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| SS7 125 Lamport, Felicia |
| Cultural Slag |
| (Boston: Houghton Mifflin: 1966) First Edition W. Dec. bds pp. viii, 136. Drawings by Edward Gorey. Near fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 176 Wallace, Edgar |
| People: A Short Autobiography |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Cl. pp. 253. V.g. |
| $60 |
| SS7 183 MacKenzie, Donald |
| Fugitives: An Autobiography |
| (London: Elek Books: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 206. By crime novelist, and includes much on espionage and crime. Near fine |
| $40 |
| SS7 186 Hope, Anthony |
| Memories and Notes |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Bds pp. 256. Frontispiece. Autobiography of notable popular novelist. Near fine |
| $40 |
| SS7 242 Harrison, Michael |
| Peter Cheyney: Prince of Hokum: A biography |
| (London: Neville Spearman: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. 303. Illust. Lacks free front endpaper o/w v.g. in fair dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 288 Carr, John Dickson |
| The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| (London: John Murray: 1949) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 362. Illust. Biographical Sources and Bibliography. Index. GI Near fine |
| $50 |
| SS7 291 Haggard, Lilias Rider |
| The Cloak That I Left: A Biography of the Author Henry Rider Haggard KBE |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1951) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 288. Illust. Index. Author is daughter of subject. V.g. clean cancelled ex-library copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 312 Robyns, Gwen |
| The Mystery of Agatha Christie |
| (Garden City, NY: Doubleday: 1978) First US Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. xvi, 247. Illust. Appendix: Agatha Christie Titles (in chronological order). Index. Fore edge uncut. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 337 Swindell, Larry |
| Charles Boyer: The Reluctant Lover |
| (NY: Doubleday: 1983) First Edition Cl. Backed bds pp. viii, 280. Illust. Concludes with 'The Films of Charles Boyer' (listed pp. 260-269 inclusive). Index. Fore edge uncut. An owner's name. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 107 Servadio, Gaia |
| Mafioso: A History of the Mafia from its Origins to the Present Day |
| (London: Secker and Warburg: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. xviii, 316. Illust. bib. Index. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 146 Cecil, Henry |
| A Matter of Speculation: The case of Lord Cochrane |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 208. Frontispiece. bib. Index. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 147 Lagrange, Francis and Murray, William |
| Flag on Devil's Island |
| (London: Peter Davies: n.d.) First British Edition Copyright 1962 by Doubleday Inc. Bds pp. xii, 238. Frontispiece. The autobiography of one of the great counterfeiters and art forgers of modern times. Fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 156 Clegg, Eric (A judge of the New South Wales District Court and Chairman of Quarter Sessions) |
| Return Your Verdict: Some Studies in Australian Murder |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. xxviii, 204. Illust. About fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 188 Conrad, John |
| Crime and its Correction: An International Survey of Attitudes and Practices |
| (London: Tavistock Publications: 1965) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. x, 312. Index. Published under the auspices of the Institute for the Study and Treatment of Delinquency. International Library of Criminology/Delinquency and Deviant Social Behavior No. 16. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 302 Kerner, Annette |
| Woman Detective |
| (London: Werner Laurie: 1954) First Edition Autobiography of British private detective whose office was in Baker Street. Cl. pp. 192. OI Near fine |
| $25 |
| SS7 310 Dear, William C |
| Private Detective: From the Files of the World's Greatest Private Eye |
| (London: Bloomsbury: 1992) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 247. Illust. Review Copy with Allen and Unwin review form tipped on to free front endpaper with clear tape. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 346 Armes, Jay J (as told to Frederick Nolan) |
| Jay J. Armes, Investigator |
| (London: Raven Books: 1977) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 234. Illust. 'The world's most successful private eye'. An owner's name. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 366 Clune, Frank |
| Murders on Maunga-Tapu: A history of the crimes committed on the lonely slopes of Maunga-tapu ('the Sacred Mountain') in New Zealand in the year 1866 |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. xx, 181. Map. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 05 Crofts, Freeman Wills |
| James Tarrant, Adventurer |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: February 1941) First Edition Bds pp. 320. Spine sunned and has a number in ink on it; boards flecked; internally v.g. |
| $100 |
| SS7 06 Deighton, Len |
| XPD |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 397 GI on the red free front endpaper; o/w near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 07 Carr, John Dickson |
| The Sleeping Sphinx: A Dr Fell Detective Story |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: January 1948) Second Impression. Cl. pp. 255. GI; edges foxed; good copy in fair dust-jacket. by Hookway Cowles. |
| $25 |
| SS7 09 Sayers, Dorothy |
| Gaudy Night |
| (London: Gollancz: 1935) First Edition Cl. pp. 483. Moderate external wear; front inner hinge splitting; good copy |
| $60 |
| SS7 11 Oppenheim, E. Phillips |
| Aaron Rodd Diviner |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) [early 1920s?] Dec. bds pp. viii, 276. An owner's surname; some light stains to cover; o/w v.g. copy |
| $100 |
| SS7 20 Mann, Jessica |
| Mrs Knox's Profession |
| (London: Macmillan: 1972) First Edition Bds pp. 157. The author's second novel. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 22 Marshall, Raymond |
| The Things Men Do |
| (London: Jarrolds: 1953) First Edition Dec. bds (hangman's noose on spine) pp. 191. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. which has a clean tear to lower edge of front panel. |
| $50 |
| SS7 23 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Hand in Glove |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 256. An owner's bookplate on fixed front endpaper. A little foxing to top edge. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 24 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Scales of Justice |
| (London-Sydney: Collins: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Pictorial maps on endpapers. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 29 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Last Ditch |
| (London: The Crime Club/Collins: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 277. V.g. if not near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 32 Malo, Vincent Gaspard |
| Murder on the Mistral |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 237 and 3 publisher's adverts. Museum Street Thriller (series). An owner's name on fixed front endpaper. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 33 Mackinnon, Allan |
| Nine Days' Murder |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1945) First Edition Cl. pp. 192. The author's first novel. Name stamp of a Guild on endpapers (cancelled). Spine slightly sunned. Generally v.g. |
| $25 |
| SS7 34 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Death and the Dancing Footman |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1942) First Edition Cl. pp. 320. Spine slightly sunned; lacks free front endpaper; o/w v.g. copy |
| $50 |
