War, Invasion & Spy
London, Sampson Low, [1936].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Early reissue dust-jacket, price-clipped.
A scarce espionage novel set against rising international tensions, from an author also noted for the thriller Deadman's Bay.
Detective Fiction
London, Sampson Low, Marston, [1935].First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Early issue dust-jacket priced 5/-.Striking jacket artwork on this interwar crime thriller set in London.
Detective Fiction
London, Sampson Low, [1934].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
John Laurence was the pseudonym of John Laurence Pritchard (1885–1968), a British mathematician and writer specialising in works on aviation. He also wrote detective novels and works about criminology, which often leveraged his dual expertise in mathematics and aviation.
London, Sampson Low, 1949.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
Dave Lee was shot dead as he rode the Joyland ferris wheel. As hard-boiled private investigator Max Thursday stalked Dave's killer, he encountered … a high-powered sob sister, the sadistic king of a gambling syndicate, and a delicate, sphinx-like girl who packed a.38 revolver.
London, Sampson Low, 1949.
First UK edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
When a phony count, a weird artist, and a dazzling blond beauty relentlessly dog his footsteps, hard-hitting private investigator Max Thursday knows his charming personality isn't the attraction.
Detective Fiction
London, Sampson Low, 1937.
First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket.
A rather smashing dust-jacket and an uncommon murder-mystery title.
Detective Fiction
London, Sampson Low, [c.1931].
Early issue. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, referencing this title and Knight's 'The Pawn' [1931] on lower panel, with official price-sticker '5/-' on spine and lower panel.
The author's first book, inscribed by the author to 'Miss Digger', thanking her for help and support. The adventures of Jerry Scant, a gipsy, who unwittingly becomes involved with an international gang of smugglers.
Modern Literature
London, Sampson Low, [1938].
First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Attractive jacket artwork on this story of literal kidnapping.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sampson Low, 1878.
First UK edition. Publisher's catalogue at end. 8vo. Original brown cloth decorated in gilt & black.
The first edition in English of Verne's sci-fi classic of a comet's collision with the earth which bears away part of the planet, and its inhabitants. This translation alters the text considerably with additions and emendations, paraphrases dialogue, and rearranges material, although the general thread of the story is followed. The translation was made from the serial version of the novel, published January to December 1877.
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London, Sampson Low, [c.1920].
8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
An attractive jacketed edition of this mysterious islands tale by Verne.
Modern Literature
A Novel
London, Sampson Low, [1934].
First edition, "File Copy". 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
The last novel by this insanely prolific Cornish writer, author of the best-selling 'improving story' Her Benny (1879). Wonderful jacket artwork.