On the Beach.
London: Heinemann, 1957. First edition. 8vo. (vi), 312 pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Jacket a little tanned and edge worn with a small chips, else a decent copy. More
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The House on the Strand.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1969. First edition. 8vo. 349, (3) pp. Publisher's russet cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped. Map and genealogy at the rear. Some rubbing to the extremities of the jacket, the spine of which is slightly sunned, very good overall. More
The Unknown Shore.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Some rubbing to the extremities, very good. More
I Owe Russia $1,200.
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963. First edition. 8vo. 272 pp. Publisher's two-tone red and black cloth, silver and red lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Hope on the front free endpaper "To Sadié...". Black and white photographic illustrations in the text. The red lettering on the..... More
Untold Stories.
London: Faber and Faber and Profile Books, 2005. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 658 pp. Publisher's dark green boards, cream lettered to the spine, dust jacket, signed by Bennett on the title page, a "signed Copy" wrap-around band to the jacket. An excellent copy. More
The Constant Gardener.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. First edition. 8vo. 508, (4) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, dark gold lettering to the spine, signed by Le Carré to the title page, dust jacket, not price clipped, bookseller's "signed" label to the upper cover. A few light marks to the edges of the text..... More
The Dark Island.
London: The Hogarth Press, 1934. First edition. 8vo. 316 pp. Publisher's green cloth, darker green lettering to the spine, dust jacket. Some edge wear to the jacket with a few small losses, a mild abrasion to the upper panel, slight mottling to the cloth but generally a very good clean..... More
13 for Luck!
London: Collins, 1966. First edition. 8vo. 223, (1) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped. Slight tanning to the jacket, short old tape mark to the front free endpaper, very good. An omnibus edition of Christie's short stories including three each from the Poirot..... More
A Murder is Announced.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1950. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's saffron cloth, black lettered to the spine, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket, not price clipped. Some wear to the extremities of the jacket with slight loss to the foot of the spine..... More
The Clocks.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1963. First US edition. 8vo. (x), 276, (2) pp. Publisher's grey cloth over red patterned boards, red lettering to the spine, dust jacket, price clipped. Some wear to the extremities of the jacket with occasional small losses, a few marks, the red lettering to..... More
A Pocket Full of Rye.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1953. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 191, (1) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. The jacket evidently sometime previously supplied from a different copy as the cloth is faded towards the foot of the spine and there..... More
The Hound of Death, and Other Stories.
London: Odhams Press, 1933. First edition. 8vo. 248 pp. Publisher's plum cloth, gilt spine very dull, dust jacket. The jacket worn and torn with losses, ghosts of old tape repairs on the verso jacket, since removed and now with more subtle tissue repairs, the cloth sound but faded in places..... More
Cards on the Table.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1950. Fourth impression. 8vo. 286, (2) pp. Publisher's burnt orange cloth, black lettered to the spine, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket, not price clipped. Fading to the jacket spine, some general edge wear with a few neat old repairs..... More
They Do it with Mirrors.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1952. First edition. 8vo. 192 pp. Publisher's burnt orange cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Slight sunning to the jacket spine, the lower panel a little tanned, some wear to the extremities, otherwise very good. More
4.50 from Paddington.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1957. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Neat old restorations to the spine ends and corners of the jacket, else very good. More
Dead Man's Folly.
London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1956. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine, small early inked initials to the head of the front free endpaper, dust jacket, not price clipped. Some slight wear to the corner tips of the jacket plus a neat..... More
The Pale Horse.
London: The Crime Club, 1961. First edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth, black lettered to the spine, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dust jacket, not price clipped. Occasional light edge wear to the jacket, tanning to the lower panel, else very good. More
A Moveable Feast.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First British edition. 8vo. 191, (1) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Some light wear to the spine ends and corners of the jacket, very good. More
For Whom the Bell Tolls.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943. Early reprint. 8vo. (x), 471, (1) pp. Publisher's oatmeal cloth, black lettered red panels to the spine and the author's signature reproduced on the upper board, dust jacket, not price clipped. The brittle jacket in three sections, now subtly put together and repaired with..... More
The Most of P.G. Wodehouse.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First printing thus. 8vo. vi, 666 pp. Publisher's cream cloth backed green boards, green and red lettering to the spine, dust jacket. Slight sunning to the jacket spine which is neatly reinforced on the verso, a little light edge elsewhere, very good. A selection..... More
The World of Jeeves. The World of Mr. Mulliner. The World of Psmith.
London: [I] Herbert Jenkins, [II & III] Barrie & Jenkins, 1967-1974. First editions thus. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, white lettered to the spines, colour typographic dust jackets each signed by their designer, the letter artist Michael Harvey, on the front flaps Occasional slight wear to the jacket laminations, a...... More