| SS7 35 Martyn, Wyndham |
| Cairo Crisis: A Christopher Bond Story |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: n.d.) First printing. Cl. pp. 190 and 2 publisher's adverts. Herbert Jenkins' Green Labels (series). Near fine in generally v.g. dust-jacket. which is however a little chipped at head and foot of its spine. |
| $45 |
| SS7 38 Simenon, Georges |
| The Innocents |
| Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. (London: HH: 1973) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 188 GI Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 39 Simenon, Georges |
| The Door |
| Translated from the French by Daphne Woodward. (London: HH: 1964) First British Edition Bds pp. 140. Cancelled stamp of a private lending library on free front endpaper and 'return by' dates on rear free endpaper; heavy tape stains to endpapers; serviceable copy in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 41 Simenon, Georges |
| The Glass Cage |
| Translated from the French by Antonia White. (London: HH: 1973) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 156. GI Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 43 Simenon, Georges |
| The Cat |
| Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. (London: HH: 1972) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 156. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 46 Simenon, Georges |
| The Girl with a Squint |
| Translated from the French by Helen Thomson (London: HH: 1978) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 156. Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 48 Simenon, Georges |
| The Innocents |
| Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. (London: HH: 1973) First British Edition Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 49 Simenon, Georges |
| The Trial of Bebe Donge |
| Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul: 1952) First British Edition Cl. pp. 184. An owner's name. V.g. in fair dust-jacket. which has old tape reinforcements and is stamped 'Overseas Edition' on the front flap. |
| $45 |
| SS7 50 Simenon, Georges |
| The Venice Train |
| Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton. (London: HH: 1974) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 152. GI Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 51 Shannon, Dell |
| Chance to Kill |
| (London: Gollancz: 1968) First British Edition Bds pp. 222 Top edge dusty. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 52 Snow, CP |
| Death under Sail |
| (London: Heinemann: August 1932) Second Edition. Pict. cl. pp. viii, 334. The author's first novel whose first edition also appeared in August 1932. Near fine |
| $100 |
| SS7 55 Smith, H. Maynard |
| The Inspector Frost Omnibus containing Inspector Frost's Jigsaw, Inspector Frost in the City, Inspector Frost and the Waverdale Fire. |
| (London: Ernest Benn: 1933) First Edition Bds pp. 701 (about 60 mm thick). Near fine |
| $45 |
| SS7 56 McBain, Ed |
| Vespers: A Novel of the 87th Precinct |
| (NY: William Morrow: 1990) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. 331. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 57 Spillane, Mickey |
| I, The Jury |
| (NY: EP Dutton: 1947) First Edition Bds pp. 218. The author's first book (?) Head and foot of spine chipped and extremities of boards rubbed; internally good copy |
| $250 |
| SS7 59 Stacpoole, H. De Vere |
| The Pools of Silence |
| (London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson: 1923) Cl. pp. iv, 348 and 16 publisher's adverts. Nash's Famous Fiction Library (series). A little wear to covers; generally v.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 61 Spillane, Mickey |
| Survival...Zero! |
| (London: Transworld Publishers: 1970) First British Edition A Corgi Book (produced in hardcovers). Bds pp. 190. 'Mike Hammer Returns'. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 62 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Off with his head |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 287. V.g. in chipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 64 Tack, Alfred |
| A Murder is Staged |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: n.d.) First printing. Cl. pp. 222 and 2 publisher's adverts. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $25 |
| SS7 65 Gardner, Erle Stanley |
| The Case of the Daring Divorcee |
| (London: Heinemann: 1969) First British Edition Bds pp. 251. A Perry Mason story. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 66 Marshall, Raymond |
| Mission to Siena |
| (London: RH: 1955) First Edition Bds pp. 192. It's a 'Don Micklem' Thriller No. 2. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 67 Chapman, Robert |
| Winter Wears a Shroud |
| (London: Werner Laurie: Copyright 1952) (First Edition) Bds pp. 220. A Rex Banner Thriller. Lacks free front endpaper o/w fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 75 Christie, AGatha |
| At Bertram's hotel. |
| Featuring Miss Marple. (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 76 Macdonald, Philip |
| The Maze: An Exercies in Detection |
| (London: W. Collins Sons and Co: Copyright, 1932) (First Edition) Cl. pp. 252 and 4 publisher's adverts. An owner's name; some generally moderate stains to covers; some stains to top edge; some foxing; text in v.g. order and offered as a serviceable copy. |
| $40 |
| SS7 81 Stout, Rex |
| Crime on her hands |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: n.d.) Cl. pp. 251 and 4 publisher's adverts. The first novel featuring Dol Bonner as detective. [First Edition? Note only 'Too Many Cooks' UK 1938 listed as 'By the same author'. Three novels advertised at the end of the book: 2 came out in UK Nov 1939 and the third has the byline 'And look out for 'Death at the Bar' by Ngaio Marsh (published UK January 1940)] A little sunning to spine; v.g. |
| $200 |
| SS7 84 Stout, Rex |
| More deaths than one |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1949) Cl. pp. 192. Nero Wolfe novel. GI Spine sunned. Good copy |
| $25 |
| SS7 88 Walsh, Ray |
| The Mycroft Memoranda |
| (London: Andre Deutsch: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. 186. A near fine cancelled ex-library copy in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 92 Perowne, Barry |
| Raffles of the Albany: Footprints of a Famous Gentleman Crook in the Times of a Great Detective |
| (London: HH: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 214. A few (small) tape marks to endpapers o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 93 McBain, Ed |
| Poison: an 87th Precinct novel |
| (London: HH: 1987) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 264. About fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 94 Van Dine, SS |
| The Canary Murder Case |
| (London: The Readers Library: n.d.) Copyright Edition 308. Dec. bds pp. 256 (170 x 105 mm) Editor's Note extols Van Dine's work and states that this is the first of his novels to appear in the Readers Library. Old repairs to fixed endpapers: v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 96 Spiller, Andrew |
| When Crook Meets Crook |
| (London: Published for The Crime Book Society by Denis Archer: n.d.) Bds pp. 240. Ex Libris B. Richardson with his bookplate (by 'DW') on free front endpaper. V.g. in good dust-jacket. which is lightly chipped at head and foot of its spine. |
| $40 |
| SS7 99 Furman, AL (Edited by) |
| Second Mystery Companion |
| (NY: Gold Label Books: 1944) First Edition Cl. pp. 410. Biographies of Contributors. Dark stains and/or foxing to endpapers; generally o/w good copy |
| $40 |
| SS7 103 Doyle, A. Conan |
| A Study in Scarlet: The First Book about Sherlock Holmes |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1917) Pict. cl. pp. 255 (175 x 115 mm) Begins with 'Publisher's Note to this edition' followed by 'Mr Sherlock Holmes' by Dr. Joseph Bell. Spine lightly sunned; good copy |
| $60 |
