London: George Newnes Ltd, 1895. Forty-first thousand. Hardcover. [vi], 343pp. Original pale green craquelure-patterned endpapers. Contents clean: foxing to prelims. Early ownership name rubber-stamped to front free endpaper, partially offset to pastedown. Stained inner hinges professionally repaired with Japanese tissue. In the original smooth blue cloth titled in gilt and... More about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. [1920]. First edition. Hardcover. 320pp. Contents clean, with some fore-edge foxing and a few spots in text. Original binding of bright red cloth boldly lettered in black. Clean, firm, bright copy. Scarce Secret Service novel, involving the use of currency destabilization as a weapon. More about The Man with the Rubber Soles

London: Gollancz, 1935. First 2/6 edition. Hardcover. 285pp. 1935 ownership name to front endpaper. Contents very clean, with slight toning, and slight nose from the ageing fibre. In original binding of red cloth, titled in black: boards bright and clean, corners good, some fading to the spine. A very nice early copy. More about The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

London: Gollancz, 1937. Second impression before publication. Hardcover. 446pp, [1]. First owner's name to front endpaper. Contents fine: fresh and clean. In the original binding of black cloth, rubbed, spine titling largely eroded. Fraying at heads of joints, small snag at foot of spine, and tips of corners slightly blunted... More about Busman's Honeymoon

London: The Crime Club / Collins, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 192pp. 1945 gift inscription to front pastedown. Small stain to base of gutter throughout book. One or two small spots elsewhere, contents otherwise very good. In the original binding of red cloth, spine titled in black. Firm, slightly bumped, and rather soiled. More about The Black Stage

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 189pp. Contents very fresh and clean. In the original blue cloth-textured binding titled in gilt, clean and bright, corners sharp, spine ends slightly blunted. In the protected unclipped dust jacket, very fresh, clean and bright to the pictorial front and the spine... More about Number Two, North Steps

London: Cassell, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Mint unread copy emerging for the first time from a contemporary Cassell's box. 172pp. In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in silver, sharp and fresh, in new condition. In the unclipped pictorial dust jacket, crisp and immaculate, with faint age-related variegation to the... More about Gently to a Sleep

London: Constable Crime, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 175pp. Contents very clean. Signed by Hunter to the front endpaper. In the original black cloth-textured binding titled in silver, clean, firm and bright, corners sharp. In the unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Lovely fresh copy. More about Amorous Leander. A Superintendent Gently suspense novel. [signed copy