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	Turkish Gambit \| The New Erast Fandorin Mystery Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield (Book #ID 74880) Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Upper St. Martin's Lane, London First Edition 2004. London 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 230 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 029764551X Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Gravedigger's Funeral Arent, Arthur (Book #ID 1711) Published by Macdonald & Co., Limited, 49 Poland Street, London First Edition 1968. 1968. First edition hard back. 8vo 7" x 5" 249 pages ISBN 356 02358 3. Author's first novel. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with 40 mm closed tear to upper panel, small chip to lower fore edge, not price clipped 25s, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Admiralty Murders Adam, Michael (Book #ID 2957) Published by Sentinel Publications, London First edition 1947. 1947. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Not Sleeping Just Dead Alverson, Charles (Book #ID 2967) Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 90 Great Russell Street, London First edition 1978. 1978. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	An Inside Job Allan, Stella (Book #ID 5267) Published by The Crime Club Collins, 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition 1978. 1978. First edition hard back scarlet cloth covers, gilt titles to spine. 8vo 224 pp. Author's first crime novel. Erased pencil mark to front end paper. Nr. Fine in Fine Margaret Murray designed dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Complete Steel [Signed] Aird, Catherine (Book #ID 12061) Published by Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 49-50 Poland Street, London First edition 1969. 1969. First edition hard back publisher's original black cloth covers, silver stamping to spine. 8vo 8" x 5¼" 192 pp. Maps to end papers. SIGNED by the author to title page. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with small surface rubs to spine tips and corners, small rubbed patch to top lower panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£55.00 Convert currency

	The Daybreak Edition Allsop, Kenneth (Book #ID 12915) Published by Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd., 23 Great Queen Street, London First Edition 1951. London 1951. First edition hard back publisher's original dark navy cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5" 255 pp. Very Good in Nr. Very Good 'Eisner' period artwork dust wrapper with short closed tears to spine tips and corners, not price clipped 9s 6d. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£17.50 Convert currency

	The Butcher of Bruton Street Applin, Arthur [Gustav Trugard 1873-1949]. (Book #ID 51915) Published by Grant Richards, 7 Carlton Street, London First Edition 1908. London 1908. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original camel brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, the upper panel is illustrated with a man dressed in a red poker dot waistcoat holding a white knife, a skull is on the table. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains [xii] 337 printed pages of text with tissue guarded colour frontispiece. A little foxing to the page edges and the title page, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed and turned-in, without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Rewritten and published as 'The Nursing Home', from 1915 onwards. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£250.00 Convert currency

	The Loose Rib Allen, Austen (Book #ID 16237) Published by Geoffrey Bles Limited, 22 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London First Edition 1932. 1932. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black lettering and border lines to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 281 pp. Ex-library with front end paper pasted down, indigo stamp to lower end paper, spine faded, age darkening to page edges, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	The Ribs of Death [Signed] Aiken, Joan [1924-2004] (Book #ID 16275) Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First Edition 1967. 1967. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cerise paper covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 8" x 5¼" 224 pp. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to front end paper 'For Jean ? Love Joan.' Without inscription. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with light dust soiling to yellow covers, spine not faded, not price clipped 21/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£125.00 Convert currency

	Snatch [Uncorrected Proof Copy] Airth, Rennie (Book #ID 45740) Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square London First Edition 1969. London 1969. Uncorrected Proof Copy in publisher's original plain green yellow card wrap covers, black lettering to the spine and front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 224615327. Contains 248 printed pages of text. Card to the spine a little wrinkled, slight soiling to the page edges, without any ownership markings and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£60.00 Convert currency

	Leviathan \| An Erast Fandorin Mystery Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield (Book #ID 91897) Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., London First UK Edition 2004. 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6'' 236 printed pages of text. ISBN 0297645528. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0297645528 Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	The Religious Body [Signed] Aird, Catherine [Catherine Aird (born 1930) is the pseudonym of English novelist Kinn Hamilton McIntosh MBE]. (Book #ID 95344) Published by Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 2 Portman Street, London First Edition 1966. 1966. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 174 printed pages of text. Author's first work. Fine condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with chips to the spine ends and corners, closed tear to the top rear cover. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Catherine Aird'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£150.00 Convert currency

	Leviathan \| An Erast Fandorin Mystery Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield (Book #ID 42509) Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., London First UK Edition 2004. London 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6'' 236 printed pages of text. ISBN 0297645528. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0297645528 Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Harm's Way [Signed] Aird, Catherine (Book #ID 42935) Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co. Inc. New York First US Edition 1984. New York 1984. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burnt yellow cloth covers, black lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0385195427. Contains 180 printed pages of text. Bumps to the spine ends. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper, red spine not faded. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 4 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0385195427 Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£15.00 Convert currency

