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This special rebound edition was produced with the approval of the author and is letter F out of 12 lettered copies signed by Sharon Bolton. It also carries a new introduction about the author and the Lacey Flint novels. Bolton is one of the outstanding and excited prospects for British crime fiction.The rebound first edition is as new. Original jacket is included.

An early anthology from the crime small press. This was a book designed around attendance at the crime convention of British and American writers held in the UK. The short stories are by some well known names including: Robert Barnard, Lawrence Block, Liza Cody, Lindsey Davis, Martin Edwatds, the Elkins, John Harvey, H R F Keating, Reginald Hill, Judy Jance, Peter Lovesey, Val McDermid, Sara Paretsku, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson and Margaret Yorke. Some 28 signatures. This is no 109 of 150 numbered copies. it has been in stock and is unread.

THis is the first novel in the Detective Superintentant Roy Grace series, now up to nearly twenty plus novels. The series is popular with crime readers because of the strands of the story - often involving an exploration of motive of the criminal mind. It was successful transfered to the television with John Sims in the led role.
This copy is the true first edition is VG+ with the main fault being a yellowing of the block block, because of the printers' use of cheap page stock. No inscriptions or marks. The jacket has very slight creasing at the head and tail of the spine and corners. This is reflected in the asking price.

This book is aimed at collectors of Lionel Davidson and Dick Francis books. It was developed with Davidson and Francis - is a tribute book involving two major thriller writers with an introduction by Len Deighton. It comprises interviews with the subjects, a critical look at the development of the adventure/thriller form by Michael Johnson (owner of Scorpion Press and contributor to books on crime writers), and an annotated bibliographies, book summaries, including print run sizes.The book is signed by Francis and Davidson and is numbered 1/250.. crime

This book is the original British first edition/printing rebound by the Scorpion Press in 2019 in blue leather with five raised bands, gilt titles, red coloured top edge, and commissioned marbled paper over boards. It contains an author profile signed by Ellory and lettered (1/12). This is Ellory's debut novel and the author profile notes that he taps into the Faulkner motif of good and evil. A must for the collect of this distinctive writer.

This is one of 70 signed and numbered copies in a special binding with an appreciation by Ken Bruen. As in all of Ellory's novels it is set in the US. Ellory's break-through novel set in the South was A Quiet Belief in Angels. In 2018 Scorpion Press rebound twelve copies of the first edition in leather with five raised bands with the addition of a signed Author Profile page. They sold out immediately. Candemoth has also been rebound in leather in a run of thirteen books.