Internally clean; wrappers with some minor foxing and creasing/rubbing, but overall very good.
Illustrations by Frank Wiles.
£875
London, George Newnes, September – November 1914.
Parts 1-3 (only, of 9) in The Strand magazine. 8vo. Without advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers.
The first three parts of the first appearance of the fourth & final Sherlock Holmes novel.
In stock
Internally clean; wrappers with some minor foxing and creasing/rubbing, but overall very good.
Illustrations by Frank Wiles.
Detective Fiction
Translated from the French by Maverick Terrell. First English edition, London, T. Werner Laurie, 1936.One of the prolific French author's whodunits. Dekobra (real name Maurice Tessier) was one of France's best-known authors during the interwar period, and several of his books were made into films.
Detective Fiction
London, Columbine Publishing Co, 1939.The world-renowned detective Grant Rushton takes on his most sinister foe yet, High Priestess of the terrible cult of the Voodoo, Marie Galante.
Detective Fiction
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1953
First edition (preceding the first US edition by a few months). 8vo. Original burgundy boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 10s.6d.
Chandler's hard-boiled noir classic, defined by the author himself as "my best book". In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as a 1973 film of the same name, updated to 1970s Los Angeles and starring Elliott Gould.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, 1937.One of the Inspector Williams novels, by an author also known for writing Sexton Blake titles.
Detective Fiction
First edition.
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1935.
Featuring serial character Gilbert Larose The Poisoned Goblet tells of the efforts by a gang to kidnap the child of Lady Ardane.Fabulous dustwrapper art. A desirable title.