Jacket spine slightly sunned, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Jessett.
£75
London, Herbert Jenkins, [1960].
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
An attractive first edition of this important work on colour politics in South Africa.
Out of stock
Jacket spine slightly sunned, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Jessett.
Detective Fiction
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Attractive jacket artwork by a prolific jacket artist of the period, Eugene Hastain. A tale of a proposal of marriage as a business deal, that leads to jealousy and hate...
Detective Fiction
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1952.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 9/-.
A dramatic story of crime and detection featuring series character Inspector Gilbert Larose.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Interesting, and uncommon example of alt-history fiction relating to Hitler and WW2, but in this case actually written and published coeval to the time of the events. Rare in jacket.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Herbert Jenkins, [1942].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A striking first edition of this romantic, behind-the-scenes thriller of the Secret Service by a prolific author.
Detective Fiction
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Classic whodunnit murder-mystery by an author often better remembered for his spoonerisms and malapropisms, unfairly perhaps.