| SS7 108 Hardinge, George (Edited by) |
| The Best of Winter's Crimes |
| (London: Macmillan: 1986) First Edition In Two Volumes - Volume 1: Eric Ambler to HRF Keating; Volume 2: Anthony Lejeune to PB Yuill. Bds pp. 267 and 268. A selection from Winter's Crimes 1-17. Fine in fine dust jackets. |
| $50 |
| SS7 111 Mann, Jessica |
| The Only Security |
| (London: Macmillan: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 189. 'Death is the only security...' Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 113 Mystery Writers of America, Inc |
| Maiden Murders |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1953) First British Edition Bds pp. 300 and 4 publisher's adverts. With an Introduction by John Dickson Carr. The first story published by twenty notable writers with each author's own comments; including Hugh Pentecost, Stuart Palmer, William Campbell Gault, August Derleth, Day Keene, 'Ellery Queen' etc. A Cloak and Dagger Choice (series). Front panel of jacket pasted on front cover. A cancelled stamp on half-title o/w good to v.g. copy |
| $40 |
| SS7 114 Collins, Wilkie |
| The Woman in White |
| Copyright Edition. (Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz: 1860) In Two Volumes of which only Vol II is on offer here. Half cloth with marbled boards pp. iv, 324 (155 x 120 mm) Collection of British Authors Vol. 526. A few small patches of wear to front cover (not intrusive) o/w fine copy. |
| $100 |
| SS7 117 Hume, David |
| Never Say Live! |
| (London: Collins: This Edition 1951) Bds pp. 191 and 1 publisher's advert. Greenback Novels (series). Fine or thereabouts in the fine, green, dramatically illustrated dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| SS7 118 Cheyney, Peter |
| Try Anything Twice |
| (London: Collins: This Edition 1951) Bds pp. 192. Greenback Library (series). Fine in a fine example of the green dust-jacket. on which two rectangles of red paper have long since been pasted over the price on front and on spine. |
| $40 |
| SS7 120 Farjeon, J. Jefferson |
| Greenmask |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: This Edition 1951) Bds pp. 192. Greenback Novels (series). An owner's name. Fine in dust-jacket. to which a small rectangle of pink paper has been applied to the price on front and spine o/w itself fine. |
| $40 |
| SS7 124 Keneally, Thomas |
| A Victim of the Aurora |
| (London: Collins: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 222. A novel of murder and detection in an Antarctic setting before the First World War. Near fine in fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 130 Doyle, A. Conan |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
| (London: George Newnes: 1895) Forty-First Thousand. Dec. cl. pp. (iv), 343. Illust. by Sidney Paget. Upper external hinge cracking; some rubbing to corners of covers; all before title-page including frontispiece pasted to fixed front endpaper final leaf of text (and presumably rear free endpaper; pasted to fixed rear endpaper; a rectangle ruled in ink on frontispiece and and another of title page another on Dedication page; a few annotations; scattered neat little phonetic marks; text o/w clean and v.g.; a serviceable reading or study copy. |
| $40 |
| SS7 132 Wells, Carolyn |
| The Mark of Cain |
| (Philadelphia: JB Lippincott: January 1917) Third Edition. Dec. cl. pp. 307. With a frontispiece in colour by Gayle Hoskins. A Fleming Stone detective novel, though in this case the youthful but ambitious Terence McGuire (he reads 'The Sleuth's Own Magazine' each week - p. 289) is the true hero. A few small stains to front cover; lettering on spine a little faded; a scratch and a little discoloration to spine; o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 133 Mitchell, James |
| Death and Bright Water |
| (London: HH: 1974) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 281. A Callan Novel. A little foxing to top edge. An owner's name stamp. Near fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 134 Mitchell, James |
| Russian Roulette |
| (London: HH: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. ii, 202. A Callan Novel. Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 135 Kemelman, Harry |
| Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1969) First British Edition Bds pp. 254. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 138 Orczy, Baroness |
| Unravelled Knots |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Cl. pp. 303. Thirteen mysteries featuring the Old Man in the Corner and his knotted string: starting with 'The Mystery of the Khaki Tunic' and ending with 'A Moorland Tragedy'. An owner's name label at head of fixed front endpaper. Fine or thereabouts. |
| $200 |
| SS7 141 Straub, Peter |
| Ghost Story |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. 507. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 142 Greene, Graham |
| The Third Man and The Fallen Idol |
| (London: Heinemann: 1950) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 188. With forewords by the author. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which is chipped at head of its spine and front panel and slightly worn at hinges of spine. |
| $300 |
| SS7 144 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Thief in the Night |
| (London: The Readers Library Publishing Company; n.d.) 'Copyright Edition'. Dec. bds pp. 192 (170 x 105 mm) The Readers Library (series). GI (in pencil) on free front endpaper. Good copy. |
| $45 |
| SS7 148 Wills, Ronald |
| Food for Fishes |
| (London: Andrew Dakers: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 222. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 150 Creasey, John (as Michael Halliday) |
| Hate to Kill |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 151 Grierson, Edward |
| Reputation for a Song |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1952) First Edition Dec. bds pp. vi, 290. 'This is in a sense a murder story turned inside out; the question, left unanswered to the very end, is not the identity of the murderer, but whether he will hang'. Apparently Grierson's first novel (?) Fine or thereabouts in good dust-jacket. which has a chip to foot of spine. |
| $50 |
| SS7 153 Boucher, Anthony (Eidted by) |
| Best American Detective Stories of the Year: (Sixteen Annual Collection) |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1967) First British Edition Bds pp. 222. Awards. Necrology (ie Notes on Contributors). Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 154 Francis, Dick |
| Break In |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1985) First Edition Bds pp. 272. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 157 Forsyth, Frederick |
| The Fourth Protocol |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1984) First Edition Pict. bds pp. 448. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 164 Cameron, Don |
| White for a Shroud |
| (London: TV Boardman: n.d.) Bds pp. 184. Front panel of jacket says 'Death and Detection' and 'TVB 71'. Fine in good repaired dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 165 Francis, Dick |
| Hot Money |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 278. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 167 no author |
| Van Der Valk Annual |
| (London: Brown Watson: Copyright 1978 by Thames Television and Nicolas Freeling) Pict. bds pp. 64 (285 x 198 mm) Illust. Stories in strip form; articles; prose stories; etc. Rainbow Books. Near fine |
| $30 |
| SS7 169 Upfield, Arthur |
| Bony and the Mouse |
| (London: Heinemann: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 250. V.g. |
| $25 |
| SS7 178 Freemantle, Brian |
| The Man Who Wanted Tomorrow |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 253. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. which has study of Freemantle at his typewriter on its back panel. |
| $40 |
| SS7 179 Valentine |
