A very good copy of the book, in somewhat spotted and frayed and jacket, but overall very good.
Photographic plates.
£150
London, Hutchinson, [1935].
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
Land speed record holder, adventurer, treasure hunter and avid motor racer Sir Malcolm Campbell recounts his exciting life.
In stock
A very good copy of the book, in somewhat spotted and frayed and jacket, but overall very good.
Photographic plates.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [1933].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, with ?publisher's price-sticker 2/6 overlaid on original price.
A good+ copy of this title, uncommon in US or UK edition - the author is well-known for his sport-related crime novels, including 70,000 Witnesses.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hutchinson, 1940.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Inscribed by the author on the title-page, "For J.W. Hughes With very best wishes from his friend Dennis Wheatley".
Detective Fiction
and other stories
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, 'Blue Star Library' issue.
Further crime thriller fiction based in the Pacific from the author of The Tales of Mynheer Amayat.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, n.d. [c.1930].
Third edition (stated). Small 8vo. Original cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 2/- and stating '5th Thousand'.
An early edition of this collaboration between the Hanshews, scarce in the original dust-jacket - with artwork by the illustrator Joseph Abbey.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [1925].
First edition. 8vo. Original dark red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Seemingly a bizarrely scarce edition of this crime fiction title, with the BL and WorldCat only recording the Tauchnitz edition. It first appeared in serial form in Hutchinson's Magazine, 1924.