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MURDER AT THE QUEEN’S OLD CASTLE

A First World Edition hardback with a stated ‘This First World Edition published 2018 in Great Britain’.

UNREAD.  Pictorial boards. The dust jacket is complete but un-priced. This is the norm now for books published by Severn House.

A Reverend Mother Mystery.

Synopsis: “IRELAND, 1925.   Despite its regal name, the Queen’s Old Castle is nothing but....

MURDER AT THE ALLOTMENT

A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.

Light crease across the top left-hand corner of rear cover.  Read once.

A Whitstable Pearl Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “Pearl Nolan’s coastal allotment has always been a quiet haven – somewhere for her to relax and cultivate special ingredients f....

THE WITCH FINDER

A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Read once very carefully.

The Accidental Medium Book 5.

SYNOPSIS:  “When Tanz returns to her hometown, she comes face to face with dark, ancestral secrets lurking in its shadows.  Haunted by chilling visions of the witch trials, a voice from the past warns....

THE IMPOSSIBLE FORTUNE (Waterstones Exclusive Edition)

A first UK edition hardback with a 001 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket.

This is a Waterstones exclusive edition which includes bonus material and stencilled page edges.  Read once very carefully.

The Thursday Murder Club Book 5.

SYNOPSIS:  “Who has time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan?

WE SOLVE MURDERS

A first UK edition hardback with a 001 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  This is a Waterstones exclusive edition which includes bonus material.

Price still on dust jacket.  Read once very carefully.

SYNOPSIS:  “Solving murders.  It’s a family business.

Steve Wheeler likes retired life.  He still does some investigation work, but he prefer....

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Limited Edition)

This is a first limited edition hardback (limited to 300 copies only).  The title was originally published by Ward Lock in 1891.

Beautiful boards.  Introduction by R B Russell. UNREAD.

SYNOPSIS:  “This new edition is the perfect excuse to rediscover a masterpiece of Gothic Decadence, written with the author’s characteristic razor-sharp wit.  It presents Wilde’....

THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket.  Read once very carefully.

Grave Expectations Book 3.

SYNOPSIS:  “Medium turned private investigator Claire Hendricks is excited to embark on her first official case.

Pro-wrestling manager Ken King is convinced that his late father, Eddie, is ha....

A DANGEROUS TRAIN OF THOUGHT

A first UK edition hardback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Price still on dust jacket.  Read once very carefully.

A Val and Arbie Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “Yorkshire, 1926.  Gentleman ghost-hunter Arbuthnot ‘Arbie’ Swift and his old friend Val arrive at Cleeves Lea Manor, looking forward to the promise of a lavish weekend par....

LOVE AND HATE IN THE TIME OF COVID (Signed Numbered Limited)

This is a US first signed numbered over-sized  limited edition hardback (limited to 90 copies only).  Unread.

Book #64 of 90.  SIGNED by Brian Keene on the limitation page.

SYNOPSIS:  “An all-new collection of essays and articles spanning a dark time in world history – 2015 to 2022.

Keene turns his focus, wit, earnestness, and insight to global events such ....

LOVECRAFT’S DISCIPLES ISSUE #5

A  first edition chapbook.  Rainfall Chapbooks are A5 sized publications with photocopied pages, laminated covers and stapled together.  Unread.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

Issue #5 in a series of Lovecraft tribute chapbooks containing stories and poems edited by John B Ford and Steve Lines.

SIGNED by co-editor John B Ford.

SYNOPSIS:  &....

VENGEANCE CHILD **SIGNED**

A first UK edition hardback with a stated “This first world edition published in Great Britain in 2008 by SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD”. Predates the American version.  UNREAD.  Pictorial boards.  Price still on dust jacket.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

This book is SIGNED by Simon Clark on the title page.

SYNOPSIS:  “Can reveng....

VENGEANCE CHILD **SIGNED**

A first UK edition hardback with a stated “This first world edition published in Great Britain in 2008 by SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD”. Predates the American version.  UNREAD.  Pictorial boards.  Price still on dust jacket.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

This book is SIGNED by Simon Clark on the title page.

SYNOPSIS:  “Can reveng....

THE OCCULTIST (Limited Edition Novella)

This is a first limited edition novella (115 pages).  Limited to 285 copies only.  Published without a dust jacket.  The book was printed in Italy on a fine 140 gm Italian rough ivory paper with 140 gm flamingo-coloured Sirio endpapers. The cover is a high quality Italian canvas with stamping on the front and spine in red.

Book #275 of 285.  UNREAD.

SYNOPSIS:  “MAX THÉ....

LEGACY OF DEATH

A first edition hardback with a stated  This First World Edition published 2020 in Great Britain.  The dust jacket is unpriced which is the norm now for Severn House books.  UNREAD.

A Matthew Rowsley Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “With his lordship’s mental health failing, management of his grand country estate has been assigned to a group of trustees, including land agent M....

IN AT THE DEATH

A first UK edition hardback with a stated first published in Great Britain and the USA in 2025.  Read once very carefully.   Unpriced dustjacket which is the norm now for Severn House books.

A Harriet and Matthew Rowsley Victorian Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “October 1861, England.  Harriet and Matthew Rowsley, the housekeeper and estate manager of Thorncroft House in Shropshir....

A SNAKE IN THE BARLEY

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First World Edition published in Great Britain and the USA in 2024.  Pictorial boards.  Unpriced dust jacket (which is the norm now for Severn House books).

Read once very carefully.

Book 15 in the Owen Archer Mystery series.

SYNOPSIS:  “York, 1377.  Owen Archer is determined to find his friend, taverner Tom Merchet, who h....