| Cobwebs to Cables |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1939) First Edition Cl. pp. 320. V.g. |
| $50 |
| SS7 180 Halliday, Brett |
| A Redhead for Mike Shayne |
| (A Torquil Book. Distributed by Dodd, Mead and Company, NY: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 184. Michael Shayne's 48th Case. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 181 Peters, Ellis |
| The Raven in the Foregate |
| (London: Macmillan: 1986) First Edition Bds pp. 201. Map. The Twelfth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| SS7 184 Gardner, John |
| Founder Member |
| (London: Muller: 1969) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 184. The new Boysie Oakes adventure. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 185 Durbridge, Francis |
| Bat out of Hell |
| (London: The Thriller Book Club: This edition 1973) Bds pp. 189. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 189 Westlake, Donald E |
| The Hot Rock |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1971) First British Edition Bds pp. 249. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| SS7 190 Hill, Reginald |
| Another Death in Venice |
| (London: The Crime Club/Collins: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 192. An unfilled commercial bookplate on free front endpaper covers an old Institute library stamp and scuff mark o/w good to v.g. copy in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| SS7 191 Moody, Susan |
| Penny Black |
| (London: Macmillan: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. 224. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 192 McBain, Ed |
| Where There's Smoke |
| (London: HH: 1975) First British Edition Bds pp. 185. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 193 Grierson, Edward |
| A Crime of One's Own |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 222. An unfilled commercial bookplate on free front endpaper. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. which is covered with clear 'contact' plastic. |
| $25 |
| SS7 195 Biggers, Earl Derr |
| The Black Camel: A Charlie Chan Story |
| (London: Cassell: December 1946) Sixth Edition. Cl. pp. viii, 312. Untidy GI on fixed front endpaper. Near fine |
| $30 |
| SS7 197 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Lady of Ascot |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Cl. pp. 288 and 32 (Hutchinson's list for Autumn, 1930.) V.g. |
| $75 |
| SS7 198 Chandler, Raymond |
| The Smell of Fear |
| (London: HH: 1965) First British Edition Bds pp. 538. Introduction by Chandler. Corner cut from free front endpaper; some moderate foxing to edges; o/w v.g. in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $250 |
| SS7 199 Fletcher, JS |
| The Stolen Budget |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. 318. V.g. |
| $60 |
| SS7 201 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Northing Tramp |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Cl. pp. 312 and 8 publisher's adverts (190 x 130 x about 35 mm thick). V.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 203 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Hand in Glove |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 204 Wentworth, Patricia |
| Blindfold |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: July 1935) First Edition Cl. pp. 320. OI V.g. |
| $200 |
| SS7 205 Hitchens, Bert and Dolores |
| The Grudge |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1964) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 176. American Bloodhound Mystery No. 466. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 207 Kilpatrick, Florence A |
| Elizabeth Finds the Body |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins; n.d.) First printing. Cl. pp. 238 and 2 publisher's adverts. An owner's name; near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. which is chipped at head and foot of its spine. |
| $35 |
| SS7 208 Abbot, Anthony |
| The Crime of the Century: A Thatcher Colt Detective Mystery |
| (London: Collins: Copyright 1931.) (First British Edition) Cl. p. 254 and 2 publisher's adverts. An owner's name. Good copy (internally v.g.) |
| $40 |
| SS7 210 MacKinnon, Allan |
| House of Darkness |
| (London: Collins: 1947) First Edition Cl. pp. 256. V.g. in good price-clipped repaired dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 212 Wentworth, Patricia |
| Latter End |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: February 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. 284 and 3 publisher's adverts. A 'Miss Silver' story. An owner's name. Near fine |
| $50 |
| SS7 213 Puzo, Mario |
| The Godfather |
| (London: Heinemann: 1969) First British Edition Bds pp. 446. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| SS7 217 Gardner, Erle Stanley |
| The Case of the Demure Defendant |
| (London: Heinemann: 1962) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 244. A couple of tape stains to both front and rear endpapers, o/w fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 219 Carmichael, Harry |
| A Grave for Two |
| (London: The Crime Club/Collins: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 192 and 2 publisher's adverts. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 220 Dentinger, Jane |
| First Hit of the Season |
| (London: Gollancz: 1986) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 179. The second novel featuring Jocelyn O'Rourke, Broadway actress, as the detective. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 222 Carr, John Dickson |
| The Dead Man's Knock. A Doctor Fell Detective Novel |
| (London: HH: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 255. Good copy in fair price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 223 Lovesey, Peter |
| The Detective Wore Silk Drawers |
| (London: Macmillan: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 187. An 'historical crime novel' whose setting is 'the seedy and shady world of bare-fist pugilism in late Victorian England'. Lovesey's second novel. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| SS7 224 Lovesey, Peter |
| Keystone |
| (London: Mamcmillan: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 225 Ellin, Stanley |
| Dreadful Summit: A Novel of Suspense |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1958) First British Edition Bds pp. 192. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| SS7 226 Leonard, Elmore |
| Bandits |
| (Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Viking: 1987) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 345. Penguin Books Australia Ltd 'With Compliments' form tipped on to free front endpaper ie review copy with Embargo date stamped on the form. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 227 Allan, Dennis |
| Dead to Rights |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1953) First British Edition Bds pp. 192. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery (series). Good copy in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 231 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Square Emerald |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) OI dated Xmas 1926. (First Edition?) Cl. pp. 310 and 8 publisher's adverts. V.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 234 Creasey, John |
| Policeman's Dread |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 192. A new story of 'Handsome' West of the yard. An owner's name. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 237 Pearson, William |
| The Beautiful Frame |
| (London: Max Reinhardt: 1954) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 171. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 238 Simenon, Georges |
| The Venice Train |
| Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton.(London: HH: 1974) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 152. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 239 Simenon, Georges |
| The Others. |
| Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton. (London: HH: 1975) First British Edition Bds pp. iv, 124. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 240 Hall, Michael |
| Once Upon a Crime |
| (London: The Falcon Press: 1947) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in fair chipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 241 Walsh, Thomas |
| A Thief in the Night |
| (London: Cassell: 1963) First British Edition Bds pp. 224. About fine in good dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 245 Hitchcock, Alfred (Editor) |
| Stories for Late at Night |
| (London: Max Reinhardt: 1962) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 500. Fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 248 Kemelman, Harry |
| Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry |
| (NY: Crown: Copyright 1966) (First Edition) Bds pp. iv, 249. Near fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| SS7 251 Charteris, Leslie |
| The Happy Highwayman |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1939) First Edition Cl. pp. 288. Some flecking to covers; generally v.g. |
| $60 |
| SS7 252 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Fourth Plague |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1927) First Edition Cl. pp. 252 and 4 publisher's adverts. Free front endpaper pasted to fixed front endpaper; some wear to covers; both external hinges starting to crack; good reading copy |
| $40 |
| SS7 254 Stephenson, Ralph |
| Body in my Arms |
| (London: John Gifford Ltd: 1963) First Edition Bds pp. 190. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 256 Marsh, Ngaio |
| Death at the Dolphin |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 287 A little foxing to top edge o/w fine in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 257 Cain, James M |
| Galatea |
| (L RH: 1954) First British Edition Bds pp. 191. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 258 Christie, Agatha |
| Nemesis |
| (London: The Crime Club: 1971) First Edition Bds pp. 256. A Miss Marple mystery. Fine in good to v.g. dust-jacket |
| $30 |
| SS7 259 Hebden, Mark |
| Pel and the Faceless Corpse |
| (London: HH: 1979) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 187. An Inspector Pel novel. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 260 Carr, John Dickson |
| Scandal at High Chimneys: A Victorian Melodrama |
| (London: HH: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. 235. Edges foxed o/w v.g. in fair dust-jacket. which has stains and a tape repair to its blind side. |
| $40 |
| SS7 261 Bellairs, George |
| Death of a Shadow |
| (London: John Gifford Ltd: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 192. Fine in good dust-jacket. which has several chips to edges. |
| $30 |
| SS7 262 Elias, David |
| The Gory Details |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: n.d.) First British Edition Copyright 1954 by the author. Bds pp. 256. Plan of murder scene. A Nell Bartlett Mystery. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery (series). Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| SS7 264 Gardner, John |
| Understrike |
| (NY: The Viking Press: 1965) First (US) Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. viii, 184. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| SS7 265 Christie, Agatha |
| Postern of Fate |
| (London: The Crime Club: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. 254. About fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 266 Fox, James M |
| A Shroud for Mr Bundy |
| (London: Hammond, Hammond: 1955) First British Edition Bds pp. 188 and 4 publisher's adverts. Features Johnny Marshall, private sleuth. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery (series). Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 267 Christie, Agatha |
| Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case |
| (London: Collins Crime Club: 1976) First Edition Bds pp. 224. An owner's name. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 268 Wallace, Edgar |
| Grey Timothy |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. 256 (188 x 130 x about 35 mm) Some stains to covers and some rubbing to edges of covers; lacks free front endpaper; fair copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 270 Chance, John Newton |
| Import of Evil |
| (London: RH: 1961) First Edition Bds pp. 188. Fine in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 271 Chase, James Hadley |
| A Coffin from Hong Kong |
| (London: RH: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 186 and 5 publisher's adverts. Near fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 272 Charteris, Leslie |
| The Saint Around the World |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 255. Six stories About fine in fair dust-jacket. which is chipped at head of its spine and at top of front panel. |
| $50 |
| SS7 273 Jones, Bradshaw |
| The Deadly Trade |
| (London: John Long: 1967) First Edition Bds pp. 184. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 274 Hall, Adam |
| The 9th Directive |
| (London: Heinemann: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. 254. Quiller in Bangkok. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 276 Simenon, Georges |
| Maigret Victorious: A Sixth Omnibus |
| (London: HH: 1975) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 281. Comprising Maigret's Memoirs, Maigret and the Headless Corpse, and Maigret and the Saturday Caller; translated from the French by Jean Stewart, Eileen Ellenbogen and Tony White respectively. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 279 Rendell, Ruth |
| Make Death Love Me |
| (Garden City, NY: Doubleday: 1979) First US Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. x, 246. Fore edge uncut. Fine in fair dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 280 Graham, Anthony |
| The Death Business |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1967) First British Edition Bds pp. 160. An owner's name. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 281 Mitchell, James |
| Russian Roulette |
| (London: HH: 1973) First Edition Bds pp. ii, 202. Callan novel. An OI Near fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 282 Deighton, Len |
| Berlin Game |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1983) First Edition Bds pp. 304. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 283 Ludlum, Robert |
| The Scarlatti Inheritance |
| (London: Hart-Davis: 1971) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 359. Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 284 Francis, Dick |
| Hot Money |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1987) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 278. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 285 Japrisot, Sebastien |
| Women in Evidence |
| Translated from the French by Ros Schwartz. (London: Secker and Warburg: 1990) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 310. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 286 Deighton, Len |
| Spy Sinker |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1990) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 387. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 287 Deighton, Len |
| Spy Hook |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 267. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 289 Amis, Kingsley |
| The Anti-Death League |
| (NY: Harcourt, Brace and World: n.d.) First American Edition. Copyright 1966. Cl. pp. vi, 307. Fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 293 Corey, Herbert |
| Crime at Cobb's House |
| (NY: Appleton-Century: 1934) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. vi, 260. Tired Business Man's Library of Adventure, Detective, and Mystery Novels (series). Fore and lower edges uncut. Fine |
| $60 |
| SS7 294 Wells HG |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau |
