Aucott & Thomas

"Gallows" Grange.

Holt, Henry · 1935

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles and decoration, boards rubbed and worn, page edges foxed, bottom corner of last page torn (stuck to rear pastedown), no inscriptions. 288 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

The wolf's claw.

Holt, Henry · 1933

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1933. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles and decoration, boards rubbed and worn, spine ends pulled, page edges foxed, half title page excised,(may not have been one), no inscriptions. 320 pages. Fair with no du...

Murder most foul.

Hawton, Hector · 1946

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, sunned at spine, cloth worn at edges, front pastedown has had a label removed from the top half, name on front endpaper. 224 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

The red vulture.

Sleath, Frederick · 1940

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hutchinson & Co. 1940. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in red cloth with red titles, cloth worn and faded, rear endpaper excised, endpapers and pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 283 pages + 3 pages of publisher's adverts. Poor with no dust jacket.

The missing million.

Stanley, George · 1940

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

John Gifford Limited, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in tan cloth with black titles, cloth worn at edges, faded address label on back board dated 1941, Canadian War Services/Salvation Army stamps on endpapers plus gift inscription. 246 pages. Fair...

But once a year.

Thomson, A. A. and Cary, Falkland L. · 1951

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in orange cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, a litle foxing at page edges, no inscriptions, 224 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

Death answers the bell.

Williams, Valentine · 1933

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. Reprint. Hardcover. Grubby hardback bound in quarter blue cloth with yellow spine and blue titles, cloth marked and worn, gift inscription on front pastedown and 20p on front endpaper. 320 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

The three of clubs, with, The key man, (2 hardbacks).

Williams, Valentine · 1934

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. 2 hardbacks bound in red cloth with black titles. Clubs: cloth faded and worn, page edges foxed, attractive bookplate on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 320 pages, red endpapers. Key: undated reprint, cloth worn with s...

The elusive bowman.

Vivian, Francis (Arthur Ernest Ashley) · 1951

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, possibly ex private library, tatty hardback tightly bound in green cloth with dark green titles, binding shaken, splits at spne/front board, cloth rubbed and marked, front endpaper excised, nos and remains...

Walk a crooked mile.

Truss, Seldon · 1964

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Robert Hale Limited, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex hospital library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, front endpaper excised, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and worn at the edges with a water stain across the bottom edge. 190 pages. ...

Too long endured.

Thayer, Lee · 1952

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1952. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges & endpapers foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed and chipped at the edges. 240 pages. Good in Good dust jacket.

Romans et Contes (Volume 2 only).

Voisenon, Claude Henri de Fusée de · 1780

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

London: Unknown, 1780. Reprint. Hardcover. Small format leather bound hardback with gilt titles and spine decoration. Boards rubbed and edges worn. Spine worn at ends and hinges. Marbled endpapers but front endpaper missing. Initial in ink on title page. Fragile green silk boo...

The Apollo or harmonist in miniature: a selection of ancient & modern catches, glees, canons, epigrams etc. Volumes 4 and 5 in one book.

Arne, Webbe, Rossini, Mozart · 1821

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

T. Williams, 1821. New edition. Hardcover. A half leather bound hardback with marbled boards. Spine faded and worn with remains of gilt lettering and pattern on the spine. Edges and corners very rubbed and worn. Contents include music and words, generally clean and unmarked. E...

Death throws a party.

Stone, Austin · 1949

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

John Gifford Limited, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in green cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at edges, some foxing to endpapers and page edges, no inscriptions. 256 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

The arrogant history of White Ben.

Dane, Clemence · 1971

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Cedric Chivers Ltd. 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex ibrary hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, bottom page edges rippled, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 420 pages + 16 pages of publisher's adverts. Fair in Good dust jacket.

Stops along the Manx Electric Railway or what we did on our holidays.

Hobbs, George · 2014

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Isle of Man: Loaghtan Boks, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback, spine uncreased, glossy pictorial card covers, no inscriptions. 140 pages, many colour photos in the text, appendix, bibliography. Very Good.

Midland Railway architecture.

Anderson, V. R. & Fox, G. K. · 1985

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Poole: Oxford Publishing Co. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, large format, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is a lightly sunned at the spine otherwise appears little used. Unpaginated, 245 photos and plans in ...

The pursuits of fashion: a satirical poem.

Anon [Edward Goulburn] · 1810

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

J. Ebers, 1810. Second Edition. Hardcover. Hardback bound in original grey lettered paper over stiff card, most of paper covering missing at spine, worn at corners, name/place (James Maxwell, Kirkconnell) on front endpaper, no other inscriptions, browning to pages 122-123 (pos...

Treatise relevant to the testing of water-wheels and machinery: with various other matters pertaining to hydrodynamics.

Emerson, James · 1881

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

U.S.A: Weaver, Shipman & Company, 1881. Third Edition. Hardcover. Hardback bound in original dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, blindstamped bordering to boards, cloth worn at edges & corners, contemporary neatly inked notes to endpapers & prelims. and some annotations...

A botanist at bay, with, The mantrap garden, with, Menacing groves (3 ex-library hardbacks).

Sherwood, John · 1985

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Oxford: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 3 reading copies, ex ibrary hardbacks with the usual stamps & stickers, in unclipped dustjackets. Botanist: front endpaper excised, dustwrapper has some vertical creaes to back cover, 176 pages. Mantrap: published 19...