
| *ss11 Orczy, Baroness |
| Leatherface: A Tale of Old Flanders |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1916) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. x, 310. Illust. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss20 Fraser, George Macdonald (Edited and arranged by) |
| Flashman's First Omnibus: Flashman, Royal Flash, Flash for Freedom! |
| (London: Barrie and Jenkins: this edition first published 1979) Bds pp. vi, 794. About fine in about fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss28 Hunter, Evan |
| Buddwing |
| (NY: Simon and Schuster: 1964) First Printing. Dec. cl. pp. 349. Fine in near fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss43 Hanshew, Thomas W |
| The Riddle of the Night |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1915 by Doubleday, Page and Co, and by The Frank E. Munsey Company. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 320. Featuring Hamilton Cleek, 'The Man of Forty Faces'. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. V.g. to near fine |
| $60 |
| *ss44 Hanshew, TP |
| Cleek the Master Detective: Detective Stories |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1918 by Doubleday, Page. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 343. Illust. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *ss45 Hanshew, TP |
| Cleek of Scotland Yard: Detective Stories |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1912, 1913, 1924 by Doubleday, Page. Dec. cl. pp. ii, 358. Illust. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library.. An owner's name. About fine |
| $60 |
| *ss50 Camp, Wadsworth |
| The Abandoned Room: A Mystery Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1917 by Doubleday, Page and also by Every Week Corporation. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 348. Illust. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. About fine |
| $40 |
| *ss51 Camp, Wadsworth |
| The House of Fear |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1916 by Doubleday, Page and by Every Week Corp. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 343. Frontispiece. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library.. An owner's name. About fine |
| $40 |
| *ss53 Doyle, A. Conan |
| Tales of Sherlock Holmes: Detective Stories |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. iv, 359. Contains 'A Study in Scarlet', some short stories, and 'The Sign of Four'. Illust. incl. William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. About fine |
| $40 |
| *ss55 Doyle, Sir A. Conan |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes: Detective Stories |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: Copyright 1905 by McClure, Phillips and Co. Published February, 1905) Dec. cl. pp. vi, 331. Illust. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library.. An owner's name. About fine |
| $60 |
| *ss61 Leblanc, Maurice |
| The Confessions of Arsene Lupin: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: Copyright 1912, 1913 by Leblanc. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 327. Illust. by J. Henry. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. About fine |
| $50 |
| *ss68 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Daffodil Mystery |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Gift inscription dated Xmas 1935) Dec. bds pp. 256. No. 2 in a series of Ward, Lock and Co's Copyright Novels. V.g. in good d/j. |
| $35 |
| *ss85 Wallace, Edgar |
| Big Foot |
| (London: John Long: 1927) First Edition Cl. pp. 286 and 2 book adverts. A little external wear but generally v.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss93 Deighton, Len |
| Funeral in Berlin |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 320. V.g. or perhaps near fine in near fine d/j. |
| $75 |
| *ss125 Mann, Jessica |
| Deadlier than the Male: An Investigation into Feminine Crime Writing |
| (Newton Abbot: David and Charles: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Bibliography of Non-Fiction. Bibliography of Fiction Cited. Index. Fine in fine price-clipped d/j. |
| $50 |
| *ss136 Rutledge, Brett |
| The Death of Lord Haw-Haw No. 1 Personality of World War No. 2: Being an Account of the Last Days of the Foremost Nazi Spy and News Commentator, the Mysterious English Traitor |
| (London: T. Werner Laurie: 1941) First Edition Cl. pp. 223. An extraordinary work of fiction. Fine |
| $100 |
| *ss144 Fleming, Ian |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
| (No Place or Publisher) 1963 printed boldly at foot of title-page. Bds pp. viii, 299. We take this to be a pirated edition published in defiance of Copyright laws. About fine |
| $60 |
| *ss188 Armstrong, Charlotte |
| The Dream Walker |
| (London: Peter Davies: 1955) First Edition Cl. pp. 224. Fine in near fine d/j. which has an attractive photographic study of the author on its rear panel. |
| $40 |
| *ss192 Stout, Rex |
| Death of a Doxy |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1967) First British Edition Bds pp. 192. Near fine in fine price-clipped d/j. |
| $45 |
| *ss195 Meynell, Laurence |