| (London: Heinemann: 1913) Heinemann's Sevenpenny Net Novels. Dec. cl. pp. iv, 176. Frontispiece and decorated title-page. V.g. |
| $35 |
| SS7 296 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Squeaker |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Cl. pp. ii, 312 and 4 publisher's adverts. (190 x 130 x about 35 mm thick). V.g. |
| $45 |
| SS7 297 Gardner, Erle Stanley |
| The Case of the Hesitant Hostess |
| (London: Heinemann: 1959) First British Edition Bds pp. x, 270. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 298 Cornish, Constance |
| Dead of Winter |
| (London: Cassell: 1961) First British Edition Crime Connoisseur Book. Bds pp. vi, 186. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 299 Moskowitz, Sam (Edited by) |
| The Man Who Called Himself Poe |
| (London: Gollancz: 1970) First British Edition Bds pp. xvi, 240. Stories in the Poe vein by MW Wellman, Lovecraft and Derleth, Robert Bloch, etc. Prefaced and annotated by the Editor. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| SS7 300 Christie, Agatha |
| At Bertram's Hotel |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1965) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Featuring Mis Marple. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 301 Ellin, Stanley |
| Dreadful Summit |
| A Novel of Suspense (London: TV Boardman: 1958) First British Edition Bds pp. 192. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 303 Carson, Bart |
| She Died Downtown |
| (L; Panther Books: n.d.) Copyright, 1953. Bds pp. 160. Panther Books No. 87. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| SS7 304 Carson, Bart |
| She Died Downtown |
| (L; Panther Books: n.d.) Copyright, 1953. Bds pp. 160. Panther Books No. 87. V.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 306 Christie, Agatha |
| A Carribean Mystery |
| (London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 307 Christie, Agatha |
| Passenger to Frankfurt: An Extravaganza |
| (London: The Crime Club/Collins: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 308 Christie, Agatha |
| Passenger to Frankfurt: An Extravaganza |
| (London: The Crime Club/Collins: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 256. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 309 Bagley, Desmond |
| Running Blind |
| (London: Collins: 1970) First Edition Bds pp. 254. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 311 no author |
| The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1975) First Edition Bds pp. 195. Notes on Contributors. Stories from a competition judged by Kingsley Amis, Patricia Highsmith and Christopher Lee. Fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 313 White, Lionel |
| The Crimshaw Memorandum |
| (London: Macdonald: 1968) First British Edition Bds pp. 188. A Boardman Bloodhound Mystery. About fine in v.g. price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 317 Chandler, Raymond |
| The Raymond Chandler Omnibus |
| (London: HH: 1953) First Edition Bds pp. vii, 632. Contains The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely; The High Window; The Lady in the Lake. An owner's name. V.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| SS7 318 Morrison, Arthur |
| A Child of the Jago |
| (London: Methuen: 1897) Second Edition. Methuen's Colonial Library (series). Cl. pp. viii, 346 and 2 being excerpts from reviews of Morrison's 'Tales of Mean Streets'. All edges uncut. OI on recto of frontispiece. V.g. |
| $100 |
| SS7 322 Allen, Robert |
| Captain Gardiner of the International Police: A Secret Service Novel of the Future |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Pict. cl. pp. 320. Near fine |
| $100 |
| SS7 328 Cooper, Courtney Ryley |
| Ten Thousand Public Enemies |
| (NY: Blue Ribbon Books: n.d.) Copyright, 1935. Fourth Printing. Cl. pp. xii, 356. Illust. With a Foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, Director, FBI. Fore and lower edges uncut. Nicked at head of spine; generally v.g. copy |
| $25 |
| SS7 331 Leaor, James |
| Passport to Peril |
| (London: Heinemann: 1966) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 232. About fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 333 Peters, Ellis |
| The Potter's Field |
| The seventeenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. (London: Headline: 1989) First Edition Bds pp. vi, 248. Maps on endpapers. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 336 Magnay, Sir William, Bart |
| The Man of the Hour |
| (London: Ward, Lock: n.d.) (First Ed?) Dec. cl. pp. 288. Illust. by Maurice Greiffenhagen. An owner's name. V.g. |
| $60 |
| SS7 339 Holt, Henry |
| The Ace of Spades: A Murder Mystery |
| (London: Harrap: 1930) First Edition Cl. pp. 293. V.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 341 Wallace, Edgar |
| Red Aces being Three Cases of Mr Reeder |
| (NY: Published for The Crime Club Inc. by Doubleday, Doran and Company: 1930) Title Copyright by Wallace 1929. Dec. cl. pp. viii, 284. Good copy |
| $60 |
| SS7 343 Riley, Dick and McAllister, Pam (Edited by) |
| The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie |
| (NY: Frederick Ungar; 1979) Second printing. Pict. wrs pp. xxii, 330 (275 x 203 mm) Illust. Introduction by Julian Symons. Concludes with Christie books Arranged by Detective Featured; About the Contributors; and Title Index. OI About fine |
| $30 |
| SS7 347 Higham, Charles |
| The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes |
| (NY: WW Norton: 1976) First Edition Cl. backed bds pp. 368. Illust. Selective bib. Index. Spine faded o/w fine |
| $50 |
| SS7 350 Wright, June |
| The Devil's Caress |
| (London: Hutchinson: 1952) First Edition Dec. cl. (gilt noose on spine) pp. 232. By Melbourne author and set at a country house 'in a desolate coastal area in Australia'. A few stains to covers (largest one to front cover); internally about fine. |
| $30 |
| SS7 351 Graham, Anthony |
| The Deadly Lovers |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1966) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 159. American Bloodhound Mystery No. 533. OI Fine in like dust-jacket. (outstanding copy) |
| $40 |
| SS7 357 Chandler, Raymond |
| The Long Good-Bye |
| (London: HH: 1953) First British Edition Bds pp. 320. Cancelled stamp of a Club on title-page; a few stains to fore ege and some leaves; some (mild) wear to covers; good reading copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 360 Francis, Dick |
| High stakes |
| (NY: Harper and Row: 1975) First US Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. vi, 201. A Harper Novel of Suspense. Fore edge uncut. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 361 Wentworth, Patricia |
| The Fingerprint |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1959) First Edition Bds pp. 255. The thirtieth Miss Silver Mystery. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| SS7 363 Brown, Fredric |
| His Name was Death |
| (London: TV Boardman: 1955) First British Edition Dec. bds pp. 191. American Bloodhound (American Mystery) No. 93. V.g. cancelled ex-Club library copy with rear flap of jacket tipped on to rear free endpaper. |
| $40 |
| SS7 368 Cain, James J |
| The Moth |
| (London: RH: First published in Australia 1949) Printed by Halland and Stephenson, Sydney. Bds pp. 356. About fine in dust-jacket. which has a large chip to head of its spine and old tape repairs on its blind side but is o/w good (jacket by CWB) |
| $100 |
| SS7 373 Wallace, Edgar |
| The Calendar |
| (London: Published for Collins by The London Book Co Ltd: n.d.) Dec. bds pp. 256 (108 x 102 mm) The Novel Library for Fiction Lovers - Book No. 183. detached from its boards o/w v.g. copy in good reinforced dust-jacket. which has a picture from the Gainsborough British Lion film on its front panel. |
| $100 |
| SS7 380 Bamford, Francis |
| A Question of Taste |
