Detective Fiction
London, Bodley Head, 1988.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £10.95.
An early work by the creator of Inspector Rebus, here following a surveillance officer for MI5.
Modern Literature
London, Bodley Head, 1928.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red decorative cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
"Joshua Fendick had reached the stage in his life where he was ready to quit his job of wealth and cross the frontier of the matter-of-fact into the Land of Illusion. An old desire asserted itself and Joshua became a sculptor. And like Pygmalion in the old myth, Joshua fell in love with his creation—or rather, with the model it resembled..." Attractive dust-jacket artwork.
Modern Literature
London, Bodley Head, 1968.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 28s.
The first UK edition of US author Stone's first novel, winner of both the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship, and a William Faulkner Foundation Award for best first novel. The film was transferred to the big screen in 1970, as WUSA, starring Paul Newman.
Modern Literature
London, Bodley Head, 1923.First edition. 8vo. 8pp. advertisements. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, without price.Great jacket artwork by Canadian–British illustrator and commercial artist Austin Cooper (not the car).