Masterton, Graham Touchy and Feely
Severn House Publishers Ltd, 2006 First Edition. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. All books held by me, for immediate despatch. Packed weight 440g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0727863320. Inventory No: 0021910. (Book ref. 0021910) £12.00
Rogers, Colin D. THE FAMILY TREE DETECTIVE Tracing Your Family in England and Wales
Manchester University Press, 1997 Third Edition. Binding: Softcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Packed weight 440g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: History; Reference; Inventory No: 0014314. (Book ref. 0014314) £11.00
Lovesey, Peter The Detective Wore Silk Drawers
Chivers Press, 1987 Re-issue. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Very Good Plus Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus Jacket. Packed weight 420g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Inventory No: 0014049. (Book ref. 0014049) £6.00
Rendell, Ruth: The Water's Lovely
London: Hutchinson, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 0091797284 1st edition, 1st printing, 8vo, black cloth, Very Good in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket. pp 295 (Book ref. 14834) £10.00
Gunn, Victor: MAD HATTER'S ROCK
(Collins 1942) Hbk, crown 8vo, 192pp, slightly shaken and repaired (2 pages sellotaped in) , hinges strained, ink-stain to rear boards and some page edges, prev. owner's initials and remains of bookplate on ffep, maroon cloth boards marked, well rubbed and bumped, spine sunned and slight damage at top edge. No dw. Rare. (Book ref. 9337) £45.00
Avrach, Joseph: THE GINGER GANG - A DETECTIVE STORY FOR CHILDREN
(Lunn 1943) 8vo red cloth with black dec'n. 86pp. bw ills. Boards very slightly marked and bumped, but otherwise a Good clean tight copy, (Book ref. 7153) £8.50
James, P.D.: A Taste for Death
New York: Alfred A. Knoppf, 1986. First US Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 039455583X 1st US edition, large 8vo, slight sunning to front top board else Very Good in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket. pp 459 (Book ref. 14820) £10.00
GLOVER, DOROTHY , GREENE, GRAHAM & CARTER, JOHN (INTRO) VICTORIAN DETECTIVE FICTION a catalogue of the collection made by Dorothy Glover & Graham Greene
The Bodley Head 1966. Hardback. Green cloth gilt lettered, no dw. . pp. 149. A limited edition of 500 number 279 signed at back by Graham Greene, Glover and John Carter. Ex Library with some prelim stamps and label secirty remain to back wrapper. Wite lettering to spine and name glover in white little head wear. Text of book, after title page v.good (Book ref. 16076) £100.00
Pim, Sheila A hive of suspects: an Irish detective story
Hodder & Stoughton, 1952. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Hardback bound in green cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners and is faded at the edges, no inscriptions. Uncommon crime story (Book ref. 36136) £15.00
ROGERS Colin D.: THE FAMILY TREE DETECTIVE - Tracing your ancestors in England and Wales.
Manchester. M.U.P. 1996. Third edn. Paperback. 289 pages. B.w. illustrations. Fine in fine papercover. Unread book from new stock. Goes beyond a simple how-to guide and explains what to do when the usual methods fail. It is especially useful for those without easy access to London's vast resources of genealogical information. ISBN: 0-7190-5213-0. (Book ref. 3263) £6.50
Davies, Joyce Dave Duckling, Detective
London: Hutchinson. Hardcover. Undated. Circa 1950s. Landscape 4to. No dj. Blue cloth with red titles. 48 pp. Charming colour plates and b/w illustrations by the author. All pages clean. No inscriptions. Some light wear to cloth at edges. Cloth a little faded. Overall GOOD (Book ref. 02901) £10.00
SMITH Alexander McCall The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Edinburgh: Polygon, 2007. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 9781904598985 Lovely copy of this 8th No 1 Ladies Detective Agency story set in Botswana. Not inscribed or price-clipped, beautiful! (Book ref. 017899) £6.00
Walters, Minette.: The Echo.
New York, Putnam's Sons, 1997. 1st U.S. edition. Author's fifth book. V.G. in V.G. dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 343) £10.00
Walters, Minette.: Acid Row.
London, Macmillan, 2001. 1st edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 87) £8.00
Spillane, Mickey.: The Killing Man.
New York, E.P.Dutton, 1989. 1st American edition. The 12th Mike Hammer novel and the first since 1970. Black felt pen mark under page edges, otherwise fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. (Book ref. 705) £6.00
Snow, C.P.: A Coat of varnish.
London, Macmillan, 1979. 1st edition. V.G. in V.G. dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 649) £8.00
Rendell, Ruth.: Thirteen steps down.
London, Hutchinson, 2004. 1st edition. Thriller set in Notting Hill, about a man obsessed with the murders by John Christie at 10 Rillington Place. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 52) £8.00
Rendell, Ruth.: The Rottweiller.
London, Hutchinson, 2003. 1st edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 76) £8.00
Rendell, Ruth.: The Babes in the wood.
London, Hutchinson, 2002. 1st edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper, not priceclipped. (Book ref. 104) £8.00
Rendell, Ruth.: Simisola.
London, Hutchinson, 1994. 1st edition. Signed by the author on the title page: "To Dai with best wishes, Ruth Rendell." Very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. (Book ref. 39) £15.00