Biography
A biography
London, Ernest Benn, 1933.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A biography of Edith Nesbit, pioneering author of The Railway Children, Five Children and It and other classic children's fantasies, examining her literary output, Fabian politics, unconventional domestic life and influence on later writers.
Modern Literature
O’Brian (Patrick, pseud. Richard Patrick Russ) The Wine-Dark Sea
London, HarperCollins, 1993.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
The sixteenth novel in O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series continues Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin's maritime adventures during the Napoleonic Wars, here voyaging across the Pacific with espionage, pursuit and scientific intrigue.
Victorian Literature
or, The Parish Boy's Progress
London, for the author by Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
First one-vol. edition, 'A New Edition, Revised and Corrected'. 8vo. Original blind-tooled cloth stamped in gilt to upper cover and spine. Presented in 19th century leather-backed cloth solander, spine gilt.
An attractive example of the first one-volume edition of Dickens' second novel, following orphan Oliver from the grimness of the workhouse into the criminal underworld of London, confronting poverty, exploitation, and corruption before eventual rescue. Uncommon, especially in such good condition.
Detective Fiction
London, John Long, 1943.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6.
The first UK edition of Canadian/American author Millar's first book, introducing the character Paul Prye. Rare, especially in the jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Jonathan Cape, 1934.
First UK edition, first impression. 8vo. Original yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced five shillings.
The first UK edition of this classic of US crime literature, widely recognised as an outstanding novel of the 20th century.
London, OUP, 1936.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Heinemann, 1957.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Fairy & Folktales
London, Naldrett Press, 1954.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
Conrad (Joseph) and Ford Madox Hueffer. The Nature of a Crime
London, Duckworth, 1924.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1963.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1960.
Arco edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the translator, I.O. Evans. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1962.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1962.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Macdonald, [1945].
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1964.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Collins, 1973.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1965.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Collins Crime Club, 1972.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1965.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Macmillan, 1931.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, inscribed on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Inscribed by the author, referring to the contents and characters in the book.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1960.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Chapman & Hall, 1962.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Non-Fiction
London, Chatto & Windus, [c.1932].
First edition. 8vo. Original dark cloth. Dust-jacket, with price sticker '3/6 first cheap edition'.
Detective Fiction
London, Skeffington, [1932].
Early UK printing. 8vo. Pale grey cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6 with contemporary price sticker for 1/6.
Featuring private sleuth Jimmy Treynor, first introduced in 1922's Mystery Of The Twin Rubies, as he gets involved in a case of a series of murders in the US mid-Western town of Prescott.
Detective Fiction
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1930.
First edition, first impression. Signed & inscribed by the author. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Michael Joseph, 1952.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1914.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth.
African literature
The Roots of Revolt
London, Lawrence & Wishart, 1960.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 21s.
An influential socio-political study examining land tenure, labour exploitation and the economic foundations of anti-colonial movements across Africa.
Edited by Michael Sadleir
London, Andre Deutsch, 1955.
First edition, first impression. Signed presentation copy from the author, inscribed on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
Inscribed by the writer & bookseller, referencing Samuel Pepys and Noël Coward.
Detective Fiction
London, Cassell Crime Connoisseur, 1956.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Weird & Supernatural
Poe (Edgar Allan) and Jules Verne. The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym
London, Arco, 1960.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1962.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1962.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Bernard Hanison, 1959.
Fitzroy edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1965.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Thriller Fiction
London, Arco, 1967.
Arco edition. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Collins Crime Club, 1950s.
8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.
Detective Fiction
London, Collins Crime Club, 1950s.
8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 1/6.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
New York, Gnome Press, c.1953.
Early printing. 8vo. Original blue cloth lettered in brown. Dust-jacket.
Modern Literature
London, Grant Richards, 1931.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Contemporary orange cloth without imprint. Dust-jacket.
Detective Fiction
London, Collins Crime Club, 1950s.
8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.