Crime from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Meet The Tiger
by Charteris, Leslie
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1929
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- Publisher's Cloth
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$388.95
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London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited c. 1929. Small 8vo. c. 1929 very early edition. 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth with lettering to spine and board. Minor rubbing to boards, bumping to corners and light wear to joints and spine ends. Light foxing to edges and some foxing scattered throughout. Lacks ffep. The first 'Saint' novel. The Meet… Read more about this item Item Price
$388.95
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Dead Man's Folly
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1956
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- Half Morocco
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$324.12
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London: The Crime Club by Collins 1956. Small 8vo. First Edition. 256 pp. Recently bound half terracotta morroco with gilt lettering and raised bands to the spine. Top edge gilt. With Occasional minor spots, otherise in near fine condition. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1956. Item Price
$324.12
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Crooked House
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1956
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- 1/4 Morocco
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$259.30
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London: The Crime Club by Collins 1949. Small 8vo. First Edition. 192 pp. Recently bound red morroco with gilt lettering and raised bands to the spine. Occasional minor spots and some scratching to the outer edge of leaves. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. First Edition. 1956. Item Price
$259.30
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4.50 from Paddington
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1956
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- Half Morocco
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$324.12
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London: The Crime Club by Collins 1957. Small 8vo. First Edition. 256 pp. Recently bound half terracotta morroco with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Occasional minor spots and marks to leaves. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1956. Item Price
$324.12
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They Came to Baghdad
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1951
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- Cloth
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$162.06
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London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins 1951. 8vo. First edition. 256 pp. Red cloth with black lettering to spine, in dustjacket. Rubbing at fading at spine and edges of binding. Jacket torn with loss at spine and edges and a water stain to the rear cover. Some loss to endpapers at the spine alongside some foxing. . Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
by Conan Doyle, Adrian ; Carr, John Dickson
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1962
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$77.79
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London: John Murray 1962. Small 8vo. x, 313 pp. Hardcover in illustrated jacket (not price clipped). Light rubbing and selotape marks to jacket. Slight rubbing to book's spine. Internally clean. From the flap: 'a collection of entirely new Sherlock Holmes stories written by the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and that master of detective fiction John Dickson Carr'. .… Read more about this item Item Price
$77.79
No Friend For Travellers
by Wightman, A. J.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$32.41
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London: Robert Hale Limited 1959. 8vo. First Edition. 156 pp. Maroon boards in pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Jacket slightly marked with minor wear around edges. Boards clean. Fore-edge spotted but otherwise internally clean. Illustrations. A history of the infamous society of Thugs, organised gangs of professional robbers and murderers in India. . Very Good. Hard Cover. First Edition. 1959.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Secret of Father Brown
by Chesterton, G. K.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
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- Cloth
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$64.82
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London: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1927. 8vo. First Edition. [viii], 310 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to extremities, fading to spine and marks to boards. Binding a little slanted. Occasional minor spots but generally internally clean, with pencil marks to rear pastedown. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1927. Item Price
$64.82
Casino Royale
by Fleming, Ian
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 4th Printing
- Published
- 1961
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- Paperback
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$25.93
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London: Pan Books Ltd 1959. Small 8vo. Fourth Printing. 158, [2] pp. Colour illustrated paperback; classic Pan pulpy cover. Slight wear to joints with minor loss to corner of front board. Yellowed, slightly scratched and spotted boards. Pages yellowed, with occasional minor spots (especially at endpapers). The first James Bond novel. . Very Good. Paperback. 4th Printing. 1961. Item Price
$25.93
The Melody of Death
by Wallace, Edgar
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$77.79
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London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd. 1929. 12mo. 252 pp. Maroon boards with gilt lettering and decoration in a colour illustrated jacket. Jacket slightly worn at edge, but generally in very good condition, clean and bright. Pages yellowed. Binding firm but slightly delicate within - all still holding together. Classic pulpy crime novel with a very cool jacket featuring… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Tramp: His Meaning and Being
by Gray, Frank
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1931
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- Cloth
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$129.65
