Crime from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Jonathan Cape 1957. Small 8vo. First edition, black hardback in a Denis Piper illustrated jacket, 160 pp. Foxing to extremities, rear free endpaper missing. A few light stains to edges of some of the leaves but on the whole internally clean, jacket darkened. An account of a major campaign against a diamond smuggling racket in Africa, illustrated with b/w… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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.

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.

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.

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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'. .… Ler mais sobre este item

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.… Ler mais sobre este item

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.

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.

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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.

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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.

London: Century 2014. 8vo. 372 pp, signed on title page, spine slightly rolled with reading. 9781780892337 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2014.

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.… Ler mais sobre este item

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… Ler mais sobre este item

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.