Gilbert, Michael

The doors open.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1963. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, spine creased, card covers rubbed at edges with short closed tear at top of front cover, no inscriptions. 192 pages. Good.

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Book number: 69732

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Murder mysteries Detective fiction Crime stories Chief Inspector Hazlerigg

Gilbert, Anthony (Lucy Malleson)

A nice cup of tea.

The Crime Club, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex Boots library hardback, faded red boards with splits at the spine, front board pulled at title page, some foxing to pages. 256 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69635

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Lorac Thriller Suspense Crime Fiction

Grex, Leo (Leonard Gribble)

Hard kill.

John Long, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback, front endpaper excised, tape marks on endpapers and foldovers, page edges marked final page has corner torn off in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 184 pages. Fair in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 70045

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Murder mysteries Secret agents Interpol Thriller

Grey, Louis (aka Dexter Muir)

The signet of death Cherry Tree book no. 132.

Withy Grove Press, 1943. Reprint. Softcover. Tightly bound paperback, card covers marked, page edges grubby, no inscriptions. 192 pages. Undated but assume mid 1940s by list of books on back cover. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69571

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Murder mysteries Crime and mystery fiction Suspense Scotland Yard

Horler, Sydney

Checkmate, with, Danger's bright eyes (2 books).

Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Checkmate: clean hardback bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth marked & rubbed at edges, front board pulled at title page, pencil drawing/doodle on rear pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 316 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts for 2/- editions. so, assume this is also one of the 2/- editions. Bright eyes: 1932 reprint, clean hardback bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth rubbed at edges, front board split at title page, pages 299 - 306 torn with old tape repair but text all present, no inscriptions. 316 pages. Assume these are both 2/- editions.. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69626

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Lorac Thriller Suspense Crime Fiction

Horler, Sydney

The house of secrets.

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, front endpaper excised, no inscriptions, in a grubby unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased with loss at the top of the spine. 280 pages. No date so assume this is a cheap edition reprint. Fair in Poor dust jacket.

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Book number: 69624

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Lorac Thriller Suspense Crime Fiction

Horler, Sydney

The man from Scotland Yard.

The Crime Book Society, 1939. Reprint. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine uncreased, name on half title page, in a dustjacket which is worn with internal repairs to the foldovers. 256 pages. No. 14 in the Crime Book Society series. Not dated but assume late 1930s. Good in Poor dust jacket.

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Book number: 69631

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Lorac Thriller Suspense Crime Fiction

Horler, Sydney

The order of the octopus.

U. S. A .: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex circulating library hardback in a library binding with the usual stamps & stickers, page edges marked and grubby. 310 pages. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69628

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Lorac Thriller Suspense Crime Fiction

Horler, Sydney

Tiger Standish.

Hutchinson, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardback bound in green cloth with silver titles, cloth worn at edges, front board pulled, pages very age tanned no inscriptions. 316 pages.publisher's adverts for 2/- editions. so, assume this is also one of the 2/- editions. Bright eyes: 1932 reprint, clean hardback bound in red cloth with black titles, cloth rubbed at edges, front board split at title page, pages 299 - 306 torn with old tape repair but text all present, no inscriptions. 316 pages. Assume this is a cheap edition published in 1934 as final page refers to the imminent publication of Tiger Standish comes back. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69627

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Lorac Thriller Suspense Crime Fiction

Masterson, Whit

The dark fantastic.

W. H. Allen, 1960. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has been repriced in ink twice. Dustjacket is creased and chipped at the edges with minor loss at top of front panel and base of spine. viii + 246 pages. Very Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 55307

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Morrall, Clare

Natural flights of the human mind.

Sceptre, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, printers error in that the front endpaper is attached to the pastedown along the leading edge, missing its dustjacket. Appears little used. 390 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 34748

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Thriller fiction Clare Morrall

Oppenheim E. Phillips

Inspector Dickins retires, with, The Adventures of Mr. Joseph P. Cray (2 books).

Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 hardbacks bound in red cloth with black titles and blindstamped decoration with no inscriptions. Dickins: binding shaken, spine tanned, boards worn at edges and marked, front endpaper excised, 318 pages. Cray: reprint, undated, boards rubbed at edges, endpapers and page edges foxed, 288 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 70028

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Short stories Detective fiction Crime stories

Oppenheim E. Phillips

The spy paramount.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles and blindstamped decoration, spine tanned, edges rubbed, page edges and endpapers tanned, name on half title page. 312 pages. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 70027

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Spy fiction Facism

Robertson, Gavin

The sunday man.

Headline, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, page edges tanned, previous owner smoked so there is a lingering aroma, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the edges. 346 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 69067

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Thriller Scientific who dunnit

Rochester, Geo. E.

Dead man's gold.

John Hamilton Ltd. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback book bound in yellow cloth with black titles, spine tanned, cloth marked and worn, page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 256 pages + 40 pages of publisher's adverts. No date but assume 1st edition. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 70038

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Adventure stories Thriller fiction Scotland