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LONDON.: J G KENNEDY & CO. lTD., 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy of this interesting and hard to find book. 234 pages no inscriptions or loss. Dated 1993 first edition. Outer boards unmarked. Dust wrapper is complete with a tiny close .tear at the top of the front panel.

LONDON.: Ward Lock and Company., 1902. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Original Boards.. THE MARGATE MURDER MYSTERY by BURFORD DELANNOY first UK edition Published by Ward Lock in 1902 The book is in very good condition. 326 + 4 pages. Contents are complete, clean and tight. Ownership details to the front pastedown/endpaper. No marks or other inscriptions. Scattered foxing. Pictorial boards are generally clean and bright. Spine ends are just a little worn. A very good copy.

LONDON.: HARRAP., 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Facsimile. MEET THE BARON by ANTHONY MORTON aka John Creasey first UK edition Published by George Harrap in 1937 The book is in very good condition. 346 pages. Contents are complete, clean and tight. No marks or inscriptions. Blue boards are exceptionally clean and bright. Spine ends are just a little worn. A very good copy. Comes with a true first edition facsimile dust jacket.

LONDON.: Collins Crime Club., 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in its original dust wrapper. 256 age appropriate pages. No loss or tears. Ink name cut out from top of ffep.Dated 1947 first UK edition. Outer red boards are unmarked. Shows a faint strip at the top of the front panel. The extremely rare dust wrapper shows a price of 8s 6d net on the front flap. Scuffs to top of spine. Small loss at base and chip to front panel affecting the AKE in BLAKE. This is now covered by a precise facsimile wrapper and hides the loss completely.

LONDON.: NEWNES., 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Original Boards.. HILDA McGAVIN.. A good plus copy of this true first edition published in 1943. 128 age appropriate pages (war paper stock). Previous owners name. nd but published in 1943 as shown in the Enid Blyton Society web page. All illustrations are in accordance with that web site as well. Priced at 2/- net on the front board. Outer pictorial board is dusty and the spine strip has a small tear at the base. No d/j as issued.

LONDON.: SIR ISAAC PITMAN, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. M FORSTER KNIGHT.. An extremely rare true first edition book. No other listings at all. 154 + 4 pages at the rear. No inscriptions, loss or tears. Very light scattered foxing on page ends. Dated 1939 on the title page. True UK first edition . Outer boards are marked with age. Foxing and staining. One for the collection.

LONDON.: WALTER EDWARDS., 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. MURDER CANCELS ALL DEBTS by M.V. HEBERDEN first UK edition Published by Walter Edwards in 1946 The book is in very good condition. 220 pages. Contents are complete, clean and tight. No marks or inscriptions. Orange boards are exceptionally clean and bright. Dust jacket has minor chipping and edge wear. Couple of minor internal tape repairs. Not price clipped at 7s 6d net. VG+ book in VG jacket. A very nice copy.

London.: Odhams Press Ltd., 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very nice copy and rare in its original dust wrapper. 280 pages with no loss or tears. Scattered foxing throughout. Previous owners name in pencil on the ffep. Dated as C338(1938) on the copyright page. Outer blue boards have slight marks to the front and rear panel. The original dust wrapper shows a loss of approximately 1.5 inches at the base of the spine, chips to the top of the rear panel. Closed tear on the front. See through tape on the verso. Conveniently placed under the wrapper is a photocopy of the original covering most of this loss. Still a collectible and becoming harder to find copy.

LONDON.: Odhams Press Ltd., 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 'Murder in the Mews. 4 Poirot Stories' by Agatha Christie. Published: London, Odhams, 1938 (1st ed with C338 to copyright page). 8vo HB. pp; 280. Some spotting to rear end papers, with discolouration to edges of text-block. Internally clean and tight. Outer blue boards show scuffs to the spine ends. Fade strip/stain along the top corner of the spine. Gilt lettering to the spine. The dust jacket has a loss of about 1 inch at the base of the spine and a smaller loss at the top. Dusty rear panel. Inserted is a photo copy of the original and this covers the loss accordingly.

NEW YORK.: THE CRIME CLUB BY DOUBLEDAY DORAN & CO., 1939. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The book is in very good condition. 278 pages.1939 first US edition. Contents are complete, clean and tight. No marks or inscriptions. Blue boards are exceptionally clean and bright.. Dust jacket has chipping and edge wear. Couple of tape repairs internally. Price clipped. Some scuffing to the edges. VG+ book in Good jacket. A nice copy.

