The Complete Murder Sampler.

By: Nelson, James (ed)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Macdonald: London.: 1950.

Edition: First British edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 42511

Condition: Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket.

Collects fifteen stories with a four page introduction from the editor. Includes ''The Outsider'' by H. P. Lovecraft. View more info

The Mystery Writer's Art.

By: Nevins Jr., Francis M. (ed.)

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.: 1970.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 36710

Condition: G/VG copy.

338 pages: collection of essays. View more info

New Blood no 1 - 7 (all published).

By: NEW BLOOD, (ed. Chris Lacher)

Price: £35.00

Publisher: 1987-1990.

Edition: First editions.

Seller ID: 31233

Condition: Fine (unread) copies.

Seven issues of this small-press horror fiction magazine were published between 1987-1990, the first (''Premiere'') issue as an A5 booklet in plain red stapled wrappers, the next two as (larger) A4 perfect bound magazines in illustrated wrappers, and issues 4 - 7 as A4 stapled magazines. By issue seven it had become a slick professional newstand magazine with colour covers - and promptly folded. This is a fine/as new (unread) set of all seven issues. View more info

Warhammer: Beasts In Velvet.

By: Newman, Kim (writing as "Jack Yeovil")

Price: £10.00

Publisher: GW Books: Brighton.: 1991.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 04039

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Very uncommon. View more info

Guinevere (inscribed by the author).

By: Newman, Sharan

Price: £10.00

Publisher: St. Martin's Press: NY.: 1981.

Edition: First paperback edition.

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 39131

Condition: VG copy.

Historical fantasy. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED TO THE UK SF WRITER KEITH ROBERTS/''For Keith Roberts, with thanks and many wishes for a happy holiday, Sharon Newman, 1991''. View more info

The Night Of Morningstar.

By: O'Donnell, Peter

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Pan Books: London.: 1984.

Edition: First paperback edition.

Seller ID: 41932

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

A Modesty Blaise thriller. View more info

The Xanadu Talisman (Modesty Blaise).

By: O'Donnell, Peter

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Pan Books: London.: 1982.

Edition: First paperback edition.

Seller ID: 41947

ISBN: 0330268473

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

A Modesty Blaise thriller. View more info

Cobra Trap (signed by the author)..

By: O'Donnell, Peter

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Souvenir Press: London.: 1996.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 00015

ISBN: 0285633325

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Modesty Blaise novel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. View more info

Off Beat Detective Story Magazine vol 2 no 6.

By: OFF BEAT DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE,

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Pontiac Publishing Corp: Holyoke, MA.: 1959 (January).

Edition: First edition.

Seller ID: 38325

Condition: Tiny nick in front cover, a NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Volume 2, number 6 (January 1959). Octavo, single issue, cover illustration by Carl Pfeufer, pictorial wrappers. Mystery magazine which emphasized sex and violence. Note: previously titled SURE FIRE DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE for nine issues from 1956-1958, with a title change to OFF BEAT DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE from the September 1958 issue (with no change in volume numbering) for a further 26 issues till May 1963. See Cook, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazi... View more info

Off Beat Detective Story Magazine vol 2 no 5.

By: OFF BEAT DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE,

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Pontiac Publishing Corp: Holyoke, MA.: 1958 (November).

Edition: First edition.

Seller ID: 38328

Condition: A bright, NF/Fine (unread) copy.

Volume 2, number 5 (November 1958). Octavo, single issue, cover illustration by M. E. Sherwood, pictorial wrappers. Mystery magazine which emphasized sex and violence. Note: previously titled SURE FIRE DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE for nine issues from 1956-1958, with a title change to OFF BEAT DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE from the September 1958 issue (with no change in volume numbering) for a further 26 issues till May 1963. See Cook, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Mag... View more info

Paperback Parade no 16: Richard Prather Special Issue.

By: PAPERBACK PARADE, (ed. Gary Lovisi)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Gryphon Books: NY.: 1990 (January).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 38605

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

The Magazine For Paperback Readers And Collectors. 48 pages. View more info

The Ten Ounce Siesta.

By: Partridge, Norman

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Berkley: NY.: 1998.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 11394

ISBN: 0425161439

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Mystery novel by a writer better known in the horror field. View more info

Mystery and Crime: The New York Public Library Book of Answers: Intriguing and Entertaining Questions and Answers about the Who's Who and What's What Of Whodunits.

By: Pearsall, Jay

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Fireside: NY.: 1995.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 35604

ISBN: 0671872370

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

176 pages. View more info

Raymond Chandler: His Novels Into Film.