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London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. 1931. 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition. xvi, 268 pp. Orange cloth with blind-stamped device to front board and gilt lettering to spine, in priceclipped jacket. Illustrated with 21 black & white photographic plates. Jacket grubbied and torn at edges, with tape to the spine. Fading to cloth at the head of the spine. Some minor… Read more about this item Item Price
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Criminals I Have Known
by Griffiths, Arthur
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1895
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- Half Morocco
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$162.06
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London: Chapman & Hall, Ld. 1895. 8vo. vii, 306 pp. Half green morocco over light green boards with raised bands, gilt-stamped borders, devices and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing in a few places on the spine and corners; slight slant to binding. A little yellowing to page edges, a few minor spots, but otherwise generally… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Locked-Room Mysteries: The Four Just Men; The Mystery of the Yellow Room;The Hollow Man [Three Volume Set]
by Edwards, Martin [ed.] ; Leroux, Gaston ; Wallace, Edgar ; Carr, John Dickson
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Slipcase
- Published
- 2017
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- Hardcover
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$123.17
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London: The Folio Society 2017. 8vo. 3 volumes. xvii, 130; vii, 236; vii, 255 pp. Green, red and grey hardcovers with key embossed on front boards and silver lettering in grey slipcase. All in fine condition, clean, fresh and bright. Selection of preeminent examples of the 'locked-room mystery'. . Fine. Hardcover. 2017. Item Price
$123.17
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The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life
by Mayhew, Henry ; Binny, John
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1862
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- Half Calf
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- 1
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$324.12
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London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company 1862. Small 4to. First Edition. xii, 634 pp. Recent half brown speckled calf over marbled boards, with raised bands, maroon title label, gilt-stamped devices and lettering to spine. In fine condition externally, as new - one or two spots to prelims but generally internally clean. A few tears that have been repaired within, and it… Read more about this item Item Price
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For Kicks
by Francis, Dick
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
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- Half Morocco
- Quantity Available
- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$226.89
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London: Michael Joseph 1965. 16mo. 225 pp., Green, half morocco binding with blue marbled boards, gilt decorated spine and red title label. Internally clean with slight darkening to the leaves. A former full time jump jockey and winner of over 350 races, Dick Francis went on to a successful literary career with many of his novels focusing on crime in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Blue Room
by Simenon, Georges; Ellenbogen, Eileen (transl.)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition in English
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$54.45
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London: Hamish Hamilton 1965. Small 8vo. First UK Edition. 157 pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine under illustrated blue jacket, not price clipped, designed by Youngman Carter. Jacket marked, chipped at spine, with some loss to rear panel. Otherwise near fine inside and out. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition in English. 1965. Item Price
$54.45
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The Murder Bag
by Parsons, Tony
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781780892337
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$25.93
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London: Century 2014. 8vo. 372 pp, signed on title page, spine slightly rolled with reading. 9781780892337 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2014. Item Price
$25.93
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My Friend the Murderer and Other Mysteries and Adventures
by Conan Doyle, A.
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1890
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- Cloth
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$51.86
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New York: American Publishers Corporation (circa 1890s). 8vo. 288 pp., Brown cloth with gilt decorated spine and top edge gilt. Some marks to the boards and rubbing to the spine with slight loss to the tail. Wear to the hinges with the webbing exposed. Owner's name in ink to the front endpapers and some spotting, otherwise internally clean. . Good.… Read more about this item Item Price
$51.86
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The Two Forgers: a Biography of Harry Buxton Forman & Thomas James Wise
by Collins, John
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- 1/4 Morocco
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- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$486.19
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Aldershot: Scholar Press 1992. 8vo. xiii, 317, x pp., Limited Edition. Red quarter morocco binding with gilt lettered spine. Some sunning to the head of the boards and minor marks. Internally clean and bright and illustrated throughout in black and white. With original pamphlet 'At Browning's Grave' by Alfred Foreman 1899, bound to the rear. Number 9 of 57 copies… Read more about this item Item Price
$486.19
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by Francis, Dick
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780718104313
- Quantity Available
- 1
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London, Greater London, GBR
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$32.41
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London: Michael Joseph 1969. 8vo. 224 pp., First edition. Hardcover with pictorial jacket. Some creasing to the edges of the jacket. Internally clean with slight lean to the spine. 0718104315 . Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1969. Item Price
$32.41