LONDON.: THE BODLEY HEAD., 1923. No Binding. New/Facsimile. Please note that this is a new FACSIMILE dust jacket only. NO BOOK.

LONDON.: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good copy AND signed and dated by Jack Hobbs onto the front end piece. 242 rough cut and age appropriate pages. Dated 1924 on the copyright page. No other dates. First UK edition. Stitching starting to show on pages 129 and 177.. Outer green boards are unmarked with a slightly faded spine. No dust wrapper.

LONDON.: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd., 1934. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy AND signed by Maurice Tate onto the half title page. Extremely rare in the original5/- dust wrapper. 208 pages with no loss ore tears. Scattered light foxing. Previous owners bookplate. Outer orange boards are unmarked. The wrapper has chips along the bottom and tips of spine.(see photo). Extremely rare.

London.: Ward Lock and Company., 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Facsimile. THE EVIL EYE by ANTHONY WYNNE first UK edition Published by Hutchinson in (1925) The book is in very good condition. 288 + 40 pages. Contents are complete, clean and tight. A few fox like marks to the rear end paper and paste down. No other marks or inscriptions. Scarlet boards are exceptionally clean and bright. Facsimile jacket included. A very nice copy.

LONDON.: AMALGAMATED PRESS., 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good/Original wraps.. An extremely rare copy of this true first edition printing of the title Murder In The Mews (1937). Large size paperback. Rusty staples. Small tear and fold. No pages missing. "Murder in the Mews" appeared in Woman's Journal in December 1936 as "Mystery Of The Dressing Case" in a version with differing chapter divisions to those that eventually appeared in the book.

LONDON.: Methuen., 1946. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. J ABBEY.. A very good copy in original dust wrapper. 166 pages with no tears or loss. Previous owners name.Dated 1946 on the copyright page. First UK edition. Outer green boards is universal in colour but has marks rubbed off from the rear of the wrapper. (see photo). The wrapper shows a price of 5s net on the front flap.Chips to top and bottom of the spine panel.

LONDON.: THE POPULAR LIBRARY., 1934. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The book is in very good condition. 281 pages. Contents are complete, clean and tight. No marks or inscriptions.Later edition. Red boards are exceptionally clean and bright. Dust jacket has the slightest edge wear. Some areas of reinforcement internally. Priced at 3/6 net on the spine. VG+ book in VG jacket. A very nice copy.

London.: Collins Crime Club., 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Facsimile. MYSTERY AT KENSINGTON GORE by MARTIN PORLOCK first UK edition Published by Collins Crime Club in 1932 The book is in fair condition. 252 + 4 pages. Contents are complete, clean and tight. Text block edges are dusty. Ownership name to the front endpaper. No marks or other inscriptions. Orange boards are marked. Rear spine hinge is split and frayed. Spine ends are worn and soft. A fairly good copy. iNCLUDED IS A FACSIMILE DUST JACKET AND DOES MAKE THE BOOK LOOK COMPLETE ON THE BOOK SHELF.

London.: Collins., 1935. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good later copy. 296 age appropriate pages with scattered foxing throughout. Previous owners name and date on the ffep.No torn or loose pages. Slight lean to the right. Dated as twelfth impression February 1935 on the copyright page. Outer blue boards are heavily marked and has a faded spine.

London.: Rich and Cowan., 1933. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Facsimile. A very good condition book with a colour copy of the impossible to find original dust wrapper. 28 authors all with a short story of their own Agatha Christie story is "The Second Gong" A classic locked room mystery. Hercule Poirot must solve the case of a murdered man, found with a gun in a locked room. First published in 1932 in the UK in Strand Magazine, the story was later expanded into the novella-length Dead Mans Mirror. It was included in the collection Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories, published in the US in 1948, and Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories, which was released in the UK in 1991.This therefore is the first publication in book form. 935 pages with no tears or loss. Previous owners name.Dated 1933 third impression on the copyright page. Outer maroon boards with green letters on a slightly faded spine. Unmarked throughout. The photo copy wrapper is extremely rare as there are no… Read More