Aucott & Thomas

A smell of smoke.

Burton, Miles (Cecil John Charles Street) · 1959

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Wymondham: Collins Crime Club, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, spine slightly sunned, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, tick on front endpaper otherwise no inscriptions. 192 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

Trading up.

Bushnell, Candace · 2003

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Little, Brown, 2003. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with a gift inscription signed by the author on the title page, in a bright priceclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 504 pages; Signed by Author. Fine in Very G...

The subject of Harry Egypt.

Broun, Daniel · 1963

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with 1/- stamped in red on front endpaper, in a grubby unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 188 pages. Good in Fair dust jacket.

Words for murder perhaps.

Candy, Edward · 1971

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

U.S.A: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, dustjacket laminated to boards, foldovers adhered to rear endpapers. 160 pages. Fair in Poor dust jacket.

Beacons of death.

Dix, Maurice B. · 1937

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Ward Lock & Co. Limited, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in green cloth with black titles, boards rubbed at edges, sunned at spine and edges, stamps on front endpaper, title & first pages. 286 pages. A private library copy. Fair with no dust jacket.

The memory man.

Brisbane, Coutts · 1948

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, foxing to front endpaper, no inscriptions. 192 pages, illustrations in the text by Drake Brookshaw. Good with no dust jac...

This is your death.

Devine, Dominic · 1981

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, tape marks to endpapers, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 222 pages. Fair in Good dust jacket.

The exploits of Solar Pons (The adventures of Solar Pons / The chronicles of Solar Pons).

Derleth, August · 1975

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Robson Books, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, pages age tanned, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 216 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Murder as a fine art.

Carnac, Carol (Edith Caroline Rivett) · 1955

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Collins White Circle, 1955. Reprint. Softcover. Clean paperback, front card cover partially detached, covers worn at edges, spine creased, pages age tanned, drawing in red biro of horse? unicorn? bull? on half title page. 192 pages. Undated but assume mid 1950s Crime Club no.2...

Malice in Wonderland, with, The deadly joker, with, The morning after death (3 hardback books).

Blake, Nicholas (C. Day Lewis) · 1947

£21.00 (€25.17 | $27.74 | ¥4,430)

Collins Crime Club, 1947. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 3 reading copies. Malice: Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, spine/back board nibbled at bottom inch, corners bumped and worn, front endpaper excised, no inscriptions. 284 pages + 4 pages ...

The mystery of Belvoir mansions.

Bolt, Ben (Ottwell, Binns) · 1928

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Ward Lock & Co. Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, boards a little marked and worn at edges, no inscriptions. 254 pages + 2 pages of publisher's adverts. Good with no dust jacket.

Bouquet Garni.

Clark, Douglas · 1984

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Gollancz, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the spine ends and foldovers. 202 pages. Poor in Good dust jacket.

Somebody killed Kelvin.

Clevely, Hugh · 1953

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, pages age tanned, name on front endpaper in an unclipped dustjacket which chipped and creased, spine sunned and a small area of loss at front cover. 202 pages. Good in Fair dust jacket.

C F A Voysey.

Hitchmough, Wendy · 2001

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Phaidon Press, 2001. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine. 240 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, notes, list of works, bibliography, index. Heavy book so a...

Trent intervenes.

Bentley, E. C. · 1938

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1938. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in grubby orange cloth with black titles, cloth worn at edges, page edges foxed, inscription by a member off the Royal Burnham Yacht Club dated May 1940 on front pastedown. 280 pages....

Mr. Walker wants to know.

Dudley, Ernest · 1941

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Wright & Brown, Ltd. 1941. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth worn at edges, spine tanned, boards and page edges marked, no inscriptions. 284 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts. Fair with no dust jacket.

The Allingham minibus.

Allingham, Margery · 1973

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Chatto & Windus, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, rear endpaper excised, in a dustjacket which has been laminated to the boards. 240 pages. Poor in Poor dust jacket.

The beckoning lady.

Allingham, Margery · 1955

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Chatto & Windus, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, front endpaper excised, half title partially detached, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased at the edges and has a small nick on the spine...

As far as the eye can sing: an autobiography.

Armstrong, Frankie & Pearson, Jenny · 1992

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

The Women's Press Ltd, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, pages are a little age-toned but appears little used. vi + 184 pages. Very Good.

The book of the tangic diehead.

Anon · 1950

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Coventry: Alfred Herbert Ltd, 1950. Third Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback, stapled spine, card covers, no inscriptions. 90 pages, illustrations and photos in the text. Good.