Aucott & Thomas

The black honeymoon.

Little, Conyth (Little, Constance and Gwyneth) · 1945

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Collins Crime Club, 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, sunned at spine, cloth worn and marked, page edges grubby, no inscriptions. 192 pages. Fair.

The Rasp.

MacDonald, Philip · 1977

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Remploy, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0706607163. Reading copy, an ex library hardback in a library binding with the usual stamps & stickers, no inscriptions, in a dustjacket which is laminated to the boards. 306 pages. Fair in Poor dust jacket.

Queen\'s mate.

MacDonald, Philip · 1935

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, small format, hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, back board bowed, cloth worn at spine and corners, endpapers foxed, tape marks on pastedowns presumably where dustjacket was stuck down, no inscrip...

The man who used perfume.

Horler, Sydney · 1952

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Allan Wingate, 1952. First Edition. Softcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, endpapers excised, no inscriptions, in a worn unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased with minor loss at foldovers and top of spine. 224 pages. Fair in Fair dust jacket.

Nighthawk mops up, with, Nighthawk swears vengeance, with Hell\'s brew (3 paperbacks).

Horler, Sydney · 1944

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Hodder and Stoughton, 1944. Reprint. Softcover. 3 clean and tightly bound paperbacks, spines creased and worn, card covers rubbed and marked. 15p on cover of Hell\'s brew otherwise . Mops: title and contents pages excised, no inscriptions, 192 pages, Paper yellow jacket no. C5...

What price doubloons?, with, Sinister light (2 hardbacks of the adventures of the Dormouse)

King, Frank · 1952

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Good in Fair dust jacket Robert Hale Reprint; Second Printing Price: Clean & tightly bound hardback book, top page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in a price clipped dustjacket which is tanned and split at the spine, worn and creased at the edges with small areas of loss to spin...

Wolves of the night an amazing story of the London underworld.

Horler, Sydney · 1940

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Queensway Press, 1940. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine creased with short splits at base/back cover, card covers rubbed and marked, page edges tanned, no inscriptions. 252 pages Chevron no. 60. Book not dated but Copac gives 1931 though I suspect t...

The curate finds the corpse.

Rich, A. T. (Dalton Trumbo) · 1945

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Bear, Hudson, Ltd. 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, French binding, spine creased with minor loss, card covers creased and worn, endpapers and page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 124 pages. Fair.

Terror tower.

Rushton, Charles · 1940

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Germany: Withy Grove Press Limited, 1940. Reprint. Softcover. Clean paperback, spine creased with minor loss at ends, card covers rubbed, front card cover nearly detached, 5p on front cover but no other inscriptions. 224 pages. Book not dated but Copac gives 1940. Cherry Tree ...

The custard boys.

Rae, John · 1960

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Rupert Hart-Davis, 1960. Ist Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in black cloth with silver titles, cloth has minor rubbing at edges and some white marks on front board/spine, no inscriptions. 220 pages. Good.

Heldendichtung. Eine vergleichende phänomenologie der heroischen poesie aller völker und zeiten.

Bowra, C. M. · 1962

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Germany: J. B. Metzler, 1962. Reprint. Softcover. Text in German. Text in Deutsch. Clean and tightly bound paperback, card covers, spine creased, no inscriptions. 656 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Good.

Death on the table.

Rayner, Claire · 1969

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Corgi Books, 1969. First Edition Thus. Softcover. ISBN: 0552082392. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine creased, card covers rubbed and creased, 1/- on front cover but no other inscriptions. 142 pages. Fair.

The promise of the phoenix.

Gerard, Francis · 1950

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex private library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, front endpaper excised, in a tatty price clipped dustjacket which is stuck to brown paper reinforcement, which is then stuck to paste...

The ace of knaves.

Charteris, Leslie · 1937

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, spine sunned, cloth rubbed and worn at edges, blue pastedowns have a few spots, page edges tanned, small F001 on front endpaper but no other inscriptions. 316 pa...

Thieves\' picnic.

Charteris, Leslie · 1937

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

U. S. A .: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, spine sunned, cloth rubbed at edges, blue pastedown have a few spots, page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 316 pages + 4 pages of publisher\'...

The Charter of the United Nations.

Anon · 1945

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

United Nations Association, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, small format (8.5 x 12cm),bound paperback original, stapled spine, staples rusty, blue cloth covers frayed at edges, black titles faded, no inscriptions. 48 pages. Undated but appears to be first edition. Good.

The bells at Old Bailey.

Bowers, Dorothy · 1947

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, boards cocked, page edges marked, rectangle cut from top of front endpaper, no inscriptions, in a tatty unclipped dustjacket which is creased and worn, with old tape repairs and loss at bo...

The mystery of High Eldersham.

Burton, Miles · 1933

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

U.S.A: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1933. Reprint; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Reading copy, probably ex-private library hardback bound in faded and marked blue cloth with faded blue titles, endpapers excised(?), marks where dustwrapper was stuck down on pastedowns. 249 pages + 3...

Notes on some catholic confessors in the county of Essex: a short account of some families which remained faithful to the church in reformation and penal times.

Foley, Reverend B. · 1963

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Brentwood: Essex Recusant Society, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good reading copy, larger format hardback, ex reference library with the usual stamps on the front endpapers, but otherwise clean, tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. i + 73 pages (printed on one side...

Death on the hit parade.

Gray, Berkeley · 1958

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Collins, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex Boots library hardback but with no internal marks, page edges marked and foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased with an inch loss at top of spine and mark on the front cover w...