Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Octavo; [viii], 182pp.Illustrated dust jacket with $4.50 price intact; book in brown cloth with red lettering to spine. Dampstaining to jacket interior along bottom half of spine, not visible from exterior and with no bleed..... More
![Item #8618 Villa on the Shore [Dorothy Hughes' copy]. Michael Butterworth](/pictures/thumb/8618.jpg?v=1612805444)
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Stated First Edition. Ownership inscription of American crime writer Dorothy Hughes to front free endpaper. Octavo. 182 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed along edges and along spine with some..... More
![Item #10163 The Great Train Robbery [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Michael Crichton](/pictures/thumb/10163.jpg?v=1626803494)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Crichton loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 266 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Olive and brown boards stamped in black and gilt. Green topstain. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed and creased along edges with some light toning. Boards faded along..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Signed by all five contributors at title page. Octavo. 406 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows a couple minor creases at bottom of spine. Boards with a couple shallow bumps along bottom edge..... More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club / Doubleday & Company Inc., 1946. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 224 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact. Dark blue boards stamped in black. Dust jacket very shallowly chipped along edges with a few closed tears; spine sunned. Light shelfwear to boards..... More
Garden City, NJ: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1932. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 300 pp. Black cloth binding with title stamped in red on cover and spine. Deckled edges. Red top stain. Cloth rubbed on corners and spine with a tear to the front bottom corner..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1922. First Edition with "1" on final page of text. Octavo. 304 pages. Grey cloth stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along edges and spine with exposure. Binding is sound. Brentano's sticker to rear pastedown. Pages toned but unmarked... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [8],339pp. Jacket verso a shade toned, toning and faint abrasions to front and back endpapers, rear free endpaper and rear flyleaf a bit cockled; still, a Very Good copy overall. The author's first..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket; [8],180pp. Jacket a bit wrinkled and extremities rubbed and rather toned, spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, top textblock edge foxed, faint superficial abrasion at bottom of title page not approaching text; overall..... More
![Item #9719 Angelmaker [Signed]. Nick Harkaway](/pictures/thumb/9719.jpg?v=1621878651)
London: William Heinemann, 2012. First Edition. Signed by Harkaway on title page with "12.3.12" date but no inscription. Large octavo. 568 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £12.99 price intact. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Light rubbing and creasing to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Boards gently rubbed along..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First American Edition (stated). Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; [6],182pp. White portions of jacket a bit toned with faint creasing along top back edge, light shelf wear to board extremities, else Very Good and sound. Winner of the 1966 Edgar..... More
New York: Fawcett Publications, 1950. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 155,[4]pp. Wrappers a bit creased and worn from handling, two closed tears mid-spine affecting front and back covers, textblock uniformly toned; overall Good to Very Good. A shorter version of this hardboiled novel first appeared in an..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1947. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); [6],209pp. Jacket rather toned and slightly chipped at extremities including a few short closed tears along margins not approaching text, red portion of spine panel faded to tan..... More
New York: Didier, 1949. First American Edition. Octavo; 287pp. Jacket and illustrations throughout by Hal McIntosh. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.95 price; book in red cloth with gray lettering. Jacket chipped at top front near spine, with shallow chipping to spine ends, some small, clean tears and adjacent creasing..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First U.S. Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 308 pp. Gray cloth stamped in black and silver. Dark topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and some fraying; spine toned; faint staining along edges. Binding is sound. Toning to pages but pages..... More
![Item #13529 The Mysterious Cavalier [with] Martyr to the Queen [The Years Between: Adventures of...](/pictures/thumb/13529.jpg?v=1657290515)
New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1928. First Editions, stated. Two octavo volumes. 301 pp.; 303 pp. Restored illustrated dust jackets (see details below). Black boards stamped in red and gilt. Red topstains. Dust jacket versos have been backed in archival paper, with fill-ins over the..... More
![Item #8361 The Woman in Red [Signed]. Paula Gosling](/pictures/thumb/8361.jpg?v=1610143153)
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. First Edition. Signed by Gosling on title page without inscription. Octavo. 180 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in yellow. Unclipped dust jacket lightly worn with some creasing to edges. Toning to verso. Boards worn at extremities..... More
![Item #12238 Exterminating Angels [Signed]. pseud. of Sarah Dunant, Peter Busby](/pictures/thumb/12238.jpg?v=1643395572)
London: Andre Deutsch, 1983. First UK Edition. Signed by co-author Sarah Dunant without inscription on full title. Octavo; [iv], 194pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £7.95 price intact; book in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a bit of bumping at head of spine. Boards lightly..... More
London: Macmillan, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pale grey dust jacket printed in black and red; 207pp. Light shelf wear, textblock lightly toned, else Very Good or better. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. More
![Item #7893 Upon a Dark Night [Signed]. Peter Lovesey](/pictures/thumb/7893.jpg?v=1605826977)
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1997. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [6],344pp. Light soil and wear to jacket extremities, spine very slightly cocked, minor uniform toning to text block, else Very Good or better. Signed by the author on title page. "The New..... More
London: Souvenir Press, 1996. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 267pp. Light shelf wear to jacket along with some scratches to back panel, boards lightly shelfworn with nudging to spine ends. The final appearance in book-form of Modesty Blaise, the multi-talented, gun-toting ring-leader of..... More
London: Souvenir Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. 318 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed with some light toning and creasing to edges. Boards show light edgewear with some mild general spotting and scuffing. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
![Item #9540 Last Day in Limbo [Limited Edition, Signed]. Peter O'Donnell](/pictures/thumb/9540.jpg?v=1621347057)
New York: Mysterious Press, 1976. First Edition (stated First American Edition), Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is no. 2. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket, housed in black cloth slipcase; [2],256pp. White portions of jacket a bit toned, ink with which the..... More
![Item #13799 Pieces of Modesty [Limited Edition, Signed by O'Donnell]. Peter O'Donnell](/pictures/thumb/13799.jpg?v=1659894561)
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. First Thus; Limited Edition of 250 copies signed by O'Donnell, this being #31. Octavo. 183 pp. Red cloth boards stamped in silver. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards lightly nudged at bottom of spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Touch of rubbing..... More
![Item #13768 The Silver Mistress [Limited Edition, Signed]. Peter O'Donnell](/pictures/thumb/13768.jpg?v=1659445738)
New York: Mysterious Press, [1984]. First American Edition Limited to 250 copies of which this is no. 86. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in metallic red, housed in matching cloth slipcase; 219pp. A hint of dust-soil to slipcase, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on colophon. More