| The Evil Hour: A Chronicle of our Days |
| (London: Collins: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. 'A Mystery Novel'. Near fine in v.g. d/j. |
| $45 |
| *ss196 Webb, Jack |
| The Deadly Sex |
| (London; TV Boardman: 1960) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 192. Title-page says American Bloodhound No. 303 spine of jacket says American Mystery 303. Corner snipped from free front endpaper o/w about fine in v.g. price-clipped d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss197 Black, Nicholas |
| Minute for Murder |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. An owner's name. Near fine in v.g. d/j. which has a sticker on front flap saying 'First Cheap Edition 4/6 net', covering the original price. |
| $80 |
| *ss198 Stout, Rex (Edited, and with an Introduction, by) |
| For Tomorrow We Die by Members of the Mystery Writers of America |
| (London: Macdonald: 1958) First British Edition Cl. pp. 256. An anthology of crime stories, the authors including Lawrence G. Blochman, Anthony Boucher, George Harmon Coxe, Stanley Ellin, John D. Macdonald (17 in all), being 'a feast of criminal and culinary activity'. Near fine in jacket which has a chip to its foot but is o/w itself near fine |
| $90 |
| *ss222 Fletcher, JS |
| Dead Men's Money |
| (NY: Grosset and Dunlap: September 1920 - First and second printings before publication) Cl. pp. 314 and 8 publisher's advert. V.g. in fair chipped d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss251 Hardwick, Michael |
| The Private Life of Dr. Watson: Being the Personal Reminiscences of John H. Watson, MD |
| (NY: EP Dutton: 1983) First US Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. vi, 298. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss256 Mundy, Talbot |
| The Woman Ayisha |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Cl. pp. 256. spine sunned though black print still 'bright'; some (moderate) foxing; fore edge of front cover discoloured: internally good if not v.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss258 Bleiler, Everett F. (Edited by) |
| A Treasury of Victorian Detective Stories |
| (This edition first published in Great Britain in 1980 by The Harvester Press) Bds pp. viii, 406. List of Sources. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss294 Brebner, Percy James |
| The Master Detective: Being some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles |
| (NY: EP Dutton: 1916) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 318. Free front endpaper pasted to fixed front endpaper. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *ss295 Deighton, Len |
| London Match |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1985) Pict. wrs pp. iv, 405. An Uncorrected Proof Copy with publisher's label on half-title page signed by Len Deighton. Near fine |
| $50 |
| *ss300 Deighton, Len |
| Funeral in Berlin |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 320. 'Secret File No. 3'. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss302 A Crime Writers Association Anthology |
| Some Like Them Dead |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1960) First Edition Dec. bds (gilt smoking handgun on spine) pp. 239. The fourth anthology to be issued by the Association. Introduction by Roy Vickers. Stories by Stanley Ellin, Margery Allingham, Michael Gilbert, etc. Near fine in like price-clipped d/j. |
| $45 |
| *ss307 Hitchcock, Alfred (Presented by) |
| Stories My Mother Never Told Me |
| (London: Max Reinhardt: 1964) First British Edition Bds pp. 447. Introduction by Hitchcock. An owner's name. About fine in v.g. price-clipped d/j. by Bernard Blatch. |
| $45 |
| *ss325 Boucher, Anthony (Edited and with an Introduction by) |
| Four-&-Twenty Bloodhounds: Short Stories plus Biographies of Fictional Detectives - amateur and professional, public and private - created by members of Mystery Writers of America |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: n.d.) British Edition - Copyright 1950 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc. '6/51' suggests June 1951. Bds pp. x, 406. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss358 Christie, Agatha |
| The Agatha Christie Hour |
| (London: Collins: 1982) First Edition Bds pp. 190. Ten stories by Agatha Christie which focus on cleverness and humour. 'Now a major television series'. Moderate foxing to edges; near fine in like d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss365 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Devil Man |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by W. Collins Sons and Co: Copyright 1931) Cl. pp. 318 and 2 publisher's adverts. Lacks free front endpaper o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss374 Shallit, Joseph |
| Lady, Don't Die on my Doorstep |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: First published in Great Britain 1952) Dec. bds pp. 224. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery (series). Fine in v.g. price-clipped d/j. by Sax. |
| $40 |
| *ss375 Hornung, EW |
| A Thief in the Night |
