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This little chapbook is self-published and undated but circa 1960. The covers are quite tanned at the edges and there is some light tanning to pages. The price of 3/6 is on the front cover. “A collection of north country ghost stories, traditional hauntings and werid legendary tales of the northern counties.” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
Mass-market paperback published by Dorchester (Leisure Fiction) in 2009 with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition. Unread. Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since. Age tanning to inside of covers which are also showing some signs of storage wear. Minor bump to head of book spine caused in transit from the publisher.
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The book is in very good condition for its age. Minor bump to base of book spine. Light tanning to pages. Price still on dustjacket. “Set in the opulence of post-war Bournemouth, this is the story of a series of bizarre and sadistic crimes, recalling those of the notorious Neville Heath. A young married woman is the willing victim of a whipping in a hotel suite. Within days her dead....
The authorised biography of Fred Winter. First UK edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Bumped at base of book spine. Price still on dustjacket. “For more than 30 years, Fred Winter was a dominant personality in the sport of racing. A Peerless jockey, widely acknowledged as the best there has ever been in National Hunt, he turned reluctantly but tri....
The book is undated but was published in the 1930s and is the “authorised life written by his niece Blance Dugdale”. This is a special edition limited to 2000 copies and covers the years 1906 – 1930. For its age, the book is in good+ condition. The dustjacket is virtually complete but it is stained, foxed and very dirty and the spine is faded. The pages of the book are tanne....
First UK edition. Tanning to pages, mainly at extremities. Bump to base of book spine. Price still on dustjacket. “When 38-year-old paramedic Shaw Chandler is called out on an emergency call on a warm January evening, all his years of experience can’t prepare him for seeing his father’s dead body stretched out on a bed in a strange house. Twenty years before, his father h....
Small sized hardback. This is the author’s first novel. First UK edition with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing and published by Macmillan New Writing. “Corderoy’s first novel is a gripping, and at times gruesome, thriller set in a dark, Bladerunner-style world of environmental catastrophe and social collapse. It will resonate with anyone who fears ....
The book is in good condition for its age. There is no dustjacket. Badly bumped at head and tail of book spine. Lettering on spine faded. Tanning to pages. Some foxing to last few pages and to leading edges of pages not affecting text. The book is dedicated on the ffep to Douglas and is dated 9.6.51. The book contains an errata slip at the rear of the book. The book also comes complete w....
First UK edition. Tanning to pages, mainly at extremities. Price still on dustjacket. The third Jerry Brogan novel. “The $1,000,000 Santa Anita Handicap is the setting for this latest Jerry Brogan adventure, as the racetrack announcer/amateur sleuth is off and running to find the killer of the raching world’s most hated man.” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
The book is in very good condition for its age. Minor bump to head and tail of book spine. The dustjacket is slightly yellow and is rubbed at the edges. Price still on dustjacket. “The story is told by Felix, an inventor. When he was first appproached by Merlin’s, that superbly organized, influential and successful firm with interests everywhere, though the offer was generous a....
First US edition with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dustjacket. Minor bump to foot of book spine. Remainder mark on bottom of book. “A gripping mystery set in New Orleans, featuring an idealistic attorney reduced to political gopher who’s set up to take the blame – posthumously – in order to ward off a breaking political s....
The book is undated but is circa 1935. Pocket sized hardback. No dustjacket. Tanning to pages making themvery brown but eminently readable. Lacks a title page. Badly bumped at head and tail of book spine. Gilt on spine and front board faded. Rear pastedown stained. Novel based on the play by Frederick Lonsdale and later made into an “all taking” film staring Moira Shearer!R....