London, Methuen, 1926.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
An attractively illustrated book on southern India.
Detective Fiction
Erskine (Margaret, pseud. Doris Margaret Wetherby Williams) The House of the Enchantress
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1959.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.
Attractive jacket artwork on this Inspector Septimus Finch title.
Detective Fiction
from the Memoirs of Hudson of Harley Street
Glasgow, Fraser, Asher, 1923.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
The first edition in book form of these medical crime stories, which originally appeared in The Sunday Mail.
Detective Fiction
London, Wright & Brown, 1964.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6.
A letter that could trigger a new world war is the latest headache for Major "Brains" Cunningham.
Detective Fiction
London, Wright & Brown, 1966.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
A Cuban crisis leads to Haitian horror for Major "Brains" Cunningham.
Detective Fiction
London, Wright & Brown, 1966.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed & signed by the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6.
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'I don't think the book deserves quite such an awful cover! With best wishes E.P. Browne / 1966'.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1970.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 21/-.
This UK hardcover collects two novellas, Border Town Girl and Linda, originally published as paperback originals in 1956. The stories combine rustic Florida settings with MacDonald's signature social undercurrents.
Detective Fiction
London, Michael Joseph, 1945.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 9/6.
Every full moon, a Ripper runs amok on the streets of Brentford. Masters Simon and Keith Innes set out to catch the killer under the disturbing guidance of the repellently delightful sleuth, Mrs. Bradley.
Sports & Pastimes
London, Leonard Stein, 1931.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.
An anthology of English sporting stories.
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Weird & Supernatural
A collection of uneasy tales
London, Philip Allan, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
Published by Philip Allan as part of the celebrated 'Creeps' series, Tales of Death gathers macabre and supernatural stories from multiple authors under excellent editorial guidance, extending the interwar tradition of shilling shocker anthologies.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Philip Allan, 1935.
First edition, early issue. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
'Tales from a land which is still veiled by occult powers where things are felt but not seen. Unusual and uncanny happenings by a well-known Oriental writer' (jacket blurb). An uncommon title from the Allan stable, who also produced the 'Creep' series.
Weird & Supernatural
London, Edward Arnold, 1943.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6/-.
Richard Henry Malden wrote Nine Ghosts as a tribute to his long-time friend M.R. James. This collection has since solidified Malden's reputation as one of the century's finest ghost story writers, showcasing his unique style beyond mere imitation of James.
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Victorian Literature
By the editor of the 'North Eastern Daily Gazette'
London, Remington, 1887.
First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Original grey cloth stamped in black and lettered in gilt.
A surprisingly uncommon title, with only two copies recorded in institutional holdings by WorldCat, and one (Oxford) in Jisc. The author studied law, before turning to journalism, editing the North Eastern Daily Gazette and the Lancashire Daily Post. In the mid-1890s, he left journalism to devote himself to fiction. In total, he wrote some 35 novels which often featured exciting plots and foreign settings.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
London & New York, Frederick Warne, 1890.
First UK edition. 8vo. Contemporary, presumed institutional, red cloth binding, gilt to spine.
The first edition of this significantly influential work of fin-de-siècle science fiction. The story follows a diverse group of idealistic explorers who travel to Mars in a steel sphere powered by an anti-gravity device. They discover a peaceful, co-operative utopia, promptly find it intolerably dull, and attempt to remake it along capitalist and imperial lines, with predictably disastrous results. The book later attracted controversy through a dubious claim of a foreword by Jules Verne and legal action by the author against H.G. Wells for alleged plagiarism. An important and unsettling anti-utopian work, ending in a fashion as extreme as anything in early science fiction.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, [1923].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
One of several titles written by this husband & wife team, the former an Irish author of considerable literary output, the latter a renowned antiquarian (and swordsman).
Children's Books
London, Macmillan, 1908.
First edition with colour plates. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt.
The first edition in book form of Kipling's classic for children to feature the wonderful colour plates of Detmold (preceded by a limited edition portfolio).
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1967.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
An Inspector Lovick title.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1964.
First edition, first impression. Publisher's file copy. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
An Inspector Lovick title.
Detective Fiction
London, Robert Hale, 1977.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
An Inspector Lovick title.
Caribbean Fiction
London, Michael Joseph, 1954.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.
Uncommon in such near fine condition. A novel tracing the experiences of Caribbean migrants arriving in Britain, exploring themes of displacement, identity, and cultural alienation in post-war London. George Lamming was a central figure in Caribbean literature, and The Emigrants is one of his most important novels. Alongside In the Castle of My Skin, it is regarded as a key work in articulating the Windrush generation's experience.
Illustrated Books
A Fantasy
London, George G. Harrap, [1923].
First UK edition. 4to. Original parchment-backed grey paper covered boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt.
One of 2,000 copies printed in Britain, from which 250 of which were sent to America. This is Timlin's only published work, but the quality of the illustrations rivals those of Dulac, Pogany, Nielsen & Rackham.
