Aucott & Thomas

Death in desolation.

Bellairs, George (aka Harold Blundell) · 1967

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Thriller Book Club, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback book tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, boards have a couple of marks and top of front board has a dent rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 190 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

Death in the fearful night.

Bellairs, George (aka Harold Blundell) · 1960

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Thriller Book Club, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback book tightly bound in cream cloth with black titles, boards rubbed at edges, no inscriptions. 190 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

Crime in Leper's Hollow.

Bellairs, George (aka Harold Blundell) · 1952

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Thriller Book Club, 1952. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback book tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, boards rubbed and marked, pages age tanned, no inscriptions but impression from scribble on front endpaper. 254 pages. Undated. Fair with no dust jacket.

The mystery of a Hansom cab.

Hume, Fergus · 1980

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Remploy Limited, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 224 pages. Fair in Good dust jacket.

Inspector Flagg and the scarlet skeleton.

Cassells, John (W. Murdoch Duncan) · 1955

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Frederick Muller Ltd. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, front endpaper excised, pages age tanned and marked. 160 pages. Has seen better days. Poor with no dust jacket.

Not proven.

Askew, A & C · 1912

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Ward Lock & Co. Llmited, 1912. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback, red boards with gilt titles, binding pulled at pages 32/33, boards marked, spine tanned, name and date (1913) on front endpaper. 252 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts, frontispiece. A sevenpe...

Die all die merrily.

Bruce, Leo (Croft--Cooke, Rupert) · 1961

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Peter Davies Ltd. 1961. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, spine creased, paper covers worn, stain to bottom page edges, no inscriptions. 192 pages. Fair.

Death in the Thames.

Anderson, J. R. L. · 1974

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Gollancz, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, spine cocked, title page excised, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 208 pages. Poor in Good dust jacket.

Six silver handles Cherry Tree book, no. 229.

Homes, Geoffrey · 1946

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Withy Grove Press, 1946. Reprint. Softcover. Stapled paperback, spine worn, chipped at edges, staple rusty, paper covers rubbed, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 96 pages. Undated but assume late 1940s, certainly post 1945 by adverts. Fair with no dust jacket.

The signet of death Cherry Tree book no. 132.

Grey, Louis (aka Dexter Muir) · 1943

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Withy Grove Press, 1943. Reprint. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, card covers marked, page edges grubby, no inscriptions. 192 pages. Undated but assume mid 1940s by list of books on back cover. Fair with no dust jacket.

Hands in the dark The Shadow No. 4.

Grant, Maxwell · 1977

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

New English Library Ltd, 1977. 1st British Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine rubbed at edges, back cover creased, page edges age tanned, remainder mark at top edge, no inscriptions. 156 pages. Good.

The man they could not kill Cherry Tree book, no. 173.

Barker, Hedley · 1943

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Withy Grove Press, 1943. Reprint. Softcover. Stapled paperback, spine worn, chipped at edges, staple rusty, paper covers creased, page edges stained and grubby, no inscriptions. 96 pages. Undated but assume mid 1940s. Fair with no dust jacket.

The beautiful devil.

Dunn, Detective · 1925

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Federation Press Ltd, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback, red boards with black titles and decoration, boards and top of spine pulled and rubbed at edges, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 156 pages. Poor with no dust jacket.

Murder for cash Cherry Tree book, no. 240.

Ronald, James · 1944

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Withy Grove Press, 1944. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound stapled paperback, spine worn, chipped at top, staple rusty ,some marks to paper covers, no inscriptions. 96 pages. Undated but assume mid 1940s. Fair with no dust jacket.

The death fear.

Martyn, Wyndham · 1935

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in orange cloth with black titles, spine sunned, boards marked, page edges and endpapers foxed, no inscriptions. 312 pages. Undated, mid 1930s?, assume possibly cheap edition as smaller than Herber...

St Peter's finger.

Mitchell, Gladys · 1972

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Tom Stacey Reprints Ltd. 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, in a library binding, 3 pages detached but present, dustjacket laminated to the boards. 352 pages. Poor in Poor dust jacket.

The Saltmarsh murders.

Mitchell, Gladys · 1984

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

The Hogarth Press, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in purple cloth with gilt titles and decoration, back board bumped at top edge, endpapers and page edges lightly foxed, no inscriptions. 288 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

Live and let die.

Fleming, Ian · 1963

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Pan, 1963. Reprint; Ninth Printing. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine has minor creasing, pages age tanned, generally appears little used. 248 pages. Very Good.

The hunting of the Snark.

Carroll, Lewis & Peake, Mervyn · 1954

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Chatto & Windus, 1954. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with a gift inscription on the front endpaper, in a price clipped dustjacket which is sunned and chipped at the edges with a short closed tear at top of front cover. 48 pages, illus...

Where is she now?.

Meynell, Laurence · 1957

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Collins White Circle, 1957. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, front card cover creased at top corner, spine creased, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 192 pages. Undated but guess late 1950s. Good.