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AGATHA RAISIN AND THE HAUNTED HOUSE

A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later undated sixth reprint of the 2010 edition with a 6 to 10 number sequence. Some tanning to pages. Small crease at the bottom edge of the front cover.  Appears unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “A vengeful ghost comes back to haunt the living?

Reports of a haunted house soon have Agatha sno....

AGATHA RAISIN AND THE DEADLY DANCE

A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later undated sixth reprint of the 2010 edition. Some tanning to pages.  Appears unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “There may be trouble ahead…  so will Agatha face the music?

Can the feisty Agatha cut-it as a private investigator?  She soon learns that running her own detective agency ....

THE WIPE (Signed Numbered Limited)

A first signed numbered limited edition hardback (60 copies only) with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.  There is a small bump at the very top corner of the front board.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price.  Tiny crease at top right hand corner of front panel to match bump in board.

Book #7 of 60.  SIGNED by Nik Abnett on the li....

THE CHAPEL IN THE WOODS

A first UK edition hardback with a stated This first world edition published 2021 in Great Britain.  Unread.  The dust jacket is un-priced which is the norm now for Severn House books.  Pictorial boards.

A Jack Haldean 1920s Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “Enjoying a weekend in the country with his cousin Isabelle, Jack Haldean is intrigued to learn that the neighbouring estate of ....

ORDERS TO KILL

A First UK edition hardback with a stated First Edition. Unread. Price still on dust jacket.

An investigation for the Home Front Detective.

SYNOPSIS:  “December 1917.  Ada Hobbes arrives on a frosty morning to clean the house owned by Dr Tindall, a surgeon at the Edmonton Military Hospital.  She is shocked to find the blood-covered body of her employer sprawled across the....

MURDER AND A MUSE (Signed)

A first US edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence and a stated First Pocket Books Edition March 1994.  Minor bump at head and tail of book spine.  Some tanning to pages and foxing to leading edges.  Mark on bottom of page faces (remainder mark?) not affecting text.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price but is a little grubby.  Some minor creasing to match the bu....

MR CAMPION’S MOSAIC

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First World Edition published in Great Britain and the USA in 2022.  Pictorial boards.  The dust jacket is unpriced which is the norm now for Severn House books.

A Mr Campion Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “London 1972.  The Evadne Childe Society has gathered in honour of what would have been the author’s eighty-second birthday, and A....

THE GOLDEN RULE (Signed Numbered Ltd Novella)

A signed numbered limited edition (50 copies only) hardback novella with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.

This is book #26 of 50 copies only and is SIGNED by Juliet E McKenna on the limitation page.

This is Book #2 in Newcon’s Steampunk novella quartet.  The quartet comprises four novellas, each containing a tale of epic steampunk excitemen....

THE GOLDEN RULE (Signed Numbered Ltd Novella)

A signed numbered limited edition (50 copies only) hardback novella with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.

This is book #27 of 50 copies only and is SIGNED by Juliet E McKennaon the limitation page.

This is Book #2 in Newcon’s Steampunk novella quartet.  The quartet comprises four novellas, each containing a tale of epic steampunk excitement....

SPRING OF HOPE

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First World edition published in Great Britain in 2021.  Pictorial boards.  Un-priced dust jacket which is the norm now for Severn House books.  Unread.

A Gaslight Mystery (Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins).

SYNOPSIS:   “March, 1859.  After the ‘Great Stink’ of the previous summer when Parliament was overwhelmed ....

GOOD BEHAVIOR

This is a US hardback edition with a 2 to 10 number sequence indicating a second printing.  Originally published in May 1986, this is a later, undated, second printing.  In very good condition for its age.  Some age tanning to pages and a hint of foxing to edges. The book is bumped at the head and tail of its spine.  The dustjacket is complete and still shows the price but is showing signs ....

THIRTEEN

A UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a 2 to 9 number sequence indicating a second printing.  Covers showing some signs of wear to extremities.  Top corner of page 179 has been bent over at some time which has left a crease.

SYNOPSIS:  “Born at midnight in London on the stroke of the new millennium, Adam is the target of a cult that believes boys born at this time must di....

ALTERED CARBON

A UK B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a 7 to 10 number sequence indicating a 7th printing.  (The title was first published in 2001 and subsequently re-published in 2018). This is a 7th printing of the 2018 edition.

Some tanning to pages.  Covers showing signs of wear.  Faint half-inch crease across bottom left-hand corner of rear cover.  Reading creases to spine.

SYNOP....

MYSTERY AT OLYMPIA

This is a UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback. Unread.   This story was originally published in the UK in 1935 in the Collins Crime Club Series

SYNOPSIS:  “The new Comet was fully expected to be the sensation of the annual Motor Show at Olympia. Suddenly, in the middle of the dense crowd of eager spectators, an elderly man lurched forward and collapsed in a dead faint. But Nahu....

AGATHA RAISIN AND THE MURDEROUS MARRIAGE

A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later undated fifth reprint of the 2010 edition. Some tanning to pages.  Appears unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “The morning of Agatha’s marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But the storm clouds of the day before would have been more appropriate when Agatha’s first husband, J....

AGATHA RAISIN AND THE DAY THE WALKERS OF DEMBLEY

A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later undated fifth reprint of the 2010 edition. Some tanning to pages.  Appears unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “After time away, Agatha returns to her beloved Cotswold village of Carsely – and to her handsome neighbour, James Lacey.  True, James seems less than thrilled to see her, but Agat....