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| *SS6 a14 Morley, Sheridan |
| Out in the Midday Sun: The Paintings of Noel Coward |
| (NY: Philosophical Library: 1988) First USA Edition. Bds pp. 80 (285 x 245 mm) With some illustrations in black and white and numerous reproductions in colour. Index. Fine in about fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a127 Mantle, Jonathan |
| In for a penny: The Unauthorised Biography of Jeffrey Archer |
| (London: HH: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 264. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a213 Christie, Agatha |
| An Autobiography |
| (London: Collins: 1977) Uncorrected Advance Proofs in printed pink wrappers pp. 532 and naturally without the illustrations - indeed, these are not even named, the heading 'Illustrations' being on an otherwise blank page. About fine |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a70 Anderson, Sir Robert |
| The Lighter Side of my Official Life |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1910) First Edition Cl. pp. xii, 296. Frontispice. Wide-ranging reminiscences, largely of life in detective and police work, not neglecting 'The Whitechapel murders' and his pointing to Jack-the-Ripper as 'a Polish Jew'. Sufficient wear to the covers to call them shabby; internally in generally good order. |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a79 Franklin, Charles |
| World-Famous Acquittals |
| (London: Odhams Books: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 272. Illust. Bibliography Index. Fourteen studies including Queen Caroline, Warren Hastings, Aimee Semple McPherson, Lord Mohun, Lizzie Borden, etc. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a81 Squire, Robin |
| Classic Murders |
| (London: Foulsham: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 144. Six studies (Crippen, Thompson and Bywaters, Mahon, Rouse, Armstrong, Steinie Morrison) and the final chapter 'Cameos of Famous Cases'. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a86 Lucas, Norman and Scarlett, Bernard |
| The Flying Squad |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1968) First Edition Bds pp. 199. Illust. The story of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad 'from its inception after World War I to the present day, and tells for the first time the stories behind the stories'. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a94 Birkett, Sir Norman (Edited and Selected by) |
| The Newgate Calendar |
| (London: The Folio Society: 1951) First publication thus. Dec. cl. backed pict. bds pp. 260. With Contemporary Engravings. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a104 Abrahamsen, David MD (Fellow of the American College of Psychoanalysts) |
| Murder and Madness: The Secret Life of Jack the Ripper |
| (London: Robson Books: 1992) First British Edition Bds pp. xvi, 224. Illust. Bibliography Index. 'Based on Heretofore Unrevealed Information from Scotland Yard', and is adamant that the murders were committed by Prince Albert Victor ('Eddy') and JK Stephen, his lover and leader. About fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a110 Murtagh, John M (Chief Magistrate, City of NY) and Harris, Sara |
| Cast the First Stone |
| (London: WH Allen: 1958) First (British) Edition. Bds pp. 255. Glossary ('a small sample of the special lingo of the world of prostitution'). 'The first exhaustive study of present-day prostitution and its problems'. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a171 Galbally, Frank |
| Galbally for the Defence |
| (Ringwood Victoria: Viking: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 233. Illust. Notes. 'Crimes and controversies - the courtroom dramas of Australia's best-known lawyer'. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a172 Kennedy, Ludovic |
| The Airman and the Carpenter: The Lindbergh Case and the Framing of Richard Hauptmann |
| (London: Collins: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. x, 438. Illust. Chronology. Sources. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a173 Radzinowicz, Leon |
| In Search of Criminology |
| (London: Heinemann: 1961) First Edition Cl. pp. x, 254. Notes to Chapters. Bibliography Index. Heinemann Books on Sociology (series). Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a215 Sava, George |
| Surgery and Crime |
| (London: F&F: 1957) First Edition Cl. pp. 283. This book 'is concerned with the healing of criminal tendencies by surgery in special cases, and takes the form of ten human case histories with a prologue and an epilogue'. Fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which is, however, damaged at the hinge of the rear flap. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a256 Jacobs, Philip, MA, LLM, of the Victorian Bar |
| Famous Australian Trials and Memories of the Law |
| (Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens: n.d.) Second Edition. Cl. pp. 231. Illust. Foreword by Sir FW Mann, Chief Justice of Victoria. About fine in fair (fragile) dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a276 Bresler, Fenton |
| The Mystery of Georges Simenon: A Biography |
| (NY: Beaufort Books: 1983) First (USA) Edition. Bds pp. x, 260. Illust. Index. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a378 Burn, Gordon |
| '...Sombody's Husband, Somebody's Son': The Story of Peter Sutcliffe |
| (London: Heinemann: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. x, 276. The 'Yorkshire Ripper'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a394 Faulds, Henry, LRFP, and S etc |
| Dactylography or The Study of Finger-Prints |
| (Halifax: Milner: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. 127. Illust. Glossary. Short Bibliography. Index. The XXth Century Science Series. Small light stain to back cover; foxing to rear endpapes; small stain to fore edge; overall near fine |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a01 Van Dine, SS |
| The Canary Murder Case |
| (London: The Readers Library Publishing Company: n.d.) 'Copyright Edition 308'. Dec. bds pp. 256 (170 x 105 mm) Readers Library (series) edition introduced by 'Editor's Note'. Rear internal hinge detached o/w overall v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a02 Le Queux, William |
| As We Forgive Them |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1919) Cl. pp. 252 and 4 publisher's adverts. Frontispiece. An owner's name scribbled out on free front endpaper o/w generally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a03 Le Queux, William |
| No Greater Love |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1919) Cl. pp. 256. Frontispiece (by J. Abbey). Ownership inscription Some mild staining to covers o/w generally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a04 Le Queux, William |
| An Eye for an eye |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1919) Cl. pp. 256. Frontispiece (by Maurice Greiffenhagen). V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a08 Westlake, Donald E |
| The Hot Rock |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1971) First British Edition Bds pp. 249. Cancelled label of an Institute library on fixed front endpaper o/w v.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a11 Bentley, EC |
| Elephant's Work: An Enigma |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. 252 and 3 publisher's adverts. By the author of 'Trent's Last Case'. Fine in dust-jacket which is itself near fine save for a chip about an inch tall and about half-an-inch wide at most to lower edge of front panel. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a17 Depasquale, Paul |
| Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Nikola: A Study and a Speculation |
