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£125



London, Cassell, 1906.

First edition. 8vo. Patterned endpapers, publisher's catalogue at end. Original green pictorial cloth.

A very good first edition of this mystery novel by the author of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Wells (H.G.) Men Like Gods

£150



London, Cassell, 1923.

First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth decorated and lettered in black. Dust-jacket.

Further reflections on utopian models, by the author of War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man.

£950


and other stories
London, Cassell, [1920].

First edition. 8vo. Original decorative cloth, spine slightly sunned.

A very good copy of this collection by the creator of the Mapp & Lucia series, which includes, alongside the titular story alongside The Blackmailer of Park Lane, The Dance on the Beefsteak, The Oriolists In the Dark, The False Step and The Case of Frank Hampden. Some tales with supernatural tones.

£595



London, Cassell, 1930.

First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

The first UK edition of the fourth Charlie Chan book by Biggers, who set out to create a character that was the opposite of the 'yellow peril' portrayal of Orientals as villains that was the trend at the time. Uncommon in the dust-jacket.

£450



London, Cassell, 1932.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

An attractively jacketed edition of this work by US writer Katharine Brush, one of the most popular authors of her time, as well as one of most well-paid. 'Red headed woman! She went to New York; men looked at her, and say "Boy!"' (jacket). The book was adapted for the silver screen the same year, starring Jean Harlow as a woman who uses sex to advance her social position.

£375



London, Cassell, 1928.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

The first UK edition of this particular compilation of short stories by Limehouse Nights author Thomas Burke. Set in the bustling streets and alleys of London's East End, the book offers a vivid and often dismal portrayal of life in one of the city's most diverse and vibrant neighbourhoods. Distinctly uncommon in the jacket.

£1,800



London, Cassell, 1926.

First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth blocked in red.

An uncommonly good example of this highly collectable Father Brown first edition: Father Brown 'unravels the tangled skein of crime with entire success, and does it with convincing common-sense logic' (dust jacket).

£695



London &c., Cassell, 1913.

First edition. 8vo. 4pp. advertisements. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.

The first chapter of Mr. Edge's story is enough to indicate the mystery which is to be unravelled, and every succeeding chapter makes the mystery deeper until the final elucidation... (The Bookseller, Vol. 60, 1914).

An early detective fiction title, in a remarkably excellent pre WW1 dust-jacket. Exceptionally scarce, with only six copies recorded by WorldCat, and no copies in trade or at auction that we could trace.

£95



London, Cassell, 1948.

First UK edition. Small 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

A nice example of this Perry Mason title; to aid her sick boyfriend, Sally Madison tries to swindle wealthy Harrington Faulkner with a cure for his sickly exotic fish. However, things take a dark turn when the fish disappear and Faulkner is found dead.

£85



London, Cassell, 1949.

First UK edition. First UK edition. Small 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.

Attractive first UK edition of this Perry Mason title.

£675



London, Cassell, 1920

First edition. 8vo. Original light brown cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 8/6 net on spine.

An Allan Quatermain novel, direct sequel to The Ivory Child. An interesting way of resurrecting the character of Allan away from the period and Africa of his day.

Rare in jacket.

£135



London, Cassell, 1926.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth.

The first edition of one of Hall's better known works, after The Well of Loneliness, about a waiter who becomes disgusted with his job and goes to live in the forest as a hermit.

£120



London, Cassell, [1886].

First edition. 8vo. 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, dated '3 G. 8.86'.

A creative and productive author, Julian Hawthorne never sadly quite lived up to the literary pedigree inherited from his father, Nathaniel Hawthorne, but his fiction is engaging and often incorporates the sort of weird and sci-fi elements on which later subgenre fiction was predicated. This novel sees the author dallying rather with crime fiction, including mob-like figures, a bank robbery and the curse of opium addiction...

£125



London, Cassell, 1945.

First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

An intriguing psychological thriller by the author & philosopher H.F. Heard, author of The Ascent of Humanity (1929).

Weird & Supernatural

Heard (Gerald) The Great Fog

£195


and Other Weird Tales
London, Cassell, 1947.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped and with publisher's '4/6 Cheap Edition' sticker to upper panel.

A collection of mysterious and weird tales, by an author who numbered among his close friends Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood, and whose work was compared favourably to that of H.G. Wells and Conan Doyle: "He plays as daringly with the test tubes of science as did the early H.G. Wells...Mr. Heard is a new master in this field..." (New York Times).

£150



London, Cassell, 1941.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.

The original Lassie novel, which led to numerous films and TV series, first published in Chicago in 1940. Uncommon in such nice condition.

Modern Literature

MacKenzie (Compton) Coral

£250



London, Cassell, 1925.

First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, no price.

An excellent first edition of this the sequel to Mackenzie's Carnival.

£795


First edition.
London, Cassell, 1935.

The Phantom Gunman is the author’s first crime novel and imagines what would happen if Chicago gangsters were to come over to London. Features serial character Mrs Pym. Exceptionally scarce in a jacket

£495

London, Cassell, 1926. First edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Tales of Indian life. Uncommon, especially thus inscribed.

£395


being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali
London, Cassell, 1933.

First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth.

Philby embarked on notable journeys, most significantly across the 'empty quarter' in 1932, travelling by camel and car. He meticulously documented geographical and scientific data, secretly recording his findings at night, wary of his distrustful Arab companions.

£375

A Romance of the Soul London &c., Cassell, 1912. First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. A solid first edition copy of this occult tale by Australian author Rosa Praed, underlined eventually by the reformative qualities of Christianity.

£975



London, Cassell, 1936.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original black cloth with red spine label. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

A rare Sax Rohmer edition, in which an ancient Egyptian secret intriguingly like atomic power is unleashed. Distinctly hard to find in the original dust-jacket.

£625



London [&c.], Cassell, 1941

First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.

A good copy of this title from the popular Fu Manchu series of books by Sax Rohmer.

£150


A Novel
London, Cassell, 1933.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

An attractive first edition by this author of romantic literature set in South Africa and Rhodesia, a writing career which began in 1903 with Virginia of the Rhodesians.

£750


First edition.
London, Cassell, 1917.

A collection of eleven tales, one of which is a locked room mystery and two of which have definite weird content. Not mentioned by Bleiler. “The Mystery of Howard Romaine” involves the disappearance of a coffin and a body from a locked room (Adey p.300) The Cuckoo Clock" is a tale of delirium involving the transmigration of a soul into a cuckoo clock. "The Fatal Fairy" is about a man who kidnaps a fairy at dawn, whereupon it turns into a monstrous baby vulture -- until he releases it a day later. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor and theatre manager. This collection appeared in the year of his death. Very scarce in jacket.

£125



London, Cassell, 1935.

First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

A very pleasing first edition of this classic Vachell title.

Modern Literature

Wadsley (Olive) Racing Pace

£125



London, Cassell, 1933.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.

A yearning for 'volcanic love' sees Veronica Manners travelling to South America, in this pleasingly jacketed first edition.

£95



London, Cassell, 1957.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original black boards lettered in silver. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.

Hardboiled noir fiction by the author of Dead Calm.