Late March

    Ngaio Marsh, Colour Scheme, first edition, 1943

    Detective Fiction

    Marsh (Ngaio) Colour Scheme

    £125



    London, Collins Crime Club, 1943.

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

    A murder mystery, set in a thermal spa in the author's home country New Zealand.

    Clifford Simak, Way Station, first UK edition, 1964

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Simak (Clifford) Way Station

    £195



    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.

    Amos Tutuola, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, first edition, 1954

    Modern Literature

    Tutuola (Amos) My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

    £275



    London, Faber & Faber, 1954.

    First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 12s.6d

    The tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the dwelling place of innumerable wild, grotesque and terrifying beings. A key work of modern African literature, a companion-piece to Tutuola's first book The Palm-Wine Drinkard (1952).

    E.C.R. Lorac, The Theft of the Iron Dogs, first edition, 1946

    Detective Fiction

    Lorac (E.C.R., pseud. Edith Caroline Rivett) The Theft of the Iron Dogs

    £95



    London, Collins Crime Club, 1946.

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

    A fascinating mystery set against a backdrop of the beautiful Fell country of Lunesdale in Lancashire.

    Ian Rankin, The Flood, signed first edition, 1986

    Modern Literature

    Rankin (Ian) The Flood

    £325



    Edinburgh, Polygon, 1986.

    First edition, preferred hardback issue. Flat-signed by the author. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket.

    The preferred hardback issue of the book that introduced Ian Rankin to the literary scene, before he would go on to achieve global fame for his Inspector Rebus books.

    Lee Thayer, Murder Stalks the Circle, first UK edition, 1949

    Detective Fiction

    Thayer ([Emma Redington] Lee) Murder Stalks the Circle

    £375



    London, Hurst & Blackett, [1949].

    First UK edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

    A great first UK edition of this biblio yarn inspired by the notorious literary forger Thomas J. Wise, by a prolific US author.

    John Rhode, Dead Man at the Folly, sixth impression, 1935

    Detective Fiction

    Rhode (John, pseud. Cecil John Charles Street) Dead Man at the Folly

    £195



    London, Collins Crime Club, 1935.

    Sixth impression. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 2/6.

    Classic Dr Priestley territory here courtesy of genre master Rhode.

    Gavin Holt, Murder at Marble Arch, first edition, 1931

    Detective Fiction

    Holt (Gavin, pseud. Percival Charles Rodda) Murder at Marble Arch

    £195



    London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

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

    An very good first edition of one of Holt's best books.

    Gavin Holt, Drums Beat at Night, first edition, 1932

    Detective Fiction

    Holt (Gavin, pseud. Percival Charles Rodda) Drums Beat at Night

    £175



    London, Hodder & Sttoughton, 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)

    Edgar Lustgarten, A Case to Answer, first edition, 1947

    Detective Fiction

    Lustgarten (Edgar) A Case to Answer

    £150



    London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947.

    First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 9/-.

    A superior example of the courtroom drama subgenre.