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London, Ivor Nicholson & Watson, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth lettered & ruled in gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A mock-heroic autobiography addressed to the author's son, recounting tales of adventure and derring-do in post-War Russia and Eastern Europe.
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.
Non-Fiction
London, George Allen & Unwin, 1932.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original grey cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
The Count was a member of the ancient Sforza dynasty, descendant from a branch of the Dukes of Milan, and related to the Pallavicini family as well as other Italian families such as the Medici and Orsini.
Modern Literature
London, John Long, 1935.
First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Advertisements dated Summer 1935 at rear. Original dark cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractive first edition, inscribed by the author 'To Nelly "Kelly" Boyce from Andrew Soutar 1935'.
African literature
Durban, The Knox Publishing Company, 1944.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards. Dust-jacket, priced 4/-.
"An enchanting tale of Matambo, a hero of the Matabele people..." (jacket blurb). Scarce.
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
Leicester, Brockhampton, 1964.
First edition. 8vo. Original pale boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
Eight Biggles stories with a detective fiction theme.
Detective Fiction
London, Nelson, 1928.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Scarce detective fiction title, in attractive Abbey jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Frederick Muller, 1934.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractive jacket artwork on this uncommon, and untypical, detective fiction title.
Children's Books
Leicester, Brockhampton, 1965.
First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
Biggles and the team are stuck in the Sahara trying to track down a missing archaeologist.
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.
London, Harrap, 1935.
Reprint. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
Attractive jacket artwork on this early printing by prolific author Graeme, originally published in 1926.
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.
A Guide for the Amateur
London, OUP, 1936.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket.
An attractive work on the evolving technology of television.
Detective Fiction
London, Alston Rivers, [1932].
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.
"This thrilling novel deals with the ever threatening Red Menace..." (jacket blurb).
Detective Fiction
London, Ward Lock, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original beige cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An attractive 'thirties title, involving cheque-book fraud.
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.
Detective Fiction
London, Collins, 1953.
First edition. 8vo. Original mauve boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.
The author's first book; a classic murder mystery which will keep you guessing until the final pages.