ATKINSON, HUGH.

The Manipulators.

Brighton: Angus & Robertson, 1978. 0207958130. 1st Angus & Robertson ed. Fiction. "A compelling revelation of international power play, where, in a new kind of war, the world's resources of food, oil and minerals are the weapons and unimaginable wealth the prize". Pp. 198, slight toning to pages. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w, slight rubbing to edges. G/G+.

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Book number: 10629

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BUCHANAN, PATRICK.

A Requiem of Sharks. (A Novel of Suspense).

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 1st ed. "For Ben and Charity it was their most exciting case, a case which involved money, beautiful women, and human killers as savage as the requiem shark and much more dangerously cunning." Pp.212. Red cloth, d/w design by Roger King. VG/VG.

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Book number: 33044

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Keywords: Buchanan Requiem Sharks Suspense Novel Fiction Thriller 33112 Fiction: : Thriller

BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F. JR.

High Jinx.

London: Century, 1986. 0712614435. 1st ed. Seventh spy novel featuring Blackford Oates. Pp.216. Red cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 32797

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CHANDLER, RAYMOND.

The Brasher Doubloon. (aka The High Window.).

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Tower Books edition. Second Printing, July 1946. Third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. "'The Brasher Doubloon' was the name of the 1947 film adaptation of Chandler's "The High Window" starring George Montgomery and Nancy Guild. This book is actually printed as The High Window but has the promotional dustwrapper with the title of the film. Pp.240, pages browned. Grey cloth, dustwrapper has chipped wear to top and tail of spine. Good/VG.

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Book number: 51918

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Keywords: Raymond Chandler Brasher Doubloon High Window Tower Edition Philip Marlowe Detective Murder Thriller 53199 Fiction: : Thriller

CHANDLER, RAYMOND.

Farewell My Lovely. (Murder my Sweet).

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Tower Books edition, 3rd printing. A fascinating novel of murder from which the RKO film-noir was made. Pp.203, pages browned. Green boards, dustwrapper (design by Leo Manso) has edge wear with chipped losses to top of spine and corner tips. Good/G+.

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Book number: 51925

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Keywords: Raymond Chandler Farewell My Lovely Murder My Sweet Crime Fiction Philip Marlowe Film 53201 Fiction: : Thriller

CHANDLER, RAYMOND.

The High Window.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1945. First Tower Books edition. Third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. Twice adapted for the films 'Time to Kill' (1942)and 'The Brasher Doubloon' (1947). Pp.240, pages browned. Dark blue cloth, dustwrapper has chipped wear to top and tail of spine. Good/VG.

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Book number: 51917

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Keywords: Raymond Chandler High Window Tower Edition Philip Marlowe Detective Murder Thriller 53198 Fiction: : Thriller

CHANDLER, RAYMOND.

The Second Chandler Omnibus.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. 1st edition of this collection of Chandler's full-length novels: The Little Sister; The Long Goodbye; and Playback. Plus his famous essay on the detective story, "The Simple Art of Murder". Pp.550. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has chipped tears to top of spine and corner tips. VG/G+.

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Book number: 51919

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CHANDLER, RAYMOND.

Spanish Blood. A Collection of Short Stories.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Tower Books edition, first printing. Five short stories by the master of the 'hard-boiled' mystery. 1.Spanish Blood; 2.The King in Yellow; 3.Pearls are a Nuisance; 4.Nevada Gas; 5.Trouble is my Business. Pp.221, pages browned. Black boards with red titling, dustwrapper has chipping to top and tail of spine and small tears to top front edge. G/G+.

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Book number: 51924

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CHARTERIS, LESLIE.

The Saint Meets the Tiger.

London: Brown, Watson Ltd (Digit Books), nd. 0. The author's third book, but the first in "The Saint" series featuring Simon Templar. Pp.160, repaired tear to top of half-title page, pages browning. Paperback, illustration of a ship piled with gold and the familiar cartoon figure of "The Saint" with his halo standing on the prow. spine edge scuffed, some brown patches to rear cover. Scarce in this imprint. G+.

