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Price: £18.00
Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1890
Seller ID: VN1767
Undated early reprint of this American detective novel. Original red cloth on bevelled board, lettered in gilt on spine. Spine lightly sunned, with small chips/frays on spine ends, bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, paper faintly browned, good. View more info
Price: £7.50
Publisher: Boston (Mass), Richard G. B adger, The Goreham Press: 1910
Seller ID: VN1251
Illustrated. Original fine-ribbed grey cloth, lettered and decorated in yellow and orange. Spine dulled, small brown stain on bottom corners of all pages (text unaffected), damp mark on lower corner of rear board. A good reading copy of this mystery/crime novel. View more info
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1903
Seller ID: 83017
First English Edition. Frontispiece. Original maroon cloth with decorative border blocked in pink, lettered in gilt. Spine faintly sunned, a little foxing, very good. Collection of detective/crime stories: A Difficult Problem, The Gray Madam, The Bronze Hand, Midnight in Beauchamp Row, The Staircase at the Heart's Delight, The Hermit of --- Street. View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, George Routledge & Sons: 1890
Edition: First British Edition
Seller ID: VN1819
Late C20th rebinding in navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, A few faint marks, bookplate on front pastedown, very good. View more info
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, L. C. Page: 1907
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: VN2627
Original fine-ribbed cream cloth, lettered and illustrated in red, black and white. Lacks frontispiece. Corners scuffed/rubbed, some light marks on text, inner joint papers lightly cracked (joints tight), good only. View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: London, Chapman & Hall: 1895
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 86062
Illustrated. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; publisher's brown-and-white monogrammed endpapers. Spine sunned and rubbed at foot, a few marks on cloth, light foxing, armorial bookplate of John Rashleigh on front pastedown, good. Sixty-two stories and sketches of criminals and crime. View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: London, F. V. White & Co.: 1902
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 89038
Original orange cloth, framed and lettered in black on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Lightly scuffed, owner's signature (1905) at head of front board and (1907) on front free endpaper, otherwise very good. Griffiths was H. M. Inspector of Prisons from 1878 to 1896, and had a lifelong interest in crime and criminology. The stories in this volume are based on his own experiences: "Moving episodes in town and country; gaol outbreaks, affrays, assaults; escapes... View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, F. V. White & Co.: 1902
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 89120
Original orange cloth, framed and lettered in black on front board, lettered in gilt on spine. Board edges speckled, small holed on spine, bookplate on front board: fair to good. Griffiths was H. M. Inspector of Prisons from 1878 to 1896, and had a lifelong interest in crime and criminology. The stories in this volume are based on his own experiences: "Moving episodes in town and country; gaol outbreaks, affrays, assaults; escapes that have succeeded or failed; sente... View more info
By: Harvey, Julian
Price: £16.00
Publisher: London, John Long: 1896
Seller ID: VN0988
Original fine-ribbed maroon cloth, lettered in gilt; green patterned endpapers. Spine tips rubbed, W. H. Smith's Subscription Library plate on front pastedown, inner joint paper chipped (but joints tight) good. A late sensation novel dealing with adultery. View more info
By: Hay, Mary Cecil
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Tyler: 1875
Edition: First One-Volume Edition
Seller ID: 81073
Late C19th beaded blue-green binder's cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; brown endpapers. Light scuffing, otherwise very good. Mystery-thriller. Who murdered Old Myddleton? Who will inherit his fortune? And who is the handsome stranger who asks a lot of questions..? View more info
By: Hay, Mary Cecil
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Tyler: 1877
Seller ID: 85112
