F. Van Wyck Mason

Dardanelles Derelict: A Major North Story

New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1949. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition copy of this crime novel from the Major North series by prolific American writer F. Van Wyck Mason. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978) was an American historian and best-selling novelist. He had a long and prolific career as a writer spanning 50 years and including 78 published novels. This work is the sixteenth novel from the Major North series, in which Major North finds himself entangled in the international intrigue of a struggle between Turkish and American agents. Captain (later Major and Colonel) Hugh North was a prototype for James Bond: he was tough, athletic, a good shot and hand-to-hand fighter, but also fitted into elegant society with refined dress and manner. This series sometimes foreshadowed actual military events, including a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. 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. Dust wrapper is bright, though the spine is sunned, with minor chipping to the head and tail of the spine. A little shelf wear to the folds of the wraps, otherwise smart. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good.

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Boeknummer: 892M14

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Crime fiction Murder mystery Major North Hugh North Murder mystery Not Stated

Grace Sartwell Mason

Speed

London, Federation Press, LTD. 1926. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce dramatic tale by Grace Sartwell Mason, the first edition in book form. The first edition in book form of this vanishingly scarce work.'Speed' was originally published in 'Saturday Evening Post&apos. The story published in 'Post' formed the basis of a 1925 silent comedy drama film of the same name, starring Betty Blythe, Pauline Garon, and Arthur Rankin.This thriller by Grace Sartwell Mason follow a middle aged couple who, after being described as 'old fashioned' by their children, decide to buy a car. They plan a trip out West, and set out on an adventure which involves  a kidnapping, a holdup, and a dramatic car chase.Mason was an American author and journalist. Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, generally smart. Spotting to the wraps, heavier to the rear wrap. Small tears to the rear joint. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Closed tear to the rear wrap, repaired with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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Boeknummer: 892P4

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Speed grace sartwell mason thriller detective grace sartwell mason None

Val McDermid

The Torment of Others

London, HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of McDermid's fourth novel from her popular Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. An author's presentation copy of this crime novel, inscribed by the author to the title page, including her signature. The fourth book of the popular Carol Jordan and Dr. Tony Hill series, written by the Scottish crime writer Val McDermid. This series has been adapted for television and is among her best known work. McDermid generally writes in the sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and has been awarded the CWA Diamond Dagger for her lifetime contribution to crime writing in the English language. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth remains very smart, with only a couple of faint marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Dust wrapper is bright and smart, with just a little creasing to the head and tail of the spine. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 873M6

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Val McDermid Tartan Noir Tony Hill Carol Jordan Tartan Noir Not Stated

Kenneth Methold

All Suspect

London, Macdonald & Co, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A rather super copy of this very scarce first edition copy of this thrilling crime novel by Kenneth Methold. The very scarce first edition. Held institutionally in only five UK libraries. In the publisher's full cloth binding with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. 'All Suspect' is a thrilling crime novel following an industrial chemist called Alex Young who believes one of his colleagues to be a spy responsible for a leak of information at their laboratory. A story of suspicion, adrenaline and murder, bringing together ingenious mysteries and exciting action whilst being deeply rooted in contemporary science. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear. The odd, light, handling mark to the boards. Light offsetting to the paste-downs and free endpaper. Scattered spots to the free endpapers. The original, unclipped dust wrapper is in very smart condition. Some shelf wear to the edges. A few marks to the rear panel. Spotting and handling marks to the inside of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages slightly age-toned to the edges but otherwise very bright and clean. Small mark to the top of page 190, though it does not affect the text. A few scattered spots to the fore-edge. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 840G14

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: crime alex young major william holder science fiction alex young None

Gladys Mitchell

Adders on the Heath

London, Michael Joseph , 1963. First edition. Leather. A delightful scarce first edition of this detective novel by Gladys Mitchell, a signed presentation copy with a photo of the author loosely inserted, in a sumptuous Sangorski and Sutcliffe crushed morocco binding. The scarce first edition of this detective mystery by Gladys Mitchell, one of sixty-six novels featuring the popular psychoanalyst and amateur detective Mrs. Bradley. A highly celebrated author in her lifetime, she also wrote under the pseudonym of Stephen Hockaby and Malcolm Torrie. A scarce copy. A signed presentation copy, inscribed to the front free endpaper 'Love and every good wish, Yours' dated 1965, and signed to both the front free endpaper and the title page. A picture of the author was previously tipped in with tape, now detached and loosely inserted. In an exquisite Sangorski and Sutcliffe full crushed morocco binding with gilt to the edges. A beautiful example of this work. In a Sangorski and Sutcliffe signed full crushed morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt to the edges. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear and a touch of sunning to the spine. Inscribed and signed by the author to the front free endpaper, dated 106, and signed again to the title page. With a picture of the author loosely inserted, previously tipped in through tape, which left a minor tape mark to the front pastedown and endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 796A7