	Once a Thief in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 58 November 1957. Agatha Christie, James M. Ullman, Phyllis Bentley, Robert Bloch [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46118) Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London November 1957. 1957. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Some Day They Will Get Me in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 63 April 1958. Agatha Christie, Roy Vickers, Thomas Walsh [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46121) Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London April 1958. 1958. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Jealousy Is The Devil in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 78 July 1959. Agatha Christie, Herbert Brean, Alex Austin [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46124) Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London July 1959. 1959. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	The Dressmaker's Doll in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 79 August 1959. Agatha Christie, James J, Kelly, Robert Bloch [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46125) Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London August 1959. 1959. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Blunt's Brilliant Detectives in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 89 June 1960. Agatha Christie, Rufus King, Lenard Kaufman [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46129) Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London June 1960. 1960. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	The $1,000,000 Bond Robbery, The Old Woman Upstairs in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 119 December 1962. Agatha Christie, Dylan Thomas, William Fay, Frederic Nebel [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46135) Published by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd., London by Arrangement with Davis Publications Inc., New York December 1962. 1962. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	The Man on the Chancel Steps in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 126 July 1963. Agatha Christie, Phyllis Bentley, Michael Gilbert, John Dickson Carr [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46140) Published by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd., London by Arrangement with Davis Publications Inc., New York July 1963. 1963. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 128 September 1963. Anthony Boucher, Lloyd Biggle, Fredric Brown [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46142) Published by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd., London by Arrangement with Davis Publications Inc., New York September 1963. 1963. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Express to Stamboul in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 259 June 1965. Agatha Christie, Charlotte Armstrong, Lawrence Treat, Patrick Quentin [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46156) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York June 1965. 1965. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 260 July 1965. A. H. Z. Carr, Hugh Pentecost, Gerald Kersh [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46157) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York July 1965. 1965. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Motive vs. Opportunity in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 268 March 1966. Agatha Christie, Victor Canning, William Butler Yeats [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46164) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York March 1966. 1966. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 287 October 1967. Andrew Garve, Junichiro Tanizaki, Alberto Moravia [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46172) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York October 1967. 1967. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	The Theft of the Royal Ruby in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 295 June 1968. Agatha Christie, Patricia McGerr, Robert Twohy [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46176) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York June 1968. 1968. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 4/- to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	The Companion in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 301 December 1968. Agatha Christie, Celia Fremlin, Berkely Mather [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46179) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York December 1968. 1968. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 4/- to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 306 May 1969. Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, James Powell, Alfredo Segre [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen (Book #ID 46180) Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York May 1969. 1969. Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 4/- to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£12.50 Convert currency

	Ransom Town Alding, Peter [Pseudonym of Roderic Jeffries] (Book #ID 57655) Published by John Long Ltd., 3 Fitzroy Square, London First Edition 1979. London 1979. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original apple green covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 184 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with old dry damp line to the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0091367506 Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	The Tiger in the Smoke Allingham, Margery [1904-1966] (Book #ID 89791) Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1967. 1967. Publisher's original colour printed period artwork paperback covers. Light wear to the spine edges and minor age tanning to page edges, slight spine slant and in Good condition, price 3/6 to the front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	Leviathan \| An Erast Fandorin Mystery Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield (Book #ID 66090) Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., London First UK Edition 2004. London 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6'' 236 printed pages of text. ISBN 0297645528. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with one small indent mark to the front cover, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0297645528 Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

	The Case of the Late Pig [Penguin Books Number 276] Allingham, Margery [1904-1966] (Book #ID 96673) Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1961. 1961. Publisher's original classic green and cream livery card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. In Very Good clean and fresh condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the DETECTIVE \| CRIME FICTION Category	£8.00 Convert currency

Turkish Gambit | The New Erast Fandorin Mystery

Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield

(Book #ID 74880)

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 5 Upper St. Martin's Lane, London First Edition 2004. London 2004.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original forest green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 230 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 029764551X

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Gravedigger's Funeral

Arent, Arthur

(Book #ID 1711)

Published by Macdonald & Co., Limited, 49 Poland Street, London First Edition 1968. 1968.

