Neville (Margot, pseud. Margot & Anne Neville Goyder) “Come, Thick Night”
£75
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1951.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket.
Very good first edition of this murder mystery by the Australian Goyder sisters.
In stock
A very good in jacket with only minor rubbing to extremities and mild chipping to head of spine.
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London, Geoffrey Bles, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in lime green. Dust-jacket.
A near fine first edition of one of the later titles by the Australian Goyder sisters.
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London, Geoffrey Bles, 1935.
'Popular Edition', second printing. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, with price-sticker '5/-' on spine.
A decent, early edition of this the second appearance of armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who featured in a long-running series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Translated by Winifred Ray
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1933.
First UK edition, first issue. 8vo. Original light blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
The scarce first English edition of this compelling blend of science fiction, horror and utopian fantasy, revolving around a hunchbacked scientist's attempts to become master of the world by removing all memory. Listed in Bleiler and Locke.
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Horror & Gothic
London, Geoffrey Bles, [1926],
First edition. Signed & inscribed by the author. 8vo. Original cloth.
Signed and inscribed by the author on front endpaper with this distinctive, flourishing signature.
The basis for the movie of the same name starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger and Ralph Richardson (making his movie debut)
Extremely scarce signed and inscribed by the author.
Detective Fiction
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1939.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
An uncommon bibliomystery by this British detective fiction writer of the Golden Age, who authored some thirty mystery novels, many featuring Detective Inspector William Austen.