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[London], , Spring 1972.
Large 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers.
The last issue in Winkfield's well-regarded poetry journal Juillard, which ran from 1968 to 1972. Uncommon.
Detective Fiction
London, George Newnes, September - November 1914.
Parts 1-3 (only, of 9) in The Strand magazine. 8vo. Without advertisements. Original pictorial wrappers.
The first three parts of the first appearance of the fourth & final Sherlock Holmes novel.
War, Invasion & Spy
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1935.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Publisher's compliments slip loosely inserted. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
Spy thriller. An American Martin Fawley in Rome is recruited by Fascist Italy's spy chief General Berati to go undercover in a mission that takes him to Nice and Monte Carlo.
Detective Fiction
London, Herbert Jenkins, 1935.
First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth blocked in black. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.
Attractive jacket artwork graces this uncommon oriental thriller.
London, Arrowsmith, [1930].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15/-.
A first-hand travel and adventure narrative recounting the author's time among Chinese pirate groups, illustrated with photographic plates.
Detective Fiction
New York, Dodd, Mead, 1929.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.
A Dr Thorndyke forensic mystery in which apparently minor physical evidence proves crucial to solving a murder.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
A tale of Californian fortunes made through mining and lost through high living. Attractive jacket artwork.
Modern Literature
London, Hutchinson, 1937.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original buckram with leather spine label. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
'Written partly as a diary and partly in novel form Thoruna tells the amusing and piquant story of Sir Reginald H - who was ordered by his doctor to take a holiday and decided to go on a trip to Sweden. By accident he met Thoruna, a bright young thing whose trustee he was and, much to his embarrassment, she decided to accompany him.' (jacket blurb)
Modern Literature
London, Jonathan Cape, 1976.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced £3.50.
Jeffrey Archer's first novel and the book that launched his career as a bestselling author. Its commercial success established the formula, slick plotting and high-stakes finance, that would dominate his later fiction.
Thriller Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price redacted from spine and inside front flap.
A tale of jade, jungles and justice, in an attractive jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Hutchinson, n.d..
Popular edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
Popular edition of this crime thriller.
Non-Fiction
The secret history of Rasputin's betrayal of Russia
London, Cassell, 1918.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
A sensational account purporting to reveal Rasputin's role in the downfall of Imperial Russia, presented as exposé rather than fiction.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Complete
London, Sampson Low, Marston, and Company, [1894/5].
'Author's Edition'. 8vo. Advertisements dated 1894. Original red cloth blocked in black & gilt.
Attractive edition of this adventure classic. Rare in such near-fine condition.
American Literature
New York & London, D. Appleton, 1928.
First edition, first printing. 8vo. Original blue cloth with printed title labels. Dust-jacket, priced $2.50.
'There is a delightful part of Paris that most foreigners never see... lts people are the truest citizens of Paris - the workmen, roustabouts, apaches and their girls, who drop into the cafes and little bars to chatter and make love and quarrel.' (jacket blurb)
London, Lectures Universal, [1936].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A thoughtful and quietly radical exploration of psychical research by the Anglican clergyman and early paranormal investigator Rev. C. Drayton Thomas. Drawing on years of controlled experiments the book examines the possibility of survival after death with an unusually sober, empirical tone.
New York, Doubleday Doran, 1929.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, priced $2.
The first US edition of this compilation; the primary title is about the discovery of a sunken city of Atlantis by a team of explorers, led by Professor Maracot.
Detective Fiction
Graeme (Bruce, pseud. Graham Montague Jeffries) Alias Blackshirt
London, Harrap, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.
Blackshirt faces off against an impostor who the threatens his identity and freedom.
Children's Books
London, Heinemann, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8s6d.
'Unexpected and exciting things are always happening to Rufty Tufty the Golliwog. When he and his friend Rose were taken to the seaside for the day they crept aboard one of the ships in the harbour to explore, and were carried out to sea. And so began a new adventure, on a desert island where they built a palm-leaf hut, found a treasure chest and a mysterious Enemy.' (jacket blurb)
Non-Fiction
London, Putnam, 1933.
8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.
First published in the UK in 1909, this new edition was published in 1933; it added "the theme of collective defence." Angell was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933.
Modern Literature
Minton (John, artist).- Garnier (Christine) White People Smile at Me
London, Putnam, [1952].
Colour proof for the original dust-jacket, with 1 (of 4) loose sheets representing the 4-stage colour process (yellow, pink, green & black) used to create the design.
An attractive jacket design by the highly collectable British artist John Minton, for Garnier's novel about French West Africa.
Detective Fiction
New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929.
First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, neatly clipped to corners of inside flaps (probably by publishers).
In this novel, Christie brings back the characters from an earlier novel, The Secret of Chimneys: Lady Eileen (Bundle) Brent, Lord Caterham, Bill Eversleigh, George Lomax, Tredwell and Superintendent Battle. The story of murder and criminal conspiracy was not overly well received by critics, but it remains highly collectable to Christie collectors.