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New York: The Vanguard Press, [1941]., 1941. First edition. First edition. Author's first mystery. A tiny tear to head of spine has been professionally repaired, else a fine bright copy in a bright and colorful dust jacket. Heard's first novel, whose protagonist, Mr. Mycroft, was styled as a latter-day Sherlock Holmes, praised by both Vincent Starrett and Boris Karloff at the time of publication. "The narrator, Sidney Silchester, has retired to a small English village, where he seeks only to be left alone to potter about in his garden and to indulge his taste for honey. The wife of the man from whom he gets his honey, Mrs. Heregrove, is killed by a swarm of their bees. Silchester meets and old and somewhat mysterious scientist/detective who calls himself Mr. Mycroft and who insists that Heregrove murdered his wife by breeding a new strain of "killer Italians" (bees, that is). Silchester scoffs at this idea, until he himself is attacked for no good reason by Heregrove's… Read More

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1941. First edition. 8vo, 234pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black, top edge stained yellow, in illustrated jacket. Corners bumped, spine lightly cocked, some pushing at spine ends. Jacket shows some sunning to spine, soiling and rubbing to rear panel, light use at spine ends and corners. Very good. British historian, Henry FitzGerald, better known as Gerald, Heard's (1889-1971) first and best mystery novel.  Featuring Mr. Mycroft, implied to be Sherlock Holmes in retirement, A Taste For Honey was followed by Reply Paid, and The Notched Hairpin, in the decade following, both of which also featured the Sherlockian character.   Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.  Hubin pg 199.  .

New York: The Vanguard Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. [lightly shelfworn, with a slightly turned spine; an ex-library book, but not obnoxiously marked as such (just a single stamp on the top edge of the text block, plus a small stamp at the upper right corner of the front pastedown); additionally, a former owner has written his name plus the date & place of purchase on the front endpaper; the jacket is a bit edgeworn, with tiny bits of paper loss at several corners and at the spine ends; there is a vintage bookseller's label (J.W. Robinson Co., Los Angeles) affixed to the upper corner of the rear flap; see also the NOTE about the jacket being from a later printing]. The very scarce first edition of Heard's first "Mr. Mycroft" mystery, one of the most highly-regarded Sherlock Holmes pastiches ever published. "Mycroft" is understood to be Holmes himself, in retirement in a small English village but always available to… Read More

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1942. First UK edition. 8vo, 153pp. Publisher's drab cloth, spine stamped in black in illustrated jacket. Few bumps to edges of boards and corners, endpapers lightly foxed. Jacket with toning to spine and soiling to rar panel, shallow chipping at spine ends and corners. Very good. British historian, Henry FitzGerald, better known as Gerald, Heard's (1889-1971) first and best mystery novel.  Featuring Mr. Mycroft, implied to be Sherlock Holmes in retirement, A Taste For Honey was followed by Reply Paid, and The Notched Hairpin, in the decade following, both of which also featured the Sherlockian character.  Though the U.S. edition was published the year prior, the U.K. edition in the striking jacket is somewhat more uncommon. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.  Hubin pg 199.  .

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1942 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The first British edition in the rare dust jacket with heavy chipping. The striking front panel is mostly complete, though. Most importantly, the book is signed and inscribed by the author: "To Wolfgang / with best wishes / from the author / Gerald Heard / 26th April 1948." A rare signature in a classic mystery novel..

AVON. NY 1946. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First paperback edition. Near fine in terrific pictorial printed wrappers. (Trace of shelf soiling on spine. Short edge tear & attendant crease at base of rear cover. A few tiny spots of shelf wear on front cover. Text lightly age toned. ) .

New York: Avon Book Company, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Avon 108. A few light creases to covers. A very good copy. ; Octavo.

New York: Lancer Books. Very Good. N.D.. First Thus. Softcover. # 73647. The first Mycroft mystery. VG - Creased from storage across the font cover, slight slant. The photo is of the actual book. Entered into the Haycraft Queen Cornerstones and is considered a masterpiece in the genre. On 22 February 1955, the American Broadcasting Company presented "The Sting of Death", an adaptation of the novel starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Mycroft, as an episode of The Elgin TV Hour. The novel was loosely adapted into a 1967 British horror film, The Deadly Bees, directed by Freddie Francis but a script re-write weakened the connection. ; 8vo .

New York: Lancer Books . New York: Very Good. 1967. First Thus. First printing thus. Lancer Books 73-647 with 60 cents cover price. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction page 193]. Reginald 07007. Sherlockian mystery-horror novel with a Mr. Mycroft as the protagonist. 142 pages. VG or better copy [some edge wear to spine, cover creasing, text paperlightly toned. bx 22-24 . Very Good. Paperback. First Thus. 1st Printing. 1967.

New York: The American Mercury, 0000. a solid copy of this classic mystery; A Mercury Book, no. 70; book is not dated, probably published mid 1940s; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------. 1st Paperback Edition. Paper. Very Good+. 6 x 8".

NY: Lancer Books, 1964. [1st printing] 1964; #72-752. Featuring Mr. Mycroft. Cover art by Siegal. tanning; light edgewear; light lean.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.

Lancer Books New York., 1967. First Lancer Edition. Softcover.. Near Fine/--. Paperback. Book 73-647. NON SMOKING STORE. My listing INCLUDES PHOTO OF ACTUAL BOOK for sale. Book interior NEAR FINE, Covers Near Fine. Covers are black, lettering green/white, pictorial front. Covers and spine are flat, clean, bright, no rips, one corner crease, one very faint vertical spine crease beside spine in front and on spine, a tiny bit of colour chipping on back cover and spine, one tiny chip at top of spine, miniscule edge wear. Page edges slightly sunned. Inside of book is tight, clean, clear, crisp. Small bit of age darkening inside covers at binding and on edges of some pages. A few pages dog eared about 1/2 inch, restored flat. Owner’s name, date, small, in ink on ffep. No illustrations. No photos. Lancer Book 73-647.

lancer Books, 1964. vg+. 1st Lancer 1964 edition 1st printing paperback, vg+ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Mercury, 1946. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Ed Thus. First digest size paperback ed. Good condition. Mercury Mystery #70..

U.S.: Lancer, 1967. Solid with a light spine roll and a reading crease along the spine on the front cover.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

U.S.: Lancer, 1967. Solid with a few creases on the covers and the covers show light wear.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.

New York, NY, USA.: Lancer Books., 1967. 142 pages >> "Introducing. one of the most sinister murders of all times in one of the most fiedish and diabolical horror novels ever published.' >> Minor cover creasing; pen to title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by PHOTO Cover!. Mass Market Paperback..

New York, NY, USA.: Lancer Books., 1967. 142 pages >> "Introducing. one of the most sinister murders of all times in one of the most fiedish and diabolical horror novels ever published.' >> Minor cover creasing; store stamp & pen to title page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed.. Soft Cover. GOOD+. Illus. by PHOTO Cover!. Mass Market Paperback..