| (Seacombe Gardens, South Australia: Hermit Press: September 1982) Wrs p. 40 (210 x 149 mm) Illust. Notes. Pamphlet No. 1. Edition of 100 copies many of which were unfortunately destroyed. Signed and numbered by the author, whose many publications include a History of South Australian Literature. Near fine |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a18 Roscoe, Theodore |
| To Live and Die in Dixie |
| (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 1961) First Edition Pict. bds pp. x, 309. Jacket says 'A Mystery Novel'; blurb says 'several things at once: a baffling murder story, a period piece, and a portrait of an American town', set in Virginia in 1902. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a19 Christie, Agatha |
| Sad Cypress |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: This edition 1951) Bds pp. 252. A Poirot novel. Greenback Library (series). Fine in like dust-jacket which has an old price sticker on the front and an old sticker on the spine. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a22 Martin, AE |
| Common People |
| (Sydney: Consolidated Press: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. 247. Crime novel in Australian fairground setting by perhaps our finest detective novelist. Gift inscription Near fine |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a23 Boucher, Anthony (Edited by) |
| Best American Detective Stories of the Year |
| (London: Boardman: 1967) First British Edition Bds pp. 222. Sixteenth Annual Collection. Ownership inscription. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a27 Boggis, David |
| A Time to Betray |
| (London: Macmillan: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 245. Adventure/espionage novel featuring ex-RAAF test pilot David Bellamy. About fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a30 Smith, H. Maynard |
| The Inspector Frost Omnibus containing Inspector Frost's Jigsaw, Inspector Frost in the City and Inspector Frost and the Waverdale Fire |
| (London: Benn: 1933) First Edition Bds pp. 701 (about 63 mm thick). A little wear to external hinges and a light crease to spine o/w v.g. and internally near fine |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a31 Cleary, Jon |
| Helga's Web |
| (London-Sydney: Collins: 1970) First Edition Cl. pp. 288. The second Scobie Malone novel. Light foxing to top edge o/w about fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a32 Grimes, Martha |
| The Dirty Duck |
| (London: Michael O'Mara Books: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 240. A Richard Jury Mystery. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a33 Christie, Agatha |
| Miss Marple's Final Cases and two other stories |
| (London: Collins: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 138. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a34 Scott, Will |
| Disher - Detective |
| (London: Cassell: 1925) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 304. A detective whose arrogant claims of intellectual superiority make Nero Wolfe seem quite modest. Lower edge uncut. An owner's name on free front endpaper crossed out and another put in. External hinges rubbed; head and foot of spine rubbed; spine slightly discoloured; internally v.g. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a36 Hardinge, George (Edited by) |
| Winter's Crimes II |
| (London: Macmillan: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 224. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a37 Haining, Peter (Edited by) |
| Murder by the Glass: A Vintage Selection of Crime and Mystery Stories |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1994) First Edition Bds pp. 352. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a39 Doyle, A. Conan |
| The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1894) Longmans' Colonial Library (series). Dec. cl. pp. viii, 296 and 24 publisher's catalogue dated November 1893. Illust. by Sidney Paget. Spine discoloured; both external hinges cracked; head and foot of spine chipped; scattered scuffing to covers; internally v.g. apart from a little foxing. |
| $500 |
| *SS6 a40 Doyle, A. Conan |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1905) Longmans' Colonial Library (series). Pict. cl. pp. viii, 404 and 8 publisher's adverts. Illust. by Sidney Paget (only the frontispiece in this colonial edition) [is tissue guard present?] and title-page vignette by HC. Pictorial panels on spine faded but gilt lettering still quite visible; generally v.g. |
| $500 |
| *SS6 a41 Doyle, A. Conan |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1908) New Impression. Longmans' Colonial Library (series). Pict. cl. pp. iv, 342 and 4 publihser's adverts. Illust. by Sidney Paget (24 plates). A few internal stains; spine moderately faded; generally v.g. copy |
| $200 |
| *SS6 a42 Doyle, A. Conan |
| The Stark Munro Letters |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1895) Longmans' Colonial Library (series). Dec. cl. pp. viii, 348 and 24 being publisher's Classified Catalogue dated July, 1895. Frontispiece and title-page vignette. Large light stain to back cover leaving more than half of it faded; spine darkened; head of backstrip heavily chipped and about the top third scuffed; internally v.g. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a43 Chesterton, GK |
| The Incredulity of Father Brown |
| (London: Cassell: 1926) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. viii, 296. Ownership inscription. A few moderate external stains; 'M - C 3 1' neatly in white on spine; internally generally v.g. |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a44 Marsh, John |
| Not My Murder |
| (London: Gifford: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Dampstain to rear board; near fine in repaired dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a47 Innes, Michael |
| Appleby Talks Again: Eighteen Detective Stories |
| (London: Gollancz: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. 189. Near fine |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a49 Innes, Michael |
| Appleby on Ararat |
| (London: Gollancz: 1941) First Edition Cl. pp. 167. Spine sunned; upper edge dusty; an owner's name. Good copy |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a51 Innes, Michael |
| A Night of Errors |
| (London: Gollancz: 1948) First Edition Cl. pp. 208. Bought at the dispersal of the library of Cecil Teesdale Smith and inscribed (in pencil) on the free front endpaper 'Cecil/with love from the author/March 1948'. About fine |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a54 Innes, Michael |
| The Secret Vanguard |
| (London: Gollancz: 1940) First Edition Cl. pp. 286. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a56 Innes, Michael |
| There Came Both Mist and Snow |
| (London: Gollancz: 1940) First Edition Cl. pp. 286. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a58 Palk, Arthur J |
| The Black Kangaroo |
| (Sydney: Printed by The Pinnacle Press for Condor Publications: n.d.) Dec. wrs pp. 160. A Condor Crime Book (series) Features struggle against a Japanese master spy. Head of backstrip chipped o/w v.g. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a64 O'Donnell, Peter |
| Sabre-Tooth: A Modesty Blaise Adventure |
| (Sydney: Ure Smith: 1966) First Australian Edition. Bds pp. 286. V.g. or perhaps near fine in d/w which is a little nicked at head of its spine and repaired on its blind side, o/w itself v.g. |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a68 Boldrewood, Rolf |
| Robbery Under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia |
| (London: Macmillan: 1898) Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 94. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 414 and 8 publisher's adverts. With 'Preface to New Edition', Melbourne, 12th December, 1888 by the author. Fore and lower edges uncut. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a92 Lee, Austin |
| Miss Hogg and the Bronte Murders |
