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.
Modern Literature
London, Faber & Faber, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in gilt to spine. Second issue dust-jacket.
An unusually good example of the second issue jacket on this collection of essays by Wodehouse, a variant typographic version distinct from the Rex Whistler first issue.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Charles Griffin, [1930s].
8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
A lovely copy of this sci-fi collection in the Verne vein; uncommon imprint.
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.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, [1920s].
Early Printing. Small 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
An attractively jacketed 'yellowback" of this Edgar Wallace work from his Detective Sgt Elk series, originally published in 1926.
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 1926. The story provided the basis for the 1963 West German film The Curse of the Yellow Snake directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum.
Detective Fiction
London, Museum Press, 1952.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
A nice UK first of this title, from a series of novels featuring Inspector Christopher McKee, head of the fictitious Manhattan Homicide Squad.
Detective Fiction
New York, Alfred Knopf, 1958.
First edition. 8vo. Original patterned boards. Dust-jacket, priced $2.95.
An attractive first edition by an author ranked amongst the very best of American crime fiction. Detective Lew Archer is hired by Carl Hallman to investigate his wealthy parents' deaths. Delving into the corrupt world of the Hallman dynasty in Purissima, Archer uncovers political intimidation, treachery, and a family under threat from its own dark past. Uncommon.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1929.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
Mid-period Horler, distinctly uncommon in such condition.
Modern Literature
London, Michael Joseph, 1938.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Psychological novel transferred to the big screen in 1947, starring Robert Taylor.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
An excellent first edition of this Horler title, rare in such condition.
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, The Leisure Library, [c.1936].
First UK edition, '29th thousand'. Small 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket.
An attractive UK edition, not least for the advertisement for 'Kolynos dental cream' on the jacket's lower panel.
Detective Fiction
London, Cassell, 1948.
First UK edition. Small 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A nice example of this Perry Mason title; to aid her sick boyfriend, Sally Madison tries to swindle wealthy Harrington Faulkner with a cure for his sickly exotic fish. However, things take a dark turn when the fish disappear and Faulkner is found dead.
Detective Fiction
London, Cassell, 1949.
First UK edition. First UK edition. Small 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.
Attractive first UK edition of this Perry Mason title.
Sports & Pastimes
Its Wild Tribes, Big-Game and Bird-Life
London & Edinburgh, Gurney & Jackson, 1921.
First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered and stamped in gilt.
Chapman narrates his expedition from Khartoum to Uganda via the White Nile, detailing hunts from gazelle in Sudan to elephant near the Zeraf River. His adventures also include encounters with buffalo, hippo, and rhino near the Blue and Dinder Rivers.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Soughton, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
A macabre flautist graces the jacket of this uncommon Horler title.
being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali
London, Cassell, 1933.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth.
Philby embarked on notable journeys, most significantly across the 'empty quarter' in 1932, travelling by camel and car. He meticulously documented geographical and scientific data, secretly recording his findings at night, wary of his distrustful Arab companions.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1926.
Early printing. Small 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 3/6.
A mysterious stalker is revealed to be a detective protecting the interests of a young orphan from the machinations of a sinister countess...