Ink name and browning to front free endpaper; cloth very good; jacket a little creased and chipped, a few minor tears, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Nina Miller Davidson.
£150
London, Ward, Lock, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A scarce book in dust-jacket. A tale of poison.
In stock
Ink name and browning to front free endpaper; cloth very good; jacket a little creased and chipped, a few minor tears, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Nina Miller Davidson.
Detective Fiction
First edition, London, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.Rare London Knopf imprint, in the remarkable striking dust-jacket designed by Shaw.
Detective Fiction
First edition.
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
When the dignified life of Steven Kester came to an undignified end there were several people with potential motives. Serial character Spike Tracy acts as detective and solves the mystery.Rare in d/w.
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, 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
First edition, ‘7th thousand’.
London, Skeffington, [1932].
Skeffington often used ‘7th thousand’ label on title page to try and show that their titles were in high demand so this is not necessarily a reprint.A Hubin-listed mystery featuring the author’s serial character, detective-crook Jimmy Traynor.