| (London: Cape: 1956) First Edition Bds pp. 192. The third of Miss Hogg's adventures in which she and 'her faithful friend', Milly Brown, investigate a murder mystery 'which begins and ends at Haworth, and involves 'the lost manuscript of a novel by Emily Bronte'. Good cancelled ex-library copy in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a93 Morland, Nigel |
| Sing a Song of Cyanide: A Mrs Pym Story |
| (London: Cassell: 1953) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 228. Map. Not the first Mrs Pym book, but the book of her first case! Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket which is chipped at head and foot of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a95 Walling, RAJ |
| Eight to Nine |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: August 1935) Reprint. Dec. cl. pp. 314. A crime novel set in England but drenched in Australian villainy. Richard Pendleton, 'formerly of 45 Wallaby Street, Manly, Sydney' (p. 135) is an Australian criminal whose death by shooting precipitates the action, and there is much other Australian 'business'. Tolefree, the private detective who solves the mystery, is led in the right direction by recognising that the mutiliated corpse must be that of an Australian - for instance, the deceased had a 'feather of a bird called a laughing jackass, peculiar to Australia' in his hat (p. 139). V.g. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a101 Spiller, Andrew |
| If Murder Interferes with Business |
| (London: Denis Archer: n.d.) 1940s - Book Production War Economy Standard. Presumably First Edition. Cl. pp. 192. About fine in good dust-jacket which is chipped at head and foot of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a107 Fielding, Howard |
| Hidden Out: A Detective Story |
| (NY: Chelsea House: 1927) First Edition Cl. pp. 257. Chelsea House Popular Copyrights (series) - not reprints but 'original stories that have never appeared in any other edition'. Gift inscription. V.g. if not near fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a114 Williams, Valentine |
| Courier to Marrakesh |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: March 1945) Reprint. Bds pp. 256. A 'Clubfoot' story. Ownership inscription (?) covered by white tape on both fixed endpapers. V.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a116 Donovan, JB |
| The Laughing Horses: An Inspector Speed Story |
| (London: Kingfisher Books: 1961) First Edition Bds pp. 152. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a117 Rigsby, Howard |
| Clash of Shadows |
| (London: RH: 1961) First British Edition Bds pp. 190. Crime and Detection (series). Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket which has a vivid 'scary' artist's picture on front. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a118 Graham, Anthony |
| The Deadly Lovers |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1966) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 159. American Bloodhound Mystery No. 533. Corner snipped from free front endpaper o/w fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a119 Leblanc, Maurice |
| The Hollow Needle |
| (London: The Bodley Head: This edition 1960) Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. Bds pp. 224. An Arsene Lupin Novel. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a122 Innes, Michael |
| Operation Pax |
| London: Gollancz: 1951) First Edition Cl. pp. 304. An owner's surname at head of free front endpaper. Near fine in good dust-jacket which has some old tape repairs to its blind side and some (moderate) chipping to head and foot of its spine. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a129 Warner, Douglas |
| Death of a Tom |
| (London: Cassell: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 211. A Crime Connoisseur Book (series). V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a140 Irwin, Inezz Haynes |
| Many Murders |
| (London: Gerald G. Swan: 1950) First British Edition Dec. cl. pp. 192. Ace American Thriller; Swan's New 4/6d. Series - Thrillers section. Some old tape stains to endpapers (small); o/w near fine in good or perhaps v.g. dust-jacket which has old tape repairs. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a146 Adams, Herbert |
| Mystery and Minette |
| (Philadelphia: JB Lippincott: Copyright 1934) (First Edition) Cl. pp. 314. Gift inscription V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a148 Eichler, Alfred |
| Murder in the Radio Department |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1953) First British Edition Bds pp. 204 and 4 publisher's adverts. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery (series). Small neat gift inscription. About fine in dust-jacket the top half of whose front panel and spine is absent. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a152 Wallace, Bryan Edgar |
| Death Packs a Suitcase |
| (London: The Thriller Book Club: n.d.) Bds pp. 221. An owner's name. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a162 Creasey, John |
| The House of the Bears |
| (London: John Long: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 240. A 'Dr. Palfrey' Story. V.g. in fair dust-jacket which has a photo study of Creasey on its back panel together with text. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a163 Hall, Adam |
| The Kobra Manifesto |
| (London: Collins: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 244. A Quiller Novel. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a165 Sayers, Dorothy L |
| A Treasury of Sayers Stories |
| (London: Gollancz: June 1958) Second Impression. Bds pp. 350. Four Lord Peter Wimsey Stories; six Montague Egg stories; two other stories; twelve More Lord Peter Stories. Small inkstain to foot of backstrip; ownership inscription; o/w near fine |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a176 Carr, John Dickson |
| The Problem of the Wire Cage |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1940) First British Edition Cl. pp. 288. Ingenious murder on an enclosed tennis court, of which there is a Plan at front of book. V.g. |
| $120 |
| *SS6 a177 Beeding, Francis |
| The Ten Holy Horrors |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1939) First Edition Cl. pp. 319. Spine sunned; old library stamp; o/w v.g. |
| $35 |
| *SS6 a178 Lenehan, JC |
| The Tunnel Mystery |
| (NY: The Mystery League: 1931) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 287. A railway mystery, set in England. V.g. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a180 Myers, Isabel Briggs |
| Give Me Death |
| (NY: Stokes: 1934) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. viii, 292. V.g. |
| $35 |
| *SS6 a181 Sanderson, James |
| The Affair of the Blood Stained Egg Cosy |
| (London: Constable: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 250. Plan. Cleaned up ex-school library copy, with light scuffs to endpapers and 3 marginal stamps, o/w near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a183 Barber, Willetta Ann and Schabelitz, RF |
| Murder Enters the Picture: A Christopher Storm Mystery |
| (Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Company: 1942) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xiv, 297. Pictorial Genealogical Table of The Mint Family. 'Crime Club Selection' on front cover and spine. Several stamps of a Recreation Library, a couple cancelled. Arithmetic calculations (in pencil) on the final blank leaves at end of story o/w good copy. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a184 Chapman, Robert |
| The Downward Path |
| (London: RH: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. 176. The seventh adventure featuring Rex Banner or Banner's Press and Detective Agency. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a186 Hall, VC |
| Bad Medicine: A Tale of the Northern Territory |
