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£1,950



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1943.

First edition. Tipped-in official autograph slip signed by the author to front free endpaper. 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

Another Famous Five classic from the pen of Blyton, here with an original autograph of the author tipped-in on a slip with her portrait.

£95



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954.

First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

A very good first edition of the 13th 'Famous Five' book by Enid Blyton.

£150



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1952.

First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

An attractive first edition of the 11th Famous Five title.

£150



London, Lutterworth Press, 1947.

First edition. 8vo. Original pale brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6s.

Lovely wrap-around jacket artwork on this lesser-known Blyton tale about an interfering aunt.

£395



Johannesburg, A.P.B. Bookstore, 1949.

First edition. Signed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original grey cloth. Dust-jacket.

A great first edition of this semi-autobiographical account of time spent in Pretoria Central Prison. Bosman is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer.

£175



Johannesburg, A.P.B. Bookstore, 1947.

First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket.

A solid first edition of this the second book (of three) published in the author's life-time. Bosman is widely regarded as South Africa's greatest short-story writer.

£675



London, Martin Secker, 1964.

First English edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.

First English edition of the book that became the basis for 'The Planet of the Apes' films and the numerous spin-offs.

£250



London, Odhams, [1919].

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth.

A notoriously rare collection, including the tale 'The housekeeper', subsequently republished as 'The Confession of Beau Sekforde'.

Weird & Supernatural

Bowen (Marjorie) Dark Ann

£450


and other stories
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in pale blue.

Rare collection of short stories, including a number of supernatural tales, with a focus on women trapped in damaging relationships. The title story 'Dark Ann' is regarded as on of the author's best ghost stories.

Weird & Supernatural

Bowen (Marjorie) Fond Fancy

£225


and other stories
London, Selwyn & Blount, [1932].

First edition, second impression. 8vo. Original pale sage cloth. Dust-jacket.

An attractive collection of Bowen's short stories, including her story 'The Intruder'.

£1,250


Stories from an old catalogue
London, Smith, Elder, 1916.

First edition, second impression. With loose 2pp. signed autograph letter from the author. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, remains of 6/- price sticker.

A great example of the first edition (albeit second impression) of this collection of historical tales, which includes two weird & supernatural tales, 'The fair hair of Ambrosine' and 'Gindetta's wedding night'. The accompanying autograph letter (mounted on card) from the author is dated 22nd May 1917, signed under her first married name, Gabrielle Costanzo (her husband Zefferino died in 1916 and this letter must have been written shortly before her second marriage to Arthur Long), and as 'Marjorie Bowen', referring to the collection: "… I think you will find another side of things in 'Shadows of Yesterday'. If these later stories partake too much of the character of a nightmare, it may be because they affect as moods of mine engendered by very terrible experiences of my own".

£450


and other stories of yesterday and to-day
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929.

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth lettered in pale green.

A very good example of this rare collection of supernatural and historical short stories, including 'The Necromancers' (reprinted as 'The Incantation').

£750


and other tales
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929.

First edition. With loose autograph letter signed Gabrielle Long. 8vo. Original dark blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

An excellent example of this short story collection, accompanied by a 1pp handwritten letter, dated 11th June 1938, signed Gabrielle Long, addressed to a Sir Charles, thanking him for inviting her to a meeting " … the prospect is rather a formidable one. I can however speak with sincere gratitude of the London Library."

£225



London, Hurst & Blackett, [1926].

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in black and blocked in blind.

A scarce collection, not in listed in Shadows in the Attic nor Locke's Spectrum of Fantasy 1 to 3.

£135



London, Secker & Warburg, 1959.

First edition. 8vo. Original burgundy boards. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.

A very good first edition of the author's first book, set against a backdrop of redbrick academia.

£125


A Dramatic Story
London, Greening, 1906.

Early edition. 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, priced 6d.

An excellent example of this early edition of a pulp classic.

£95



London, Collins Crime Club, 1968.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 21s.

The first UK edition of the author's third "cat" murder-mysteries.

£225


A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Hankow, Yokohama, Kelly & Walsh, 1920.

First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth stamped in black and gilt.

A very good copy of this important essay on Peking in the 1920s, by an author who lived in China for many years and is well-regarded for her observations of Chinese life and history.

£125



London, Collins, 1939.

First edition. Signed by the author on front endpaper. 8vo. Original black cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.

