First edition, signed presentation copy to the author's mother; 8vo (198 x 139 mm); light spotting at extremities; publisher's cloth, dust-jacket,...

A rare example of an early vampire story. The eponymous Margery of Quether is discovered by a bell-ringer, George Rosedhu on Christmas Eve. She ex...

Dixon of dock green. A compelling copy of this novelisation for the 1950 film The Blue Lamp, which introduced Jack Warner as PC Dixon who would bec...

The first edition of the author's first novel, uncommon signed and especially in such condition (the dust-jacket is notorious for fading to the sp...

A series of poems inspired by the photographs taken by Fay Godwin, preceded by the Rainbow Press limited edition, which only had four of the sixty...

With autograph letter. An attractive early issue of this classic of Victorian detective fiction, further enhanced by a letter from the author to a ...

A very good first edition example of this translation of Seneca's Oedipus by Ted Hughes, presented at the time of publication to his friends John ...

Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003), American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.First edition, fir...

Inscribed from the author "To Miss C Crommelin with the kindest regards of The Author Fergus Hume 28. 6. 89." Miss C. Crommelin is presumably one ...

An uncommon first edition three-decker mystery novel by Hume, author of The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1886), in very good condition.First edition; ...

The first US edition of these thrilling mini adventures starring one of the first female detectives. After working on the Gazetteer of India in th...

After working on the Gazetteer of India in the early 1880s, Grant Allen turned his attention to fiction, publishing more than thirty books between...

The most sought-after of the various novels by prolific writer Grant Allen: 'More successful were the detective stories, written later in his life...

The first railway detective stories. An extremely rare early detective fiction title, with only one previous auction record we could find, describi...

A very good first edition of this mystery title.First edition, first impression; 8vo; browning to free endpapers; publisher's brown cloth lettered...

The 1939 Country Life printing of this book (the first edition), was almost completely lost due to 'enemy action' during the war and is now an alm...

The scarce first edition of the continuation to Spyri's classic Heidi (1880), the tale of a young Swiss girl who lives in the Alps with her grandf...

The eighth title in Powell's twelve novel masterpiece A Dance to the Music of Time. The Soldier's Art follows the central character of Nicholas Je...