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FRANCIS Dick
For Kicks. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, half-title very faintly browned; green cloth, gilt back, top very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with one short closed tear and very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. BRIGHT, FRESH COPY OF A VERY SCARCE TITLE. The author's third novel.
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WALLER George
Kidnap. The Story of the Lindbergh Case. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; green tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly creased and frayed at extremities, and with minor loss at head of backstrip.
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FRANCIS Dick
Bonecrack. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper photography by Beverly Le Barrow.
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PLATTS-MILLS John
Muck, Silk and Socialism. Recollections of a Left-wing Queen's Counsel. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GARDNER Erle Stanley
The Case of the Demure Defendant. [A Perry Mason mystery. First UK Edition]. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, free endpapers very lightly spotted; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed at extremities. Dustwrapper artwork by Fratini. The US edition was published in 1956.
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PENTECOST Hugh
The Girl with Six Fingers. A John Jericho Mystery Novel. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Uncommon in this condition
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INNES Michael
Carson's Conspiracy. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo. First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DILNOT George
The Trial of Professor John White Webster. With an Introduction by George Dilnot. [Famous Trials series]. TENNYSON JESSE'S COPY WITH BOOKPLATE
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 2 plates; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF F. TENNYSON JESSE AND BEARS HER DISTINCTIVE 'SEA-HORSES' BOOKPLATE ON FRONT PASTE-DOWN AND PENCILLED HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Fryn (properly Friniwyd) Tennyson Jesse (1889-1958), English novelist and dramatist, was also editor of several volumes in Hodges' 'Notable British Trials' series. A great-niece of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, she began her career as a painter but diversified into journalism during WWI, after which she was appointed to Hoover's Relief Commission for Europe. In 1918 she married the dramatist H M Harwood with whom she co-authored a number of light plays. During WWII she wrote two highly successful collections of letters - 'London Front' (1940) and 'While London Burns' (1942) - both now much sought after as appraisals of the early Home Front and the London Blitz; her Cornish novels (among them 'The White Riband' (1921) and 'Moonraker' (1927)) are also collected. Her interest in true crime began with her novel 'A Pin to See a Peepshow' (1934; later a successful play) based on the Thompson-Bywaters case. Her Notable British Trials volumes include the cases of Madeleine Smith, Timothy Evans and John Christie.
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DEXTER Colin
Death Is Now My Neighbor.. An Inspector Morse Novel. [First US Edition]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition thus, grey boards, red cloth back, lattered in black, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Lovely copy of the first US edition of the twelfth and penultimate Morse novel.
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FRANCIS Dick
The Danger. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE.
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ALLINGHAM Margery
Traitor's Purse. Introduced by A.S. Byatt. Illustrated by James Boswell. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 6 plates; pictorial boards, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Albert Campion is trapped in a living nightmare.
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KEATING H.R.F.
The Bedside Companion to Crime. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and facsimiles in the text; plum cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
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CHEYNEY Peter
Dark Bahama. [First Book Club edition]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, faint tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CHEYNEY Peter
Lady Behave!. [First Book Club edition]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, prominent tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CHARTERIS Leslie
Saint Errant. [First Book Club edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, faint tape-marks on endpapers; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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CREASEY John
Parcels for Inspector West. [First Book Club edition]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KAYE H.B.
You only die Once. [First Book Club edition]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, heavy tape-marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KAYE H.B.
The Man in My Chair. A Novel. [First Book Club edition]. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape-marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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JAMES P. D.
