February 2022

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£95



London, Peter Davies, 1960.

First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d.

Ace private detective Carolus Deene is on the case in the village of Gladhurst.

£275



London, Constable, 1931.

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

Tales of Chinatown and Limehouse: "horrible, ironical, whimsically aloof"

£195



London, Collins, [1930].

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

A nice first edition of this romantic adventure in the fur country.

Detective Fiction

Creasey (John) Sons of Satan

£95



London, John Long, 1947.

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

Dr Palfrey tackles dubious friars, a giant and "the Testament of Evil" in this cruise-ship caper.

Detective Fiction

Creasey (John) The Flood

£120



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1956.

First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 10s6d.

A rather topical Dr Palfrey adventure, as floods begin to besiege the world...

Detective Fiction

Grey (Cecil) Spindrift

£135



London, Herbert Jenkins, 1936.

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

A splendid first edition of this romantic novel about a young musical protégé's adventures.

Detective Fiction

Hornung (E.W.) Stingaree

£120



London, Philip Allan, 1936.

'Popular Edition'. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.

An attractive edition of this tale by the creator of Raffles.

£250



London, Robert Hale, 1951.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12/6.

...where the fantastic and the possible have their meeting place' (jacket blurb) Cloth spine slightly faded, o/w VG; jacket with minor chipping to corners, but overall VG. Y N Y Weird & Supernatural 2022-02-05 15:52:19 1 ...where the fantastic and the possible have their meeting place' (jacket blurb)

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.

£95


Being the second part of 'The Realists'
London, Thornton Butterworth, 1927.

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

An attractive Abbey jacket graces this work by prolific author McKenna, following the political career of Ambrose Sheridan.

£495

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

£250



London, Faber, 1945.

First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. dust-jacket, 9s6d.

An uncommon anthology of ghost tales published by Faber, including authors such as Wilkie Collins and Rudyard Kipling.

£95


A story of love in the desert
London, Eveleigh Nash & Grayson, 1922.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.

A very good first edition of this Egyptian tale by travel writer Douglas Sladen.

£75


from Breakfast to Supper
London, Routledge, 1923.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 2s6d.

A practical cookery book aimed at the smaller household, uncommon in the original jacket.

£75



London, Philip Allan, 1924.

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

A strange and occasionally beautiful book...rather a dangerous study in the emotion of sex... (The Referee). Rare, especially in the jacket.