| (Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens: 1947) First Edition. Cl. pp. 352. Features the Northern Territory Police and a murder case against 'natives' (aborigines). v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a198 Winter, Bevis |
| Sleep Long, My Lovely: A 'Steve Craig' Thriller |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Near fine in good dust-jacket which has a large chip to foot of its spine. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a199 Gray, Berkeley |
| Six to Kill |
| (London: Collins: August, 1949) Second Impression. Bds pp. 252 and 4 adverts for other novels by Gray. A Norman Conquest thriller. About fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a photo and brief biography of Gray on its rear flap. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a210 Nash, Anne |
| Death by Design |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1954) First (British) Ed. Bds pp. 206 and 2 publisher's adverts. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery (series). Stamp on each free endpaper (both cancelled); an old price covered by biro on free front endpaper; o/w about fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has old repairs with clear tape on its blind side. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a211 Noyes, Alfred |
| The Return of the Scare-Crow |
| (London: Cassell: 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. iv, 212. Front panel of jacket pasted on fixed front endpaper; lacks free front endpaper, o/w good to v.g. copy which is an association copy of some interest being the copy of Leslie Meller, the notable 'decadent' South Australian novelist, with his signature at head of half-title leaf. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a217 Keverne, Richard |
| The Havering Plot |
| (NY: AL Burt by arrangement with Harper and Brothers: Copyright 1929 'B-D') Dec. cl. pp. vi, 352 and 10 publisher's adverts. Gift inscription V.g. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a226 Cleeves, Ann |
| Come Death and High Water |
| (London: Century: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 216. Her second whodunnit 'celebrates the return of George Palmer-Jones as unofficial sleuth'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a228 Esteven, John |
| While Murder Waits |
| (London: Harrap: 1936) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 294. Backstrip sunned (moderately) o/w v.g. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a232 Fletcher, JS |
| The Talleyrand Maxim |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1919) First Edition Cl. with front panel of jacket pasted on front pp. 316 and 4 publisher's adverts. Frontispiece. Good copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a233 Fletcher, JS |
| The Passenger to Folkestone |
| (NY: Knopf: 1927) First Edition Cl. pp. 288. Spine faded; foot of spine worn; good reading copy. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a235 Martyn, Wyndham |
| Cairo Crisis: A Christopher Bond Story |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: n.d.) First printing. Cl. pp. 190 and 2 publisher's adverts. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a236 Keneally, Thomas |
| The Fear |
| (Melbourne: Cassell Australia: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 229. Keneally's second novel. Cancelled ex-library copy with stamps on endpapers and title-page; text clean; useful study copy in fair dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a240 Chandler, Raymond |
| The Little Sister |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1949) First (British) Edition. Cl. pp. 256. Ex Libris MG and FG Skipper, with their bookplate. V.g. |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a248 O'Donnell, Peter |
| Modesty Blaise |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 224. Fine in dust-jacket which has a small scuff at head of front panel o/w itself also fine. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a252 O'Donnell, Peter |
| The Silver Mistress |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 254. Modesty Blaise. Top edge foxed; generally v.g. or near fine in like dust-jacket., which has a little light foxing to the flaps and blind side. |
| $150 |
| *SS6 a259 Barr, Robert (Luke Sharp) |
| From Whose Bourne Etc. |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1893) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. viii, 280 and 32 being the publisher's list dated March, 1893. With 47 illustrations by CMD Hammond, GD Hammond, and Hal Hurst. Contains 'From Whose Bourne', 'One Day's Courtship' and 'The Heralds of Fame', of which the first is a novella of both criminous and supernatural interest: a woman is unjustly accused of murdering her husband, and he is present throughout but in the spirit world and therefore unable to help her. Front internal hinge split o/w fine |
| $300 |
| *SS6 a272 Sayers, Dorothy L |
| Strong Poison |
| (Sydney: Consolidated Press: 1944) A Condor Crime Book No. 12. Dec. wrs pp. 173. An Australian edition of this Lord Peter Wimsey novel. A dampstain (mainly marginal) to final leaves o/w a good copy in a damaged example of the spectacular and rarely seen dust-jacket (the jacket has a large chip at the foot of its spine losing about one third of its length and a strip of the corresponding part of its front panel; also a smaller chip at its head; and lacks its rear flap). |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a278 Innes, Michael |
| From London Far |
| (London: Gollancz: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 246. An owner's name. About fine in dust-jacket which is slightly chipped at the head of its spine and whose spine is also browned but is o/w itself v.g. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a279 Innes, Michael |
| The Man from the Sea |
| (London: Gollancz: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 223. Copy from the defunct Reg Carter Lending Library which has his stamps on front and rear endpapers and many heavy tape stains to endpapers ie it is a reading copy though the covers are clean as is the body of the text; in a v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a292 Sangster, Jimmy |
| Foreign Exchange |
| (London: Triton Books: 1968) First Edition Bds pp. 189. Featuring private eye John Smith who had made his debut in the Author's first novel, 'private i'. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a293 Wilde, Percival |
| P. Moran, Operative |
| (London: Gollancz: 1947) First (British) Edition. Cl. pp. 176. The peculiar adventures of a Correspondence Course Detective. Fine in worn, repaired but complete dust-jacket whose spine is browned. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a294 Creasey, John (Edited by; and selected from fact and fiction written by acknowledged 'experts in crime') |
| The Mystery Bedside Book |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: First published in this form 1960) Cl. backed bds pp. 224. Crime fiction and crime fact selected from Creasey's 'Mystery Magazine'. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a297 Hughes, Rupert |
| Ladies' Man |
| (NY: AL Burt Company: Copyright 1930 by the Author) Published by arrangement with Harper and Bros. Dec. cl. pp. vi, 466 and 8 publisher's adverts. 'A Mystery Novel in which you are the Detective!' Lacks free front endpaper o/w near fine in fair (worn) dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *SS6 a298 Irish, William |
| The Dancing Detective |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) (late 1940s?) British Edition of collection of short stories by Cornell Woolrich. v.g. or perhaps near fine copy |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a301 Toye, Randall (Compiled by) |
| The Agatha Christie Who's Who |