By: Pendo, Stephen

Price: £50.00

Publisher: The Scarecrow Press: USA.: 1976.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 36913

ISBN: 0810809311

Condition: Page edges show light spotting,, else a fine copy as issued without dustjacket (as new).

240 pages. View more info

The Great Detectives.

By: Penzler, Otto (ed.)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Little, Brown And Company: Boston.: 1978.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 35572

ISBN: 0316698830

Condition: Fine copy in a fine price-clipped dustjacket.

Interviews with 26 crime/thriller writerrs: ''twenty-six masters of contemporary detective fiction are put on the stand and asked many questions about the private and professional lives of their sleuths''. View more info

Back From The Dead.

By: Petit, Chris

Price: £10.00

Publisher: MacMillan: London.: 1999.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 33391

ISBN: 0333622782

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new) with publicity material laid in.

Thriller. View more info

The Dorking Gap Affair: A Mycroft Holmes Adventure.

By: Petrie, Glen

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Bantam Press: London.: 1989.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 17260

ISBN: 0593016963

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

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Phantom vol 1 no 15.

By: PHANTOM, (ed. Leslie Syddall)

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Dalrow Publications, Bolton, Lancashire.: 1958.

Edition: First edition.

Seller ID: 44186

Condition: Front cover creased with a little tape repair, a G/VG copy.

15th issue (June, 1958). UK magazine, 16 issues published in total , monthly, April 1957 - July 1958: at the time the only UK magazine devoted entirely to supernatural fiction.''UK large digest magazine, 16 issues, monthly, April 1957 - July 1958, published by Dalrow Publications, Bolton, Lancashire; edited by Leslie Syddall. Short-lived, Phantom was at the time the only UK magazine devoted entirely to supernatural fiction. It concentrated on ghost stories, bu... View more info

The Public Life Of Sherlock Holmes.

By: Pointer, Michael

Price: £15.00

Publisher: David & Charles: London.: 1975.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 08141

ISBN: 0715367498

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

200 pages: ''the first book to recount the many ways in which the entertainment industry has used, and misused, the best-known character in all fiction''. View more info

The Methods Of Uncle Abner.

By: Post, Melville Davisson

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Aspen Press: Boulder, CO.: 1974.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 41436

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Collects four Uncle Abner detective stories, edited and with a five-page introduction by Tom Schantz and Enid Schantz. View more info

The Old Vengeful.

By: Price, Anthony

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1982.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 10607

ISBN: 0575031921

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Espionage novel featuring Dr David Audley of British Intelligence. View more info

The Doomsday Men: An Adventure.

By: Priestley, J. B.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: William Heinemann: London.: 1938.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 40675

Condition: Page edges browning, a VG+ copy (dark blue cloth) in a G/VG price-clipped dustjacket with shallow chipping along the edges and a little browning to thespine panel (background only, not affecting red lettering).

SF novel.''a surprising amount of his work makes use of sf or fantasy themes and devices, though sometimes in a delusional frame, as with Albert Goes Through (1933), whose eponymous hero's experiences in an absurd cinematic universe are explained as a fever-dream. But sf concerns do to some extent propel Adam in Moonshine (1927), featuring a Ruritanian-flavoured conspiracy to restore monarchical rule to the UK, and Benighted (1927; vt The Old Dark House 1928) - a... View more info

Son Of Gun In Cheek: An Affectionate Guide To More Of The ''Worst'' In Mystery Fiction.

By: Pronzini, Bill

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Mysterious Press: NY.: 1987.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 35576

ISBN: 0892962873

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

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Pulp Classics no 21: The Death Dealers: Fantastic Sleuths Battling Diabolical Villains.

By: PULP CLASSICS, (ed. Robert Weinberg)

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Robert Weinberg: Chicago.: 1980.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 34689

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

21st issue. 22 issues of this pulp reprint small-press magazine were published by Robert Weinberg 1972-1979. Reprints four stories from the detective pulps, two from TEN DETECTIVE ACES and two from FEDERAL AGENT in the 1930s. View more info

The Glass Village.

By: Queen, Ellery

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Victor Gollancz: London.: 1976.

Edition: Reprint.

Seller ID: 36277

ISBN: 0575020687

Condition: A little browning along top page edges, else a fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

First published in 1954. '' Volume XX11 Of The Complete Crime Novels Of Ellery Queen''. View more info

The Falls.

By: Rankin, Ian

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Orion: London.: 2001.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 10791

ISBN: 075282130X

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Detective Inspecture Rebus crime novel. View more info

Beggars Banquet.

