London: Faber & Faber Limited. [1930]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original yellow buckram titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 313 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author, this being copy No. 78. The perishable yellow cloth has a few..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited. [1931]. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original light-brown buckram titled in gilt on spine and front panel. 446 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 200 copies hand-numbered and signed by the author, this being copy No. 70. Pages mostly unopened throughout. Spine panel sun-faded,a..... More
London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, Ltd., [1926]. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original brick cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel top edges stained red. 298 pp. Tiny bookseller's ticket on rear paste-down; contemporary ink name on front flyleaf; slight lightening to colouring on spine panel (almost unnoticable); small scuff..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth titled in gilt on spine, publisher's device in blind on rear panel. [416] pp. Publisher's promotional postcard loosley laid in. Minor browning to endpapers, a fine copy in an attractive VG+ dust jacket, browned on the spine and with..... More
London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., [1923]. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green cloth ruled in blind on spine & front panel, titled in gilt on spine. 301 pp + [8] pp publisher's catalogue "Mssrs. Collins' Latest Novels" bound in at rear. Frontispiece plus four additional full-page..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1935]. Advance Copy [uncorrected proof] of the First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Original publisher's light brown wrappers titled in black. 319 +[1] pp. Tipped in slip on title page stating "With the Sales Manager's Compliments / Advance Proof / Publication date October 7th" (with the..... More
London: Faber and Faber Limited. [1936]. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo. Original pale silver silk moire covered boards, silver title and vignette to spine, top edges silvered. Green pictorial endpapers. [323] pp.; 16 full page colour plates, plus black & white chapter head- and tail-pieces, all by Turncliffe. Spine..... More
London: The Beaumont Press, [1929]. First Edition, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Royal octavo, original decorated paper over boards, buckram spine titled in gilt. 96 pp. Issued in a limited edition of 400 hand-numbered copies, this being copy No. 124 of 320 printed on hand-made paper. Title-page vignette by Randolph Schwabe. Spine..... More
London: Arthur Barker Limited. 1965. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 236 pp. A very good or better copy in a good dust jacket which shows some ragged edge-tears and scuffs and has some external tape repairs. An uncommon title. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blue boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 333 pp. Spine a bit cocked, page edges lightly foxed. Bookplate (of M.F.W. Cottrill) on front paste-down. Very good copy in a very lightly soiled & rubbed dust wrapper. The..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1960. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original red boards titled in black on spine panel. 416 pp. Spine a bit cocked, a very good, sound copy in a very lightly soiled & frayed dust wrapper. The author's first crime novel. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 272 pp. Small crease to front free endpaper, a very good, near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, small tears, tiny pieces of tape at spine..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original blueboards titled in gilt on spine panel. [224] pp. A very good, clean copy in a very good dust jacket, somewhat browned and frayed. More
London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original tan paper covered boards, white cloth spine, paper label titled in red on spine. [127] pp. Limited Edition of 500 copies, printed on Van Gelder paper and signed by the author. Spare spine label laid in. Mild browning..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited. 1927. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, paper title label on spine. 123 pp. Limited Edition of 275 copies, printed on hand-made paper and signed by the author, this being copy No. 30. Bookplate of C.R. Leighton on front paste-down; mild browning to..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1930. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original brown cloth, paper title label on spine. 262 pp. Inscribed by Wolfe to his friend, the author Richard Church, on the front free endpaper: "To Richard, in friendship & Admiration, Humber Wolfe May 5 / 30". Endpapers foxed;..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton. [1934]. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth. Ink inscription, dated 1934 on front endpaper, page edges dusty, Cloth mildly discoloured. A very good copy in a heavily chipped dust wrapper lacking 2" from the base of the spine panel (and with a further 2-inch chunk of..... More