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: William Morrow & Company. 1975. First edition. Octavo, original orange boards with cloth spine. A fine copy in a nice clean dust wrapper, nearly fine but with slight overall rubbing, price-corner intact. 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 Ex-Private Lending Library copy, with a small rubberstamp and the word "Gift" in pen on title page, small 'Withdrawn' stamp on front free.....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: 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: 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. 1936. 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 triangular chip..... More
Lakewood, Colorado: Centipede Press, 2020. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large octavo, original black cloth titled in silver on spine, colour pictorial paper label (reproducing the dust jacket design) on front panel. Pictorial endpapers, black silk bookmarker bound in, top page edges stained blue. Cover painting by Matt Mahurin, design by..... More