By: Rankin, Ian

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Orion: London.: 2002.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 14835

ISBN: 075285237X

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

The author's second collection of crime/mystery short stories. View more info

Beggars Banquet (signed by the author).

By: Rankin, Ian

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Orion: London.: 2002.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Inscription: Signed

Seller ID: 08813

ISBN: 075285237X

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

The author's second collection of crime/mystery short stories. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. View more info

Looking For Mr Nobody.

By: Rann, Sue

Price: £5.00

Publisher: No Exit Press: England.: 2003.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 12233

ISBN: 1842430661

Condition: Fine (as new) copy.

Thriller. View more info

Canadian Holmes The First Twenty-Five Years: An Anthology.

By: Redmond, Christopher (ed)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Calabash Press: Ashcroft, British Columbia.: 1997.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 28905

ISBN: 1899562273

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

300 page collection of the best articles and stories from the long-running magazine. View more info

Murder Comes Calling! (Sexton Blake Library #455).

By: Reid, Desmond

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Fleetway Publications: London.: 1960 (July).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 25906

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Sexton Blake Library no 455. Price 1/-. View more info

The World-Shakers! (Sexton Blake Library #457).

By: Reid, Desmond

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Fleetway Publications: London.: 1960 (August).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 25907

Condition: Staples rusting, a VG+ copy.

Sexton Blake Library no. 457. Price 1/-. View more info

Contract For A Killer (Sexton Blake Library #463).

By: Reid, Desmond

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Fleetway Publications: London.: 1960 (November).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 25910

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

Sexton Blake Library no 463. Price 1/-. View more info

Conflict Within (Sexton Blake Library #449).

By: Reid, Desmond

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Fleetway Publications: London.: 1960 (April).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 25919

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for a little rusting to rear staple.

Sexton Blake Library no 449. Price 1/-. View more info

Witch-Hunt! (Sexton Blake Library #452).

By: Reid, Desmond

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Fleetway Publications: London.: 1960 (May).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 25922

Condition: Fine (unread) copy but for a little rusting to rear staple.

Sexton Blake Library no 452. Price 1/-. View more info

State Of Fear (Sexton Blake Library #474).

By: Reid, Desmond

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Fleetway Publications: London.: 1961 (April).

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 33019

Condition: Staples a little rusty, a near fine (NF) copy.

Sexton Blake Library no. 474. Price 1/-. View more info

A Sight For Sore Eyes.

By: Rendell, Ruth

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Hutchinson: London.: 1998.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 06367

ISBN: 009180101

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Crime novel. View more info

Masters Of The Galaxy.

By: Resnick, Mike

Price: £15.00

Publisher: PS Publishing: Harrogate.: 2012.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 32842

ISBN: 1848634811

Condition: Fine copy in pictorial boards, as issued without dustjacket (as new)..

SF novel. Trade (unsigned) hardcover. View more info

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed (proofreader Hugh Lamb's copy).

By: Ripley, Mike

Price: £20.00

Publisher: HarperCollins: London.: 2017.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 45204

ISBN: 0008172234

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

428 pages: foreword by Lee Child: subtitled ''How Britain Lost An Empire but it's Secret Agents Saved the World''. Hugh Lamb's copy with his signature and date (11/7/17) at the top corner of the ftitle page. Hugh has also pencilled in on the same page/''proofread by HL'' March 2017'' together with the invoice for the work and the amount received. Laid in is a handwritten note to Hugh from an editor at HarperCollins (Georgie)/''to Hugh, as promised a finished copy o... View more info

Fresh Blood (and) Fresh Blood 2 (and) Fresh Blood 3.

By: Ripley, Mike (& Maxim Jakubowski, eds.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: The Do-Not Press: London.: 1996 - 1999.

Edition: First editions.

Seller ID: 06198

ISBN: 1899344039

Condition: Fine (as new) copies.

Three volumes. Set of the three original crime anthologies, showcasing ''the cream of Britain's new wave of crime writers''. View more info

Glory In Death.

By: Robb, J. D.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton: London.: 1996.

Edition: First hardcover edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 04728

Condition: Fine copy in a fine dustjacket (as new).

Sf crime novel set in the year 2058: an ''Eve Dallas Investigation''. View more info

Midland Murders & Mysteries.

By: Roberts, Barrie

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Quercus/John Roberts: Birmingham.: 1997.

Edition: First edition (& 1st printing).

Seller ID: 34533

ISBN: 1898136149

Condition: Fine (unread) copy.

114 pages: ''a collection of murder cases that covers the bizarre, the pitiful and the plain nasty, and they come from Worcestershire, the Black Country, leafy Warwickshire and rural Staffordshire''. View more info