London: The Bodley Head, 1971-79. 8vo. 6 vols, set. Reprints (including four revised volumes). First published in this uniform edition 1958-63. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt. All but volume 3 have the bookseller's label of Galignani in Paris towards the bottom edge of the front pastedown. Price-clipped d/ws are.....
London: Macmillan, 1977. 8vo. First edition. Original brown cloth lettered in black on the spine. Slight shelf lean and pushing to spine ends. Blindstamp "Library of James W. Westcott" and ink ownership ("Westcott") on fly leaf. D/w price-clipped and with a very short closed tear at the top of the.....
London: Macmillan, 1986. 8vo. First UK edition. (First published in America in 1982). Original green cloth, gilt. Fine in fine d/w. The first of the 'alphabet series' of crime novels featuring Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator in Santa Teresa, California. Sue Grafton died in 2017 having reached 'Y' is for.....
London: Sceptre, 2004. 8vo. First edition, first impression with full number sequence ending in 1. Fine in fine d/w. The author's third novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and a film version starring Tom Hanks was released in 2012.
London: HarperCollins, 2013. 8vo. First impression thus. First published in 1980. Original quarter bound in brown, stamped in gold foil on grey boards, and housed in a matching slipcase. Brown silk marker ribbon. Colour illustration at front. Two colour folding map at rear. As new in shrinkwrap. Unfinished Tales is.....
London: HarperCollins, 2007. 8vo. First edition. De Luxe edition. Quarter-bound in navy with grey boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of the Helm of Hador, created by Alan Lee, and housed in a matching slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper. Silk marker ribbon. Colour frontispiece, eight colour.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 8vo. Reprint. First published in 1905. Original red cloth, gilt. Frontispiece and 7 further full page illustrations by Cyrus Cuneo (not in English editions). Spine worn with a little loss to the head. Corner tips rubbed. A few marks to the spine and the.....
London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1909. 8vo. First edition. Original pictorial blue cloth, gilt. Corner tips pushed and a bit rubbed. Circular mark on front board. Some foxing to prelims. Vertical crease to page 7 and pencil correction ('It' not 'Is') on page 15. Very good +. The last tale.....
London: Allen Lane, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original petrol blue cloth, gilt. Jacket illustration by Peter Goodfellow. D/w has a short closed tear at the head of the spine and some trivial rubbing at the corner tips. Fine in very good + d/w. 'The setting is Africa: the eastern slope.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Small loss to foot of spine and a larger piece missing from the head which just touches the first letter of the title. No inscriptions. Contents clean and fresh. Very good +. The author's first novel.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1930. 8vo. First edition. Original navy cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and marked. Boots' Library label removed from front board. A small printed form for the Library is tipped in opposite the first page of the narrative and the last page. First two blank leaves have a......
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Blind-stamped design to front board. Spine faded and rolled, partially split down the front joint and with a glued split to the head of the spine. Book label of a gentleman from the town of Zeist in the.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1932. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and dulled. Corner tips pushed. Back cover patchily faded and marked, perhaps connected to the 'Harrods Circulating Library' blind-stamped to the bottom edge of the rear pastedown? Neat ink ownership ('Frances Gough 1933') on fly. Light.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Covers rubbed and dulled, especially on the spine. Patch towards the bottom edge of the upper board where a book club label has probably been removed. A bit shaken so that the first few sections are slightly skewed.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1936. 8vo. First edition. Original red cloth, gilt. Red endpapers. Spine worn at both ends and with a split down the back joint. Patchy fading and darkening to covers. Corner tips a bit rubbed. Small neat ink ownership repeated on the free endpaper, the next blank.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939. 8vo. First edition. Original blue cloth. Slightly rolled spine is split down the back joint, creased and partially split down the middle, and worn with splits at both ends. Covers a bit dulled, especially on the spine. Corner tips worn. Endpapers browned with a small.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1947. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, silvergilt. Top edge slightly spotted. Endpapers browned as usual. Unclipped d/w is very slightly foxed, dulled on the spine, and has a single short closed tear to the head of the spine. Near fine in near fine dust-wrapper. A.....
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. 8vo. First edition. Original ochre cloth. Spine a bit faded and rubbed. Boards a little dust-soiled. Pencil ownership rubbed out on fly. Wartime paper is actually in very good condition. Very good ++. 'He was pledging both of them to a lifetime of lies, but.....
London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth. Unclipped d/w has a small tea or coffee splash to the back panel and a little bit of rubbing to the extremities. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper. Four stories.
London: William Heinemann, 1940. 8vo. First edition. Original yellow cloth lettered in red. Slightly rolled spine is punctured in the middle. Covers slightly rubbed and dulled. Endpapers browned as usual with pencil ownership rubbed out on fly. Very light foxing to first and last pages. Very good +.
London: William Heinemann, 1950. 8vo. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt. Spine slightly rubbed. Two dull patches to the back board. Some tanning to the endpapers and half-title. Near fine.
London: William Heinemann, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Ink presentation on fly has been unsuccessfully rubbed out. Unclipped d/w is worn to the spine ends and corner tips and has a nick at the head of the dulled spine. Very good + in.....
London: William Heinemann, 1951. 8vo. First edition. Original grey cloth, gilt. Spine faded. Endpapers browned as usual. Near fine. Parkis is willing.
London: William Heinemann, 1961. 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth. Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Clipped d/w is tanned on the spine and a little rubbed in places with a couple of tiny nicks. Fine in near fine dust-wrapper.
London: The Bodley Head, 1978. 8vo. First edition. Original dark green cloth, gilt. Jacket by Michael Harvey. Spine ends a bit bumped. D/w slightly tanned and faded on the spine. Near fine in very good + dust-wrapper. First issue with The Bodley Head roundel on title page.