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: first editions gladys mitchell signed binding gladys mitchell None

Austin Mitchelson and Nicolas Utechin

Sherlock Holmes and the Earthquake Machine

London , Ian Henry Publications, 1994. Cloth. An attractive copy of this new Sherlock Holmes novel by Austin Mitchelson and Nicholas Utechin. First published in 1976, in this tale, the very existence of the British Empire is threatened by a group of criminals. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Dustwrapper is smart also. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

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Boeknummer: GEN33-F-13

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Sherlock Holmes Austin Mitchelson Nicholas Utechin Austin Mitchelson None

Gwen Moffat

The Raptor Zone: A Miss Pink Mystery

London, Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition, first impression of one of Gwen Moffat's Miss Pink crime novels. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Gwen Moffat is a British mountaineer and writer. This is the twelfth novel of her Miss Pink series featuring Melina Pink, a middle-aged climber and magistrate. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned but clean. Dust wrapper is bright and smart. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Boeknummer: 873M13

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Melinda Pink Gwen Moffat Crime fiction Gwen Moffat Not Stated

Simon Nash

Death over Deep Water

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1963 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Simon Nash's very scarce novel about a murder on a cruise ship, with a loosely inserted publisher's review slip. The first edition, first impression of this very scarce work by Simon Nash, the pseudonym of Professor of English and Anglican priest Raymond Chapman.  In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Loosely inserted is a slip from the publisher detailing the publication date of this work, and requesting any reviews published to be forwarded to them.A thrilling murder mystery about 'tragedy and treachery' on board a tourist ship to Malta. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bump to spine head, and with spotting to fore edge of text block. Light edge wear and one small chip to dust wrapper back strip tail, with further chipping to back strip head. One closed tear to rear wrap head, another to rear wrap tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 879F21

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: killed by a scandal dead of a counterplot Unhallowed Murder Raymond Chapman dead of a counterplot None

Hugh Lawrence Nelson

Dark Echo

New York, Rinehart & Company, Inc. 1949. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first US edition copy of this Murray Hill mystery by American author Hugh Lawrence Nelson. The scarce first US edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Hugh Lawrence Nelson (1907-1983) was an American author, best known for his character San Francisco Detective Lieutenant Steve Johnson. In this novel from Nelson's Murray Hill series, Detective Lieutenant Steve Johnson investigates the murder of a beautiful blonde guest at a Colorado Rocky Mountain fishing camp. A fast-paced murder mystery with excellent dialogue. 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. Dust wrapper is mostly bright and smart, with just a little sunning to the spine and light chipping to the head and tail of the spine of the wraps. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 890M30

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Murray Hill Hugh Lawrence Nelson Crime fiction Detective fiction Hugh Lawrence Nelson Not Stated

Jo Nesbo; Don Bartlett [translator]

The Leopard

London, Harvill Secker, 2011. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition of this crime novel, signed by the author, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK edition, first impression of this novel in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Jo Nesbø is the most successful Norwegian author of all time, selling some 50 million copies of his novels worldwide. His work has been translated into over 50 languages. He is known primarily for his crime novels featuring Inspector Harry Hole, who features in this novel. The Norwegian title of this novel translates along the lines of "armoured heart", which is what Harry Hole gains by his experiences during this case, in which he investigates serial killings in Oslo. This novel was first translated into English in 2011 by Don Bartlett. In publisher's original cloth binding, with original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in immaculate condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Very minor shelf wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper and small faint marks to the front of the wrap; otherwise in excellent condition. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Boeknummer: 841M4

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Jo Nesbo Crime novel Harry Hole Crime novel None

Newton Newkirk

Stealthy Steve, the Six-Eyed Sleuth, His Quest of the Big Blue Diamond

Boston, John W. Luce and Company, 1904. First edition. Cloth. A first edition satirical detective novel by Newton Newkirk, illustrated by the author throughout. The first edition.A satirical detective novel, 'Stealthy Steve' follows the Six-Eyed Sleuth as he is hired to search for a lost blue diamond.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations, by the author.By Clyde C. Newkirk, under his pseudonym Newton Newkirk, an American humorist who wrote for the 'Boston Post&apos. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light rubbing to the spine and front board. Light marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Newton Newkirk. Very Good Indeed .

