Elizabeth Lemarchand

The Glade Manor Murder

London, Piatkus, 1989. First edition. Cloth. A first edition murder mystery novel by Elizabeth Lemarchand, which is set at an old English manor, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work is a murder mystery novel by Elizabeth Lemarchand, which takes place at the titular Glade Manor. When the Morley family's cook and housekeeper is found murdered, they call in Chief Detective Superintendent Tom Pollar and Gregory Toye from Scotland Yard to crack the case. Elizabeth Lemarchand (1906-2000) was an English writer of mostly detective novels. She spent the earlier part of her life as a Headmistress at Godolphin School, before retiring and pursuing writing full-time. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with just a bit of fading to fore edge of boards. Dust wrapper is in an excellent condition, with just a bit of spotting around spine region of reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Boeknummer: 808D13

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: The Glade Manor Murder Eizabeth Lemarchand murder mystery crime Eizabeth Lemarchand None

Elmore Leonard

Fifty-Two Pickup

London, Secker & Warburg, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. A fine first UK edition of Elmore Leonard's hard-boiled detective tale. The first UK edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.A thrilling crime novel from Leonard, who at the time was best known for his westerns.In this tale, Leonard follows a respectable Detroit businessman's dealings with a trio of blackmailers who have captured his infidelities on film. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine, with minor shelf wear to spine tail. Dust wrapper exceptionally bright, with faint horizontal fold to wrap head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 881F32

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: crime detective detroit jackie brown detective None

Elmore Leonard

Glitz

New York, Arbor House, 1985. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work of crime fiction by Elmore Leonard. A first edition of this work.A limited earlier edition exists published by Mysterious Press.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work of crime fiction is by prolific author Elmore Leonard. Leonard is an American novelist, writer and screenwriter. While most of his earlier works are Westerns, he went on to write crime fiction and thrillers, many of which were then adapted into films. In this work we follow the story detective Vincent Mora who is being stalked by a serial rapist he had put in jail. This work was later made into a television film. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with some slight bumping to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Wrap is generally very smart with minor chipping, some creasing and the occasional closed tear. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Scattered spotting to the top fore edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.

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Boeknummer: 872Z21

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: First edition Glitz Elmore Leonard Glitz None

Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day-Lewis]

The Beast Must Die; the Whisper in the Gloom

London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1938-1954. First edition. Cloth. First edition, first impressions of two of Cecil Day-Lewis's crime novels, under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake. The first edition, first impressions of these two works in the publisher's original cloth bindings. Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972) was an Anglo-Irish poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake, most of which feature the fictional detective Nigel Strangeways. The Beast Must Die (1938) combines elements of the inverted thriller with classic Golden Age-style investigation. It is the fourth novel in the series featuring the private detective Nigel Strangeways. The Whisper in the Gloom (1954) is the eleventh novel in the Strangeways series, and introduces the recurring character of Clare Massinger, a young sculptor who becomes a romantic interest of Strangeways. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, Whisper in the Gloom is very bright and smart, and Beast Must Die is sound, with fading to the spine and faint marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to Beast Must Die. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 892M4

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Crime club Crime fiction Cecil Day-Lewis Nicholas Blake Crime fiction Not Stated

Dell Shannon [Elizabeth Linington]

Murder with Love

London, Victor Gollancz, 1972. First edition. Cloth. First UK edition of this American crime novel by Dell Shannon, enclosed in its bright yellow Gollancz dust wrapper. First UK edition of this murder mystery by Dell Shannon, pen name for Elizabeth Linington, American novelist known as one of the first women to write in the style of a police procedural. A scarce copy. Featuring her popular series character LAPD homicide lieutenant Luis Mendoza. In this novel, he is faced with a murder scene at a doctor's office. Complete with its bright yellow, unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear, minor tape marks to front board, gentle cocking forward of the spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Minor tape marks to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Fine.

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Boeknummer: 835A46

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: dell shannon first editions crime murder mystery first editions None

Richard Lockridge; Frances Lockridge

Death and the Gentle Bull

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy this Captain Heimrich mystery, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Richard and Frances Lockridge were American writers of detective fiction during the twentieth century. They created the most famous American mystery series, Mr. and Mrs. North, which was adapted for radio, television, film and the stage. In the second Mr. and Mrs. North novel, Murder Out of Turn (1941), the couple and their detective friend, Lt. Bill Weigand, encounter murder near Brewster, New York. There they meet an officer of the New York State Bureau of Criminal Identification , Lt. Heimrich, later achieving promotion to Captain. Heimrich then became the star of his own series of twenty-two novels. This is the seventh book in the Captain Heimrich series, in which death surrounds an Aberdeen Angus worth six figures. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is very bright and smart, with a small bump to the lower extremity and to the head of the spine. Light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper is bright, with a little shelf wear to the head of the spine and chipping to the tail of the spine. Small tidemark to the rear and reverse of the wraps. Otherwise very smart. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 892M13

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Captain Heimrich Mystery Crime fiction Mystery Not Stated

