A little very foxing; jacket chipped with loss to spine ends and fore corners, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Hastain.
£175
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1929].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A naval adventure based on Royal Navy encounters with pirates in the Canton Delta. The narrative focuses on authentic sea combat and maritime tactics.
In stock
A little very foxing; jacket chipped with loss to spine ends and fore corners, otherwise very good.
Jacket artwork by Hastain.
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.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, price ablated from spine.
A pleasing first edition of this collection of short stories by 'Sapper', featuring the character Ronald Standish as chief protagonist (appearing previously only in 'The Saving Clause' (1927) and 'Tiny Carteret' (1930)). Sapper of course most well-known for creating Bulldog Drummond.
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.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
A great first edition of this uncommon 'thirties title in the jacket. The tale of one man's increasingly desperate attempts to avoid mediocrity.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1957.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12/6.
A very good first edition of this later and hard-to-find Freeman Wills Crofts title, featuring series character Chief Superintendent French, "the most human sleuth to be found in detective novels today" (Punch).