Ward, Lock & Co.,

    John Kent, Give me Liberty, first edition, 1939

    Detective Fiction

    Kent (John, ?pseud. Arthur George Balbernie) Give me Liberty

    £135



    London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1939.

    First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, with statement 'The Daily Mirror £250 Prize Winner'.

    An attractive first edition of this uncommon '30s crime thriller.

    Goldie (Bertha Barré) The Piper of Arristoun

    Modern Literature

    Goldie (Bertha Barré) The Piper of Arristoun

    £175



    London, Ward Lock & Co., 1935.

    First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped, with code '658 A'.

    Reginald-listed sci-fi.

    Mrs Belloc Lowndes, Duchess Laura, first edition, signed presentation copy with A.N.s., 1929

    Modern Literature

    Belloc Lowndes (Mrs [Marie]) Duchess Laura.

    £250


    Certain Days of Her Life
    London & Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., 1929.

    First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, with autograph note signed. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

    Signed presentation copy from the author to Mr & Mrs Clarence Winchester, with related note from the author loosely inserted, expressing her enthusiasm for meeting them imminently.

    Edward T. Brown, The Owner-Driver's Handbook, revised edition, 1929

    Sports & Pastimes

    Brown (Edward T.) The Owner-Driver’s Handbook

    £125



    London, Ward, Lock & Co., [1929]..

    'New and Revised Edition'. 8vo. Original green cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket.

    Transportative jacket artwork on this vintage guide to car maintenance.

    Harry Stephen Keeler, The Search for X-Y-Z, first UK edition, 1943

    Detective Fiction

    Keeler (Harry Stephen) The Search for X-Y-Z

    £125



    London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1943.

    First UK edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.

    A very good first UK edition of this non-series title by the often under-appreciated Harry Stephen Keeler, deviser of the "webwork" plot concept.