Serendipity

Encyclopaedia of murder.

Wilson, Colin · 1961

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

London: Arthur Baker, 1961 (1st ed.); 8vo (21.6 cm), 576pp., 70 bl-wh photographs, index, black cloth w. dustwrapper. Cover book and dw. neatly plastified; not an ex-library copy however.

The early worm.

Benchley, Robert · 1927

€12.50 ($13.78 | £10.43 | ¥2,200)

New York: Henry Holt, 1927 (1st ed.); sm8vo (19.5 cm), x+263pp., in-text and full page bl-wh drawings by Gluyas Williams, clear geen cloth w. yellow decorations and lettering, with the string book marker. No dustwrapper. Spine slightly soiled. VG. ¶ l Rare in NL.

British women writers. A critical reference guide.

Todd, Janet, ed. · 1989

€17.50 ($19.29 | £14.60 | ¥3,080)

New York: Continuum, 1989 (1st ed. thus); 4to (26 cm), (16+)762pp., index, hardcover w. dustwrapper. VG+ ¶ l More than 400 entries on women writing from the Middle Ages to the present. Bibliographies at the end of each entry.

Little Dorrit.

Dickens, Charles. · 1872

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London: Chapman & Hall, n.d. (c.1872); small 4to (25 cm), viii+423pp, text in two columns, 58 illustrations by J. Mahoney, gilt and black decorated green cloth. A few reparations of small tears in first few pp., else VG+ Rare in NL. ¶ l A volume in the Charles Dickens 'Househo...

Sketches by Boz, illustrative of every-day life and every-day people.

Dickens, Charles. · 1872

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London: Chapman & Hall, n.d. (c.1872); small 4to (25 cm), viii+240pp, text in two columns, 34 illustrations by J. Barnard, gilt and black decorated green cloth w. blindstamped floral motive on back cover. Near fine condition, except for some foxing at first and last pp. ¶ l A ...

The four just men.

Wallace, Edgar · 1938

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1938 (6st repr.); 12mo (18 cm), 256pp., paper, dustwrapper. Spine book slightly creased at top and bottom, dw. some wear and tear but complete: VG/G+ ¶ l vintage Penguin # 64 in the green 'Mystery & Crime' series. Also available without dw., 1st repr., ...

Tobruk 1941. Capture - Siege - Relief.

Wilmot, Chester. · 1945

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

Sidney & London: Angus & Robertson, 1945; 8vo (22 cm), xiv+348pp., bl-wh photographs, situation sketches, 3 appendices, index, green cloth w. gilt lettering, decorative dustwrapper. Dw. well repaired w. cellotape; complete. VG+/G+ Rare in NL. ¶ l One of Australia's important v...

Austro-Hungarian life in town and country.

Palmer, Francis H.E. · 1903

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London: George Newnes, [1903, 1st ed.]; 12m0 (18.5 cm), x+252pp., 26 bl-wh photographs, top edge gilt, cloth w. pictorial front cover and gilt lettering, also on spine. VG+. Scarce. ¶ l Volume in the series 'Our neighbours. A series of books descriptive of the social and domes...

The Spanish farm.

Mottram, R.H. · 1938

€6.00 ($6.61 | £5.01 | ¥1,056)

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1938 (3rd repr.); 12m0 (18 cm), 184(+8)pp., paper w. dustwrapper. NF/VG. ¶ l Vintage Penguin # 52.

Emil and the three twins. Another book about Emil and the detectives.

Kästner, Erich · 1935

€25.00 ($27.55 | £20.86 | ¥4,400)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935 (1st Eng. ed.); 8vo (20.6 cm), 251pp., bl-wh drawings (by Trier), yellow cloth w. front cover illustration. No dustwrapper. Cloth cover has some foxing, top of spine an incision of 1.3 cm., otherwise v. good. Rare in NL. ¶ l Translated from the Germ...

South-East England, vol. I (including the Isle of Wight).

Baxter, W., ed. · 1921

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.69 | ¥3,520)

London, etc.: Thomas Nelson, 1921; 16mo (17 cm), 236pp., bl-wh maps, appendix, index, maps as endpapers, army-geen cloth. VG+ Rare! ¶ l Volume in the Cyclists' Touring Club Road Books, New Series. Each small map also has a hight profile, easy for cyclists indeed!

The torments of protestant slaves in the French King's galleys, and in de dungeons of Marseilles, 1686-1707 A.D. With some illustrative texts.

Arber, Edward, ed. · 1907

€35.00 ($38.58 | £29.20 | ¥6,160)

London: privately printed, 1907; 8vo (22 cm), xli+470+8pp., index, blind-stamped wine-red cloth w. gilt-lettered spine. Small name of previous owner on first free end-paper. VG+ Scarce in NL. ¶ l Vol. 2 in 'A Christian Library'.

A hind let loose.

Montague, C.E. · 1936

€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)

London: Penguin, 1936 (Penguin 1st ed.); 12mo (18 cm), 255pp., paper. Spine normally browned, top 0.5 cm of spine missing, no loss of text. VG. Rare in NL. ¶ l Vintage Penguin # 46; Penguin 1st ed.

Verse and worse. A private collection.

Silcock, Arnold · 1952

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London: Faber and Faber, 1952 (1st ed.); sm8vo (19.4 cm), 288pp., bl-wh drawings (by V.H. Drummond), 2 indexes, orange-red cloth w. dustwrapper. Browning of the first and last endpapers, due to the dw. Dw browned, v. small loss of paper at three edges of front, no loss of deta...

Anna of the Five Towns.

Bennett, Arnold · 1936

€5.00 ($5.51 | £4.17 | ¥880)

London: Penguin, 1936 (1st Peng. ed.); 12mo (18 cm), 256pp., paper, no dustjacket. G: spine somewhat browned, upper and lower spine sellotaped. ¶ l Vintage Penguin first # 33

The tenth man. A novel

Greene, Graham. · 1985

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985 (1st Am. ed.); 8vo (24.2 cm), 157pp., half cloth w. dustwrapper. VG+/VG ¶ l The manuscript laid forgotten in the MGM's archives until 1983. This is the first publication. Modern first ed.

The power and the glory.

Greene, Graham. · 1990

€12.00 ($13.23 | £10.01 | ¥2,112)

New York: Viking Penguin, 1990; 8vo (24 cm), xviii+295(+2)pp., half cloth w. dustwrapper. VG+/VG+ Rare in NL. ¶ l Special 50th anniversary edition, with an introduction by John Updike.

Alex Sadkowsky Bio-Foto-Kultografie.

Lutz, Hans Rudolf · 1975

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

Zürich: Rolf Schmid, 1975; 8vo (24.3 cm), 88pp., bl-wh pictures, wrappers. Small waterstained corner of bookblock, otherwise v. good. Rare.

The Conways. A history of three generations.

Evans, Joan · 1966

€8.50 ($9.37 | £7.09 | ¥1,496)

London: Museum Press, 1966; 8vo (22.2 cm), 308pp. bl-wh photographs, index, yellow cloth w. dustwrapper. Some wear and tear of dw., crossed our name on first free endpage. VG/G+ Rare in NL. ¶ l A biographical story of the years on either side of the 1900s.

The informer.

O'Flaherty, Liam. · 1935

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

London: Penguin, 1935 (1st ed.); 12mo (18 cm), 256pp., paper. VG Minimal tear at lower front cover joint, v. light foxing; name and date at half title. ¶ l vintage Penguin no. 17; Penguin first ed.