First edition hard back. 8vo 7" x 5" 249 pages ISBN 356 02358 3. Author's first novel. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with 40 mm closed tear to upper panel, small chip to lower fore edge, not price clipped 25s, spine not faded. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Admiralty Murders

Adam, Michael

(Book #ID 2957)

Published by Sentinel Publications, London First edition 1947. 1947.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Not Sleeping Just Dead

Alverson, Charles

(Book #ID 2967)

Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 90 Great Russell Street, London First edition 1978. 1978.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cloth covers, lettering to spine. 8vo. Nr. Fine in Nr. Fine dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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An Inside Job

Allan, Stella

(Book #ID 5267)

Published by The Crime Club Collins, 14 St. James's Place, London First Edition 1978. 1978.

First edition hard back scarlet cloth covers, gilt titles to spine. 8vo 224 pp. Author's first crime novel. Erased pencil mark to front end paper. Nr. Fine in Fine Margaret Murray designed dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Complete Steel [Signed]

Aird, Catherine

(Book #ID 12061)

Published by Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 49-50 Poland Street, London First edition 1969. 1969.

First edition hard back publisher's original black cloth covers, silver stamping to spine. 8vo 8" x 5¼" 192 pp. Maps to end papers. SIGNED by the author to title page. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with small surface rubs to spine tips and corners, small rubbed patch to top lower panel, not price clipped. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Daybreak Edition

Allsop, Kenneth

(Book #ID 12915)

Published by Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd., 23 Great Queen Street, London First Edition 1951. London 1951.

First edition hard back publisher's original dark navy cloth covers, gilt stamping to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5" 255 pp. Very Good in Nr. Very Good 'Eisner' period artwork dust wrapper with short closed tears to spine tips and corners, not price clipped 9s 6d. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Butcher of Bruton Street

Applin, Arthur [Gustav Trugard 1873-1949].

(Book #ID 51915)

Published by Grant Richards, 7 Carlton Street, London First Edition 1908. London 1908.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original camel brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, the upper panel is illustrated with a man dressed in a red poker dot waistcoat holding a white knife, a skull is on the table. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains [xii] 337 printed pages of text with tissue guarded colour frontispiece. A little foxing to the page edges and the title page, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed and turned-in, without any ownership markings and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Rewritten and published as 'The Nursing Home', from 1915 onwards. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Loose Rib

Allen, Austen

(Book #ID 16237)

Published by Geoffrey Bles Limited, 22 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London First Edition 1932. 1932.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black lettering and border lines to spine and upper panel. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 281 pp. Ex-library with front end paper pasted down, indigo stamp to lower end paper, spine faded, age darkening to page edges, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Ribs of Death [Signed]

Aiken, Joan [1924-2004]

(Book #ID 16275)

Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London First Edition 1967. 1967.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original cerise paper covers, gilt lettering to spine. 8vo 8" x 5¼" 224 pp. SIGNED presentation copy by the author to front end paper 'For Jean ? Love Joan.' Without inscription. Fine in Very Good dust wrapper with light dust soiling to yellow covers, spine not faded, not price clipped 21/-. Dust wrapper supplied in archival acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Snatch [Uncorrected Proof Copy]

Airth, Rennie

(Book #ID 45740)

Published by Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square London First Edition 1969. London 1969.

Uncorrected Proof Copy in publisher's original plain green yellow card wrap covers, black lettering to the spine and front cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. ISBN 224615327. Contains 248 printed pages of text. Card to the spine a little wrinkled, slight soiling to the page edges, without any ownership markings and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Leviathan | An Erast Fandorin Mystery

Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield

(Book #ID 91897)

Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., London First UK Edition 2004. 2004.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6'' 236 printed pages of text. ISBN 0297645528. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0297645528

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The Religious Body [Signed]

Aird, Catherine [Catherine Aird (born 1930) is the pseudonym of English novelist Kinn Hamilton McIntosh MBE].

(Book #ID 95344)

Published by Macdonald & Co. Ltd., 2 Portman Street, London First Edition 1966. 1966.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, silver title and author lettering to the spine, end paper maps. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 174 printed pages of text. Author's first work. Fine condition book in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper with chips to the spine ends and corners, closed tear to the top rear cover. SIGNED by the author to the title page 'Catherine Aird'. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Leviathan | An Erast Fandorin Mystery

Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield

(Book #ID 42509)

Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., London First UK Edition 2004. London 2004.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6'' 236 printed pages of text. ISBN 0297645528. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0297645528

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Harm's Way [Signed]

Aird, Catherine

(Book #ID 42935)

Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Co. Inc. New York First US Edition 1984. New York 1984.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burnt yellow cloth covers, black lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0385195427. Contains 180 printed pages of text. Bumps to the spine ends. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper, red spine not faded. Dust wrapper without any tears or chips and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 4 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0385195427

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Once a Thief in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 58 November 1957.

