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£150



London, Herbert Jenkins, 1953.

First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 9/6.

A very good first edition of this crime thriller by an author who remains somewhat enigmatic.

£550



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1917.

First edition. 8vo. Original pale red cloth stamped in black. Dust-jacket, priced 5/-.

An early collection of war tales by the original 'Sapper', extremely uncommon in the original jacket.

£750



London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1931.

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

Great jacket artwork by Hastain on this 'Jim Maitland' novel.

£125



London, Heinemann, 1966.

First edition. 8vo. Original terracotta boards. Dust-jacket, priced 30s.

The first volume of Scott's famous 'Raj Quartet'.

£595



London, Heinemann, 1934.

First edition. Autograph letter from the author (as Shearing) tipped in at front endpapers. 8vo. Original pink cloth.

A murder mystery, based on the unsolved murder of Harriet Buswell in 1872. The autograph letter from Bowen to the Scottish lawyer and keen amateur criminologist William Roughead is dated December 1939, and mentions a book of his published that same year, Neck or Nothing.

£650



London, Heinemann, 1938.

First edition. 1½ page autograph letter from the author tipped in at front. 8vo. Original orange-brown cloth lettered in gilt.

A superb association copy: Roughead's writings inspired the Shearing novel The Fetch (dedicated to him). The book is notable for containing the ghost story 'They Found my Grave' not available elsewhere in the reprint collections issued in the author's lifetime. Edward Wagenknecht was exuberant about this ghost story in his essay on Marjorie Bowen (Seven Masters of the Supernatural), praising its 'atmosphere of evil'.

£195



London, Hutchinson, n.d. [c.1925].

Third edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, with 4/- price sticker to spine.

A great collection of weird tales, described by Bleiler as "Excellent", no less.

£75



London, Methuen, 1935.

First edition. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7s6d.

Inscribed with compliments from the author, an important Zionist who advocated peaceful coexistence with the Arabs in Mandatory Palestine.

Modern Literature

Spark (Muriel) Memento Mori

£150



London, Macmillan, 1959.

First edition. 8vo. Original pale blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.

A series of insidious phone calls lead to reflection by a cast of characters as they try to establish who is behind them. Uncommon in such condition, with the excellent jacket artwork by Reinganum, an artist famously associated with Spark's novels.

£450



London, Herbert Jenkins, 1937.

First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original orange cloth blocked in black. Second issue dust-jacket, priced 2/6.

Attractive jacket artwork graces this uncommon, posthumously published mystery novel by Marxist writer, literary critic, intellectual and activist St John Sprigg.

£150


and other stories
London, Hutchinson, [1934].

First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, 'Blue Star Library' issue.

Further crime thriller fiction based in the Pacific from the author of The Tales of Mynheer Amayat.

£125


From a story told by a Merchant of Edinburgh...Noel G. Fyfe
Edinburgh, Plaid, [c.1946].

First edition. Large 8vo. Original blue boards. Dust-jacket, price-sticker of 8/6 to front inside flap.

A great illustrated book centred on Edinburgh, published towards the end of the remarkable illustrator Jessie M. King's life.

£250


and what they undertook
London, Sands & Co., 1898.

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

A collection of stories told over seven days by various narrators, including a longer, nautical tale, 'The Voyage of the Lethe', told by a barber. Other tales include intriguing titles like 'Wanted, a Corpse,' 'The Witch's Dance,' and 'The Spoiled Spell,' many with some modest supernatural content. A rare book by the author of the 1912 weird mystery novel, The Mummy.

£295



London, Seeley, 1910.

First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth gilt, gilt vignette to upper cover, top edge gilt.

An important account of the Rendille peoples of the northern Eastern province of Kenya, near Lake Stefanie. Uncommon.

£225



London, Collins Crime Club, [1939].

First UK edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth.

An automobile accident strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture - and a family feud over a prize bull.

£195



London, Gifford, 1938.

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

An uncommon first edition, recounting one British woman's bravery in the face of the Spanish Civil War.

£95



London, Collins Crime Club, 1951.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original dark orange cloth. Dust-jacket, no price.

Uncommon and attractive UK edition of this legal crime thriller by Tillett.

£650



London, Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1929.

First edition. 8vo. Original russet cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 15s.

