Detective Fiction
London, Ward, Lock, 1903.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth.
T.W. Hanshew's 1903 detective tale, featuring his gentleman sleuth Hamilton Cleek, revolves around a murder in a country house.
Detective Fiction
London, Ward, Lock, 1910.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original decorative cloth.
Meade was prolific in many genres beyond her well-known school stories; this work showcases her range.
Detective Fiction
Irish (William, pseud. Cornell Woolrich) Somebody on the Phone
Philadelphia & New York, Lippincott, 1950.
First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.50.
A collection of six stories by Woolrich under his well-known pseudonym 'William Irish'. The title story was the basis for the 1952 film Don't Ever Open That Door.
Detective Fiction
London, Faber & Faber, 1949.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9s6d.
Roy Vickers (1887-1965) was popular in Britain for mystery short-stories/novels.
![Harry Edmonds, The North Sea Mystery, first edition, [1930]](https://lycanthiabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/87396-300x300.jpg)
Detective Fiction
London, Ward, Locke, [1930].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, publisher's number '304' to spine.
Classic inter-war era nautical thriller, from the author of The Death Ship (1933).
Detective Fiction
London, Collins, 1942.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The third adventure of wise-cracking crime reporter Tony Carter.
![Anthony Morton, Versus the Baron, first edition, [1940]](https://lycanthiabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/87394-300x300.jpg)
Detective Fiction
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, [1940].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
'The Baron Comes Back!'. When John Mannering ("The Baron") is offered a superb set of diamonds, he faces a dilemma...
Detective Fiction
London, John Murray, 1930.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The novel follows Wilfred Steadmore, an educated and qualified man employed as a courier for Butler's, a major travel agency. The narrative explores both his professional and personal life: his travels and dealings as a courier, and the turbulence of his marriage.
Detective Fiction
Wineham, Henfield, Sussex, Poynings Press, 1946.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Plain burgundy cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
Protagonist Lemmy Caution heads to London in pursuit of a woman. The situation escalates, and he needs help from Scotland Yard. The final entry in the "Lemmy Caution" series.
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1939.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The plot involves the death of the Chinese ward of a well-known socialite and jade collector (Mrs. Allison), which brings under suspicion the Police Commissioner.
Detective Fiction
Burt (Michael, pseud. George Mattock Brookman Burt) The Case of the Fast Young Lady
London, Ward Lock, 1942.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
One of several novels by this author featuring his series character Roger Poynings.
London, Collins Crime Club, 1946.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
Published in the US as Cheat the Hangman.
Detective Fiction
London, Werner Laurie, 1951.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s.6d.
A whodunit set against a hospital backdrop.
![Alternative view of "Trill" [pseud. Harry C. Liebart]. The Sickle Murders](https://lycanthiabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/87369_2-300x300.jpg)
Detective Fiction
London, Lincoln Williams, 1935.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
According to the Bear Alley blog the book is listed in the English Catalogue of Books as having appeared in February 1935 and it was listed under the pen-name "Trill". The publisher Lincoln Williams went into administration in July 1935 so the book probably wasn't reprinted. Trill was a pen name for Harry C. Liebart (as evidenced by the author's inscription on the frontispiece, and according to Hubin). Very scarce in a jacket.
![James Norman, The Nightwalkers, First edition, [1948].](https://lycanthiabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/87348-300x300.jpg)
Detective Fiction
London, Michael Joseph, [1948].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
Crime thriller set in then contemporary China.
Detective Fiction
London, Chatto & Windus, 1953.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
Social unrest leads to sabotage at an Admiralty dockyard. Scarce signed.
Detective Fiction
London, Michael Joseph, 1951.First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket.The first UK novelisation of American playwright and crime fiction novelist Carleton's well-known play.
Detective Fiction
London, Macdonald, 1962.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1958.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1964.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Stanley Paul, 1953.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, 1952.First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1953.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1965.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1955.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1966.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Faber, 1950.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Constable, 1958.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1943.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1964.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1965.
First UK edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1974.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1979.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1959.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1968.
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, [1957].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1972.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1978.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1974.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1973.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £1.70.
The thirteenth McGee title sends the detective to Costa Rica coastlines, investigating contraband and political upheaval under a deceptively soft, tropical-sounding title.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1977.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hammond, Hammond, 1960.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.