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Aurora Floyd A Drama in Two Acts Adapted from Miss Braddon's Popular Work of the Same Name (1863)

By: Braddon, M. E.] Suter, William, adapted from the novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Introductory material by Jennifer Carnell

Price: £16.00

Publisher: Hastings, Sensation Press: 2008

Seller ID: VN2881

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

One of a limited edition of 150 copies, signed by the editor. Staple bound paperback. Minimal signs of wear, very good.
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The Romance of the Forum, or Narratives, Scenes and Anecdotes from Courts of Justice (1852)

By: Burke, Peter

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Hurst & Blackett: 1861

Seller ID: MC216

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

"Standard Library". Undated [1861]. Engraved frontispiece. Original blindstamped purple cloth, decoratively blocked (incorporating title) in gilt on front board and spine; yellow endpapers. Cloth rubbed on upper hinge and corners, small split to hinge at foot of spine, inner joint papers lightly cracked (but joints tight), good. True crime stories.
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A Double Scoop (1924)

By: Cable, Boyd [ie Ernest Andrew Ewart]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1924

Seller ID: 04116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated first edition [1924]. Publisher's remainder binding: maroon cloth, with blindstamped borders on boards, and art-nouveau flower designs on spine, lettered in gilt. Lettering on spine oxidised, otherwise very good. Semi-humorous crime novel (listed in Hubin). Chuck Summers pursues clues to the disappearance of William Goodenough, through Australa and the Far East. Cable/Ewart wrote two crime novels and a collection of short stories (his best known works relate his experiences in the trenches during the First World War). Publisher's catalogue for Autumn 1924 bound in at end.
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Prisoners (Fast Bound in Misery and Iron) (1906)

By: Cholmondeley, Mary

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: VN1849

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Undated reprint in 7d Copyright series (c1910). Spine sunned and cloth marked; lacks front free endpaper, fair. A reading copy.
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Prisoners (Fast Bound in Misery and Iron) (1906)

By: Cholmondeley, Mary

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: VN1854

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated reprint in 7d Copyright series (c1910). Spine faintly sunned, inscription (1911) on front free endpaper, otherwise very good
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I Say No (1884)

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1886

Seller ID: 02701

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New Edition. Late C19th brown beaded cloth, with (presumably) original leatherwork replaced at later date by brown fabric; pale brown card endpapers. Light browning on prelims, good.
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After Dark (1856)

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, The Gresham Publishing Company: 1900

Seller ID: 81069

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated edition, c1900 - 1905. Introduction by W. A. Brockington. Illustrated by Gordon Browne. Original steel-blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine; grey endpapers. Scuffed on spine ends, with small nick at foot, very good. Gresham published this title in at least three different bindings: maroon leather with green boards, a decorated navy blue cloth with designs by Talwyn Morris, and this simpler blue cloth. After Dark consists of six stories (A Terribly Strange Bed, A Stolen Letter, Sister Rose, The Lady of Glenwith Grange, Gabriel's Marriage & The Yellow Mask), with a linking...
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A Rogue's Life from His Birth to His Marriage

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £10.00

Publisher: New York, Peter Fenelon Collier: 1900

Seller ID: VN1784

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

The Works of Wilkie Collins, Volume 30. Undated, c1900. Original dark green cloth. Cloth chipped at head of spine, otherwise good. Also contains two short stories: Miss Dulane and My Lord, Mr Policeman and the Cook.
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Hide and Seek; or, The Mystery of Mary Grice

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Smith, Elder & Co.: 1873

Seller ID: VN1817

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

New Edition. Late C19th rebinding in red leather over marbled boards. Loss of leather on spine ends, corners rubbed, but ontents clean and tight. A good reading copy.
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I Say No (1884)

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1886

Seller ID: VN2684

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New Cheap Edition. Rebound in beaded purple binder's cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Spine faintly sunned, a little scuffing, good++
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Miss or Mrs? (1873)

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1872

Seller ID: 94092

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

[First Book Issue]. Late C19th cream parchment over red and black mottled paper-covered boards; red leather title label on spine. Spine a little darkened, title label rubbed on edges, boards grazed and rubbed on edges, a little foxing; otherwise a tight copy, good. Todd [1233A]. First setting: precedes the London edition by 6 months.
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Blind Love (1889)

By: Collins, Wilkie

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Tauchnitz: 1890

Seller ID: 95024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

With a Preface by Walter Besant. Two volumes in late C19th red leather over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt titles on spine (with ornament including coronet at foot); marbled endpapers. Chipped at head of both spines, and a little rubbed at foot of each, a little faint foxing, otherwise clean and tight, good. Todd [2629/30]. First/only issues: series half-titles bound in. Publisher's catalogue dated February 1890 at end of second volume. Collins's posthumous novel, completed from his detailed notes, by Walter Besant.
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Link by Link (1886)

By: Courtney, Cecil

Price: £40.00

Publisher: London, Bevington & Co.: 1886

Seller ID: 95042

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Undated first edition [1886]. Original light brown cloth on bevelled boards, with decorative bands in black head/foot of front board and spine, ruled and lettered in gilt; leaf-patterned endpapers. Corners scuffed, publication date erased on title page, otherwise a tight, bright copy, very good. Scarce murder mystery: listed in Hubin.
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The Exploits of Kesho Naik, Dacoit (1912)

By: Cox, Sir Edmund C. [Sir Edmund Charles Cox]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Constable & Co.: 1912

Seller ID: VN2542

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red buckram, blindstamped on front board, lettered in gilt. Lightly scuffed, spine lettering oxidised to brown/black, a little foxing, good. The third of Cox's Indian crime books. Krishna, a minor character in John Carruthers Indian Policeman (1905) and The Achievements of John Carruthers (1911), here takes on the role of narrator, telling the story of an audacious bandit. NB. A variant binding: also issued in blue cloth.
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The History of Godfrey Kinge (1896)

By: Dawe, W. Carlton [William Carlton Dawe]

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1901

Seller ID: 02898

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Undated reprint, c1901. Original red cloth, with blindstamped designs on front board/spine: lettered in gilt. Small label for South African Public Library on rear board and their list of rules on front pastedown. Front free endpaper excised, acquisition stamp (June 1901) and handwritten note on verso of title page. A little foxing. No library markings on binding. An adventure novel by an Australian novelist: this story set principally in Devon and London. A decent reading copy of a scarce title.
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The Yellow Man (1900)

By: Dawe, W. Carlton [William Carlton Dawe]

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Hutchinson & Co.: 1901

Seller ID: VN2703

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Early C20th rebinding in navy-blue cloth over beaded black cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly scuffed, crease on spine, signature (Japan, 1907) on front free endpaper, good. A good reading copy of this scarce title of intrigue.
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Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service (1899)

By: Donovan, Dick [ie James Edward Preston Muddock]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1899

Seller ID: 88053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original grey cloth, lettered and illustrated in black and yellow on front board, lettered in gilt on spine; flower-patterned endpapers. Corners bumped. light scuffing and marking on boards, wear to edges of endpapers and last leaf of catalogue. blank pelim excised, good. Publisher's catalogue for September 1898 bound in at end.
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Who Murdered Hetty Duncan? and Other Detective Stories (1890)

By: Donovan, Dick [ie James Edward Preston Muddock]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1890

Seller ID: VN3410

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Late C19th rebinding in maroon leather over maroon marbled boards. Backstrip gummed to text black, with general rubbing along hinges, front board coming loose, longitudinal crease the length of spine, edgewear. Only a fair reading copy of a scarce title.With all faults.
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A Baffling Quest (1891)

By: Dowling, Richard

Price: £45.00

Publisher: London, Ward & Downey: 1892

Seller ID: 92170

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth with raised design: alternating squares of flowers and blanks; grey-and-white patterned endpapers. Lightly scuffed, signature of front free endpaper, very good. Scarce. Crime story originally serialised in Cassell's Saturday Journal.
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Tinsley's Magazine Christmas Numbers for 1880 & 1881. High-Water Mark & My Darling's Ransom

By: Dowling, Richard

Price: £75.00

Publisher: London, Tinsley Brothers: 1881

Seller ID: 94067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Two Christmas numbers bound (without original wrappers) in late C19th grey-green cloth, lettered in gilt; yellow endpapers. A few light marks, good. Two short crime/mystery novels. Scarce.
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