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Abella, Alex. THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS.
New York: Crown, 1991.
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper.
£10 Enquire-Buy
Adams, Jane. BIRD.
London: Macmillan, 1997.
First edition. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust-wrapper with slight creasing to the front flap.
£5 Enquire-Buy
Benison, C.C. DEATH AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
London: Macmillan, 1996.
First edition. Review copy, with slip laid in. Fine in dust-wrapper.
£10 Enquire-Buy
Block, Lawrence. A LONG LINE OF DEAD MEN.
London: Orion, 1995.
First edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper.
£10 Enquire-Buy
Block, Lawrence. EVERYBODY DIES.
London: Orion, 1998.
First edition. Signed by the author.
Fine in d/w, unread, retaining the original bookseller's (Waterstone's) protective wrapping.
£25 Enquire-Buy
Brookmyre, Christopher. ONE FINE DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
London: Little, Brown, 1999.
First edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper (minor creasing).
£15 Enquire-Buy
Burke, James Lee. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Burton, Miles. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Carr, John Dickson. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Chandler, Raymond. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Christie, Agatha. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Clinton-Baddeley, V.C. TO STUDY A LONG SILENCE.
London: Gollancz, 1972.
First edition. Near fine in price-clipped dust-wrapper.
£20 Enquire-Buy
(Crime Club) I COMMIT CARD GAME.
London: Collins, 1926.
"A new, skilful and thrilling CRIME CLUB CARD GAME." "Invented by the popular Novelist and Broadcaster, Lawrence Meynell." All 53 cards present, plus instruction booklet. The cards carry illustrations similar to those of the more common Crime Club game, with the Crime Club gunman on the verso. Contents very good; box (pictorial, showing a chap firing an automatic on the front, and a selection of the playing card characters on the back) with a few tears and missing one of the little internal flaps that hold the lid.
£25 Enquire-Buy
Crofts, Freeman Wills. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Davis, Lindsey. THE IRON HAND OF MARS.
London: Hutchinson, 1992.
First edition. Very good plus to near fine in dust-wrapper (page edges slightly tanned; slight edge-creasing to wrapper).
£90 Enquire-Buy
Davis, Lindsey. ONE VIRGIN TOO MANY.
London: Century, 1999.
First edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper (small previous owner name to front free end-paper; page edges slightly tanned).
£12 Enquire-Buy
Dexter, Colin. MORSE'S GREATEST MYSTERY.
London: Pan, 1993.
First printing. Paperback. Six short stories. Near fine.
£5 Enquire-Buy
Dickson, Carter. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Farjeon, J. Jefferson. THE OVAL TABLE.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1952.
First edition. Very good in dust-wrapper (corners bumped; wrapper with a few repaired tears, small chips and a dusty back panel).
£25 Enquire-Buy
Fleming, Ian CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Fleming, Joan. WHEN I GROW RICH.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1962.
First edition, UNCORRECTED PROOF. Plain mottled blue wrappers Very good in dust-wrapper. Crime Club proofs of this vintage are uncommon, and extremely scarce in dust-wrappers.
£18 Enquire-Buy
Follett, Ken. THE MAN FROM ST. PETERSBURG.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982.
First edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper (pages tanned).
£10 Enquire-Buy
Francis, Dick. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Freeman, R. Austin. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Gilbert, Anthony. SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1942.
First edition. Very good plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper (corners bumped; opaque mark to back panel of wrapper).
£125 Enquire-Buy
Gilbert, Anthony. OUT FOR THE KILL.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1960.
First edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper (lower front corner bumped). William Randell illustration.
£35 Enquire-Buy
Hammett, Dashiell. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Hoeg, Peter. MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW.
London: Harvill, Harper Collins, 1993.
First British edition. Fine in dust-wrapper.
£125 Enquire-Buy
James, Russell. PAYBACK.
London: Gollancz, 1991
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper.
£10 Enquire-Buy
Johnston, Paul. THE BONE YARD.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.
First edition, second impression. Fine in dust-wrapper.
£5 Enquire-Buy
Leonard, Elmore. THE SWITCH.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1979.
First British and first hardback edition. Very good plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper (lower front corners bumped, small previous owner's name to ffep; wrapper with tiny chip to lower corner of back flap).
£50 Enquire-Buy
Lewis, Ted. JACK CARTER'S LAW.
London: Michael Joseph, 1974.
First edition. Very good plus in dust-wrapper (small crease to corner of front end-paper; wrapper slightly browned to spine). Inscribed by the author "To Caroline and Michael / love, Ted Lewis." Jack Carter books inscribed by Lewis are extremely scarce.
