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A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. Age tanning to pages. The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price, but is showing signs of wear to the extremities. Creasing to edges and scuffing to top and bottom of rear panel at the fold in for the flap.
The Second Book in the Moonlight....
This is a small-sized hardback (110 x 185mm) published by Collins for The Crime Club. The title was first published in 1945. Given the size of the book and the fact that there is no price printed on the front of the jacket, I think this may be an export edition.
The blue boards are badly bumped at head and tail of the book spine and are rubbed at the edges. Heavy age tanning to pag....
A signed numbered limited edition hardback (300 copies only).  Small sized hardback (125 x 217mm). Unread. Tanning to pages. The dust jacket is complete and protected by a sleeve.
Book #208 of 300. SIGNED by Brendan Connell on the limitation page.
SYNOPSIS:Â “The mountains were the colour of chrysoprase. The train rattled over the joints of the tracks, passed thro....
A first US edition hardback with a stated ‘First Hardcover Edition’ which LACKS a dust jacket. Limited to 1,000 copies with the first 220 signed by the author. This copy is one of the UNSIGNED copies. Minor bump at head and tail of book spine. Age tanning to pages.
The boards of the book are actually navy but the flash has totally changed the colour!
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A first UK edition hardback, probably an Ex Library book, which has had a hard life. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. Rubbed along board edges. The free front end paper has been cut out at some point and the remains of this are visible. Tanning to pages, especially along the leading/top and bottom edges. Foxing throughout. Letter M written on half title (which also has a sma....
A first UK edition hardback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing. Bumped at head and tail of book spine. Age tanning to pages. The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price. Some slight signs of wear to the extremities. The flash has made the hair of the figure appear a lighter red than it is and the body a brighter green than it is.
Sebas....
This is an EX LIBRARY book and has had a hard life and is generally a bit of a mess but would appear to be a scarce title. Undated but circa 1947. Published for The Crime Book Society by Denis Archer.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine. Badly rubbed along boards and down the edges of the book spine. The front free end paper has been cut out leaving the remains of the page visible. ....
A UK Signed Numbered Limited Edition hardback (450 copies only) with a stated First Edition May 2018 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. The title was originally published in the US by Cemetery Dance.  Unread.
Book #244 of 450. SIGNED by Bentley Little on the limitation page. Artwork and six interior illustrations by Ben Baldwin.
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This is an undated Book Club edition circa 1955. The title was originally published in 1954. Age tanning to pages making them rather brown (this doesn’t show up well in the photo unfortunately). Bumped at head and tail of book spine and at each of the corners and at top edge of rear board.  The text block for pages 30 to 70 has come away from the binding but there are no loose pa....
This is a first US paperback edition. Heavy age tanning to pages making them very brown but still eminently readable. The covers have had a hard life and are worn at the edges. Reading creases to spine. Crease across top left hand corner of rear panel. Some staining at top and bottom of rear panel which is also grubby.
Lewis Padgett is the pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and his wife,....
First UK edition paperback edition (First Printing). Unread. Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.
SYNOPSIS:Â “Twelve chilling tales to remind you that danger and evil lurk around each and every corner…
The grinning horror with the plastic face . . . The eerie cries from the haunted wood . . . The baleful presence in the old tenement . . . The....
A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback.  Unread. Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.
Book one in Gray Friar’s “New Blood” Series.
SYNOPSIS:Â “These 21 tales map the darkest recesses of our minds. They document the madness and cruelty that exists in the places we do not wish to visit. The shop mannequins that appear....