London: Macmillan, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine. 190 pp. Light browning to text block, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner intact. ¶ A young monk is murdered next to a white rose bush at..... More
London: Published for The Crime Book Society by Hutchinson & Co., No Date [1930's]. "32nd Thousand" Paperback. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (a paperback). 252 + [4] pp ads at rear. Issued as No. 52 in The Crime Book Society Pocket Library. Text block slightly browned, a nearly fine, bright..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987. First American Edition. Octavo, original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, cloth slipcase. 260 pp. Issued in an edition limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy No. 27. A fine copy without dust jacket, as issued, in a...... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black. 357 pp. Front free endpaper lacking, and inner front hinge cracked; some light stains to the text block. Yellow cloth slightly dust-soiled, as usual but not too badly at all..... More
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New York: Triangle Books. [1940]. Reprint Edition. Reprint, the third Triangle Books edition. Originally issued by Stokes in 1933. Octavo, original dark red cloth stamped in black. 308 pp. Browning to text block, pencil name on front free endpaper, small marks to cloth. Very good copy in dust wrapper, rubbed..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., [1938]. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. First issued in 1937, here re-issued in the publisher's "Crime Circle Novels' series. These are the first edition sheets, the title leaf is mounted on a stub. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black. [254] pp + [2] pp ads..... More
New York: Books, Inc., [1944]. Reprint Edition. Reprint. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gold on spine. 282 pp. A fine copy in a very good slightly rubbed dust wrapper, small chips to rear panel. ¶ Murder Mystery featuring Detective Carl Wayward, originally published by Duell, Sloane and Pearce in..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head. 1922. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled, ruled and decorated in blind on front panel, titled in gold on spine. 319 pp. Bumps to binding edges, slight rubbing to cloth, front free endpaper lacking and inner front hinge..... More
London: Wright & Brown. No Date [1937]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original orange cloth stamped in black on spine panel. 252 pp + [4] pp ads at rear. Spine slightly cocked, trace of wear to extremities; a very good clean copy. ¶ Yellow Peril Mystery Novel..... More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., [1950]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original salmon cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine panel. 238 pp. Ex-Private Lending Library copy, with a small rubberstamp and the word "Gift" in pen on title page, small 'Withdrawn' stamp on front free..... More
London: George Newnes Limited. No Date [circa 1928]. Early Edition. Original Wraps. Reprint. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Issued in Newnes Sixpence series. 128 pp. Browning to text block; a near fine copy, bright and attractive. More
New York: A.L. Burt. [1921] [i.e., slightly later]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Reprint. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in gold. 287 pp + [8] pp ads at rear. Pencil name on front endpaper, a very good clean copy in the original colour pictorial dust wrapper, small tears to edges. ¶ Golden..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company. 1935. First American edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in green. 309 pp. A bit dusty, a nearly fine copy in a frayed and chipped dust wrapper, fair only, the chipping affecting the text at spine head and along the base of the front..... More
London: Blackie & Son Limited. [1937]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth titled in black, map endpapers. 306 pp, frontispiece and 15 additional full-page photographic plates, Index. Mild browning to endpapers, a bit dusty, a nearly fine copy in the colour pictorial dust wrapper, mild fraying at..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company. 1935. First American Edition. First American edition, from British sheets. Octavo, original green cloth titled in black, map endpapers. 368 pp, frontispiece and 15 additional full-page photographic plates, Index. Top edge dusty, a very good copy in a nice attractive dust wrapper with a...... More
London: The Popular Library. No Date [mid-1930's]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early British edition. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black on spine panel. A bit dusty, birthday inscription on front paste-down dated 1934; a very good, clean copy in the original colour pictorial 3/6 dust wrapper. The wrapper is a...... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. [1933]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original brown cloth lettered and ruled in black on spine and front cover. 319 pp. This UK edition is the true first edition, preceding the American edition issued in 1941. Lacking the front free endpaper (the inner..... More
Toronto: McLeod & Allen, Publishers, [1912]. First Canadian Edition. Octavo, original decorated dark green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold and blind. [295] pp, frontispiece with tissue guard and four additional plates with artwork by Bracker (Should be 6 plates total, our copy has 5 plates). This Canadian..... More
London: Faber & Faber Limited. [1947]. New Edition. Hardcover. New Edition, the first Faber edition. First published in 1931 by Gollancz. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine. 269 pp. Very slight spine fading, a very good, clean copy. ¶ Weird Fantasy novel. An evil antiquarian illegally purchases..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1936. First American Edition. First American edition. Octavo, original cloth. A bit dusty, but a very good copy in a nice example of the original pictorial dust wrapper which has light wear to the edges, faint tanning to spine panel and a short..... More
New York: Caxton House, 1939. Reprint Edition. Reprint. Octavo, original black cloth stamped in green. 312 pp. Minor marks to covers, very good copy, in a dust wrapper missing the bottom one-inch of the spine panel and with a large piece missing from top edge of rear panel and the..... More