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Eugene Aram (1832)

By: Lytton, Lord [Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1854

Seller ID: VN3197

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Mid C19th tab leather over marbled boards; elaborately blocked in gilt on spine, with red leather title label; green endpapers. Board edges lightly rubbed, light scuffing to leather, signatures (one dated 1860) on prelims, good++
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The Light Side of the Law (1910)

By: MacDonald, George A. [George Alexander MacDonals]

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Cassell & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: 92056

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original fine-ribbed red cloth, title blindstamped on front board, blocked in gilt on spine. Edges just a trifle dulled, otherwise very good. A mixed collection of stories and journalistic pieces on crime and the operations of the law. Listed in Hubin's Crime Fiction. Scarce.
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The Last Meeting. A Story (1885)

By: Matthews, Brander

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, T. Fisher Unwin: 1885

Seller ID: 80061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth. Lettered and illustrated in black on front board, in gilt on spine; yellow endpapers. Lightly scuffed, spine faintly sunned, front inner joint paper lightly cracked (but joint tight), a little foxing, otherwise very good. Crime/mystery story: why has Frederick Olyphant disappeared? First published in New York in the same year.
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The Velvet Glove

By: Merriman, H. S. [ie Hugh Stowell Scott]

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Leipzig, Tauchnitz: 1902

Seller ID: VN0111

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Early C20th green cloth. Signature on front pastedown, otherwise very good. Todd [3550a] First issue; series half-title bound in
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Famous Detective Stories (1926)

By: Morton, Alexander

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Glasgow, James Hedderwick & Sons: 1926

Seller ID: 88067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original light grey-green cloth, lettered and illustrated in black. A little foxing, very good. Inscribed on front free endpaper: Alexander Morton, Author 6 Sep/28.
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Stories from Scotland Yard as told by Inspector Moser, Late of the Criminal Investigation Department, Whitehall and Recorded by Charles F. Rideal Author of People We Meet etc. (1890)

By: Moser, Inspector Maurice & Charles Frederick Rideal

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1890

Seller ID: 94106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Hearth and Home Library. Undated [1890]. Original red front board and spine, with series title blindstamped at head of front board; top edge gilt. Knock to top edge of rear board, page edges lightly tanned, foxing on endpapers, good. "All these stories. . . are founded upon facts"
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Joseph's Coat (1881)

By: Murray, David Christie

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus: 1884

Seller ID: VN2494

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

New Edition. Late C19th rebinding in crimson cloth with leather title label on spine. Spine and board edges sunned to brown, otherwise a tight copy, good.
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His Father's Honour (1909)

By: Murray, David Christie

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1909

Seller ID: VN2643

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original blindstamped black cloth with repeated motif in red on front board and spine, lettered in gilt. A few light marks, a little scuffing, undated name on front free endpaper, very good.
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The Eternal Dawn (1907)

By: Murray, David Christie & Egmont Hake

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Everett & Co: 1907

Seller ID: 03978

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth. Spine lightly sunned and scuffed on ends, owner's address stamp on front free endpaper, a little foxing, very good. One of two novels by Murray (the other being The Heavenly Hand) co-written with Egmont Hake. Scarce.
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The Eternal Dawn (1907)

By: Murray, David Christie & Egmont Hake

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Everett & Co: 1907

Seller ID: VN2642

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original red cloth. Spine and board edges lightly sunned, a little foxing, very good. One of two novels by Murray (the other being The Heavenly Hand) co-written with (or, rather, completed by) Egmont Hake. Scarce.
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Stolen Idols (1925)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1925

Seller ID: VN0104

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red cloth. Sunned on spine, occasional foxing spots, good.
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The Peer and the Woman (1895)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1910

Seller ID: VN0168

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Reprint. Frontispiece. Original blindstamped scarlet cloth. Spine lightly sunned, W. H. Smith Library label on front pastedown, corners lightly scuffed, scattered foxing, good+. An uncommon Oppenheim title
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Madame (1927)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1927

Seller ID: 00831

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated [1927]. Original deep yellow cloth, blocked in black: inverted green triangle with author's signature at head of spine. Lightly soiled, spine faintly sunned, a few foxing spots, otherwise good. Uncommon title. A collection of short stories concerning a gang of criminals (the "Virgins") under the leadership of "Madame".
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A Lost Leader (1906)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1906

Seller ID: VN0980

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red cloth with blindstamped framing; titles in gilt within decorative gilt frame on front board. Spine faintly sunned, rubbed on top edge of rear board, corners scuffed, moderate foxing throughout, otherwise a bright copy, good. A novel of political and romantic intrigue in high places.
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The Hillman (1917)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.: 1933

Seller ID: VN1412

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Seventh Edition. Original fine-ribbed light blue cloth. Some marks on boards, spine lightly sunned, a few foxing spots, good.
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A People's Man (1915)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £18.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.: 1915

Seller ID: 04173

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine. LSome sunning and speckling on cloth, inner joint papers lightly cracking (but joints tight), good. Publisher's announcements (Autumn 1914) and catalogue (dated 25/9/14) bound in at end, but copyright page states "First Published 1915", while the American copyright date is given below at 1914. A confusion caused by the habit of publishers (like Methuen) who liked to issue a book for the Christmas market of one year, but postdate the "publication date" to the following year.
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The Missing Delora (1910)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £16.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co.: 1924

Seller ID: 04202

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Twelfth Edition. Original deep turquoise boards, framed and lettered in black: corners scuffed, good. Original illustrated white dustwrapper, lettered in blue: worn on edges and corners, lightly soiled, fair/good. "A sensational and thrilling story", according to the blurb on the dustwrapper.
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Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat (1920)

By: Oppenheim, E. Phillips [Edward Phillips Oppenheim]

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1920

Seller ID: VN2836

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Undated first edition [1920]. Original red cloth with blindstamped decoration, lettered in black on spine. Corners a little rubbed, lightly marked on boards, page edges lightly tanned, one page has untrimmed edges, otherwise good. List of Oppenheim's contains only books published up to 1920
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