Contemporary gift inscription; VG; jacket a little chipped with a few small closed tears plus slight loss to head of spine.
Illustrations by Vernon L.Soper.
£75
London, Robert Hale, 1946.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
From a series of titles recounting the adventures of Big Dragon and Co., difficult in the original jacket.
In stock
Contemporary gift inscription; VG; jacket a little chipped with a few small closed tears plus slight loss to head of spine.
Illustrations by Vernon L.Soper.
War, Invasion & Spy
Told by an Eye-Witness
London, Robert Hale, 1937.
First edition. Publisher's file copy. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Scarce Spanish Civil War title.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1957.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 10/6.
A very good first UK edition of this Inspector McKee novel by the American author Helen Reilly, who derived much of her work from her research into the New York Homicide squad.
Modern Literature
London, Robert Hale, [c.1950s].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
"Margo Haynes is lovely and lovable but her love is dangerous" (jacket blurb).
A Winter in the Atacama Desert
London, Robert Hale, 1960.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1980.
First edition. Ex-Library. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, with price-sticker £5.95.
The second of the author's well-regarded historic mysteries to feature Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte.