London: Newnes, 1892 & 1893. First editions. Hardcover. A very good run in the original blue pictorial cloth over bevelled boards: bindings clean and firm, spine ends puckered, gilt spine titles a little rubbed. There is occasional light foxing to the pages of Vols IV-VI. Vol III, unusually, has no..... More

London: Sampson, Low, Marston, 1898. First English edition. Hardcover. xiv, 336pp, plus 63 of the 64 plates. Lacks p.xv (listing the final 18 illustrations). Contents clean and bright, with some pinkish soiling to the plate facing p.15, and slight wear to the bottom corners of the first few pages. In..... More

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

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..... More

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

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..... More

London: Heinemann, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. [iv], 246pp. Contents very clean. Free endpapers tanned. In the original binding of bottle-green cloth, spine titled in gilt, clean, bright and firm, corners sharp. Very nice copy. More

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

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

London: Octopus Books, 1990. Hardcover. 709pp. Appears unread. Pages very clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned. In the original light blue pictorial boards: very bright and clean, corners sharp: red spine title slightly faded. Very nice copy of an uncommon edition. More