A Certain Justice. [An Inspector Dalgleish mystery]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
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STONE Austin
Death Throws a Party. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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STONE Austin
Hangman's Harvest. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WARREN Vernon
Appointment in Hell. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DURHAM Mary
Forked Lightning. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ATHEN Astor
The Ladies leave the Castle. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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BENTLEY Nicolas
The Tongue-Tied Canary. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CRANE Frances
Murder on the Purple Water. A Pat Abbott Mystery. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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HORLER Sydney
Exit the Disguiser. A 'Tiger Standish' Adventure. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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GILBERT Michael
Be Shot for Sixpence. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; yellow cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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WHELTON Paul
Pardon My Blood. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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RINEHART Mary Roberts
The Yellow Room. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ROBERTS Anthony
The Five Houses. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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MARSH John
House of Echoes. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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KNIGHT Kathleen Moore
The Trouble at Turkey Hill. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus, tape marks on endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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UNDERWOOD, ed. Lyn
Agatha Christie. The Official Centenary Celebration 1890-1990. FINE COPY
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Loosely inserted are two copies of the British Museum flier promoting 'Mystery in Mesopotamia', its exhibition dedicated to the life and work of Christie's husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan.
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MOORE Brian
Lies of Silence. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, blue endpapers, blue silk marker, small blind stain on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
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INNES Michael
Carson's Conspiracy. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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JAMES P. D.
Original Sin. [An Inspector Dalgleish mystery]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; dark grey cloth, backstrip lettered in cream, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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NORMANTON, ed. Helena
Trial of Alfred Arthur Rouse. [Notable British Trials]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 8 plates and a folding plan; original series binding of red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the series Notable British Trials.
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JACKSON William
The New and Complete Newgate Calendar. or, Malefactor's Univerersal Register. Vol. I [THIS VOLUME ONLY; WANTING ONE GATHERING]. FINE COPPER PLATES
8vo., on laid paper, with copper-engraved frontispiece and 8 fine copper-engraved plates, wanting one gathering (4 leaves) following title; original boards, newly rebacked in calf to style, a very good, bright, clean copy. 'A New Edition, with great Additions. Illustrated with a great Variety of Copper-plates'. VERY SCARCE.
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RUSSELL Martin
Dial Death. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION
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SIMENON Georges
The Iron Staircase. Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. [First UK Edition]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition thus; red cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Youngman Carter. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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KEATING H R F
The Rich Detective. [A Bill Sylvester novel]. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition; ivory cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
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CHRISTIE Agatha
Black Coffee. A Novel adapted by Charles Osborne from the Play by Agatha Christie. [A Hercule Poirot mystery]. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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SKYRME Sir Thomas
History of The Justices of the Peace. FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt backs, a fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: England to 1689; Vol. II: 1689-1989; Vol. III: Territories Beyond England.
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ILES Francis
Malice Aforethought. The Story of a Commonplace Crime. [Second Reissue]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Reissue; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 'Possibly the best shocker ever written' (English Review). Iles' classic crime novel was first published in 1931, with a first reissue in 1952.This second reissue is now scarce in its own right, the more so in this condition.
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RANKIN Ian
Saints of the Shadow Bible. [A John Rebus novel]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CHESTERTON G. K.
The Father Brown Stories. [Sixth Edition]. THE OMNIBUS EDITION IN FULL MOROCCO
8vo., Sixth Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Collects The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Incredulity of Father Brown, The Secret of Father Brown, The Scandal of Father Brown. The complete omnibus edition was first issued in 1947.
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QUEEN Ellery
The Murderer is a Fox. [Second Impression]. FIRST CHEAP EDITION IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, covers mildly age-marked else a good, bright copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. Queen's classic crime novel was first published in 1945. The secons impression is the 'First Cheap Edition'.
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TOPE Rebecca
A Dirty Death. AUTHOR'S SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, small fade-mark on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE.
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WALLACE Edgar
The Locked-Room Mysteries. The Four Just Men [with] The Mystery of the Yellow Room [with] The Hollow Man. Introduced by Martin Edwards. Illustrated by Mark Thomas. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
3 works in 1 vol., 8vo., First Edition thus, with 3 frontispieces and 26 illustrations in the text; cloth (green/red/brown respectively), upper boards and backstrips blocked and lettered in silver and blind, a near fine copy in publisher's illustrated board slip-case.
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