| (London: Muller: 1980) First (British) Edition. A Jonathan-James Book. Cl. backed bds pp. 264. Illust. Bibliography and Index to Bibliography. Loosely included: 'The Agatha Christie Who's Who Crossword Puzzle' (unused). Some dampstains evident on blind side of jacket with a little effect on the covers o/w fine in dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a302 Hellman, Lillian (Edited and with an introduction by) |
| The Dashiell Hammett Story Omnibus |
| (London: Cassell: 1966) First British Edition Bds pp. xxii, 355. V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a303 Wentworth, Patricia |
| Latter End |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: February 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 284 and 3 publisher's adverts. A 'Miss Silver' Story. V.g. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a306 Wentworth, Patricia |
| Eternity Ring |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: January 1950) First Edition Cl. pp. 254. A Miss Silver novel. Foxing to endpapers, generally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a307 Wentworth, Patricia |
| The Case of William Smith |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1950) First Edition Bds pp. 254. A Miss Silver novel. Spine sunned and brown at external hinges; internally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a310 Stout, Rex |
| The Father Hunt |
| (NY: The Viking Press: 1968) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. vi, 184. A Nero Wolfe Novel. Fine |
| $35 |
| *SS6 a312 Wallace, Edgar |
| The India-Rubber Men |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Bds (yellow) pp. 312 and 4 publisher's adverts. (190 x 130 x about 36 mm thick). V.g. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a314 no author |
| My Best Thriller: An Anthology of Stories Chosen by Their Own Authors |
| (London: Faber and Faber: October 1937) Second Impression. Cl. pp. 492. Twenty-six contributors from F. Britten Austin to Valentine Williams. Small gift inscription. Spine sunned; internally v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a317 Christie, Agatha |
| The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding and a Selection of Entrees |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1960) First Edition Bds pp. 255. Good copy |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a319 Fowler, Sydney |
| Who Murdered Reynard? |
| (London: Rich and Cowan: n.d.) 1940s. Wartime Economy Standard production. (First Edition) Bds pp. 168. One leaf with a longitudinal crease o/w fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a322 Gielgud, Val |
| To Bed at Noon(London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins: 1960) First Edition Bds pp. 256. |
| Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which is chipped at head of its spine. 25 |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a323 Christie, Agatha |
| At Bertram's Hotel |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 256. 'Featuring Miss Marple. The Original Character as created by Agatha Christie'. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a324 Christie, Agatha |
| The Pale Horse |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1961) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a325 Christie, Agatha |
| The Labours of Hercules |
| (Sydney: William Collins Overseas Ltd: 1948) Australian Edition printed by New Century Press, Sydney. The title-page says 'Published for The Crime Club by Collins, London:-Sydney'. Cl. pp. 256. Gift inscription Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket which has a few old tape repairs. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a327 Glidden, MW |
| The Long Island Murders |
| (NY: Phoenix Press: 1937) First Edition Cl. pp. 252. Top edge tinted, others uncut. Lower edges of boards rubbed from being shelved. Generally v.g. copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a330 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Clue of the Twisted Candle |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Pict. cl. (yellow) pp. 316 and 4 publisher's adverts. 190 x 130 x about 37 mm thick. Ownership inscription (lengthy) on free front endpaper. Good to v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a331 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Flying Squad |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Pict. cl. (yellow) pp. 312 and 4 publisher's adverts. (189 x 130 x about 37 mm thick). V.g. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a332 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Council of Justice |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Bds pp. 191. Foreword by the Author. The Master Novelist Series. No. 158. (Reprints of works by Authors highly esteemed for their outstanding narrative skill) - see list on rear panel of jacket. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *SS6 a335 Hanshew, TW |
| The World's Finger: An Improbable Story |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1901) First Edition Dec. cl. (blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on front and on spine) pp. 318 and 2 publisher's adverts. Illustrated (plates, the frontispiece by Stanley L. Wood). An owner's name. Front inner hinge cracking o/w v.g. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a336 Freeman, R. Austin |
| The Mystery of Angelina Frood |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Cl. pp. 320 (190 x 135 x about 38 mm thick). Must have for aficionados of Edwin Drood. Good to v.g. copy |
| $125 |
| *SS6 a337 Simenon, Georges |
| The Venice Train. |
| Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton. (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1974) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 152. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a338 Carter, Youngman |
| Mr Campion's Farthing |
| (London: Heinemann: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 232 and 1 publisher's advert. Margery Allingham's idea, but the first written wholly by Carter. A light stain to two edges; generally about fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a339 Armstrong, Charlotte |
| The Better to Eat You |
| (London: Peter Davies: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 219. V.g. in dust-jacket which has a chip at foot of its spine but is o/w itself v.g. |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a340 Hutchinson, Horace G |
| What Should a Man Do? |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) 7th Thousand. Bds pp. 278. Hutchinson's 2/- Novels, New Titles for Spring 1928 listed at front indicating date of publication. Fine |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a341 Dickens, Charles |
| The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| (London: Chapman and Dodd: n.d.) Printed in Ireland. Ownership inscription dated 1927. Pict. bds pp. 288 (177 x 112 mm) The Abbey Library No. 5. The jacket says 'With Solution' while an internal blurb confidently states: 'In this edition of Dickens' mystery masterpiece, the solution is given. When you have thought out the clues yourself at the point where Dickens laid down his pen, read on, and the mystery will be cleared up in an ingenious and satisfying explanation'. Good to v.g. copy in fair chipped dust-jacket whose pictures and text are nevertheless complete. |
| $80 |
| *SS6 a342 Rohmer, Sax |
| Grey Face |
| (London: Cassell: Cheap Edition, 1932) Dec. bds pp. 316. Good to v.g. copy |
| $20 |
| *SS6 a353 McBain, Ed |
| Give the Boys a Great Big Hand: A Novel of the 87th Precinct |
| (London: The Thriller Book Club: n.d.) Bds pp. 192. An owner's surname at head of fixed front endpaper o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a358 Chandler, Raymond |
| The Long Good-Bye |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1953) First British Edition Bds pp. 320. Near fine in fair price-clipped dust-jacket which is worn at edges, is dampstained on the blind side and has old repairs and stains mainly to its rear panel. |