An attractive first edition of this important work on vampire lore, by the author of History of Witchcraft and Demonology (1926).

£150


compiled from the recollections of the reverend Roland Batchel, vicar of the parish
Penyffordd, Chester, Ash-Tree Press, 1996.

One of 400 copies. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket.

Originally published in 1912, "...Swain's tales share many features with those of James' and draw on the friends' common interests and antiquarian studies. They are however rather milder in tone and regularly incorporate a playful humour not often found in James' work. The tales relate the adventures of a fictionalized version of the author, Mr Batchel, Rector of Stoneground parish. Although by today's standards, readers may find Swain's stories rather lacking in supernatural horrors, their subtle qualities become apparent on re-reading, and many find Mr Batchel one of the most enduring creations of English ghost fiction." - Wilson, Shadows in the Attic

£95



London, Lincoln Williams, [1934].

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

"The discovery of his wife's unchastity provides the shock which sends him questing backwards, seeking to revive his dead illusions". Nice jacket artwork.

£95



London, James Barrie, 1957.

First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d but with manuscript alteration.

School stories by an author perhaps better known for her ghost stories, and her role as anthologist of same, today.

£125



London, Nelson, 1937.

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

The first edition of this prolific author's second book; she would go on to write across a range of genres, including mystery and supernatural.

£125



London, Michael Joseph, 1970.

First edition. 8vo. Original sage boards. Dust-jacket, priced 35s/£1.75.

The fifth novel by Gladys Mitchell under this pseudonym.

£75



London, Heinemann, 1959.

First edition. 8vo. Original green boards. Dust-jacket, priced 13s6d.

A very good first edition of this later adventure of Aboriginal Australian detective DI Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte.

£75



London, Heinemann, 1960.

First edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket.

An excellent first edition of this later adventure of Aboriginal Australian detective DI Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte.

£75



London, Heinemann, 1961.

First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced sticker of £1.75 over original price 13s6d.

A very good first edition of this later adventure of Aboriginal Australian detective DI Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte.

£275



London, Francis Aldor, 1946.

First UK edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6.

A good first edition of this '40s adventure of Aboriginal Australian detective DI Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte.

£85



London, Heinemann, [1960].

First UK edition. 8vo. Original dark blue boards. Dust-jacket, 13s6d.

A very good first edition of this later adventure of Aboriginal Australian detective DI Napoleon "Bony" Bonaparte.

£225



London, Michael Joseph, 1958.

First edition. 8vo. Original red boards lettered in gilt. Dust-jacket, price-clipped.

An attractive first edition of these Judge Dee historical mysteries. The main character was based on a real 7th century detective.

£3,950



London, Griffith & Farran, 1872.

First English edition in book form. 8vo. Original dark green cloth blocked in black & gilt.

A very good example of this rare first edition in English of Verne's sci-fi classic.

£295


Translated by Geo. M. Towle
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1875.

Fifth UK edition. 8vo. Original near-red cloth stamped in black and gilt.

An attractive example of this early British edition of Verne's classic tale.

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Verne (Jules) Dick Sand;

£125


or, a Captain at Fifteen
New York, A.L. Burt, n.d..

8vo. Original pale green cloth. Dust-jacket.

An attractive early Burt edition of this Verne tale revolving around African slavery.

Victorian Literature

Verne (Jules) Foundling Mick

£650


(P'tit Bonhomme)
London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, n.d. [c.1900].

'New and Cheaper Edition'. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.

A heart-warming story of a young Irish orphan's trials and tribulations in the late 19th century.

£95



London, Ward, Lock, n.d..

8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-.

This edition number 47 in Ward, Lock's 'The Prize Library' series, at the time of printing.

£85



London, George Allen & Unwin, 1962.

First edition. 8vo. Original patterned wrappers.

An excellent insight into food and diets in Nigeria, written by the then Inspector of Education (Home Economics). Uncommon.

Weird & Supernatural

Wakefield (H.R.) Reunion at Dawn

£75


and other uncollected ghost stories
Ashcroft, British Columbia, Ash-Tree Press, 2000.

First edition, one of 600 copies. 8vo. Original dark red cloth. Dust-jacket.

A collecton of seventeen previously unpublished stories by Wakefield, discovered in the files of August Derleth and edited by Peter Ruber.