| (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode: This edition 1956) Bds pp. 172. A further collection of Raffles stories Fine in v.g. price-clipped d/j. |
| $35 |
| *ss394 Green, Anna Katharine |
| The Circular Study |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1902) Pict. cl. pp. 266. and 6 publisher's adverts. Illustrated (frontispiece and one other plate). Features Ebenezer Gryce. lacks free rear endpaper o/w v.g. |
| $75 |
| *ss396 Queen, Ellery (Edited by) |
| Rogues' Gallery: The Great Criminals of Modern Fiction |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. 607. Afterword by Ellery Queen. List of Acknowledgements. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *ss12 Maclean, Alistair |
| The Guns of Navarone |
| (London: Collins: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 318. An owner's name and address. Near fine in about fine d/j. |
| $35 |
| *ss15 Bellow, Saul |
| The Adventures of Augie March |
| (London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson: May 1954) First British Edition Cl. pp. 536. Near fine in v.g. d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss36 Updike, John |
| Rabbit Redux |
| (NY: Knopf: 1971) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 408. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss40 Keneally, Thomas |
| A Family Madness |
| (Lane Cove, NSW: Hodder and Stoughton: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. 315. Signed inscription 'Best wishes Tom Keneally' with small self-caricature by him on title-page. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss56 Dwyer, James Francis |
| The White Waterfall: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1912 by Doubleday, Page. Dec. cl. pp. xiv, 288. Illust. Set in the South Seas (Polynesia.) Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library.. An owner's name. About fine |
| $100 |
| *ss57 New, Clarence Herbert |
| The Unseen Hand: Stories of Diplomatic Adventure |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1917 by Doubleday, Page and in 1916, 1917 by The Story Press Corp., under title 'Free Lances in Diplomacy'. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 376. Illust. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. About fine |
| $50 |
| *ss58 Moore, Frederick Ferdinand |
| The Devil's Admiral: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: Copyright 1912 by Munsey, 1913 by Doubleday, Page. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 295. Illust. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. an owner's name. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss59 Leblanc, Maurice |
| The Hollow Needle: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1910 by Leblanc. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 325. Illust. by JW Robson. Arsene Lupin. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name.. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *ss60 Leblanc, Maurice |
| The Teeth of the Tiger: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: Copyright 1914 by The Ridgway Co. and by Leblanc. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 490. Illust. by Gordon Grant. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. Arsene Lupin. An owner's name. About fine |
| $50 |
| *ss62 Leblanc, Maurice |
| The Crystal Stopper: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: n.d.) Copyright 1913 by Leblanc and by American-Journal-Examiner Co. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 287. Illust. by Dalton Stevens. Arsene Lupin. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. About fine |
| $50 |
| *ss63 Jepson, Edgar and Leblanc, Maurice |
| Arsene Lupin: An Adventure Story |
| (NY: WR Caldwell: Published October, 1909) From the Play by Maurice Leblanc and Francis de Croisset. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 375. Illust. by H. Richard Boehm. Three Owls Edition. The International Adventure Library. An owner's name. About fine |
| $50 |
| *ss65 Peterson, Ralph W |
| The Square Ring |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. 188 and 4 book adverts. By South Australian author: his novel from his own successful play on the theme of corruption in boxing which had also been made into a film of some note. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss74 Collins, Philip |
| Dickens and Crime |
| (London: Macmillan: 1964) Second Edition. Bds pp. xiv, 371. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cambridge Studies in Criminology Volume XVII. Fine in fine price-clipped d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss86 Haining, Peter (Edited by) |
| The Wild Night Company: Irish Stories of Fantasy and Horror |
| (NY: Taplinger: 1971) First US Edition. Cl. pp. 287. Foreword by Ray Bradbury. Near fine in v.g. d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss121 Coppens, Armand |
| The Memoirs of an Erotic Bookseller |
| (London: Luxor Press: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. 222 Illust. The Author 'assisted by his tired wife Clementine and her distant lover'. Volume One - but we understand the only one published. Fine in near fine d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss127 Greene, Graham |
