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
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Intricate plotting and character development, reflecting the conventions of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Scarce in the jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, n.d..
Early printing. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
An attractive example of this work by a prolific author. The jacket gives both Eyre & Spottiswoode and Thornton Butterworth as the publishers, perhaps due to the former acquiring a significant portion of Thornton Butterworth's business following the destruction of the latter's offices during the Blitz.
American Literature
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 30s.
Berger's famous work, a fictional memoir of Jack Crabb, a white man raised by Native Americans, offering a satirical perspective on the American West. The book received critical acclaim for its unique narrative and was adapted into a successful film in 1970, starring Dustin Hoffman.
Modern Literature
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original dark brown boards. Dust-jacket, priced 25s.
Inscribed by the author, 'This by way of a consolation prize, and in memory of enthusiasm, wet trousers and one pike. Best wishes, Willie McIlvanney, 11th September, 1968 (R.I.P.)'
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6 (sticker to spine).
Intricate plotting and character development, reflecting the conventions of the Golden Age of detective fiction. Scarce in the jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Great jacket artwork.
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Children's Books
A story for the young in heart
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
BB's classic fairy tale for children, charmingly illustrated by the author.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth lettered in silver. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
Inspiration for the 1963 Steve McQueen film.
American Literature
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1957.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
Prison escape excitement from the author of The Body Snatchers.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955.
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
Inspiration for the film The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and its remakes, this Science Fiction classic is set in Mill Valley, California, where seeds fall from space replacing real people with identical aliens who only live for five years while their victims turn to dust. If these seed are allowed to invade totally mankind will die since the aliens do not procreate!
Modern Literature
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
Autobiography of the key founder of the Vorticist movement.
Detective Fiction
the private memoirs of Wayne Armitage
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1936.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
A murder mystery set amongst US expats and local characters in a town in France. Frank Sherwin was an English artist known for his paintings and designs for railway destinations around the British Isles.
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956.
First UK edition, first hardcover edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
Irish writer Moore's first pulp fiction foray under this pseudonym, one of seven such titles he subsequently disowned. Adapted into a 1958 film noir of the same name, directed by Jack Cardiff. Rare.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth-backed marbled boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
The first edition of this science fiction author's reflections on the ways in which the world might in fact end.
Modern Literature
and other essays
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
A handsome first edition of this collection, in which Greene shares his love affair with reading in this collection of essays, memories, and critical considerations, both affectionate and tart.
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 9/-.
A superior example of the courtroom drama subgenre.
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12s6d.
An intriguing combination of authors: "Each of the three 'tales of imagination' in this book is by a master of the art, and there is enough incident and invention in each of them to surpass most full-length novels." (jacket blurb). The Peake tale Boy in Darkness features Titus, from the Gormenghast books.
Detective Fiction
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. 1p. advertisements. Original cloth. Dust-jackets, correctly priced 7s 6d.
A very good first edition of this intriguing novel, based on the story Mon premier crime by Gustave Macé, in the series "La Police parisienne."
Detective Fiction
First edition.
London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1933.
When the dignified life of Steven Kester came to an undignified end there were several people with potential motives. Serial character Spike Tracy acts as detective and solves the mystery.Rare in d/w.