Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1919].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original mustard yellow pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
Excellent jacket artwork on this uncommon title, particularly in the jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1926].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A romance set in the California desert, showcasing Gregory's signature blend of adventure and vivid descriptions of the Western landscape.
Modern Literature
Connington (J.J., pseud. Alfred Walter Stewart) Tom Tiddler’s Island
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1933].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
A plot set on the Scottish island of Ruffa involving alchemy, hidden treasures and dangerous adversaries. Rare in the dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on title-page. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Victor MacClure (1887–1963) was a Scottish artist and author, also known as Thom MacWalter. He specialised in detective novels and contemporary thrillers. His only science fiction novel, The Ark of the Covenant (1924), explored themes of world disarmament and advanced technologies.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1929].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Set in the Alps, the novel follows a young English woman who becomes entangled in international intrigue involving a Balkan king and a sinister secret agent.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1924].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Hubin-listed crime thriller.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1951.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15/-.
British hunter & journalist Izzard's account of his search for the 'buru', a 20-foot reptile rumoured to inhabit India's Northeastern frontier, sponsored by The Daily Mail. Izzard would subsequently embark on a similarly unsuccessful hunt for the yeti. A key work in the cryptozoology canon.
Detective Fiction
an adventure on the Suffolk coast
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
Nice jacket artwork on this title from Holt's series featuring Professor Luther Bastion, an astute and unorthodox detective.
Horror & Gothic
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3s6d.
Hubin-listed horror mystery by Scottish author and historian Muir. Uncommon in the original jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1930].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.
Attractive jacket artwork by Hastain on this uncommon Wynnton title.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1980.
First edition, first impression. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced £5.95.
The final novel in the original 'Karla Trilogy', featuring George Smiley's pursuit of his Soviet counterpart.
Detective Fiction
Beeding (Francis, pseud. John Leslie Palmer & Hilary St George Saunders) Eleven Were Brave
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1940.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/3.
Espionage thriller, uncommon in jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1940].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/3.
Crime fiction title by the author the PoW story The Escaping Club.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1927].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Spy fiction by one of the then masters of the genre. An attractive copy.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1929].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
"Pseudonym of UK author Mavis Elizabeth Hocking Nisot (1893-1973) which she used for two of her novels, the second, The Man Who Could Stop War (1929), being a Near Future Scientific Romance in which the invention of an immobilising gas helps thwart a Russian Invasion. She is better known for her detective tales as E H Nisot." (Encyclopedia of Science Fiction).
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
Hubin-listed non-series crime caper by Fairlie.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1927.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The first edition of Buchan's Scottish masterpiece, including a significant portion of the dialogue in Scots. Scarce in the dust-jacket.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red pictorial boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
One of Biggles creator Johns' successful dalliances with science fiction.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An attractive mid-period Clubfoot novel by the author and journalist Valentine Williams. Distinctly uncommon in the original dust-jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
Esteven (John, pseud. Samuel Shellabarger) Blind Man’s Night
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1938.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7s6d.
The first UK edition of this weird tale by American author and educationalist Shellabarger. The Montenera Inn is an old tavern with an evil reputation. When the indomitable Mrs. Lee leases it to support her family, she tells neighbors that she isn't interested in nonsense of that sort. However, when faced with a mysterious theft and attempted murder, she has to wonder if the inn's reputation is justified.
War, Invasion & Spy
A story of the Scarlet Pimpernel
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1913].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth with inset illustration. Dust-jacket.
The elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado. Rare in jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
and Other Experiences of a Specialist in Spooks
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1920].
First edition. 8vo. Original sage cloth.
The first edition in book form of this collection of short stories regarding Prof. Arnold Rhymer, the Spook Specialist.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [c.1931].
'Half-a-Crown New Series' edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
Great Hastain jacket on this uncommon work by the author of Phantom of the Opera. Set in Peru and the desperate race to prevent a human sacrifice.
Children's Books
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1942.
Second edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, code 2445 to lower panel.
It's the First World War, and in a desperate game of bluff and counterbluff Biggles is sent to work for the Germans while secretly reporting back to the British.
Detective Fiction
Holt (Gavin, pseud. Percival Charles Rodda) Drums Beat at Night
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 3/6.
"Drums beat at night…and Professor Bastion hears the echo on Hampstead Heath" (jacket blurb)
Children's Books
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1963.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
Biggles & chums track a vanishing aircraft and a mysterious passenger.
Children's Books
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1964.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
Biggles investigates a tourist charter in France, uncovering and thwarting a dangerous smuggling gang's operations.
Modern Literature
(Le Pagode de Chanteloup)
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1927].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An exceptional first edition of this uncommon work by prolific author Bowen, known for her weird & supernatural works and her historical/romantic fiction.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1901.
First edition. 8vo. Title printed in red & black. Original red cloth lettered & decorated in gilt.
An early title by this once hugely popular writer, an English author of popular romances, and a poet and children's writer.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
or, the Pommeray Case.
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1927].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Striking jacket artwork of on this uncommon "death ray" title.
Children's Books
Dulac (Edmund).- Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) The Sleeping Beauty
and other fairy tales from the old French
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1910.
First Dulac edition. Deluxe issue, one of 1000 numbered copies signed by the artist. 4to. Original brown morocco gilt.
A handsome copy of the superior issue of Dulac's rendering of these fairy tale classics.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1936.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very good first UK edition of one of Zane Grey's popular westerns.
From the outbreak of war with Turkey to the Armistice
London &c., Hodder & Stoughton, 1919.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An uncommon book in the original jacket.
Historical Fiction
Higgins (Jack, pseud. Harry Patterson) In the Hour Before Midnight
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1969.
First edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced 25s.
A consideration of the origins and methods of the Sicilian mafia, by the author of The Eagle Has Landed.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1928].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Colver was a prolific author, best remembered today perhaps for her Joan Foster series.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.
First edition. Publisher's file copy. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Evocative jacket artwork on this tale about a young man using his fists and heart to navigate his wanderlust around Canada & Alaska.
Detective Fiction
Wentworth (Patricia, pseud. Dora Amy Turnbull) Vanishing Point
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
A nice first edition of one of the later 'Miss Silver' titles by Wentworth.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale red cloth stamped in black. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
An early collection of war tales by the original 'Sapper', extremely uncommon in the original jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1932.
Early reprint. Small 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
A lovely copy of this Wallace title. Jesse Trasmere, a wealthy miser, unexpectedly leaves town, yet his body is later found in a locked vault. His nephew Rex has financial motives.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928.
First edition. Small 8vo. Original orange cloth. Early reprint dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
A first UK edition in early jacket of this classic Wallace thriller - Li Yoseph, a suspected rich smuggler, lives at Lady's Stairs; when Mark, Tiser, and Ann investigate Ronnie's death linked to Bradly, Yoseph vanishes.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1928].
Early printing. Small 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
An attractively jacketed 'yellowback" of this Edgar Wallace work, originally published in 1927.