An attractive first edition, enhanced further by being signed by the author on the front free endpaper.

£195



London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956.

First UK edition, first hardcover edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.

Irish writer Moore's first pulp fiction foray under this pseudonym, one of seven such titles he subsequently disowned. Adapted into a 1958 film noir of the same name, directed by Jack Cardiff. Rare.

£395



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1926.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.

A very good first edition of this uncommon Buchan work, the third of five novels featuring his character Leithen, here entangled in a web of deadly superstition and danger on a small Greek island.

£125



London, Hutchinson, [1927].

First edition. 8vo. Original cyan cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

An uncommon title in jacket. The story is set in historical Canada and follows the endeavours of man to secure his legacy.

£150


A Book of Confessions
London, Thornton Butterworth, 1924.

First edition. 8vo. Original pale sage cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 7/6.

Highly attractive example of the first edition of this novel by the author of Limehouse Nights. The work describes growing up in London's East End, and is often believed to be largely autobiographical, although the author would comment in later years, "this has been taken to be my personal story, but it is a mixture. A few passages here and there have some autobiographical basis, but the treatments is at five or six removes from the actual." Scarce in the jacket, let alone in such condition.

£150



London, Geoffrey Bles, 1956.

First edition. 8vo. Original green boards lettered in red. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.

The author's first novel, introducing her series character John Coffin, albeit in a less primary role than that he took on from the fourth book.

£1,750



New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.

First edition (stated on copyright page). 8vo. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

The first edition of this classic of US crime literature, widely recognised as an outstanding novel of the 20th century. The jacket is price-clipped, but the titles listed on the back panel conform to the first printing, and the inside front flap includes the disclaimer about no cheaper printings being issued before Spring 1935.

Victorian Literature

Caird (Mona) The Wing of Azrael

£250



Melbourne, Petherick, 1889.

'Colonial Edition'. 8vo. Original decorative boards.

An attractive edition of this important novel highlighting the author's perceived failings within modern marriage, and rape within wedlock. Published the same year as the three-volume British edition. The work, like its non-fiction predecessor Marriage by the same author, whipped up a storm of controversy in the UK, only being eventually eclipsed by murders in Whitechapel by a certain Jack the Ripper.

£275



London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12s6d.

The first UK edition of Capote's famous novella, filled out famously for the film starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard.

£150



London, Hamish Hamilton, 1938.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original green cloth.

The first UK edition of what is considered one of the best locked room mysteries of all time.

£125



London, Ward, Lock, c.1933.

4to. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Dust-jacket.

A very attractive example of this edition of Carroll's classic for children, splendidly illustrated by Margaret Tarrant throughout.

£150



London, Hutchinson, [1938].

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in white. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.

A very attractive first edition by the woman who not only married Dennis Wheatley but also convinced him to take up writing. "A riot of romance set in the most glamorous town in Europe," according to the publisher's preferred jacket blurb.

£350



London, Hutchinson, [1935].

First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 3/6.

Attractive first edition of this important anthology, featuring Anthony Berkeley, John Dickson Carr, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and many many more of the biggest names in crime fiction.

£275


A Diary of Tragic Adventure
London, John Murray, 1937.

First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 6s.

The tragic true story of Edgar Christian, who, along with his cousin John Hornby and another companion, starved to death in the Barren Lands of the Canadian Arctic during an ill-fated expedition in the late 1920s. This edition had sections removed, possibly due to perceived implications of homosexuality, with a fuller version published in 1980 as Death in the Barren Ground.

£795



New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1937.

First US edition, no printing specified on copyright page. 8vo. Original dark beige cloth lettered in dark blue. Early/first reprint dust-jacket, no price.

The first US edition of one of Christie's most famous Poirot novels, here in probably the first reprint dust-jacket, issued the same year.

£125



London, Collins, 1954.

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 10s6d.

An attractive first edition example of this 1950s Agatha Christie, set largely in Morocco.

£625



New York, Grosset & Dunlap, March 1934.

First US edition, fourth printing. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in red. Dust-jacket, priced $.75

An attractive early printing of the first US edition of Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, retitled in America to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel Stamboul Train, which had been published in the United States as Orient Express.

£1,575


A New Poirot Mystery
New York, Dodd, Mead, 1936.

First US edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00.

First USA edition of this excellent Hercule Poirot novel, satisfyingly televised by the BBC in 2018 with John Malkovich as the moustachioed detective.