| The Human Factor |
| (London: The Bodley Head: 1978) First Edition Cl. pp. 339. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss128 Huxley, Aldous |
| The Devils of Loudun |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 376. Illust. About fine in v.g. d/j. which has a few small chips |
| $40 |
| *ss132 Sayers, Dorothy L |
| Even the Parrot: Exemplary Conversations for Enlightened Children |
| (London: Methuen: 1944) Second Edition Cl. pp. viii, 56. Illust. by Sillince. An owner's name. About fine |
| $50 |
| *ss153 Derleth, August |
| The Adventures of Solar Pons |
| (London: Robson Books: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 220. The Solar Pons Series. Nine Solar Pons stories introduced with 'A Word from Dr. Lyndon Parker'. Cancelled stamp on free front endpaper o/w fine in near fine d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss165 Scott, Cyril |
| Bone of Contention: Life Story and Confessions |
| (NY: Arco: 1969) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 11-242 (printer's mistake? should be numbered 13-244). Illust. Index. Gift inscription. Near fine |
| $40 |
| *ss167 Tolkien, JRR |
| The Silmarillion |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1977) First Edition Cl. pp. 365. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Genealogical Tables. Note on Pronunciation. Index of Names. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss171 Plunkett, James |
| The Trusting and the Maimed and other Irish Stories |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1959) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 252. Fine in good d/j. |
| $45 |
| *ss173 Trevor, Meriol |
| The New People |
| (London: Macmillan: 1957) First Edition Cl. pp. iv, 300. About fine in good d/j. |
| $35 |
| *ss209 Wodehouse, PG |
| Eggs, Beans and Crumpets |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1940) First Printing. Cl. pp. 288 Good copy |
| $75 |
| *ss213 Wodehouse, PG |
| The Inimitable Jeeves |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1923) [New issue] The last title 'By the Same Author' is 'Leave it to Psmith'. Pict. cl. pp. 255. Coloured pictures from jacket pasted on front endpapers. An unsightly stain to p. 63 o/w near fine |
| $60 |
| *ss214 Wodehouse, PG |
| Jeeves in the Offing |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1960) Second issue of first British Ed. Bds pp. 205. V.g. in v.g. price-clipped d/j. |
| $45 |
| *ss217 Jasen, David A |
| The Theatre of PG Wodehouse |
| (London: BT Batsford: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 120 (255 x 190 mm) Well illustrated. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss228 Garland, Hamlin |
| The Shadow World |
| (NY and London: Harper and Brothers: September 1908) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. vi, 295. Near fine |
| $50 |
| *ss229 Garland, Hamlin |
| Cavanagh Forest Ranger: A Romance of the Mountain West |
| (NY and London: Harper and Brothers: March 1910) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. x, 301. Frontispiece with tissue guard still present. Fine |
| $40 |
| *ss233 Fenollosa, Mary McNeil |
| The Dragon Painter |
| (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company: October, 1906) Copyright 1905 by PF Collier and Son. Copyright 1906 by Little, Brown, and Company. Pict. cl. pp. x, 264 and 4 publisher's adverts. Illust. by Gertrude McDaniel. 'The story of "The Dragon Painter", in a shorter form, was originally published in "Collier's" It has since been practically rewritten.' About fine |
| $40 |
| *ss255 Mundy, Talbot |
| The Eye of Zeitoon |
| (London: The Leisure Library Co: n.d.) 36th Thousand. Bds pp. 254. Lacks free front endpaper o/w near fine |
| $40 |
| *ss304 French, Joseph Lewis (Selected by) |
| Great Ghost Stories |
| (NY: Dodd, Mead: 1918) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 365. With a Foreword by James H. Hyslop, LLD, Secretary of the Society for Psychical Research. Fore and lower edges uncut. Some flecking to cloth. V.g. if not near fine copy |
| $40 |
| *ss306 Dickens, Charles |
| The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1982) First Edition Bds pp. xi, 342. Edited and introduced by Peter Haining. Illust. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $40 |
| *ss318 Ellis, SM |
| Wilkie Collins, Le Fanu and Others |
| (London: Constable: 1931) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 343. Illust. Bibliography. Index. A few neat and unobtrusive library stamps, 'Cancelled' on the half-title page. Biographical studies. Lower edge uncut. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *ss336 Wodehouse, PG |
| Sunset at Blandings |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 213. With Notes and Appendices by Richard Usborne. Illust. by Ionicus. Pictorial maps on endpapers. An owner's namestamp on half-title page. Fine in fine d/j. |
| $60 |
| *ss389 Heyer, Georgette |
| The Great Roxhythe |
| (London: Heinemann: 1951) Reprint. Cl. pp. vi, 388. Spine dampstained. Good to v.g. copy in damaged d/j. |
| $40 |