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Book number: 36944

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DESMOND, HUGH. [PSEUD. KATHLEEN LINDSAY].

Dark Deeds.

London: Wright & Brown Ltd, nd.(c.1952). Ex Boots Bookseller's Library. "Penelope Damer meeting Carl Hewetson on a journey to Ireland, falls headlong in love and marries him. It is only when they have been married for some months that she hears her husband was suspected of murdering a former wife, and that he is not by any means all he professes to be.." Pp.256, owner's name to front free endpaper, tidy repair to front inner hinge, black mark to base of closed page edge. Red cloth, slightly cocked. Boots Booklover's Library shield printed to front board has black mark, spine has small library hanging ring to top, spine slightly sunned with edge wear, wear to corner tips. Scarce. Good.** Kathleen Mary Lindsay(1903-1973), was an English writer of historical romance novels. For some years she held the record as the most prolific novelist in history. She was married at least three times, and wrote under all three, as well as eight other pen names, using names of both sexes. These included Mary Faulkner, Margaret Cameron, Mary Richmond, Molly Waring, Betty Manvers, Elizabeth Fenton, Nigel Mackenzie and Hugh Desmond. (wiki).

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Book number: 50069

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DORNER, MARJORIE.

A Choice of Nightmares.

London: Michael Joseph, 1987. 0718127986. 1st ed. Hardback. "Finely written, taut and atmospheric, 'A Choice of Nightmares' is a gripping psychological thriller which marks the debut of a writer of extraordinary power." Pp.266, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, d/w illustration by Alun Hood. VG/VG.

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Book number: 32791

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FLEMING, IAN.

The Man with the Golden Gun.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 3rd impression. James Bond spy thriller featuring Scaramanga. Pp.221, green marble pattern endpapers, small pen numeral to front free endpaper, small Foyles book label to lower inside front board. Brown cloth, wraparound illustrated dustwrapper (design by Richard Chopping) is price-clipped with minor wear to top and tail of spine and is now in a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 51568

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Keywords: Ian Fleming Man with Golden Gun James Bond Scaramanga Spy Thriller Fiction 52959 Fiction: : Thriller

GEDDES, PAUL.

A State of Corruption.

London: The Bodley Head, 1985. 0370308549. 1st ed. Hardback. "Antonia Strachan was not the Director of the Central Crimes Bureau's firts choice for the delicate inquiry which had landed on his desk. But Antrim could not wait: the Prime Minister had been warned that a major financial scandal implicating the Chancellor of the Exchequor was likely to break.." Pp.219, slight toning to pages. Black cloth, d/w by Les Wies. VG/VG.

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Book number: 32792

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Keywords: Geddes State Corruption Politics Political Trhiller Vatican Whitehall Vigiles Ludovic Fender Fiction Novel 32738 Fiction: : Thriller

GIBSON, GEORGE.

Captain Incognito.

Lymington: Nautical,1977. 0245530401. 1st ed. "In 'Captain Incognito', his second novel, George Gibson portrays the authentic atmosphere of life at sea in a modern freighter, and he builds up drama and suspense in a plot as plausible as his characters are convincing and astutely drawn." Pp.207, scuffed spot to fep. Orange cloth has minor creasing to boards, d/w slightly rubbed - design by Keith Blount LSIA. VG/VG.

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Book number: 33027

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GOULD, NAT.

A Northern Crack.

London: John Long, nd. 211th thousand. A John Long Four-Square Racing Thriller, originally published in 1917. Pp144, slight toning to pages. Paperback, slightly rubbed with small chip to lower front fore-edge. G+.**Nat Gould (1857-1919) was possibly one of the most prolific of writers on horses and horse racing. Although born in Manchester, he lived and worked in Australia for many years. "Because his books were so widely read, his descriptions of Australian life, based on the eleven years that he spent in Australia, deeply etched themselves in the minds of his readers. Indeed it has been asserted that they were responsible for the impression of Australia held in other countries." (Australia Brought to Book by Kaye Harman).

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Book number: 40812

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