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A first signed numbered limited edition hardback (100 copies only). Stated first edition. This pocket-sized (113mm x 160mm) hardback is unread. Published without a dust jacket.
Book #100 of 100. SIGNED by Alan Ryker on the limitation page.
SYNOPSIS: “Jessie is not living the life he imagined. He spends his days working a job he hates. He spends his nights torment....
This is the first printing of the Eibonvale Press edition, having previously been published as s signed, limited edition by Tartarus Press in 2000. Unread. Bought new at publication and stored ever since. Some very minor creasing at edges of flaps caused in transit from the publisher.
A collection of 26 short stories.
SYNOPSIS: “Welsh writer Rhys Hughes regards this ....
First edition of the Vintage Books edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. The book was originally published in 1949 by Longman. This is a B format (130 x 198 mm) larger sized paperback. Read once very carefully. “Uprooted from war-torn London, Alda Lucie-Brown and her three daughters start a new life at Pine Cottage in rural Sussex. Alda is unsuited ....
This is a second impression UK paperback with a 2 to 10 number sequence. Read once very carefully. An Agatha Raisin novel. “Agatha decides to take time off from running her detective agency and so takes on a PR assignment instead – publicising a church fete in a neighbouring village. She brings out the crowds for the fete all right, but there’s more going on than innocent ....
A paperback edition originally published by Penguin in 1963. This is a later, 1979, printing. In good condition for its age. Reading creases to spine. Covers are scuffed at extremities. Page are quite heavily tanned but the book remains eminently readable. An 87th Precinct novel. “Annie Boone lay lapped in blood, alcohol and splintered glass – face down in the liquor store. Holes....
A first UK paperback B Format (130 x 198 mm). In very good condition. Book Three of The Knights of Liofwende. “Mallmoc’s towering iron land-ship is cutting a devastating path through Liofwende. Flanked by an army of Ulcugga fairies, the evil warlock appears unstoppable. His only foes are a boy from England, a boggart and a talking rat with a food fixation. Or so Mallmac believes.....
This is a B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback originally published by Robinson in 1999. This is a later, undated printing with a 5-10 number sequence. Light tanning to pages and minor reading creases to spine. Small crease at top edge of rear cover. The first Amelia Peabody novel. “In this first adventure, the heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her t....
A paperback edition originally published by Penguin in 1963. This is a later, 1978, printing. In good condition for its age. Covers are lightly scuffed at extremities. Pages are quite heavily tanned but the book remains eminently readable. An 87th Precinct novel. “Hernandez’s face wasn’t blue with cold. He was a pusher, or had been. A rope round his neck and a syringe showe....
A paperback copy – originally published by Headline in 1997. This is a later, undated printing with a 2-10 number sequence. In very good+ condition. “In the small, sleepy town of Gravity, Maine, an extraordinary drama is unfolding. For the sake of two million dollars, Bobby Swift is going to fake his own death and let himself be buried alive. And he’s about to find out who h....
First UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition. A Young Sherlock Holmes adventure. Slight rubbing at the base of the book spine. “A DEAD MAN WALKING . . . A SCARRED FACE . . . A CRIME THAT SHATTERED A COUNTRY
Sherlock Holmes knows that adults keep secrets. But he didn’t expect to find the world’s....
First edition trade paperback (large sized). Unread. Age 12+ Mystery and adventure in south West Scotland at the end of the 18th century. “With her husband in jail young Gretna Marshall, one of the Galloway travelling people, is feeling alone and vulnerable so she is delighted when she is asked to become the first recruit to the Solway Sleuth-Hounds, the Laird of Longcrags’s ban....
Trade (larger sized) paperback edition. Originally published in 2005. This is a later undated printing. In very good condition for age. Reading creases to spine. A Louie Knight investigation. “There is nothing unusual about the barrel-organ man who walks into private detective Louie Knight’s office. Apart from the fact that he has lost his memory. And his monkey is a former ast....