Letteratura

Gimlet's oriental quest.

Johns, Capt W. E. · 1956 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd. 1956. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, pages age tanned, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is worn and creased with short closed tears. 184 pages, illustrations in the text by Leslie Stead. An undated H...

Daymares.

Brown, Fredric · 1968 · Aucott & Thomas

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

U.S.A: Lancer Books, 1968. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, card covers rubbed, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. 318 pages. Good.

Murder on my street.

Lanham, Edwin · 1961 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, 1961. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, card covers rubbed at edges, spine and pages age tanned, no inscriptions. Penguin crime no 1589. Good.

Between the stirrup and the ground.

Raymond, Diana · 1960 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Pan Books, 1960. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, spine creased, card covers rubbed at edges, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. Good.

Blood brotherhood.

Barnard, Robert · 1983 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, 1983. Reprint. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, card covers rubbed at edges, pages lightly foxed at edges, no inscriptions, appears unread. Very Good.

Death by bequest.

McMullen, Mary · 1978 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Penguin, 1978. Reprint. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, card covers rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. Good.

Hickory dickory dock, with, Murder is easy, with, The pale horse (3 paperbacks)

Christie, Agatha · 1958 · Aucott & Thomas

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Fair Fontana Books First Edition Thus 3 clean and tightly bound paperbacks. Hickory: spine is creased and card covers worn with vertical crease to back cover, pages age tanned and stains to both edges, no inscriptions, 192 pages. Easy: 1963 reprint, spine is creased with short...

The Bellamy Trial.

Hart, Frances Noyes · 1940 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

U.S.A: Triangle Books, 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, pages are very age-toned due to cheap paper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is lightly chipped at the spine ends. [viii] + 324 pages. Very Good in Good ...

Modern tales of horror.

Hammett, Dashiell (selected by) · 1932 · Aucott & Thomas

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

Gollancz, 1932. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in black cloth with orange titles, cloth has minor rubbing & bumping at corners, pages are age-toned, no inscriptions. 448 pages, publisher's errata slip tipped in at front. Good with no dust jac...

Proof of the pudding.

Taylor, Phoebe Atwood · 1945 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Collins Crime Club, 1945. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, unevenly faded, pages age-toned, neat name/date on front pastedown else unmarked. 160 page 'Asey Mayo' mystery novel. Good with no dust jacket.

Portals of tomorrow.

Derleth, August (ed.) · 1954 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

U.S.A: Rinehart & Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in yellow cloth with black titles, no inscriptions. x + 214 pages. 16 short stories, authors include Ray Bradbury, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Murray Leinster, Robert Sheckley, Clifford ...

That ass Neddy.

Nokes, Ethel · 1948 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in cream cloth with green titles and decoration, cloth has a few marks, name and address on front endpaper. 192 pages, illustrations on plates and in the text by Stanley Lloyd. Good with no dust...

Uncle Abner.

Post, Melville Davisson · 1972 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Tom Stacey, 1972. New edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with one 3 line inked inscription and some pencilled marginalia, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 252 pages, 18 short stories. Fair in Very Good dust jacket.

Goethe's Torquato Tasso, with, Iphigenie auf Tauris.

Stahl, E. L. · 1962 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Germany: Basil Blackwell, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. 2 clean and tightly bound paperbacks. Tasso: card covers laminated, pencil annotations, spine creased, xxxviii + 116 pages, notes. Iphigenie: published by Barron, 1961, no inscriptions, 62 pages, bibliography. Good.

Das fraulein von Scuderi.

Hoffmann, E. T. A. · 1948 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Switzerland: Alfred Scherz, 1948. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Text in German. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, spine sunned, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 80 pages. No. 7 in the Parnass-Bucherei series. Very Good with no dust ja...

Aus dem leben eines taugenichts.

Von Eichendorff, Joseph Freiherr · 1955 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Switzerland: Alfred Scherz, 1955. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Text in German. Clean, small format hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, spine sunned, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 78 pages + 2 pages of publisher's adverts. No. 3 in the Parnass-Buchere...

Oeuvres poetiques de Verlaine.

Robichez, Jacques (ed) · 1969 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

France: Editions Garnier Freres, 1969. Reprint. Softcover. Text in French. Clean and tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. xxxviii + 808 pages, 17 full page illustrations in the text, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. Very Good.

Theatre choisi de Corneille.

Rat, Maurice (ed) · 1968 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

France: Editions Garnier Freres, 1968. Reprint. Softcover. Text in French. Clean and tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. xx + 820 pages, 8 full page illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, chronology. Very Good.

Storiau Hans Andersen adapted for young learners.

Andersen, Hans & Owen, Ivor · 1977 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Gwasg Dwyfor, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Text in Welsh. Clean, landscape format, tightly bound paperback, card covers foxed, no inscriptions, appears little used. 76 pages, illustrations in the text. Undated but appears late 1970s. Very Good.

Crackerjack Annual 1978.

Anon · 1977 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Stafford Pemberton Publishing Co. Limited, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, boards lightly pulled, neat gift inscription on the front pastedown and some annotations on 2 pages. 62 pages, illustrations in the text, cartoon endpap...