| (London: Longmans, Green: 1949) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 296. An owner's name. About fine in good or perhaps v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 381 Ekstrom, Jan |
| Ancestral Precipice |
| (London: Macmillan: 1983) First British Edition of this translation from the Swedish by Joan Tate. Bds p. 221. 'The John Dickson Carr of Sweden'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 386 Wallace, Edgar |
| Blue Hand |
| (L; Ward, Lock: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. 255 (188 x 130 x about 35 mm thick). An owner's name. Good copy |
| $25 |
| SS7 387 Allingham, Margery |
| The Tiger in the Smoke |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1952) First Edition Cl. pp. 272. Fine or thereabouts in dust-jacket. which has a small strip torn from about half of head of front panel, is also a little rubbed at head of spine, and is somewhat browned, mainly on spine and on rear panel, but is o/w good. |
| $60 |
| SS7 388 Allingham, Margery |
| Hide My Eyes |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: 1958) First Edition Bds pp. 219. An OI on fixed front endpaper. Near fine in fair dust-jacket. which is chipped at head and more heavily at foot of spine. |
| $60 |
| SS7 389 Dolph, Jack |
| Hot Tip |
| in which Doc Connor reminds Katie Storm and Lieutenant Eddie Marsh that somebody is always trying to make a killing at the race track (London: TV Boardman: 1954) First TVB Books edition. Pict. wrs pp. 192. 'Horses and Homicide'. Boardman books No. 145. Near fine |
| $25 |
| SS7 394 Jacobs, WW |
| The Skipper's Wooing and The Brown Man's Servant |
| (London: Heinemann: 1897) Heinemann's Colonial Library of Popular Fiction An owner's name. V.g. |
| $50 |
| SS7 396 Boothby, Guy |
| The Kidnapped President |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1902) First Edition Later dec. cl. (blocked in blind, lettered in gilt) pp. 308 and 12 publisher's adverts. Illust. by Stanley L. Wood. V.g. |
| $75 |
| SS7 399 Boothby, Guy |
| Pharos the Egyptian |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1899) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 376. Illust. by John H. Bacon. The plate at p. 338 in facsimile. GI Head of spine heavily nicked o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 253 'E.7' |
| I am a Spy |
| (London: Lovat Dickson: 1938) First Edition Cl. pp. 303. World War One etc., and finishing with Chapter X, 'Spydom and the Next War'. About fine |
| $40 |
| SS7 14 Ward, Mrs Humphry |
| Helbeck of Bannisdale |
| (London: Smith, Elder: 1898) First Edition Cl. pp. viii, 464 and 8 publisher's adverts. Cancelled club label on fixed front endpaper; both inner hinges splitting; light stains to endpapers; generally good to v.g. copy |
| $80 |
| SS7 15 Westmacott, Mary |
| A Daughter's a Daughter |
| (London: Heinemann: 1952) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 200. Cancelled club stamp on fixed front endpaper; v.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 16 Mundy, Talbot |
| Black Light |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Cl. pp. 320 and 8 publisher's adverts (Hutchinson's Supplementary List for 1930). An owner's name and cancelled club label on fixed front endpaper; spine lightly sunned and some fading and stains to covers; internally v.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 17 Kipling, Rudyard |
| The Light that Failed |
| (London: Macmillan: 1896) Macmillan's Colonial Library No. 249. The familiar blue cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in blind pp. viii, 340, 4 and 8 publisher's adverts. All edges uncut. Small 1900 GI. Good to v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 18 Holt, Victoria |
| Kirkland Revels |
| (London: Collins: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 320. V.g. in good dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 19 King, Stephen |
| The Tommy-Knockers |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1988) First Edition Bds pp. viii, 563. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 28 Mason, AEW |
| The Three Gentlemen |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1932) First Edition Cl. pp. 319. Historical novel. Near fine in fair chipped dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| SS7 36 Mason, AEW |
| Musk and Amber |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: March, 1942) First Edition Cl. pp. 318. Historical novel. Good copy |
| $20 |
| SS7 58 Stoker, Bram |
| The Jewel of Seven Stars |
| (London: Jarrolds: This edition 1966) Bds pp. 254. Stamp and cancelled label of a staff Library Club; generally v.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 60 Carr, John Dickson |
| The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| (London: John Murray: 1949) First Edition Dec. cl. pp. 362. Biographical Sources and Bibliography. Index. Gilt lettering on spine faded; generally v.g. copy |
| $45 |
| SS7 72 London, Jack |
| Love of Life and other stories |
| (London: Paul Elek: 1946) Cl. pp. 290. Introduction by George Orwell. V.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 74 Lindsay, Philip |
| The Iron Duke |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1935) Bds pp. viii, 252. Film Edition, with 17 full-page plates. This novel is based on the original film story by HM Harwood. A Gaumont-British Picture with George Arliss as the Duke of Wellington. A couple of marks to covers o/w about fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 78 Braddon, Russell |
| The Year of the Angry Rabbit |
| (London: Heinemann: 1964) First Edition Bds pp. iv, 181. Near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 90 Jenkins, Herbert |
| The Bindles on the Rocks: Some Further Incidents in the Life of Mr and Mrs Bindle |
| (London: Jenkins: 1924) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 320. OI V.g. |
| $25 |
| SS7 91 Hull, EM |
| The Lion-Tamer |
| (London: Eveleigh Nash and Grayson: 1928) First Edition Cl. pp. 319. Fine |
| $30 |
| SS7 102 Douglas, Norman |
| Some Limericks: Collected for the use of Students, and ensplendour'd with Introduction, Geographical Index, and with Notes Explanatory and Critical by Norman Douglas |
| (Copyright 1967 by Grove Press, Inc.) Bds pp. 94. A Black Circle Book. An owner's name. Near fine in good dust-jacket. which is chipped at foot of its spine. |
| $35 |
| SS7 110 Frith, Walter |
| The Sack of Monte Carlo: An Adventure of To-day |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) Hutchinson's Colonial Library. Dedication dated October, 1897. Cl. pp. 298. All edges uncut. Near fine |
| $100 |
| SS7 122 Hardwick, Michael and Mollie |
| The Sherlock Holmes Companion |
| (London: John Murray: 1962) First Edition Bds p. xii, 232. Illust. by Sidney Paget. An unfilled commercial bookplate on free front endpaper o/w fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| SS7 127 Hay, William |
| Strabane of the Mulberry Hills: The Story of a Tasmanian Lake in 1841 |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1929) First Edition Bds pp. 415. Errata slip present. Set in Tasmanian convict days. Foxing to early and late leaves; spine sunned; generally v.g. copy |
| $75 |
| SS7 152 Vassilikos, Vassilis |
| Z. |
| Translated from the Greek by Marilyn Calmann. (London: Macdonald: 1969) First British Edition Bds pp. vi, 406. V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 155 Innes, Hammond |
| The Big Footprints |
| (London: Collins: 1977) First Edition Bds pp. 349. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 159 John Buchan |
| The Courts of the Morning |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: September 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. 406 and 8 publisher's adverts. Map. Some scattered foxing; a little flecking to covers; overall rated v.g. copy |
| $50 |
| SS7 160 Buchan, John |
| The Courts of the Morning |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: September 1929) First Edition Cl. pp. 406 and 8 publisher's adverts. Map. V.g. |
