Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1962.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15/-.
Twelve stories exploring classic Clarke themes of technology, alien contact, space exploration and human destiny.
Modern Literature
a novel
London, Gollancz, 1975.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original purple boards. Dust-jacket, priced £3.50.
Rushdie's debut novel, following Flapping Eagle, a young Native American who gains immortality and embarks on a journey through a surreal world in search of meaning and identity.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1990.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £12.95.
A nice example of this debut title from Pears' well-known series featuring Jonathan Argyll, art historian. Pears garnered international fame with his best selling book An Instance of the Fingerpost (1998).
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1947.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The story follows an office worker named Jones, whose dull life is interrupted when he is accused of murder. Symons blends psychological insight with traditional mystery tropes, offering a critical look at post-war British society.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1928.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
This collection comprises four interconnected stories set in the fictional town of Memworth, each delving into the darker aspects of human nature. Themes of love, betrayal, and remorse are explored, with each tragedy unfolding to reveal the complexities of the human heart and the unforeseen twists of fate.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1988.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced £10.95.
The sequel to Equal Rites, this Discworld novel parodies Shakespearean themes, following our three witches - Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick - as they navigate political intrigue and destiny.
Detective Fiction
A Medical Miscreant; The Perfect Murder; The Riddle of Rumsey House; The Double Acquittal; The Farmer's Wife; Rex Versus Robert Wood
London, Gollancz, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/- to spine with price sticker 2/-.
Winifred Duke was well known both as a novelist and as an editor for the book series, Notable British Trials. The gift inscription present is from the prominent British court reporter and author Edward Spencer Shew, renowned for his detailed accounts of murder trials in the early to mid-20th century, and his books A Companion to Murder (1960) and A Second Companion to Murder (1961).
War, Invasion & Spy
Le Carré (John, pseud. David Cornwell) The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
London, Gollancz, 1963.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket.
The first printing of Le Carré's classic of spy fiction, ex-library unfortunately but in a very good example of the jacket.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, [1966].
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 30s.
The first UK edition of Frank Herbert's classic space opera, originally published serially in three parts as 'Dune World' in John W. Campbell's magazine Analog (December 1963).
Weird & Supernatural
and other novels of terror
London, Gollancz, 1966.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 30/-.
An essential Lovecraft collection, selected and with an introduction by August Derleth.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in orange to spine.
Sayers' sixth work featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, published in the US as Suspicious Characters. Murder among a community of artists in Galloway, Scotland.
Detective Fiction
Innes (Michael, pseud. John Innes Mackintosh Stewart) Stop Press
London, Gollancz, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in red to spine. Dust-jacket.
The fourth in Innes' series featuring John Appleby, Detective Inspector of Scotland Yard. A Golden Age of Detective Fiction classic.
American Literature
London, Gollancz, 1951.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
The first appearance in book form of Langston's character of "Simple", first created for his Chicago Defender column in 1943.
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Comprising: A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of Atuan; The Farthest Shore
London, Gollancz, 1971-73.
3 vol. First UK editions. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jackets, all correctly priced.
One of the great fantasy fiction series, by the inimitable and prolific Le Guin. The original trilogy, although the author did add to the series with subsequent stories and books, including a work which attempted to bring more focus and heft to female characters. Uncommon in such condition.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Published in 1939 as the world was teetering on the brink of global war, the novel describes how the nations of the world, previously bent on destroying each other, band together to meet a common catastrophe. The story takes place in West London where the main character, Edgar Hopkins, writes his own narrative about a lunar catastrophe in which the moon collides with the Earth.
American Literature
London, Gollancz, 1954.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
A surprisingly uncommon De Vries edition.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1945.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6 and with 'The Fanfare Press, London' printed to bottom edge of lower panel.
The author's second novel, continuing the capers of the Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen. The copyright page includes a printed dedication to the poet Philip Larkin.
Detective Fiction
Crispin (Edmund, pseud. Bruce Montgomery) The Case of the Gilded Fly
London, Gollancz, 1944.
First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6 and with 'The Fanfare Press, London' printed to bottom edge of lower panel.
The first edition of the debut of the pseudonymous Crispin (in reality, composer Bruce Montgomery), whom the New York Times once called the heir to John Dickson Carr. Gervase Fen's first outing.
Modern Literature
London, Gollancz, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A weighty omnibus of literary delights, featuring works by Henry James, Sheridan Le Fanu, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rose Macauley and Jane Austen, to name but a few.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A collection of six stories showcasing the forensic talents of feature cases of Mr. Reggie Fortune, a surgeon working for Scotland Yard.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1945.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
The first detective fiction title by archaeologist and raconteur Glyn Daniel, introducing Sir Richard Cherrington, an eminent but slightly eccentric archaeologist. Uncommon.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1939.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Joshua Clunk makes his full-length novel debut in this work, having appeared previously in short stories only. The work also features a cameo by Bailey's other recurring character, Reggie Fortune.
London, Gollancz, 1940.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The first edition of the fifth novel to feature John Appleby, a young Detective Inspector in the Metropolitan Police, straddling detective and spy fiction admirably.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1964.
First UK edition. Ex-library. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The first UK edition of Simak's sci-fi classic, about a lonely immortal farmer who man & maintains a way station for aliens in Wisconsin, winner of the Hugo prize for that year.
London, Gollancz, 1950.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 16/-.
A scarce first Gollancz edition of this harrowing account from the perspective of one of the black men accused of raping two white prostitutes in Alabama in 1931, written with the aid of author & journalist Earl Conrad, who had met Patterson during his time as Harlem Bureau Chief for The Chicago Defender. The title was reprinted very quickly to meet demand, and as a result first impressions are relatively scarce.
Detective Fiction
London, Gollancz, 1936.First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.An uncommon Asey Mayo tale and the first time we have encountered it in a jacket.