E. C. R. Lorac

The Sixteenth Stair

London, Collins, 1952. Cloth. An attractive copy of Edith Caroline Rivett's scarce work, The Sixteenth Stair. Found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. An attractive copy of Edith Caroline Rivett's scarce work, The Sixteenth Stair. Found in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Lacking front free endpaper. Originally published in 1942, The Sixteenth Stair is the twenty second novel in Rivett's series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald. In this novel, MacDonald is sent to St. John's Wood after a man discovers a body at the foot of the stairs in a seemingly abandoned house. Writing under the pseudonyms E. C. R. Lorac, Carol Carnac, and Mary Le Bourne, Rivett earned increasingly favourable reviews with Sampson Low before moving to the more prestigious imprint of Collins Crime Club in 1936. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, rather smart. Lightly rubbed to the boards and the spine, with some light bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Lacking front free endpaper. There is a small tape repair to the reverse of the wrap at the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned towards the edges, but are clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 857N8

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: The Sixteenth Stair Dust Wrapper Edith Caroline Rivett Crime Fiction Dust Wrapper Scarce None

Peter Lovesey

The Last Detective

Bristol, Scorpion Press, 1991. First edition. Leather. The limited first edition of this award-winning mystery, in fine condition, signed by the author Peter Lovesey. Number 26 of 99 limited first edition copies signed by the author, in the special quarter morocco binding with marbled paper boards and an acetate brodart cover. Signed by the author to the limited edition page. The first of Lovesey's Peter Diamond novels, which won the Anthony Award for Best Novel in 1992, a prestigious award for mystery writers. Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is the last detective: committed to door-stopping and deduction rather than fancy computer gadgetry. So when the body of a woman is found floating in a lake near Bath with no one willing to identify her, no marks and no murder weapon, his sleuthing abilities are tested to the limit. Peter Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, writes historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. In quarter morocco with original paper boards. Externally very smart, with only light rubbing to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Little chipping to the head of the spine of acetate brodart cover. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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Boeknummer: 840M27

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Peter Lovesey Signed books Detective fiction Signed books None

Peter Lovesey

Wobble to Death

London, Macmillan, 1970. First edition. Hardback. A first edition of Peter Lovesey's first detective novel. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition of Peter Lovesey's first detective novel, Wobble to Death. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Lovesey has claimed that he he found his way into fiction writing through his love of sport, and the present novel is set within a historically accurate depiction of a nineteenth century foot race. The work won the Panther/Macmillan First Crime Novel Competition. In the publisher's original red hard back binding, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine, with a little more bumping to one of the front extremities. The wrap is a little grubby to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned to the edges, but clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 863N22

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Wobble To Death Peter Lovesey First Edition Dust Wrapper Peter Lovesey None

Lawrence L. Lynch; E. Murdoch van Deventer

The Last Stroke

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, [1897]. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this uncommon murder mystery written by Emma Murdock Van Deventer. The first edition of this uncommon work.A thrilling and twisting murder mystery, in which a beloved teacher is found murdered.By Emma Murdock Van Deventer, written under the pne-named Lawrence L. Lynch. Deventer was an American author of mystery novels, including 'The Diamond Coterie', 'A Slender Clue', 'A Sealed Verdict', and more.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Eight pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Some minor marks to the boards and spine. Light rubbing to the joints. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with some scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 894P26

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: The Last Stroke lawrence l. lynch emma murdock van deventer mystery lawrence l. lynch None

Anthony Gilbert [Lucy Beatrice Malleson]

Don&Apos;T Open the Door; the Spinster&Apos;S Secret

London, Collins, 1945-1951. First edition. Cloth. Two novels by twentieth century English crime writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson, including a first edition of Don't Open the Door. Two novels by twentieth century English crime writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson, including a first edition of Don't Open the Door, found in the unclipped dustwrapper. Malleson published over sixty crime novels as Anthony Gilbert, many of which featured her best-known character Arthur Crook; a vulgar, unsophisticated lawyer who holds no-holds-barred investigations of dubious ethics. Although Malleson was never quite a best-seller in her own time, interest in her work has been building since the The British Library Crime Classics imprint re-issued her novels published under the pen name Anne Meredith. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart. Very lightly rubbed to the boards and the joints, with a little bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Missing a little wrap to the front board of The Spinster's Secret, with some light edgewear to the wraps of both volumes. Internally, firmly bound. The pages to the Spinster's Secret are rather age-toned but pages are clean across the two volumes. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 857N7

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Lucy Beatrice Malleson First Edition Anthony Gilbert Don't Open the Door First Edition Dust Wrapper None

Anthony Gilbert [Lucy Beatrice Malleson]

No Dust in the Attic

London, Collins for The Crime Club, 1962. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition, first impression of Gilbert's gripping crime novel, in the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by John Rose. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by John Rose. Ink inscription to the front free end paper. Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-1973) was an English crime writer under the pen name Anthony Gilbert. Many of her books were adapted into films. This is one of her later crime novels published by Collins for The Crime Club, featuring the vulgar lawyer-detective Arthur Crook, who browbeats witnesses to get the results he needs for his clients. This exciting tale follows a vulnerable girl in the hands of a criminal organisation, and Crook's attempts to secure her safety. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for offsetting to the end papers and the odd spot to the fore edge. Dust wrapper is in lovely condition, except for a small loss to the tail of the spine and two small holes to the fold of the front flap. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Boeknummer: 892M3