£60 Enquire-Buy
Lorraine, Philip. SEA-CHANGE.
London: Collins Crime Club, 1982. First edition. Fine in unpriced dust-wrapper.
£5 Enquire-Buy
Lyons, Arthur. THE DEAD ARE DISCREET.
London: Robson, 1977.
First English edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper which has been price-clipped by the publishers and re-priced by them with a small sticker.
£12 Enquire-Buy
Lyons, Arthur. ALL GOD'S CHILDREN.
London: Robson, 1977.
First English edition. Near fine in a very good plus dust-wrapper with slight edge darkening and a slightly faded spine.
£10 Enquire-Buy
McIllvanney. LAIDLAW.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977.
First edition. Very good plus in dust-wrapper (faint marks to page edges; wrapper slightly rubbed, with a barely visible repaired closed tear to the top right corner of the back panel). This copy has been inscribed by McIlvanney on the front free end-paper "With best wishes / Willie MacIlvanney".
£75 Enquire-Buy
Masters, Priscilla. A WREATH FOR MY SISTER.
London: Macmillan, 1997.
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper. Unread.
£15 Enquire-Buy
Melville, James. KIMONO FOR A CORPSE.
London: Secker & Warburg.
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper.
£10 Enquire-Buy
Morrison, Arthur. THE DORRINGTON DEED-BOX.
London: Ward, Lock & Co., no date [1897].
First edition. No d/w. Near very good (top edge dusty, spine rubbed and a little marked, contemporary name and date to front free end-paper). The correct first edition in maroon cloth lettered gilt on the spine and front cover. A very scarce short story collection by the author of the Martin Hewitt mysteries.
£300 Enquire-Buy
O'Connell, Carol. MALLORY'S ORACLE.
London: Heinemann, 1994.
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper with light rubbing to the silver wrapper, as usual.
£15 Enquire-Buy
Oppenheim, E. Phillips. SIR ADAM DISAPPEARED.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939.
First edition. Near fine in very good plus to near fine d/w (crease to front panel; minor wear; unnecessary clear tape on back of wrapper at spine ends).
£125 Enquire-Buy
Paretsky, Sara. DEADLOCK.
London: Gollancz, 1984.
First British edition. Near fine in price-clipped d/w.
£45 Enquire-Buy
Queen, Ellery. THE DUTCH SHOW MYSTERY.
London: Penguin, 1956.
First Penguin printing. Paperback. Some spotting and marking to covers and page edges. Good plus to near very good.
£4 Enquire-Buy
Redmond, Patrick. THE WISHING GAME.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper. Unread.
£15 Enquire-Buy
Reichs, Kathy. DEJA DEAD.
New York: Scribner, 1997.
First edition. Near fine in dust-wrapper (small number stamp on corner of front free end-paper; slight bump to upper corners).
£22 Enquire-Buy
Rhode, John. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Ridpath, Michael. FREE TO TRADE.
London: Heinemann, 1995.
First edition. Fine in dust-wrapper. The d/w is publisher price-clipped, as always. Financial thriller.
£10 Enquire-Buy
Simenon, Georges. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Stout, Rex. CLICK HERE TO VIEW CURRENT STOCK.
Vickers, Roy. THE MYSTERY OF THE SCENTED DEATH.
London: Herbert Jenkins, no date [1921].
First edition in presumed second issue dust-wrapper. Green cloth in 'C. Morse' dust-wrapper priced '3/6 net'. The English Catalogue of Books gives the publication price as '7/6', but this wrapper has almost certainly been with the book since publication. Very good in near very good dust-wrapper (mild foxing; wrapper with small chips and tears, stain to front flap fold, wear to head of spine, archival tape repairs to verso). The author's first novel (he wrote over sixty). Rare in dust-wrapper.
£125 Enquire-Buy
Witting, Clifford. MURDER IN BLUE.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937.
First edition. Near very good in dust-wrapper (small owner's stamp, binding slightly shaken; wrapper with browned spine, abrasions to flaps, overall dustiness and small chips to the extremities). The author's first mystery.
£350 Enquire-Buy
Witting, Clifford. THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960.
First edition. Near fine in very good plus to near fine dust-wrapper (browning to spine and white back panel).
£65 Enquire-Buy
Wood, Eric. DEATH OF AN ODDFELLOW.
London: John Hamilton, no date [1938].
First edition. Very good in dust-wrapper (small chip to top of back panel). Hubin.
£45 Enquire-Buy

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