| $150 |
| *SS6 a364 Clason, Clyde B |
| Blind Drifts: A Theocritus Lucius Westborough story |
| (Garden City, NY: Published for The Crime Club, Inc by Doubleday, Doran: 1937) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. xiv, 294. Fore edge uncut. Stamps on endpapers (one cancelled) o/w v.g. in fair dust-jacket which has old tape repairs on blind side. |
| $200 |
| *SS6 a366 Dibdin, Michael |
| The Last Sherlock Holmes Story |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1978) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Fine in like dust-jacket price-clipped by the publisher and with four pounds ninety-five sticker added. |
| $400 |
| *SS6 a367 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Book of All-Power |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Bds pp. 256 (178 x 120 x about 26 mm thick) Price on jacket 1/- net. Ward, Lock and Co's Copyright Novels (series) - No. 63 on spine of jacket. V.g. in like dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a368 (Orczy, Baroness) |
| The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women Vol. XVIII June to November 1903 |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1903) Dec. cl. pp. vi, (adverts), vi and 714 (245 x 180 mm) Illust. Includes among other contributions of interest the first six stories of crime and detection featuring the lawyer Mulligan, known as 'Skin o' My Tooth', illustrated by Oscar Wilson. Both inner hinges of volume cracking; spine moderately sunned; some flecking to covers; internally fine. In the NSW Bookstall Co. binding. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a370 Hellman, Lillian (Edited and with an Introduction by) |
| The Dashiell Hammett Story Omnibus |
| (London: Cassell: 1966) First British Edition Bds pp. xxii, 355. V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a372 Stout, Rex |
| Three for the Chair |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1958) First British Edition Bds pp. 192. An owner's name. V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket which has a chip to foot of its spine and a few clean tears, one rather long. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a373 Leroux, Gaston |
| The Mystery of the Yellow Room |
| (London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson: n.d.) Nash's Library of Thrillers (series). Cl. pp. 318 and 2 publisher's adverts. Near fine copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a375 Crane, Frances |
| Death in Lilac Time: A Pat Abbott Mystery |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1955) First British Edition a Cloak and Dagger Choice (series). Dec. bds pp. 222 and 2 publisher's adverts. Gift inscription Near fine |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a377 Thomas, Donald |
| The Arrest of Scotland Yard |
| (London: Macmillan: 1993) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 231. Novel set in Victorian England in 1877 and concerning an outbreak of corruption in Scotland Yard's Detective Division. An Inspector Swain novel. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a379 Innes, Michael |
| Hare Sitting Up |
| (London: Gollancz: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Small tape mark probably from bookseller's price sticker at top right hand corner of free front endpaper o/w fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a380 Innes, Michael |
| The Long Farewell: A Detective Story |
| (London: Gollancz: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 206. An owner's name. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a dampstain to the lower half of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a381 Le Carre, John |
| The Looking-Glass War |
| (London: Heinemann: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. x, 246. About fine in like dust-jacket. whose spine is sunned and therefore (as usual with this title) whitened. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a382 Gardiner, Dorothy and Walker, Kathrine Sorley (Eidted by) |
| Raymond Chandler Speaking |
| (Boston: Houghton Mifflin: 1977) American paperback edition. Pict. wrs pp. 271. Illust. Index. Curriculum Vitae. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a383 Little, Conyth |
| The Black Stocking |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: March 1950) Second Impression. Cl. pp. 192. V.g. in dust-jacket which is chipped at head and foot of its spine but is rated good. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a384 Cain, Jame M |
| Rainbow's End |
| (London: WH Allen: 1975) First British Edition Bds pp. 191. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a385 Simenon, Georges |
| The Bottom of the Bottle |
| Translated from the French by Cornelia Schaeffer. (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 157. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a386 Wallace, Edgar |
| On the Spot |
| (London: John Long: This edition - reset - 1969) Bds pp. 184. Introduction by Penelope Wallace. With signed presentation inscription by Penelope Wallace. D/j. has a full-page study of Jo Davidson's bust of Wallace on its back panel. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a387 Allingham, Margery |
| The Mind Readers |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 256. A novel of espionage and crime which 'is directed to the new, scientifically educated generation but it will have a special appeal to admirers of Albert Campion'. Gift inscription About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a388 Mason, AEW |
| The House in Lordship Lane |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: January 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 320. Hanaud and Ricardo. An owner's artist-designed book plate on fixed front endpaper. V.g. in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a389 Eberhart, MG |
| Wings of Fear |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 192. Fine |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a390 Bennett, Margot |
| The Widow of Bath |
| (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode: 1956) First publication in Eyre and Spottiswoode's Popular Fiction Series (title first published 1952) Bds pp. 223. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a391 Christie, Agatha |
| After the Funeral |
| (Sydney: Printed by New Century Press for William Collins Overseas Ltd: 1953) (First Australian Edition. Title-page says Published for The Crime Club by Collins, London:-Sydney). Bds pp. 207. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket which is mildly sunned on its spine and has a couple of stains to its front panel. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a392 Christie, Agatha |
| The Clocks |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Gift inscription A couple of stains to lower edge o/w fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *SS6 a393 Innes, Michael |
| Money from Holme |
| (London: Gollancz: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a395 Hay, James Jr |
| That Washington Affair |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: n.d.) Bds pp. ii, 254. 'Clever and interesting detective story'. An owner's name at head of title-page. About fine in fair dust-jacket which has a few chips and which has two old tape repairs to its front hinge. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a398 Gardner, Erle Stanley |
| The Case of the Careless Kitten |
| (London: Cassell: This edition printed in Sydney by William Brooks and Co, 1944) First Australian Edition. Cl. pp. 231. Near fine in damaged dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a399 Dickson, Carter |
| Behind the Crimson Blind: Another Adventure of Sir Henry Merrivale |
