Weird & Supernatural
London, Hutchinson, [1935].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A hard to find anthology in the original jacket; the collection includes contributions by Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Violet Hunt, Oliver Onions and others.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Hutchinson, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price removed from spine jacket.
The first edition of this collection of 13 short stories by Benson, comprising: "The Step", "The Bed by the Window", "James Lamp", "The Dance", "The Hanging of Alfred Wadham", "Pirates", "The Wishing-Well", "The Bath-Chair", "Monkeys", "Christopher Comes Back", "The Sanctuary", "Thursday Evenings", "The Psychical Mallards".
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1927].
First edition. 8vo. Original cyan cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An uncommon title in jacket. The story is set in historical Canada and follows the endeavours of man to secure his legacy.
London, Hutchinson, [1938].
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in white. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A very attractive first edition by the woman who not only married Dennis Wheatley but also convinced him to take up writing. "A riot of romance set in the most glamorous town in Europe," according to the publisher's preferred jacket blurb.
London, Hutchinson, [1935].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Attractive first edition of this important anthology, featuring Anthony Berkeley, John Dickson Carr, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and many many more of the biggest names in crime fiction.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1937].
First edition. 8vo. Contemporary lending-library cloth. Dust-jacket, with price-sticker of 2/- to spine.
"A romantic story of impulsive youth", according to the rather lovely dust-jacket's blurb.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A shipwreck leads to the formation of a new community. Uncommon in jacket.
Detective Fiction
Graeme (Bruce, pseud. Graham Montague Jeffries) Gigins Court
London, Hutchinson, n.d..
10th thousand. 8vo. Original pale cloth. Dust-jacket, with 3/6 price sticker to spine.
Early printing of this hard-to-find title by a prolific author.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hutchinson, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Publisher's advertisements dated 'Autumn 1933' at end. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Following the misfortunes of an aristocratic German family after the first World War. Uncommon.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Hutchinson, n.d. [c.1926].
First edition, '69th thousand'. 8vo. Original yellow cloth ruled and lettered in black. Dust-jacket, stating '71st Thousand' and priced 7s6d.
A nice example of an early printing of this scarce book which is very elusive in jacket. Romantic story set in East Africa with a vampire love interest.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [1930].
First edition. 8vo. Advertisements dated 1931 at end. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The story of an amateur detective; uncommon in the jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1930].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractively jacketed novel by the author of Wax Image and other weird tales.
Weird & Supernatural
and other stories
London, Hutchinson, [1928].
Early Hutchinson edition. 8vo. Original red cloth decorated and lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 2/- and stating '72nd thousand'.
A scarce collection of weird tales, particularly uncommon in the jacket. Originally published by Holden & Hardingham in 1912.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Hutchinson, n.d. [c.1925].
Third edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, with 4/- price sticker to spine.
A great collection of weird tales, described by Bleiler as "Excellent", no less.
Detective Fiction
and other stories
London, Hutchinson, [1934].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, 'Blue Star Library' issue.
Further crime thriller fiction based in the Pacific from the author of The Tales of Mynheer Amayat.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, n.d..
25th thousand. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The novel of Edgar Wallace's famous play told by Robert Curtis.
Horror & Gothic
London, Hutchinson, [1935].
First edition. 8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
A handsome anthology, featuring contributions by Algernon Blackwood, Thomas Burke, F. Marion Crawford, James Hilton, M.R. James, Arthur Machen, and Dennis Wheatley himself.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hutchinson, 1940.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Inscribed by the author on the title-page, "For J.W. Hughes With very best wishes from his friend Dennis Wheatley".
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hutchinson, 1937.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Publisher's advertisements. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Inscribed by the author on the title-page, "To Mr W. Green with the best of good wishes from Dennis Wheatley".
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hutchinson, 1942.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
A signed & inscribed first edition of Wheatley's wartime espionage classic, set against the background of Vichy France and the occupied territories in 1940.
Sports & Pastimes
London, Hutchinson, [1935].
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
Land speed record holder, adventurer, treasure hunter and avid motor racer Sir Malcolm Campbell recounts his exciting life.
The experiences of a naturalist with the "St. George" Expedition
London, Hutchinson, [1926].
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 18/-.
A picturesque account of of travel on the yacht "St. George" among some of the little-known islands of the South Seas, from Easter Island to Rapa and the Marquesas.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Actor, theatrical manager and playwright Robert Courtneidge's sole venture into fiction writing.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1963.
First edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A very good first edition of this novel by Nigerian author Ekwensi, with possibly the most extensive "synopsis" to ever grace a dust-jacket's inner flaps.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [1933].
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, with ?publisher's price-sticker 2/6 overlaid on original price.
A good+ copy of this title, uncommon in US or UK edition - the author is well-known for his sport-related crime novels, including 70,000 Witnesses.
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Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [1936].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
One of only two murder-mysteries we could trace by this author, and published under Hutchinson's First Novel Library series (#46).
London, Hutchinson, [1937].
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, early issue priced 3/6.
A very good first edition, in early jacket, of what is widely held to be one of the best shipboard murder-mysteries ever written. By the author the original 'Blackshirt' books.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, n.d. [c.1930].
Third edition (stated). Small 8vo. Original cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 2/- and stating '5th Thousand'.
An early edition of this collaboration between the Hanshews, scarce in the original dust-jacket - with artwork by the illustrator Joseph Abbey.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [c.1934].
First edition, "6th thousand". 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Three tales by this master of excitement, uncommon in the dust-jacket with cool photographic artwork.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1951.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, clipped and with price-sticker of 5/.
A very good first UK edition of this collection of seven tales by William Irish, a.k.a. Cornell Woolrich, in striking stylised jacket reflecting the pugilistic title story. Rare.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, 1951.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 9/6.
A further collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America winner William Irish, a.k.a. Cornell Woolrich. Scarce.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, 1939.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Apparently derived from a theatrical anecdote given to the author by George du Maurier, building upon the author's literary reputation for combining exciting incidents with psychological interest.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Hutchinson, [1932].
First edition. 8vo. 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated Autumn 1932. Original claret cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7/6.
The danger of a demoniacally loving woman, as suggested by the somewhat startling jacket artwork.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1974.
First edition, second impression. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, with publisher's promotional bellyband.
The second printing of the joint Booker Prize Winner (with The Conservationist, by Nadine Gordimer) in 1974.
African literature
London, Hutchinson, 1961.
First edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced 16s.
The first novel by Nigerian author Onoura Nzekwu, later republished by Heinemann as part of the important African Writers Series. The novel has been compared to Achebe's No Longer at Ease.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, [1925].
First edition. 8vo. Original dark red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Seemingly a bizarrely scarce edition of this crime fiction title, with the BL and WorldCat only recording the Tauchnitz edition. It first appeared in serial form in Hutchinson's Magazine, 1924.