Usual toning to text block; cloth very good; jacket with some edge wear and creasing, but a very good example especially given the age.
Jacket artwork initialled ‘W.H.’
£550
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale red cloth stamped in black. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
An early collection of war tales by the original ‘Sapper’, extremely uncommon in the original jacket.
In stock
Usual toning to text block; cloth very good; jacket with some edge wear and creasing, but a very good example especially given the age.
Jacket artwork initialled ‘W.H.’
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.
The last espionage novel by this prolific author who famously enjoyed the high-life. A rousing tale of the quest for world peace via the machinations of Italian Fascism.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1964.
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
A very good first edition of this later Dr Palfrey tales, by one of the most prolific authors in the crime/thriller genre.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1926].
First edition. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements at end. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.
A rare book in the original first issue dust-jacket, with striking artwork.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1930].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
An uncommon "Lost Race" title, notable also for the rather smashing jacket artwork by well-known illustrator J. Morton Sale.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very good first edition of one the of later, stand-alone titles by this crime writer.