First Thus. Recently rebound in black cloth with bold, large gilt lettering on spine; blue endpapers; all edges stained blue. A little light foxing, very good. Topp [II, p 173] incorrectly identifies this as the first edition. The novel (Hay's first) was originally published in three volumes as The Arrandel Motto by "Mark Hardcastle", by T. Cautley Newby in 1871. Hay revised the title spelling (and possibly the text) for this one volume edition of 1877. View more info
Price: £50.00
Publisher: Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier: 1889
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 89026
Original green cloth, lettered and illustrated in black; decorated endpapers with publisher's booklists. Spine ends scuffed, inner joint papers cracked, but tight: good. The half-title reads: Clues. Real Detective Stories. View more info
By: Hennessey, J. D. [John David Hennessey]
Price: £30.00
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co.: 1896
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 78048
Undated first edition [1896]. Original olive brown cloth with wavy-line blocking on front board, lettered in gilt. Small scratch to front board, front free endpaper tipped in, good. A crime story, concerned with the death of Constant M'Watt, and set in Queensland. Hennessey was an Australian writer (although born in England). The Dis-Honourable was his first novel. View more info
By: Hill, Headon [ie Francis Edward Grainger]
Price: £35.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1899
Seller ID: 84085
Yellowback, 2/- Copyright Novels. Undated [1899]. Frontispiece. Original pictorial paper-covered boards, with fine-ribbed blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Light edgewear, very good. Topp [II, p.362]. Mystery thriller set on board the ship of the title. View more info
By: Hill, Headon [ie Francis Edward Grainger]
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1899
Seller ID: 84086
Yellowback, 2/- Copyright Novels. Undated [1899]. Frontispiece. Original pictorial paper-covered boards, with fine-ribbed maroon cloth spine lettered in gilt. Light edgewear, corners rubbed, paper chipped on corners of front board, good. Topp [II, p.362]. Mystery thriller set on board the ship of the title. View more info
By: Hill, Headon [ie Francis Grainger]
Price: £35.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co.: 1914
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 87015
Original blindstamped black cloth with repeated pattern of small red rectangles on front board and spine. Lightly scuffed, some foxing spots, very good. £36.00 View more info
By: Hill, Headon [ie Francis Grainger]
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Various: 1907
Seller ID: 87115
By a Hair's-Breadth. A Romance of the Russian Terror (1897). Paperback: Cassell & Co., 1907. Bound with: The Duke Decides (1903). Paperback: Cassell & Co., 1906. Bound with: The Avengers (1906). Paperback: Ward, Lock & Co., nd. Bound with: Millions of Mischief. The Story of a Great Secret (1905). Paperback: Ward, Lock & Co., nd. Four Edwardian paperbacks bound as one (without original wrappers) in beaded maroon binder's cloth, lettered in gilt on spine. Gilt lettering ox... View more info
Price: £60.00
Publisher: London, Ward & Lock: 1860
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 84092
Mid C19th rebinding in brown binder's cloth. Boards lightly marked, lacks title label on spine, foxing spots throughout, fair/good. Criminal confessions: whether this is a genuine confession or (more likely) fiction; and whether Holt is Horsleydown (or vice versa) is unclear. Originally a yellowback: Topp lists it under Horsleydown (mis-spelled), and Sadleir under Holt. View more info
Price: £45.00
Publisher: London, James Blackwood: 1865
Seller ID: 87074
Undated, reprint , c1865. Illustrated. Original dark green cloth, blocked in black and gilt; yellow endpapers. Corners scuffed, a few specks and spots on pages, a little shaken, good. A confession of many amazing crimes ("How we robbed the Great Western Railway", "How we robbed the Bank of England", "How we robbed Louis Napoleon Bonaparte"). Originally issued as a yellowback and included by Sadleir [3522] in his section on "Detection, Criminol... View more info
By: Hope, Andree [ie Annie Jane Harvey]
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, Wilsons & Milne: 1894
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 87023
Original crimson cloth, lettered in gilt. Minimal scuffing, light foxing, very good/near fine. Two short novels: The Secret of Wardale Court & Princess Ariane -- and two shorter pieces: Beneath the Dark Shadow & Lady Loraine. Mystery, secrets, murder, vendetta, execution... Hope/Harvey was also the author of Vyvyans: or, The Murder in the Rue Bellechassse (1893). View more info