| (London: Heinemann: 1952) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 283. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a few chips |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a333 Mitchell, James |
| Russian Roulette |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 202. Novel of espionage, featuring Callan. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a15 Coward, Noel |
| Collected Verse |
| (London: Methuen: Corrected paperback edition first published in 1987) Pict. wrs pp. xii, 211. Edited (with an Introduction) by Graham Payn and Martin Tickner. Index of Titles. Fine |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a16 Albee, Edward |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| (Harmondworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books: 1965) First Penguin edition. (Penguin Plays PL61). Wrs pp. 140 and 4 publisher's adverts. An owner's name. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a21 Stoker, Bram (Author of 'Dracula,' etc) |
| The Lair of the White Worm |
| (London: Foulsham: n.d.) Copyright in Great Britain and her Dependencies 1911; Copyright in the USA 1911. Cl. pp. 190 and 2 publisher's adverts. Upper external hinge partly split; inner hinge detached; some (light) flecking and discoloration to covers; internally v.g. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a25 Henry, O |
| A Harlem Tragedy and other stories |
| (Sydney: Printed by Pinnacle Press for Caslon House, Publishers: n.d.) Dec. wrs pp. 128. Panda Books (series). Crease to penultimate leaf o/w near fine copy of fragile production. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a35 Long, E. Laurie (Serving Brother of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem) |
| The Galleys of St. John |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1943) Reprint. Cl. pp. 256. Novel about Sir John Valette, 'the great Hospitallar' who 'knew from his youth that the Crescent would one day make a supreme effort to overthrow the Cross'. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a57 Ingraham, Prof. JH |
| Captain Kyd; or, The Wizard of the Sea - A Romance |
| (NY: Pollard and Moss: 1888) Dec. cl. pp. 235 and 5 adverts. Novelised version of the notorious pirate's career. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a65 Dunnett, Dorothy |
| Queen's Play |
| (London: Cassell: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. xvi, 432. Doublespread map. Fine in dust-jacket which has two patches of scuffing to spine, o/w fine |
| $150 |
| *SS6 a73 Mason, AEW and Lang, Andrew |
| Parson Kelly |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1900) Longmans' Colonial Library. Dec. cl. pp. x, 417. Spine sunned and consequently discoloured but gilt lettering remains bright; back cover stained; o/w v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a91 Mather, Berkely |
| The Midnight Gun |
| (London: Collins: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 336. Map. The second in Mather's Far Eastern Triology which began with 'The Pagoda Tree'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a103 Pugh, Marshall |
| The Chancer |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1959) First Edition Dec. bds pp. 200. An owner's surname at head of fixed front endpaper. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a136 McKie, Ronald |
| The Mango Tree |
| (Sydney: William Collins Australia Ltd: 1974) First Edition Printed and bound in Adelaide at The Griffin Press. Bds pp. iv, 211. Small piece snipped from corner of free front endpaper and half-title leaf o/w near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a137 Rinehart, Mary Roberts |
| The Amazing Interlude |
| (NY: George H. Doran: Copyright 1918 by George H. Doran Company/Copyright 1918 by The Curtis Publishing Company) Dec. cl. pp. 317. Illust. by The Kinneys. Ownership inscription. Good to v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a193 Gainham, Sarah |
| The Mythmaker |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1957) First Edition Cl. pp. 255. Erratum Slip present. v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a212 Buchan, John |
| Mr Standfast |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1919) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 412. Gift inscription; scattered light stains to edges; good to v.g. copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a230 Munchausen, Baron |
| The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
| (London: Privately Printed for the Navarre Society: 1930) Dec. cl. pp. xxxii, 258. Reprinted from the earliest complete edition with the original illustrations. Edited with an Introduction and Appendix by FJ Harvey Darton. This edition of 'The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen' is printed from type by The Riverside Press, Edinburgh, on Basingwerk deckle-edge paper, and is limited to two thousand copies. An owner's name and blind stamp. Fore and lower edges uncut. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a238 Webster, J. Provand ('Edited by') |
| The Oracle of Baal: A Narrative of Some Curious Events in the Life of Professor Horatio Carmichael, MA |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1896) Second Edition. Hutchinson's Colonial Library (series). Cl. pp. viii, 374 and 2 publisher's adverts. 'With Numerous Illustrations by Warwick Goble'. A Lost Race novel of an expedition to 'Affri' and a 'search for treasure...in a remote and hitherto unknown African city'. All edges uncut. About fine |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a245 Mailer, Norman |
| An American Dream |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: 1965) First British Edition Bds pp. 271. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a247 Sayers, Dorothy L |
| Unpopular Opinions |
| (London: Gollancz: 1946) First Edition Cl. pp. 190. Essays Theological, Political and Critical, including five 'Studies in Sherlock Holmes'. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a254 Grossmith, George and Weedon |
| The Diary of a Nobody |
| (London: Pan Books Ltd: 1946) This edition published by Pan Books Ltd by arr with Dent and distributed by Collins. Cl. pp. 171. With original illustrations by Weedon Grossmith. Introduction by Sir John Squire. Fine |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a260 Graham, John |
| Buttons |
| (London: The London Book Co: n.d.) Dec. bds pp. viii, 232 and 8 publisher's adverts. The Novel Library (series). With 8 film photographs as illustrations from Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Film Featured Jackie Coogan. V.g. copy of fragile production in jacket which has several chips but is o/w good. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a271 Sabatini, Rafael |
| The Hounds of God |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Ownership inscription dated Xmas 1928. Bds pp. 286. Near fine in dust-jacket which is chipped at head of its spine and rubbed at foot o/w itself v.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a285 Gladstone, L. |
| Neil Macleod: A Tale of Literary Life in London: |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1898) Colonial Edition. Cl. pp. viii, 300 and 4 publisher's adverts. Top and fore edges uncut V.g. |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a286 Snow, CP |
| In Their Wisdom |
| (London: Macmillan: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 313. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a287 Causton, JF |
| The Comedy of a Suburban Chapel |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1901) Hutchinson's Colonial Library. Cl. pp. iv, 338 and 2 publisher's adverts. A little foxing to edges. All edges uncut. Near fine |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a288 By the Author of 'Hernani the Jew' |
| Only Flesh and Blood |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1898) Hutchinson's Colonial Library. Cl. pp. 369 and 3 publisher's adverts. All edges uncut. V.g. |