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Crime club Crime fiction Lucy Beatrice Malleson Anthony Gilbert Crime fiction Not Stated

Giovanni Paolo Marana

The Letters Written by a Turkish Spy Who Lived Five and Forty Years Undiscovered at Paris Giving an Impartial Accountto the Divan at Constantinople, of the Most Remarkable Transations of Europe and Discovering Several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (Especially That of France)

London, H Rhodes, 1691, 1692, 1694. Leather. Six volumes of the scarce English translation of Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy. With an illustrated frontispiece to each volume. Volumes II, IV, V, VI and VII are first editions with volume I as the fourth edition. Without volumes III and VIII. Volume I is dated 1692, Volume II, 1691, Volume IV, 1692, Volume V, 1692, Volume VI, 1693 and Volume VII, 1694. Direct from the Regency library of Elizabeth Greenly, later Lady Elizabeth Coffin Greenly. Elizabeth Greenly, born at Titley Court, Herefordshire, was a noted and varied collector. She kept prolific diaries from 1784 until her death in 1839 which included her responses to current events and occasions in her daily life. Among the diaries many names and anecdotes of celebrities of the time appear, including Lord Byron, Marie Antoinette, Mary Wollstonecraft and Hannah More. She was known to comment on customs of foreign countries to which she and her friends had travelled, and had a keen interest in scientific discoveries and advancements including medicine and archaeology. The Greenly library contents show Elizabeth Greenly's numerous interests including: Welsh causes, Science, topography, travel, Bibliana and literature, particularly female poets. The library contains many first editions of contemporary works, and many are signed or contain her bookplate. The library contained over 1000 volumes which show the diversity and depth of her interests and give an insight into the life of this fascinating collector. Collated, complete. Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy is an eight volume collection of fictional letters claiming the authorship to be an Ottoman spy named 'Mahmut' in the French court of Louis XIV. The original volume was written by Giovanni Paolo Marana, a political refugee to the French court of Louis XIV. The subsequent seven volumes were first written in English and appeared between 1691 and 1694. There has been controversy regarding the authorship of the seven later volumes. The most notable of those attributed to the text are William Bradshaw and Roberty Midgely who produced the original English translation. In full calf bindings. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Loss to spines of volumes I and VII. Front joint to volume VII tender. Hinges to volumes I and II are slightly strained but firm. Front hinge to volume V is slightly strained but firm. Front hinge to volume VII is tender with the cords showing. Volumes IV, V and VII are lacking spine label. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown of all volumes, E H Greenly. W H Greenly's signature to recto of front endpaper to volumes I, II, IV, V and VI. W H Greenly's signature to recto of front blank to volume VII. W H Greenly's notations to rear endpapers of volumes V, VI and VII. Tear to rear endpaper of volume V. Internally all are firmly bound. Pages are age toned. Scattered spots throughout all volumes with foxing to first and last few pages of volume IV. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: EXP3-A-3

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Ottoman Mahmut Louis XIV William Bradshaw Mahmut Detective Midgely None

Ngaio Marsh

Final Curtain

London, The Crime Club, by Collins, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this thrilling Ngaio Marsh murder-mystery novel, her fourteenth work featuring detective Roderick Alleyn. The first edition, first impression of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Set in a country house and filled with suspects involved in the London theatrical scene, detective Roderick Alleyn's wife is commissioned to paint a portrait of a renowned actor, who is playing Macbeth.A bright first edition from the New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director Ngaio Marsh. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to spine tail, with light fading to back strip, most concentrated to head and tail. Sunning to dust wrapper back strip. Small loss to back strip tail, with edge wear to back strip head, and two small closed tears to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 879F2

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Final Curtain Roderick Alleyn New Zealand detective fiction Roderick Alleyn None

Ngaio Marsh

Surfeit of Lampreys

London, Collins Crime Club, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Marsh's crime novel, published as part of the Collins Crime Club, in the unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Collins Crime Club novel. 'Surfeit of Lampreys' is a crime novel by Ngaio Marsh, and is the tenth novel to feature the fictional detective Roderick Alleyn. The plot of this work centres around the murder of a British peer, and was published under the title of 'Death of a Peer' in the United States. The British title is a reference to the food poisoning to which Henry I succumbed to. Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982) was a New Zealand mystery writer and theatre director, often known as one of the 'Queens of Crime' alongside Agatha Christie. She was also appointed as A Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1966.Dust wrapper has had several tape repairs, including a facsimile to half of the spine and a full repair to the rear. Two pages of publisher's adverts to rear. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, generally smart. Minimal bumping to extremities and spine, with fading along fore edge of front board as well as a damp stain mark to rear board. Light age-toning to paste downs and end-papers. Dust wrapper is sound with a few marks and age-toning to front wrap. Tape repair to reverse of wraps, with half of spine provided in facsimile as well as full repair to rear wrap. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are a bit age-toned with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 807D26

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Collins Crime Club Surfeit of Lampreys Ngaio Marsh A Death of a Peer Surfeit of Lampreys None