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Boeknummer: 892P35

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Stealthy Steve, The Six-Eyed Sleuth, His Quest of the Big Blue Diamond Stealthy Steve newton newkirk humour Stealthy Steve Newton Newkirk

Arthur Omre

Flukten; Det Onde Oie; Det Hender Iblant

Oslo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1936-1941. First edition. Leather. Arthur Omre draws on his own criminal past in these three novels. All first editions, published in Norwegian. Three attractively rebound first edition copies of Arthur Omre's crime novels. Published in Norwegian. Having gone bankrupt in 1922 Omre turned to a criminal career in liquor smuggling and theft, with interludes in prison. Following his release from jail in 1935, Omre made is literary debut with Smuglere (Smugglers), a novel based on his own experiences. The follow up, Flukten, is also written in a hardboiled style, and is included in this collection along with Det Onde Oie (The Evil Eye), and Det Hender Iblant (It Happens Sometimes). With the original paper covers bound in. Prior owner's bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. From the library of Jens Christian Hostrup (not the nineteenth century author). With a page of publisher's adverts to the rear of each volume. Rebound in a brown quarter leather binding over patterned boards. Externally, lovely. Lightly rubbed to the front joints of each volume, with a tiny chip in the calf to one of the front extremities of Det Onde Oie. Internally, firmly bound. Det Onde Oie is lightly foxed to the front of the volume, but otherwise pages are lightly age-toned and but clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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Boeknummer: 864N1

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Flukten Det Onde Oie Det Hender Iblant Arthur Omre Det Onde Oie First Edition Norwegian novelists None

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Cinema Murder

New York, A.L. Burt Co. 1917 . Cloth. A lovely early edition of this murder mystery novel, in the very scarce publisher's original dust wrapper. The November 1917 A.L. Burt printing of this work, which was first published by Little, Brown and Co in July 1917. Published by arrangement with Little, Brown and Co, in the same illustrated dust wrapper by H. Weston Taylor, clipped to all four corners.In this thrilling work, a film producer is found dead with apparent signs of suicide, resulting in a private detective investigating his death.Illustrated with a frontispiece by H. Weston Taylor.The work of prolific English novelist E. Phillips Oppenheim, who authored over one-hundred novels between 1887 and 1943. In 1927, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine.With six pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with dust wrapper clipped to all four corners. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper significantly age toned to back strip, with handling marks to rear wrap. Chipping to back strip head and tail. Edgewear and two small tears to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound, but with head of frontispiece detached. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: H. Weston Taylor. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 873F16

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: The Other Romilly simple peter cradd the great impersonation Edward Phillips Oppenheim simple peter cradd H. Weston Taylor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Expiation

London, Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1914. Cloth. A smart reprint of the debut novel of E. Phillips Oppenheim, an exciting tale of crime, love, and reunited families. 'Expiation' was the first of Oppenheim's novel to be published, signalling the beginning of his long and prolific career.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece. This novel opens with a scene in a cabin in the remote Canadian wilderness, inhabited by two exiled men. After discovering that the murder from which he was fleeing was solved, one of the men returns to England after twenty years, surprising his twin children, in this novel full of plot twists and revenge.A 1914 reprint, this novel was first published in 1887.By prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim, known for his best-selling genre fiction which featured a variety of glamourous characters and international intrigue.Four pages of adverts to the front. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few light marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm, resulting in gathering A to be detaching to the tail. Rear hinge is starting but firm. Spots to the endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Boeknummer: 891P23

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: Expiation e. phillips oppenheim revenge melodrama e. phillips oppenheim Not Stated

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown

London, Ward, Lock & Co, c1930 . Cloth. A smart edition of E. Phillips Oppenheim's murder mystery, in which a novelist comes under suspicion for murder. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece.First published in 1896, the work follows an apparent murder, after which a novelist comes under suspicion.The work of prolific English novelist E. Phillips Oppenheim, who authored over one-hundred novels between 1887 and 1943. In 1927, he was featured on the cover of Time magazine.Undated; dated c.1930With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrappers. Bumping to back strip head and tail, otherwise externally excellent. Discolouration to dust wrapper back strip, with back strip head and tail lightly chipped. Small closed tears to head and tail of rear wrap. Pages significantly age toned due to paper type, with the odd spot. Small loss of paper to frontispiece, which is adhered to title page. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Boeknummer: 873F17

Catalogus: Detective Fiction

Trefwoorden: murder Edward Phillips Oppenheim the great impersonation Edward Phillips Oppenheim None