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Book cover ofPlaying Dead 1
  • PLAYING DEAD

  • Author: Martin EDWARDS (Editor)
  • Publisher: Severn House
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a stated This first world edition published in Great Britain and the USA in 2025.  Pictorial boards.  Un-priced dust jacket which is the norm now for Severn House books.  Unread.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Short stories in honour of Simon Brett by members of The Detection Club.  Edited by Martin Edwards.

    Members of the Detection Club, the most prestigi....

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Book cover ofPlaying Dead 1
  • PLAYING DEAD

  • Author: Martin EDWARDS (Editor)
  • Publisher: Severn House
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a stated This first world edition published in Great Britain and the USA in 2025.  Pictorial boards.  Un-priced dust jacket which is the norm now for Severn House books.  Read once very carefully.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Short stories in honour of Simon Brett by members of The Detection Club.  Edited by Martin Edwards.

    Members of the Detection Club,....

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Book cover ofDead of the Night 1
  • DEAD OF THE NIGHT

  • Author: John RHODE
  • Publisher: Dodd Mead & Co
  • Comments:

    This is a US paperback edition in fair condition for its age.  Published in the UK as Night Exercise.   Undated but circa 1946 – Popular Library 99.   The book is generally grubby.  Heavy age tanning to pages making them very brown but still eminently readable.  The covers are showing signs of wear to the extremities and are very creased (see photos) with vertical creases down the ....

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Book cover ofShadows over Baker St PB
  • SHADOWS OVER BAKER STREET

  • Author: Michael REAVES
  • Publisher: Del Rey
  • Comments:

    A First US  trade paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing and a stated First Trade Paperback Edition March 2025.  Some age tanning to pages.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

    Edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan.  As a BONUS, Simon Clark has SIGNED the book on his story page.

    SYNOPSIS:  “The terrifying sur....

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Book cover ofMalorie 14914
  • MALORIE **PC COPY**

  • Author: Josh MALERMAN
  • Publisher: SST Publications
  • Comments:

    This is a Publisher’s Copy (PC) of the signed numbered limited edition hardback produced by SST with a stated first edition February 2022 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.   UNREAD.  The title was previously published by Orion in 2020.  Includes extra bonus material.

    A PC copy is a book that is identical to the Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition in all ....

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Book cover ofThe Wind of Liberty 1
  • THE WIND OF LIBERTY

  • Author: Kenneth BULMER
  • Publisher: Digit
  • Comments:

    This is a US mass market paperback.  The covers are very worn; rubbed along the edge of the front cover adjacent to the spine.  Badly creased adjacent to the spine on the rear cover and reading creases to spine.  Covers are generally grubby.  Age tanning to pages and to insides of covers.

    A Digit book #607.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Waiting, quiet and as dangerous as a timber-wolf, V....

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Book cover ofCruel Summer
  • CRUEL SUMMER (Signed Numbered Limited)

  • Author: Matt VENNE
  • Publisher: Tasmaniac Publications
  • Comments:

    A first Signed Numbered Limited edition (100 copies only) paperback.  Stated first edition, first printing 2009.  Unread.

    Book #60 of 100 and SIGNED by Matt Venne on the limitation page.  Introduction by Joe R Lansdale.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Cruel Summer is a dark coming-of-age tale, set in the summer of 1985 against the very real backdrop of the atrocities committed by the infamo....

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Book cover ofMurder at St Pauls Cathedral 1
  • MURDER AT ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

  • Author: Jim ELDRIDGE
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a stated first edition.  Price still on dust jacket.  Minor crease to top edge of jacket caused in transit.  Read once very carefully.

    The Cathedral Mysteries Book 1.

    SYNOPSIS:  “May 1941.  One of the senior choristers at St Paul’s, Edwin Roberts, is found beaten to death in the crypt of the cathedral and Detective Chief Inspector ....

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Book cover ofPardon My Ghoulish Laughter 1
  • PARDON MY GHOULISH LAUGHTER

  • Author: Fredric BROWN
  • Publisher: Dennis Mcmillan Publications
  • Comments:

    A first US paperback edition in very good condition for its age.  Stated First Paperback edition Published September 1987.  Some age tanning to pages.  Staining to leading edges not affecting text.  The covers are showing some signs of wear to the extremities and there is a crease at the top edge of the front cover.

    Fredric Brown in the Pulp Detectives Volume 7.

    SYNOPSIS:  &#....

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Book cover ofThe Rithian Terror
  • THE RITHIAN TERROR / OFF CENTER (Ace Double)

  • Author: Damon KNIGHT
  • Publisher: Ace
  • Comments:

    A first US Ace Double paperback M-113 in very good condition for its age.   Age tanning to pages and to insides of covers.  The covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

    SYNOPSIS:  “OFF CENTER.  A collection of five short stories:  *What Rough Beast;  * The Second-Class Citizen;  *Be My Guest;  *God’s Nose;  * Catch that Martian.

    THE R....

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Book cover ofDeath in Dressing Room 1
  • DEATH IN THE DRESSING ROOM

  • Author: Simon BRETT
  • Publisher: Severn House
  • Comments:

    This is a first UK edition hardback with a stated First World Edition Published in Great Britain and the USA in 2025 by Severn House.  Pictorial boards.  The dust jacket is un-priced which is the norm now for Severn House books.  Unread.

    A Fethering Mystery.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Carole Seddon, a very respectable retired woman living in the English seaside village of Fethering, do....

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Book cover ofThe Engines of Sacrifice SNL
  • THE ENGINES OF SACRIFICE (Signed Numbered Limited)

  • Author: James CHAMBERS
  • Publisher: Dark Regions Press
  • Comments:

    A first signed numbered limited edition hardback  (100 copies only).  Stated first edition.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully every since.  Price still on dust jacket.

    Book #20 of 100.  SIGNED by James Chambers on the limitation page.

    SYNOPSIS:  “This contains four nightmare novellas inspired by the Mythos of H P Lovecraft. “INVESTIGATION ....

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