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THE TWO-TIMERS

A first UK edition hardback.

Bumped at head and tail of book spine and at three of the four corners of the boards.  Some slight foxing to leading edges. Previous owner’s name written on the pastedown.

The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price,  but has had a hard life.  It is showing signs of wear generally and the edges are rubbed/creased.  It is extremely grub....

READY FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHING (Exclusive Signed Edition)

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

Read once very carefully.

Waterstones Exclusive Edition.  SIGNED by Susannah Constantine on the Signature page.

SYNOPSIS:  “If you think you known Susannah Constantine you may be surprised to learn the truth.  Hers is a tale....

THE ART OF DISCWORLD

A first UK edition magazine-sized illustrated paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Comes complete with the publisher’s publicity handout.  Illustrations by Paul Kidby.

The covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.  Light crease across the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover.

SYNOPSIS:  “Terry Pra....

SOMEONE FROM THE PAST

This is a first printing of the British Library re-issue B format paperback (130 x 198 mm). Introduction by Martin Edwards. The title was originally published in 1958 by Eyre & Spottiswoode.  Read once very carefully.

SYNOPSIS:   “Sarah has been receiving threatening anonymous letters, seemingly from a former lover.  Just one day after revealing this information to her co-w....

A LOAD OF OLD BOSH

This is a first UK edition trade-paperback sized booklet (148 x 210mm) with card covers.  Comes complete with the publisher’s review slip.

Described as very good only because the bottom corner of the booklet has been bent  – possibly in transit – so the covers and all the pages have a diagonal crease across them.

SYNOPSIS:  “The booklet was produced for ....

CARNACKI Supernatural Detective and Others

This is a US trade paperback edition originally published in 2009, however, this is a later, undated reprint printed in the UK.

Covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.  Light diagonal crease across the top left-hand corner of the rear cover.  Small chip at the head of the spine.

SYNOPSIS:  “A collection of short stories:  Carnacki, Supernatural D....

A MANSION FOR MURDER

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 Kate Shackleton Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “1930, Yorkshire.  Intrigued by a mysterious letter from a stranger offering important information, Private Investigator, Kate Shackleton arrives in the mill village of Saltaire.  At nearby ....

THE SILENT HOUSE and Other Strange Stories (Limited Edition)

A first UK limited edition hardback limited to 300 copies only.  Beautiful boards.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “Sophia J. Unsworth is an assured new voice in contemporary strange and supernatural fiction, and this debut collection marks the arrival of a new literary talent.

Drawing on elements of the weird, the uncanny, and the psychological, Unsworth offers unsettling narratives....

THE SILENT HOUSE and Other Strange Stories (Limited Edition)

A first UK limited edition hardback limited to 300 copies only.  Beautiful boards.  Unread.

SYNOPSIS:  “Sophia J. Unsworth is an assured new voice in contemporary strange and supernatural fiction, and this debut collection marks the arrival of a new literary talent.

Drawing on elements of the weird, the uncanny, and the psychological, Unsworth offers unsettling narratives....

MRS PARGETER’S PAST

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First world edition published in Great Britain and the USA in 2025 by Severn House.

Price still on dust jacket.  Pictorial boards.  UNREAD.

SYNOPSIS:  “Mrs Pargeter’s friends know two important details about her marriage to her late husband.  First, that it was blissfully happy.  And second, that Mr Pargeter was not a man ....

THE ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE **PC COPY**

This is a Publisher’s Copy (PC) of the signed numbered limited edition hardback produced by SST with a stated first edition November 2025 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.    UNREAD.  The title was previously published by Titan in 2024.

A PC copy is a book that is identical to the Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition in all respects bar one: on the limitat....

FUTURES TO LIVE BY (Signed Numbered Limited Edition)

A first UK signed numbered limited edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing and a stated First Edition.  Limited to 50 copies only.  UNREAD.

Book #7 of 50.  SIGNED by Ana Sun  on the limitation page.

Book 12 in Newcon’s Polestars Series. A series of single author collections by outstanding writers.  Every author chosen for this se....

MAKE-BELIEVE AND ARTIFICE (Signed Numbered Limited Edition)

A first UK signed numbered limited edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing and a stated First published September 2025.  Limited to 50 copies only.  UNREAD.

Book #20 of 50.  SIGNED by Rose Biggins  on the limitation page.

Book 11 in Newcon’s Polestars Series. A series of single author collections by outstanding writers.  Every au....

THE BLOOMSBURY MURDER

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First Edition.

Price still on dust jacket.  Read once very carefully.

The Blitz Detective Book 10.

SYNOPSIS:  “January 1941.  When Detective Inspector John Jago is called to a terraced house in London’s Bloomsbury district, he finds the body of a woman who has been attacked and left to die – her crime, it seems,....

DEATH OF A LIAR

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.

Price still on dust jacket.  Some tanning to pages.  Read once very carefully.

The 30th Hamish Macbeth murder mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small Highlands village of Cronish.  She has been brutally attacked....

MISS WINTER IN THE LIBRARY WITH A KNIFE

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing.

Price still on dust jacket.  Read once very carefully.

SYNOPSIS:  “Six people with links to the world of crime writing have been invited to play a game this Christmas by the mysterious Midwinter Trust.

Solve the murder of a fictional crime writer in a remote village in north ....