Fantastic Literature

FLUX & THE TIN ANGEL

Goulart Ron · 1978

£17.85 (€21.40 | $23.58 | ¥3,765)

Millington 1st UK edition. Flux: A shapeshifting investigative agent, on a planet divided into 'Westworld'-style themed zones, this is '70s gonzo sci-fi—paranoid, silly, satirical, compellingly readable and enjoyable. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Lorie Epstein, dustwrapper.

WAR IN 2080: The Future Of Military Technology

Langford David · 1979

£17.85 (€21.40 | $23.58 | ¥3,765)

Cassell Australia 1st Australian edition. Since the beginnings of recorded history, war, although on occasion encouraging technological advance, has been a blight upon our species. fine hardcover copy in a fine, Andrew Farmer, dustwrapper.

THE NITPICKER'S GUIDE FOR CLASSIC TREKKIES

Farrand Phil · 1994

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Titan 1st printing. This is a must-have book for all Trekkers -- which covers every episode of the original series, the pilot, and all six movies -- reveals all the bloopers, continuity errors, plot oversights, equipment malfunctions, and goof-ups fine b-format paperback, Bob...

POLICE AT THE FUNERAL

Allingham Margery · 1971

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Penguin not 1st printing. Starring Albert Campion, bland, blue-eyed, deceptively vague professional adventurer, and Great Aunt Caroline, that formidable and exquisite old lady, ruling an ancient household heavy with evil. near fine paperback,

THE CRIME AT BLACK DUDLEY

Allingham Margery · 1971

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Penguin not 1st printing. A house party is under way at the remote mansion of Black Dudley, and among the guests are some very shady characters. As they playfully recreate the ritual of the Black Dudley Dagger, someone dies. near fine paperback,

FLAT 2

Wallace Edgar · 1973

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Arrow not 1st printing. Emil Louba traded profitably in human souls.When he added Jane Martin to his stock-in-trade, he won the hatred of Hurley Brown-who was soon to be a Power at Scotland Yard. near fine paperback,

ROOM 13

Wallace Edgar · 1973

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Arrow not 1st printing. Recently released from prison, John Gray visits his old friend Peter Kane. Although it is the day of his daughter's wedding, Kane agrees to an audience with Emanuel Legg, the criminal and cop-killer with whom he has some business. near fine paperback,

THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE

Wallace Edgar · 1973

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Pan 1st printing. In some ways, this was better than the first book. We get to know the characters a wee bit better, especially Manfred, and the cause in this book is a more acceptable one. The cause being ending the Red Hundred, a terrorist group. near fine paperback,

WYCLIFFE AND THE CYCLE OF DEATH

Burley W J · 1991

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi 1st printing. Chief Superintendent Wycliffe is not looking forward to Christmas. With his wife away in Kenya, he rashly accepts an invitation from Penzance lawyer Ernest Bishop to spend a few days at the Bishops’ cliff-top home. fine paperback

WYCLIFFE AND THE QUIET VIRGIN

Burley W J · 1989

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi 1st printing. Chief Superintendent Wycliffe is not looking forward to Christmas. With his wife away in Kenya, he rashly accepts an invitation from Penzance lawyer Ernest Bishop to spend a few days at the Bishops’ cliff-top home. fine paperback

WYCLIFFE AND THE TANGLED WEB

Burley W J · 1990

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi 1st printing. Hilda Clemo, bright, beautiful, still at school, dropped the bombshell of her pregnancy to her family and boyfriend—and then vanished from her Cornish village that same summer afternoon. fine paperback

WYCLIFFE'S WILD GOOSE CHASE

Burley W J · 1989

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi 1st printing. Wycliffe's home overlooks a peaceful, West Country estuary - but even here he can't get away from crime. When he is taking a Sunday morning walk along the shore, he comes across a service revolver with one chamber recently fired. fine paperback

WYCLIFFE AND THE WINSOR BLUE

Burley W J · 1989

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi 1st printing. When Edwin Garland died of a heart attack, no one outside the expectant circle of his relatives was concerned. But when, on the evening of his funeral, his son was shot dead, the situation changed dramatically fine paperback

WYCLIFFE AND THE PEA GREEN BOAT

Burley W J · 1988

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi not 1st printing. Tragedy seemed to stalk the Tremain family. Sidney Tremain had hanged himself for no obvious reason. His son, Morley, had had the misforturne to fall in love with a girl who slept around fine paperback

WYCLIFFE AND THE FOUR JACKS

Burley W J · 1988

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corgi 1st printing. Writer David Cleeve lived exactly the way a bestselling novelist should live - in an opulent house set in a beautiful corner of Cornwall. But beneath the successful facade was a private nightmare. fine paperback

THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED

Sjowall Maj & Wahloo Per · 1973

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Sphere 1st printing. What a fabulous title this one has, conjuring images of a ghostlike fire engine speeding in the dark, its sirens blazing, the blue and red flashing lights reflected off of the wet tarmac suddenly no longer illuminating the night. fine paperback

YURTH BURDEN

Norton Andre · 1978

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Daw Book 304 not 1st printing. Two races share the world of Zacar with no love between them. Elossa, a Yurth sensitive girl and Stans, a Raski, bring this age-old evil down upon their heads fine paperback, Jack Gaughan cover

GOODBYE NANNY GRAY

Staynes & Storey · 1989

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Corgi 1st printing. Miss Phoebe Gray was the model of a proper English nanny until she inherits a fortune. Then she is the model of a proper dead English nanny, and Superintendent Bone must discover if she was murdered for money—or something else fine paperback,

THE VALLEY WHERE TIME STOOD STILL

Carter Lin · 1976

£10.95 (€13.13 | $14.47 | ¥2,309)

Popular Library 1st printing. A Terran adventurer on the ultimate Martian odyssey to discover the ultimate secret of Mars and the universe.or else be destroyed by the dark forces that rules the valley where time stood still! fine paperback,

EARTH DESCENDED

Saberhagen Fred · 1981

£13.95 (€16.72 | $18.43 | ¥2,942)

Tor 1st printing. It all began on Planet Earth, sometime in the Middle Pleistocene. A ground-running ape stood erect, gazed at the stars...and wondered. fine paperback, Tom Kidd cover