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THE DEAD

A UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a #007 as the number sequence indicating a seventh (undated) printing of this edition.  (Previously published by Puffin in 2010)

There is some age tanning to the pages. Externally, there are very minor bumps the the head and tail of the book spine. Externally, the covers are showing signs of shelf wear: there is an inch-long scratch and other....

HOUSE OF FALLEN TREES (Signed Numbered Limited)

A first US signed numbered limited edition (90 copies only) hardback with a stated first edition.  Published without a dust jacket. Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Book  #50 of 90. SIGNED by Gina Ranalli on the limitation page. Comes complete with its own handmade leaf and planting instructions.  This one says “Plant this to grow an extra uvu....

BEYOND ABSOLUTION

A First world edition hardback with a stated “First World Edition published 2017 in Great Britain and the USA.”  UNREAD.   Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.  Un-priced dust jacket – the norm now for Severn House books.  Pictorial boards.

A Reverend Mother Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “IRELAND, 1925.  Pierced through to the brain, the....

VOLPONE

A UK B format (130 x 198mm) paperback.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to extremities.  Reading creases to spine. Some tanning to pages.  The flash has made the covers look like they are a lime green, whereas they are a darker green.

Ben Jonson’s play VOLPONE edited by Robert N. Watson (second edition).

SYNOPSIS:  “A New Mermaid book – New Mermaid....

UNEASY LIES THE CROWN

A first UK edition B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Read once very carefully.

A book in the Lady Emily Series.

SYNOPSIS:  “The year is 1901 and the death of Queen Victoria has sent all the empire into mourning.  But for Lady Emily and her dashing husband Colin, a trusted royal agent, the grieving is cut ....

DATE WITH DEATH

A first UK EDITION B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  UNREAD.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

The first book in the Dales Detective Series.  Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg.

SYNOPSIS:  “Samson O’Brien has been dismissed from the police force, and returns t....

WILDWOOD

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.  Heavy age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing signs of wear to the extremities.  Creased at head and tail of jacket spine to match the bumps.

SYNOPS....

ELECTRIC CITY

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First published by Mysterious Press in August 1994 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Minor bump to head and tail of book spine.  Tanning to pages.  Foxing to edges, not affecting page faces.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities:  some minor cr....

WOLVES EAT DOGS

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Bumped at head of book spine.  Age tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price but is showing some signs of wear to the extremities:  some minor creasing to top edge, especially at head of spine to correspond with the bump.

The Fifth book in the Arkady Renko series.<....

AGATHA RAISIN LOVE, LIES AND LIQUOR

A UK paperback edition with a 5 to 10 number sequence indicating a 5th printing.  Appears unread.

An Agatha Raisin Investigation.

SYNOPSIS:   “Sea, sand – and the slammer for Agatha!

Agatha Raisin thinks she’s in for a treat when her ex-husband, James Lacey, invites her on holiday but – horrors! – his idea of an idyllic break is the small, r....

THE LIE TREE

A UK B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a 6 to 9 number sequence indicating a 6th printing. Some slight shelf wear to the covers and very light tanning to pages.

SYNOPSIS:  “The leaves were cold and slightly clammy.  There was no mistaking them.  She had seen their likeness painstakingly sketched in her father’s journal.  This was his greatest secret, his treasure a....

THE PARIS WIFE

A b FORMAT (130 X 198 MM) PAPERBACK. The pages are lightly tanned but the book has an unread appearance.

SYNOPSIS:  “Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition.  After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set s....

ANGEL BLOOD

A first UK edition hardback with a single number 1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Minor bump to head and tail of book spine.  Some tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price, but is showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

SYNOPSIS:  “The nurses call this place the Bin and it’s where we live. We don’t ....

GALLOWS COURT

A UK B format paperback (130 x 198 mm) edition.  Read once very carefully.

The first book in the Jacob Flint Series.

SYNOPSIS:  “London, 1930  Sooty, sulphurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this.  A spate of violent deaths – the details too foul to print – has horrified the capital and the smog-bound streets are deserted.

But Ra....

BLACK LIGHT

A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.

By writers from the SAW Franchise – Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan and Stephen Romano.

SYNOPSIS:  “Welcome to the haunted world of Buck Callahan, a private investigator whose unique gifts place him in demand for those looking for quick s....

MAISIE DOBBS

A UK B format (130 x 198mm) paperback.  Originally published in 2005, this is a later, undated 8th printing.   Age tanning to pages.  Reading creases to spine.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.  Crease across bottom left-hand corner of rear cover.  The flash in the photo is making the covers look yellow, whereas they are more orange.

The first book in ....