Burley, W. J.

The Schoolmaster.

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex-library hardback with front endpaper excised, endpapers tanned in a bright, rolled, unclipped dustjacket. 160 pages. Fair in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 69940

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction

Burley, W. J.

To kill a cat.

Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex-library hardback with title and contents pages excised, in a dustjacket which is laminated to the boards, with front foldover adhered to rear pastedown. 224 pages. Assume first edition. Fair in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 69942

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction Superintendant Wycliffe

Burns, William J. and Ostrander, Isabel

The Lawton mystery.

Hutchinson & Co. 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. Reading copy, hardback book with red boards with black titles, boards rubbed and worn, front board pulled, pages very age tanned, name on front pastedown. 282 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts. Assume a cheap edition but no date or details. Poor.

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Book number: 69622

Catalogue: Fiction:: crime & mystery

Keywords: Lorac Murder mysteries Detective fiction Crime writers

Burton, Miles (Cecil John Charles Street)

Death takes a detour.

Collins Crime Club, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Tightly bound hardback book with remains of dustwrapper, half spine stuck to boards, front cover stuck to front endpaper, pastedowns have marks where wrapper foldovers were stuck and minor scribble. Page edges foxed, possibly clawed by cat and top corner of pages 145 - 148 torn off with minor loss to text. 254 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69582

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction

Burton, Miles (Cecil John Charles Street)

A smell of smoke.

Collins Crime Club, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, spine slightly sunned, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, tick on front endpaper otherwise no inscriptions. 192 pages. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69585

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction

Bush, Christopher

Dead man twice.

U.S.A: Withy Grove Press, 1946. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine worn with loss at bottom 2cm, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 96 pages. A Cherry Tree book, no. 22. Undated but Copac gives 1946. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69531

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Detective fiction Murder mysteries Ludovic Travers

Byrom, James

Or be he dead.

Penguin, 1964. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine creased, pages age tanned, name on half title page, last 30 pages slighty rippled and water stained (dropped in bath?). 188 pages. Fair.

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Book number: 65146

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Detective fiction Crime and mystery fiction Sleuths

Carlon, Patricia

The whispering wall: lethal house, silent witness, talking wall.

Wakefield Press, 1992. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 206 pages, cover by Darren Pryce. Very Good.

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Book number: 66694

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Australian writers

Carr, John Dickson

The black spectacles.

Four Square Books Ltd. 1965. Reprint. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, spine creased and worn, card covers rubbed and creased, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 190 pages + 1 page of publisher's adverts. Four Square no. 1266. Fair.

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Book number: 70013

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction Dr Gideon Fell

Carr, John Dickson

The Blind Barber.

Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, stain to front endpaper/pages edges, name and date on front endpaper, in a price clipped dustjacket which is tanned at the edges. 216 pages. A Fingerprint Book. Fair in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 70004

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction Liners

Carr, John Dickson

The bride of Newgate.

Hamish Hamilton, 1950. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with stamp on top page edges, front endpaper excised, tape marks on pastedowns/endpapers in a price clipped dustjacket which has been partially cut down, is creased and chipped with an area of loss at the base of the spine/front cover and stain to bottom of back cover. 256 pages. Poor in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 70002

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Historical Fiction 19th century

Carr, John Dickson

The crooked hinge.

Collier Books, 1969. Reprint. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, spine uncreased, card covers rubbed at edges, page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 254 pages. Good.

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Book number: 70010

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction Titanic Dr Gideon Fell

Carr, John Dickson

Dark of the moon.

Corgi, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, spine creased, card covers worn and creased, page edges age tanned, no inscriptions. 221 pages + 3 pages of publisher's adverts. Fair.

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Book number: 70007

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction Dr Gideon Fell

Carr, Glyn

Death under Snowdon.

Fontana, 1957. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine creased and worn with short splits at both ends, covers rubbed at edges, initials inside back cover, otherwise no inscriptions. 190 pages. Good.

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Book number: 69537

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime and mystery fiction Climbing Mountaineering Detective fiction

Carr, John Dickson

Death watch.

Collier Books, 1970. Reprint. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, spine uncreased, card covers rubbed and foxed, page edges marked, no inscriptions. 256 pages. Fair.

Aucott & ThomasProfessional seller

Book number: 70016

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime stories Detective fiction Dr Gideon Fell