| $50 |
| SS7 166 By the author of 'Romances of Gretna Green' |
| The Gretna Blacksmith's Story: Historical and Romantic |
| (Gretna Green, Scotland: Hugh Mackie: n.d.) Author's Foreword dated November 1928. Cl. backed pict. bds pp. 132. Illust. V.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 168 By the Author of 'Lady Audley's Secret,', 'Aurora Floyd,' Etc. (ie Miss ME Braddon) |
| Vixen |
| A Novel. (London: John and Robert Maxwell: n.d.) Stereotyped Edition. Dec. cl. pp. ii, 380 and 2 publisher's adverts. Some external wear; internally sound copy |
| $20 |
| SS7 170 Marryat, Captain |
| Peter Simple |
| (London: Routledge and Sons: n.d.) (Author's Edition). Dec. cl. (gilt arrow motif on spine) pp. viii, 456. Introduction by WL Courtney dated 1896. Illust. by EJ Wheeler. The 'King's Own' Edition. About fine unopened copy |
| $40 |
| SS7 171 Marryat, Captain |
| Poor Jack |
| (London: Routledge and Sons: n.d.) (Author's Edition). Dec. cl. (gilt arrow motif on spine) pp. xvi, 366. Introduction by WL Courtney. Illust. by WH Overend. The 'King's Own' Edition. Near fine unopened copy. |
| $40 |
| SS7 173 Marryat, Captain |
| The King's Own |
| (London: Routledge and Sons: 1896) (Author's Edition). Dec. cl. (gilt arrow motif on spine) pp. xvi, 399. Illust. by WH Overend. Introduction by WL Courtney dated January, 1896. The 'King's Own' Edition. Edges uncut. About fine |
| $40 |
| SS7 182 Bond, Michael |
| Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: 1984) First Edition Bds pp. 208. The second Pamplemousse novel, by the author of the Paddington Bear series. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 187 Charriere, Henri |
| Papillon |
| Translated by June P. Wilson and Walter B. Michaels. (NY: Morrow: 1970) First US Edition. Cl. backed bds pp. xiv, 434. Map. Glossary. Maps on endpapers. Introduction by Jean-Pierre Castelnau. Dampstain to cloth at foot of spine o/w fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| SS7 196 Greene, Graham |
| Our Man in Havana: An Entertainment |
| (London: Heinemann: 1958) First Edition Cl. pp. vi, 273. GI V.g. in like price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $75 |
| SS7 214 Orczy, Baroness |
| The Honourable Jim: A Romance |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: n.d.) Dedication dated New Year's Day, 1924. Pict. cl. pp. 320. Illust. GI V.g. |
| $60 |
| SS7 221 Brend, Gavin |
| My Dear Holmes: A Study in Sherlock |
| (London: Allen and Unwin: 1951) Second Impression. Bds pp. 184. Illust. Chronological Table (listing all of the adventures in sequence). bib. of Sherlock Holmes (ie the titles which Sherlock himself published). Fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| SS7 228 Wright, S. Fowler |
| Prelude in Prague: A Story of The War of 1938 |
| (London: Newnes: 1935) First Edition Cl. pp. 317. Furturistic novel of its day. Good copy |
| $80 |
| SS7 230 Westheimer, David |
| Von Ryan's Return |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1980) First British Edition Bds pp. 271. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 232 MacLean, Alistair |
| The Guns of Navarone |
| (London: Collins: 1957) First Edition Bds pp. 318. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 233 Levin, Ira |
| Veronica's Room: A Melodrama |
| (London: Michael Joseph: 1975) First British Edition Bds pp. viii, 87. A play by the author of 'Rosemary's Baby'. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| SS7 246 Innes, Hammond |
| Atlantic Fury |
| (London: Collins: 1962) First Edition Bds pp. 318. Maps on endpapers. Near fine in v.g. dust-jacket. |
| $40 |
| SS7 255 Rath, EJ |
| Gas - - - Drive In: A High-powered Comedy-Romance that hits on every Cylinder |
| (NY: Grosset and Dunlap) Copyright 1921 by Frank A Munsey Company: Copyright 1925 by G. Howard Watt. Cl.. pp. 302 and 12 publisher's adverts. A romance which turns on the theft and pursuit of an Asteroid automobile (motor car) which 'had seen days on the track' and therefore was no ordinary vehicle. Cloth flecked, heavily on back; internally v.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 316 Mundy, Talbot |
| King, Of the Khyber Rifles |
| (London: Hutchinson: n.d.) 10th Thousand. Dec. bds pp. 320 (182 x 115 mm) Hutchinson's New Editions 2/- net (series). Spine sunned. v.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 348 Cleary, Jon |
| The Faraway Drums |
| (London: Collins: 1981) First Edition Bds pp. 288. Set in India in 1911 'under the waning sun of Empire'. Slight mark to lower edge. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| SS7 349 Mitchell, Margaret |
| Gone with the Wind |
| (London: Macmillan: 1939) Holiday Edition. Cl. pp. vi, 795. GI V.g. in good dust-jacket. by Bip Pares which is sunned (faded) on its spine. |
| $60 |
| SS7 365 Wallace, Edgar |
| Bosambo of the River |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1914) First Edition Dec. cl. with coloured pictorial pastedown on front pp. 304 and 16 publisher's adverts. 'For Sale Abroad' blind stamped at foot of rear board. Coloured frontispiece with tissue guard still present. A few pale ink smudges. Pastedown a little scuffed; overall rated v.g. |
| $200 |
| SS7 378 Preston, Hayter and Savage, Henry |
| The Sea Beast. |
| The Novel of the Film. Founded on the celebrated classic 'Moby Dick'. (London: The Readers Library Publishing Co; n.d.) OI dated 1927. Dec. bds pp. 256 (168 x 104 mm) The Readers Library Film Edition. Good to v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 379 Holman, Russell |
| Speedy |
| (Novelised by) (London: The Readers Library Publishing Co: n.d.) Dec. bds pp. 256 (168 x 105 mm) Author's Acknowledgement dated 1928. Illustrated with scenes from the Photo-Play produced by the Harold Lloyd Corporation, A Paramount Release Starring Harold Lloyd. The Readers Library Film Edition. Good to v.g. copy |
| $30 |
| SS7 382 Shaw, Charles |
| Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison |
| (London: Shakespeare Head: n.d.) (First Edition?) Text completed 1950. Cl. pp. 222. Novel of World War Two which was made into a Hollywood film. Covers flecked (though spine not affected); lacks free front endpaper; an owner's name on half-title page; text v.g. |
| $30 |
| SS7 384 Le Queux, William |
| The Secret Shame of the Kaiser: His Dastardly Plots at Amerongen: Disclosed by Dr. Franz Seeliger, Late Director of the Political Section of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and attached to the entourage of the Kaiser in his Exile: Translated and Edited by William le Queux |
| (London: Hurst and Blackett: n.d.) Copyright in the USA 1919. Author's Foreword dated 1919. Dec. bds pp. 192 (171 x 110 mm) Good copy |
| $75 |
| SS7 397 Boothby, Guy |
| A Lost Endeavour |
| (London: Dent: n.d.) Dec. cl. pp. iv, 182. Coloured frontispiece. The Wayfarer's Library series. About fine |
| $40 |
| SS7 398 Boothby, Guy |
| 'Long Live the King!' |
| (London: Ward, Lock: 1912) New Edition. Dec. cl. pp. 384. Illust. (by Edward Eard). V.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 400 Boyles, Kate and Virgil |
| Langford of the Three Bars |
| (Chicago: AC McClurg: April 15, 1907) First Edition Pict. cl. pp. 280 and 8 publisher's adverts. Illust. in Color by NC Wyeth (four handsome colour plates in excellent order). An OI owner's namestamp seven times; owner copied out book titles in adverts by hand on those pages; some flecking to cloth; o/w v.g. |
| $40 |
| SS7 115 Silverberg, Robert |
| At Winter's End |
| (NY: Warner Books: April 1988) First Printing. Cl. backed bds pp. xii, 404. Science fiction novel by five-time Nebula Award winner. Fine in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| SS7 139 Amis, Kingsley |
| New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction |
| (London: Gollancz: 1961) First British Edition Bds pp. 161. Index of Names and Titles. Fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $120 |