Agatha Christie, James M. Ullman, Phyllis Bentley, Robert Bloch [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46118)

Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London November 1957. 1957.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Some Day They Will Get Me in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 63 April 1958.

Agatha Christie, Roy Vickers, Thomas Walsh [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46121)

Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London April 1958. 1958.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Jealousy Is The Devil in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 78 July 1959.

Agatha Christie, Herbert Brean, Alex Austin [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46124)

Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London July 1959. 1959.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Dressmaker's Doll in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 79 August 1959.

Agatha Christie, James J, Kelly, Robert Bloch [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46125)

Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London August 1959. 1959.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Blunt's Brilliant Detectives in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 89 June 1960.

Agatha Christie, Rufus King, Lenard Kaufman [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46129)

Published by Mellifont Press Ltd., Furnival Street, London June 1960. 1960.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, small rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The $1,000,000 Bond Robbery, The Old Woman Upstairs in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 119 December 1962.

Agatha Christie, Dylan Thomas, William Fay, Frederic Nebel [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46135)

Published by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd., London by Arrangement with Davis Publications Inc., New York December 1962. 1962.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Man on the Chancel Steps in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 126 July 1963.

Agatha Christie, Phyllis Bentley, Michael Gilbert, John Dickson Carr [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46140)

Published by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd., London by Arrangement with Davis Publications Inc., New York July 1963. 1963.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine [British Edition] No. 128 September 1963.

Anthony Boucher, Lloyd Biggle, Fredric Brown [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46142)

Published by Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd., London by Arrangement with Davis Publications Inc., New York September 1963. 1963.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Express to Stamboul in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 259 June 1965.

Agatha Christie, Charlotte Armstrong, Lawrence Treat, Patrick Quentin [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46156)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York June 1965. 1965.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 260 July 1965.

A. H. Z. Carr, Hugh Pentecost, Gerald Kersh [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46157)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York July 1965. 1965.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Motive vs. Opportunity in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 268 March 1966.

Agatha Christie, Victor Canning, William Butler Yeats [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46164)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York March 1966. 1966.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 287 October 1967.

Andrew Garve, Junichiro Tanizaki, Alberto Moravia [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46172)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York October 1967. 1967.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 3/6 to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Theft of the Royal Ruby in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 295 June 1968.

Agatha Christie, Patricia McGerr, Robert Twohy [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46176)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York June 1968. 1968.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 4/- to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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The Companion in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 301 December 1968.

Agatha Christie, Celia Fremlin, Berkely Mather [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46179)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York December 1968. 1968.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 4/- to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine Issue No. 306 May 1969.

Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, James Powell, Alfredo Segre [Contribute to:] Edited by Ellery Queen

(Book #ID 46180)

Published by B. G. Davis Publications Inc., New York May 1969. 1969.

Publisher's original colour illustrated paper card wrap covers. 8vo. 7½'' x 5½''. Slight tanning to the page margins, only very tiny rubs to the spine tips and in Very Good clean and sound condition, spine not faded, priced 4/- to the spine. We currently hold 83 other Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine titles in stock. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ransom Town

Alding, Peter [Pseudonym of Roderic Jeffries]

(Book #ID 57655)

Published by John Long Ltd., 3 Fitzroy Square, London First Edition 1979. London 1979.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original apple green covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 184 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with old dry damp line to the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0091367506

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The Tiger in the Smoke

Allingham, Margery [1904-1966]

(Book #ID 89791)

Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1967. 1967.

Publisher's original colour printed period artwork paperback covers. Light wear to the spine edges and minor age tanning to page edges, slight spine slant and in Good condition, price 3/6 to the front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Leviathan | An Erast Fandorin Mystery

Akunin, Boris [pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili] Translated by Andrew Bromfield

(Book #ID 66090)

Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd., London First UK Edition 2004. London 2004.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6'' 236 printed pages of text. ISBN 0297645528. Fine condition book, in near Fine condition dust wrapper with one small indent mark to the front cover, not price clipped. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0297645528

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The Case of the Late Pig [Penguin Books Number 276]

Allingham, Margery [1904-1966]

(Book #ID 96673)

Published by Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1961. 1961.

Publisher's original classic green and cream livery card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 4½''. In Very Good clean and fresh condition. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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