| $75 |
| *SS6 a291 Mortimer, John |
| Like Men Betrayed |
| (London: Collins: 1953) First Edition Dec. cl. (rebound for private library? ie apparently not original covers) pp. 255. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a308 Le Brocq, Julian |
| The Legion of the Lost |
| (Nottingham and London: Boots Pure Drug Co: n.d.) Gift inscription dated 1934. Dec. bds pp. 252. An Englishman sentenced to life imprisonment escapes from Devil's Island and joins the Foreign Legion at Marseilles. The Piccadilly Novels (series). V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a309 Chesterton, GK |
| A GK Chesterton Omnibus containing The Napoleon of Notting Hill, The Man Who Was Thursday, The Flying Inn |
| (London: Methuen: 1950) Fifth Edition. Bds pp. viii, 728. An owner's namestamp. Spine sunned o/w v.g. |
| $20 |
| *SS6 a313 Freeman, R. Austin |
| The Golden Pool: A Story of a Forgotten Mine |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) with Author's Preface to the second Edition dated November, 1926. Cl. pp. 320. A republication of Freeman's first novel, largely set in Africa. With the bookplate of JW Gellert, by Lionel Lindsay, on fixed front endpaper. V.g. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a326 Fowles, John |
| The Magus |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. xii, 617. Scuff near foot of free front endpaper where an erasure has occurred; o/w near fine in price-clipped dust-jacket which is lightly wrinkled on front panel as result of moderate dampstaining which is evident on its blind side (jacket is nevertheless attractive). |
| $100 |
| *SS6 a344 Du Maurier, George |
| Trilby: A Novel |
| (London: George Bell and Sons: 1895) Bell's Indian and Colonial Library. Dec. cl. pp. x, 448 and 14 publisher's adverts. With 121 illustrations by the author. An owner's name on half-title page; front inner hinge cracked; spine mildly discoloured; good to v.g. copy |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a345 Wodehouse, PG |
| Nothing Serious |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: n.d.) First printing. Cl. pp. 254 and 1 publisher's advert. Top edge dusty (browned); scattered stains internally; covers fairly bright and overall rated a good copy |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a346 Williams, Tennessee |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone |
| (London: John Lehmann: 1950) First British Edition Cl. pp. 126. Ownership inscription v.g. or perhaps near fine in v.g. dust-jacket (designed by Cecil Beaton) which has two old tape repairs on its blind side. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a347 Follett, Ken |
| Triple |
| (London: Macdonald General Books: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 377. An owner's first name unobtrusively at head of free front endpaper; near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a351 Lawrence, Louise |
| The Earth Witch |
| (NY: Harper and Row: 1981) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. viii, 215. Novel 'about man's debt to earth' which 'evokes superbly the turn of seasons in the hills of Wales'. Concludes with 'An Approximate Guide to Welsh Pronunciation'. V.g. in lke price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a352 Wallant, Edward Lewis |
| The Pawnbroker |
| (London: Gollancz: 1962) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 279. About fine in a good dust-jacket which has several chips including two at head of its spine but without loss of print. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a354 Sieveking, Lance |
| The Eye of the Beholder |
| (London: Hulton Press: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 312. Illust. Index. Tree of First Encounters and Acquaintanceship on endpapers. Reminiscences of some 24 persons including GK Chesterton, Compton Mackenzie, Osbert Sitwell, HG Wells, Aleister Crowley, etc. Fine |
| $25 |
| *SS6 a361 Kerouac, Jack |
| The Subterraneans |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: August 1960) Second Impression. Bds pp. 158. Novel: 'The book of the MGM film, co-starring Leslie Caron and George Peppard'. Some moderate foxing to top edge o/w fine in dust-jacket which lacks about a third of its back panel and is chipped at head of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a362 Stirling, Monica |
| The Fine and the Wicked: The Life and Times of Ouida |
| (London: Gollancz: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 223. Illust. Bibliography Index. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a363 Hyne, CJ Cutcliffe |
| The Rev. Captain Kettle |
| (London: Harrap: 1925) First Edition Cl. pp. 246. Lower edge uncut. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a371 Pedler, Margaret |
| The Vision of Desire |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Pict. yellow wrappers pp. 128 (210 x 140 mm) The reader is invited to read the book first then do the Crossword based on it which is printed on p. 1, with the clues opposite on the verso of the front wrapper and solution on rear wrapper. 'Crossword Ninepennies' Series. V.g. |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a61 Hoyle, Fred |
| Ossian's Ride |
| (London: Heinemann: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 252. Map. V.g. in damaged dust-jacket (whose front panel, however, is complete). |
| $30 |
| *SS6 a66 Clarke, Arthur C and Lee, Gentry |
| Rama II |
| (London: Gollancz: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. 379. 'The astonishing sequel to Rendezvous with Rama'. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *SS6 a261 Wells, HG |
| The War of the Worlds |
| (London: Heinemann: 1905) Heinemann's Colonial Library of Popular Fiction. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 304 and 15 publisher's adverts. While text is clean and in good order, please note: spine a little darkened; both external hinges cracked; free front endpaper pasted to fixed front endpaper; an old library label was once pasted over both and has been largely scuffed away; scattered name stamp of a former owner; a small inscription scrubbed out in biro; in short, a useful study or reading copy. |
| $60 |
| *SS6 a264 Harrison, Harry (Edited by) |
| Nova 1: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction Stories |
| (NY: Delacorte Press: 1970) First printing. Cl. backed bds pp. xiv, 222. Introduction by Harrison. Fine in good complete dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a265 Dick, Philip K |
| World of Chance |
| (London: The Science Fiction Book Club by arr. with Rich and Cowan: 1957) Bds pp. 160. The Science Fiction Book Club 26. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $175 |
| *SS6 a266 Hoyle, Fred and Elliot, John |
| Andromeda Breakthrough: A Novel of Tomorrow's Universe |
| (London: Souvenir Press: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Good to v.g. copy in jacket which has a chip to foot of front panel o/w itself good. |
| $50 |
| *SS6 a13 Moore, Frank Ledlie (Compiled by) |
| The Handbook of Gilbert and Sullivan |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1962) First British Edition First published in the USA under the title 'Crowell's Handbook of Gilbert and Sullivan', also 1962. Bds pp. viii, 264 (233 x 155 mm) Bibliography 'An Encyclopedic Guide to the most famous Operettas in the World'. Illustrated with photographs. Introduction by Dorothy Raedler, Producer-Director, The American Savoyards. Fine in dust-jacket which has five chips including to head of its spine though with no loss of lettering. |
| $40 |
| *SS6 a07 Tuttle, WC |
| The Santa Dolores Stage |
| (London: Collins: Copyright, 1935) Cl. pp. 252 and 4 publisher's adverts. Vignettes on title-page and opposite. Wild West Club Novels (series). A 'Hashknife' Story. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. by DC Eyles. |
| $40 |