Gialli e polizieschi

Bland Beginning

JULIAN SYMONS · 1969 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Corgi. 1969, New Edition. Soft cover. Book, Covers a little worn, spine creased, spine split nearly 2 inches at lower edge of front joined; page edges browned, inner hinges a bit weak. Purchase of an old book entails robbery & murder. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Limits of Pain

K. ARNE BLOM · 1979 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Godalming, Surrey, Deadlines - Ram Publishing Co. 1979, First this trans. Hardcover. Book, Blue boards, 268 pages. Translated from the Swedish by Joan Tate. Original title "Smärtgränsen". Crime novel. Some wear on ends of spine. Good/No Jacket.

Who is Sylvia?

KATHLYN RHODES · 1920 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hutchinson. 9999, Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Book, Blue boards, gilt decoration. No date; 1920s? Romance, involving a murder mystery, and partly set near Algiers. Spine faded, corners a little worn, some insect damage to rear joint. Good/No Jacket.

Envoy Extraordinary

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM · 1938 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1938, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Red embossed cloth, 316 pages. Spine worn at ends, small splits at top; piece cut from flyleaf; some spots of foxing. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Double Four

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM · 1913 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Cassell. 1913, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Red cloth, discoloured & worn, spine ends slightly split; pages brown, some pages creased, rear hinge cracked and endpaper detached. Shilling Edition. Bookseller's label from Maldon, Essex. Crime thriller. Fair/No Jacket.

Devil Take the Blue-tail Fly

JOHN FRANKLIN BARDIN · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New York, Macfadden-Bartell. 1967, New Edition. Soft cover. Book, Edges of covers bit worn & knocked, creasing on front cover next to spine, small crease corner front & back cover. Good/No Jacket.

The Personality Surgeon

COLIN WILSON · 1987 · Marion Pitman Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, New English Library - NEL / Hodder & Stoughton. 1987, First Paperback. Soft cover. Book, Crease on front cover, few page corners creased, page edges bit brown. Good/No Jacket.

Off with His Head

NGAIO MARSH · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Companion Book Club. 0, Reprint. Cloth. Book, Spine faded. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Mountains Have a Secret

ARTHUR W. UPFIELD · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Pan. 1967, Reprint. Soft cover. Book, Page edges brown, covers partly discoloured, edges spine worn, corners bit creased. An Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte mystery. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Tuesday Blade

BOB OTTUM · 1978 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Pan. 1978, First Thus. Paperback. Book, Two creases front cover, else good. Crime thriller. Good/No Jacket.

Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman

E. W. HORNUNG · 0 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Eveleigh Nash & Grayson. 0, Reprint. Cloth. Book, Nash's Famous Fiction Library. Blue cloth, 348 pages + 1 page advert. Spine ends and corners worn, spine faded, joints weak, hinges cracked, edges spotted. Good reading copy. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Franchise Affair

JOSEPHINE TEY · 1951 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Harmondsworth, Penguin. 1951, First Thus. Paperback. Book, Green Penguin. Detective story based on an 18th century real case. Foxing covers & prelims; spine split about 1.5 inches at the base, corners worn. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

LILIAN JACKSON BRAUN · 1995 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Headline. 1995, First GB p/back. Paperback. Book, Corners creased. Good.

A Door Fell Shut

MARTHA ALBRAND · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York, Signet / New American Library. 1967, First Thus. Paperback. Book, Edges bit brown & spotted, else G+. Good/No Jacket.

Heartstones

RUTH RENDELL · 1987 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Hutchinson. 1987, Second Impression. Hardcover. Ill.: George Underwood. Book, Novella, 67 pages. Boards, cloth spine. Very Good/Very Good.

Three Gentlemen from New Caledonia

R. D. HEMINGWAY & HENRY DE HALSALLE · 1923 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London & Glasgow, Collins. 9999, Not Known. Hardcover, 4" x 6.5". Book, Red embossed cloth, Collins Clear-Type Press, inscr. 1923. Slightly cocked, spine faded, small piece missing from base of spine, contents good. Good/No Jacket.

Lord of the Sorcerers

CARTER DICKSON · 1946 · Marion Pitman Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, William Heinemann. 1946, Reprint of 1st Edn. Cloth. Book, Detective mystery with H. M. Cloth bit worn on corners, v. slight fray top of spine, parts of cloth darkened; slightly cocked, slight weakness front hinge. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Jerusalem Inn

MARTHA GRIMES · 1984 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Boston & Toronto, Little, Brown. 1984, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, Parts of binding and page edges smoke-darkened. Text OK. Inspector Jury mystery. Boards, cloth spine. Fairly Good/No Jacket.

Sherlock Holmes, Selected Stories

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE · 1960 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, Oxford University Press. 1960. Hardcover, 4" x 6". Book, Intro. by S. C. Roberts. World's Classics. Ex-school, stamps on half-title, little wear corners & spine ends. Good/No Jacket.

Every Man an Enemy

W. HOWARD BAKER (WILFRED MCNEILLY) · 1967 · Marion Pitman Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York, Macfadden-Bartell. 1967, Reissue. Paperback. Book, Sexton Blake No. 3. Covers stained & creased, corners bruised. Fairly Good.