CHILTON BOOKS

The Red Barn Mystery. Some new evidence on an old murder .

McCORMICK, Donald . · 1967

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London: John Long, 1967 0 First edition with dustwrapper. Excerpt from cover: "...McCormick's research deals with the puzzle of how Maria's stepmother came to dream of the exact place where Maria had been buried, and he discusses the previously unexplained riddle of how Maria ...

Trial of William Gardiner (The Peasenhall Case ) Edited By William Henderson [ Volume 63 of Notable British Trials ] .

HENDERSON, William · 1934

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: William Hodge & Company, Limited, 1934 . 0 A very good first edition. The Peasenhall murder is the unsolved murder of Rose Harsent in Peasenhall, Suffolk, England, on the night of 31 May 1902. The house where the murder occurred can be found in the centre of the villag...

An Authentic and Faithful History of the Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten and A full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red Barn; to which is added, the trial of William Corder...

CURTIS, J. [ James Curtis fl. 1828 - 1835 ] . Edited by Jeanne & Norman Mackenzie . · 1948

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London : The Pilot Press, 1948. 0 A re-issue of the 19th century classic. First edition with dustwrapper. pp.231 + 8 black & white plates, and 8 further illustrations within the text. Purple cloth with rubbed gilt titles to spine. Endpapers browned with previous owners signatu...

Berlin Vertigo. (No. 1.in The Berlin Tales Mystery series).

JONES, CHRISTOPHER P. · 2020

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Privateky Publishd, 2020. 9798642868805. 1st edition. "Set in the jazz-age decadence and freewheeling spirit of Weimar Germany, Thomas Strack suddenly finds himself embroiled in a murder..Berlin Vertigo is a mystery novel about subterfuge, betrayal and friendship, that introdu...

Gideon\'s Risk.

MARRIC, J.J. [PSEUD. JOHN CREASEY]. · 1960

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. 1st edition. Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard knows that the millionaire Borgman killed his wife over four years ago to inherit her money, and he is determined to bring him to trial. But Gideon is risking his career, as Borgman is to...

I\'m No Hero. (Signed).

HOWARD, HARTLEY. [PSEUD. OGNALL, LEO]. · 1961

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,818)

London: Collins, 1961. 1st edition. Crime fiction novel featuring the Private Eye Glenn Bowman. Pp.192, inscribed by the author to title page, toing to rear page. Purple boards, bump to front fore edge. Dustwrapper, edges rubbed with wear to top and tail of spine but is now in...

The Postcard Murder. A Judge's Tale. (signed).

WORSLEY, PAUL. · 2019

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

North Yorkshire: Pilot Productions, 2019. 9781900064491. 1st edition. "A vintage whodunnit set in Edwardin London at a crossroads in time, as social revolution and psychiatry posed new questions for the Law and for the first time the Media were co-opted to run a killer to grou...

Old-Time Punishments.

ANDREWS, WILLIAM. · 1890

£68.00 (€81.51 | $89.84 | ¥14,341)

Hull: William Andrews & Co, 1890. 1st edition. A history of punishment methods. Contents: The Ducking Stool; The Brank, or Scold's Bridle; The Pillory; Punishing Authors and Burning Books; Finger-Pillory; The Jougs; The Stocks; The Drunkard's Cloak; Whipping; Public Penance; R...

Dead March in Three Keys.

CURTIS, PETER. [PSEUD. NORAH LOFTS]. · 1948

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1948. 1st Penguin edition. A Murder Mystery. (later republished in the US under the title "No Question of Murder" and again as "Bride of Moat House."). Pp.175, pages toned. Paperback, darkening to spine and a few minor spots. G+.

The Toff Goes Gay.

CREASEY, JOHN. · 1955

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. First in this edition. "Why was a terrified French girl found wandering in London's East End? Was she really frightened, or was she pretending? The Toff was called upon to answer both questions..A man who knew the truth was murdered in the E...

The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne.

LONGWORTH, M.L. · 2015

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

New York: Penguin, 2015. 9780143128076. Fifth outing for Chief Magistrate Antoine Verlaque and his love interest Professor Marine Bonnet, this time searching for a murderer in a crime connected to Provence's greatest artist. Pp.301. Paperback, minor crease to lower front corne...

Nemesis.

CHRISTIE, AGATHA. · 1971

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London: The Crime Club /Collins, 1971. 0002315637. 1sr edition. Miss Marple story. A sequel to "A Caribbean Mystery". Pp.256, minor toning to endpapers. Red cloth, dustwrapper has tear to lower rear edge and tears with chipped losses to top and tail of spine. VG/G.

Last Laugh Mr Moto.

MARQUAND, JOHN P. · 1943

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1943. 1st edition. The fourth in the Mr Moto series, featring the Japanese secret agent, this story was written before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, nut prudently not published till later. Bob Bolles, a beachbomber and former US officer, ge...

Crossword Mystery.

PUNSHON, E.R. · 1948

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1948. 1st Penguin edition. Third in the series of 35 books involving Sgt Bobby Owen. The curious crossword devised by Mr. George Winterton turned out to be part of a game for high stakes – it was the creation of a man whose brother had just drowned and ...

Death on the Mall.

PARSONS, ANTHONY. · 1947

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

London: Wright & Brown Ltd, 1947. 1st edition. Murder mystery set in India. Pp.160, endpapers tanned, ex-libris bookplate to inside front cover, small worm-holes to lower page margins (not affecting text) minor stain to p.124. Pink cloth faded and discoloured, crease and worm ...

Storm Islands.

QUINTON, ANN. · 1985

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London: Piatkus, 1985. 0861883373. 1st edition. "Bethany Carr returned to the Scilly Isles to try and find out why her beloved husband Martin had died. They had been madly in love and she had believed they kept no secrets from one another - until the mysterious telephone calls...

A Little Grave.

QUINTON, ANN. · 1994

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Sutton: Severn House Crime, 1994. 0727845780. 1st edition. "A baby is snatched from its pram in the centre of the typica English village of Felstone and never seen again. Further disappearances of infants and toddlers, hold the local community in a grip of terror..Detective In...

Murder of a Snob.

VICKERS, ROY. [WILLIAM EDWARD VICKERS]. · 1949

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1949. First printing. Ex W.H.Smith 'Day by Day Service' library. Colonel Crisp is summoned to Watlington Lodge by a mysterious caller to investigate the murder of Lord Watlington. Lord Watlington, a self-made millionaire, elevated into the Peer...

No Tears for Hilda.

GARVE, ANDREW. [PSEUD. PAUL WINTERTON]. · 1950

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

London: The Crime Club / Collins, 1950. 1st edition. Max Easterbrook arrives in London to discover that his best friend, kindly George Lambert, has been charged with wife-murder. Max can't believe that his friend is guilty, and tries to find evidence that will prove his innoce...

The Shadow of Thirteen.

FARJEON, J.JEFFERSON. · 1949

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Collins for The Crime Club, 1949. 1st edition. Ex library. Macabre, suspense novel. "The shadow of thirteen loomed darkly over Gatleigh Hall. On the thirteenth of October thirteen years ago there had been a death and a disappearance within its gates. For thirteen years...