: Fifty masterpieces of mystery
Odhams Press , no date No dj. Hardback black covers in nice clean condition with gilt figure of a policeman on front and spine .Internally 768 pp. in good condition. Illustrated. Heavy book may require extra postage. (Book ref. 8863) £10.00
White, Ethel Lina Put Out The Light
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1931. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Excellent Murder Mystery Novel about a rich elderly spinster who believes she's going to be murdered. The victim dominates most of the book instead of being eliminated early, as usually happens. Brown cloth cover with black lettering and linear borders to front & spine. Colourful Art Deco style jacket. Previous owner's inscription on ffep dated 1932. 7 1/2" Tall. Slight wear to cover. Jacket has some tears and pieces missing at spine ends and corners (see photo). (Book ref. 008091) £110.00
Radley, Sheila Death And The Maiden
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall 0241898463 Book "The most brilliant young girl in Ashthorpe found dead in the river". Chief Inspector Quantrill investigates. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 8" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. (Book ref. 008045) £5.00
Hebden, Mark Pel Under Pressure
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Book "Irascible French Cop, Inspector Pel, is confronted with a Drug-Smuggling Racket." Red cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. 8" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. (Book ref. 008037) £10.00
Quartermain, H. J. Death Before Launching
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Book A new British Luxury Liner which causes heated Political arguement is nearing completion when suspected sabotage occurs, including the death of an apprentice. Special Branch, in the form of Chief-Inspector Penniar and Sergeant Banbury investigate. Green cloth cover with gilt lettering to spine. 8" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear to jacket, not clipped. (Book ref. 008018) £9.00
Simenon, Georges The Old Man Dies
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book An old man's dramatic death and his family, like jackals, search frantically for the will. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Green cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. Purple Jacket Illustrated with a corpse in a bed surrounded by 3 men. 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Not clipped. A few fine spots of browning on page edges. Not clipped (Book ref. 008016) £25.00
Smith, Shelly The Lord Have Mercy
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1956. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Suspense Crime Novel with a very unexpected ending. "It is the nature of Crime and the problems of Human Behaviour, rather than the neat equations of detection, which fascinate Shelley Smith". Blue cloth cover with silver lettering to spine. Brown Jacket illustrated with an elderly lady looking through her window at a street scene. 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. (Book ref. 008015) £25.00
Simenon, Georges The Old Man Dies
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1968. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book An old man's dramatic death and his family, like jackals, search frantically for the will. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Green cloth cover with black lettering to spine. Jacket Illustrated with a Restaurant scene. 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Not clipped. A few spot of browning on top page edges and a little chipping to jacket (see photo). Not clipped (Book ref. 008012) £25.00
Carr, John Dickson THE CROOKED HINGE
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Most ingenious Murder Mystery "whose solution is the greatest surprise of any case ever handled by Dr. Fell". 4th impression. Red cloth cover with Black lettering to spine. Jacket illustrated with a Silhoutte of Dr Fell. 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Front of Jacket has a very small closed tear (1/4" long) at top left. Tiny piece missing from very top of spine. Back of jacket has 2 small closed tears, 1/4" long and 1" long. Not clipped. (Book ref. 008011) £700.00
Jones, Craig Blood Secrets
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1979. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall Book Murder/Thriller. Black cloth cover with silver lettering to spine. 8" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. (Book ref. 008009) £7.00
Carr, John Dickson The Blind Barber
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1951. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Murder Mystery on an Atlantic Liner. Dr Fell Investigates. Red cloth cover with black lettering to spine. Brown dustjacket with black lettering & white dagger on front. 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has slight wear on one side of spine and a few tiny edge nicks. Not clipped. (Book ref. 008008) £38.00
Carr, John Dickson The Case Of The Constant Suicides
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1952. Cloth. Very Good/Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Ingenious murder mystery about the suspicious suicide of a man who heavily insured his life and the strange suicides that follow. Investigated by Dr Fell. Red cloth cover with Black lettering to spine. 7 1/2" Tall. Some spots of brown on top and fore page edges. No inscriptions. Jacket has slight edge wear and a nick on fore edge. (Book ref. 008007) £48.00
Sayers, Dorothy L CLOUDS OF WITNESS (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
London: Victor Gollancz, 1947. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Amended and Corrected by the Author and has a short Biography of Lord Peter Wimsey as a Preface. Pale Blue cloth cover with dull gilt lettering to spine. 7 1/2" Tall. Some wear & fading to cover, most of the colour faded from spine. No inscriptions except old penciled price and ref in corner of ffep. (Book ref. 007995) £4.00
Tey, Josephine The Man In The Queue
London: Pan Books Ltd, 1958. Paperback. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book A long queue for the last week of a popular London Musical Comedy...and a man is stabbed with a silver dagger. Inspector Grant Investigates. Some edgewear and bottom corner slightly bent. Pages a little age darkened. No inscriptions. 7" Tall. (Book ref. 007968) £4.50
Hadath, Gunby THE MYSTERY AT RIDINGS: A Public School Story
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1933. Illustrated by Mills, Reginald. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Exciting Schoolboy story by the author of "Revolt at Fallas". Colour Frontispiece Illustration by Reginald Mills shows a Tall Schoolboy in the quad bodily carrying away a smaller boy. Blue cloth cover with darker blue ship design to front and lettering to spine. Presentation Label on ffep, dated 1942. 7 3/4" Tall. Some fading to cover, mostly at spine. Pages in very good, clean condition. (Book ref. 007890) £19.00
Christie, Agatha The Moving Finger (Penguin Mystery and Crime)
Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1953. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Classic Agatha Christie Mystery on the theme of Poison Pen Letters. Complete & Unabridged. Green and Ivory Penguin Colours. Some edge wear and small crease to bottom corner affecting first 30 pages. 7" Tall. No inscriptions. (Book ref. 007857) £5.00
Sinclair, Fiona Most Unnatural Murder
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1965. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall Book Tragic and mysterious death of the school sex-kitten at St. Durfel's Progressive School in Cornwall. Fast Moving and Colourful Crime Thriller that was found amongst the Author's papers after her death. Black cloth cover with bright gilt lettering to spine. 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. (Book ref. 007693) £40.00
Young George Code-name Caruso
The Mystery Book Guild, 1961 First Edition 192pp, light fading to spine, slight lean, VG Set against the authentic background of Sicily. (Book ref. 49784) £8.00
Woodman David C. Unravelling The Franklin Mystery. Inuit Testimony
McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992 rep 390pp, large paperback, VG Woodman's reconstruction of the mysterious events surrounding the tragic Franklin expedition boldly challenges standard interpretations. (Book ref. 49436) £25.00
Watson Sir Norman & King Edward J. Round Mystery Mountain
Edward Arnold & Co, 1935 First Edition 246pp, 33 plates, original blue cloth, light wear to extremities, foreword by F.S. Smythe, VG. First ski crossing of the Coast Range in British Columbia. Mystery Mountain is Mount Waddington. (Book ref. 10380) £60.00