Click on a letter below to take you to the appropriate part of the table. Unattributed works are placed as ‘No Author’.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W Y Z
A
ISAAC ASIMOV
A WHIFF OF DEATH
Sphere 1977 UK PB
FN £6
Crime Novel by Science Fiction Master
ISBN 0722112002
ISAAC ASIMOV
TALES OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS
Panther 1974 UK PB
GD £10
12 stories of detection set in a gentlemen’s club in this famous series
ISBN 586043268
MICHAEL AVALLONE
THE BEDROOM BOLERO
Digit 1964 1st UK PB
VG £10
8800
B
GEORGE BAGBY
THE BODY IN THE BASKET
Macdonald 1956 1st UK HC
VG £12
With DJ (FA, held together by 7 strips of tape, small losses to bottom) in removable archival film
An Inspector Schmidt Mystery
SAMM SINCLAIR BAKER
MURDER – VERY DRY
Graphic Mystery 1956 1st US PB
VG/FN £7
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
135
MICHAEL BARDSLEY
MURDER ON ICE
Ensign 1973 UK PB
FN £6
SBN 723551677
LOREN BEAUCHAMP
CAMPUS SEX CLUB
Midwood 1962 1st US PB
VG £20
Cover art by Robert Maguire
F206
WALKER E BLAKE
DOING WHAT COMES NATURALLY
Monarch 1965 1st US PB
VG/FN £12
Cover art by Rafael DeSoto
556
GIL BREWER
PLAY IT HARD
Monarch 1960 1st UK PB
VG £15
Cover art by Rafael DeSoto
168
STUART BROCK
KILLER’S CHOICE
Graphic Mystery 1956 1st US PB
GD £4
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
136
CARTER BROWN
A BULLET FOR MY BABY
Horwitz 1958 2nd Aus PB
FA/GD £5
Mavis Seidlitz detective
Cover crease, small spine split, small corner off back cover
Vol 1 #15
CARTER BROWN
THE DAME
Signet 1959 1st US PB
VG/FN £8
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1738
CARTER BROWN
THE DESIRED
Signet 1960 1st US PB
VG £8
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1764
CARTER BROWN
THE EVER-LOVING BLUES
Signet 1961 1st US PB
VG/FN £8
Danny Boyd detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
S1919
CARTER BROWN
THE LADY IS AVAILABLE
Signet 1960s 3rd US PB
VG £5
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
D3410
CARTER BROWN
THE LOVER
Signet 1959 1st US PB
VG £8
Al Wheeler detective
T620
CARTER BROWN
LOVER. DON’T COME BACK
Signet 1962 1st US PB
VG £8
Danny Boyd detective
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
S2183
CARTER BROWN
THE MILLION DOLLAR BABE
Signet 1961 1st US PB
VG £8
Mike Farrell detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
S1909
CARTER BROWN
MURDER PARIS FASHION
Horwitz 1960 3rd Aus PB
GD £7
Spine lean; small price label on cover.
Vol 2 #7
CARTER BROWN
NONE BUT THE LETHAL HEART
Signet 1959 1st US PB
VG £8
Mavis Seidlitz detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1694
CARTER BROWN
NUDE – WITH A VIEW
Four Square 1966 1at UK PB
GD £4
Rick Holman detective
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Small spine split; small price sticker on cover
1458
CARTER BROWN
THE SAVAGE SALOME
Signet 1961 1st US PB
VG £8
Danny Boyd detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
S1896
CARTER BROWN
THE TEMPTRESS
Signet 1960 1st US PB
GD/VG £6
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
S1817
CARTER BROWN
TERROR COMES CREEPING
Signet 1959 1st US PB
VG/FN £9
Danny Boyd detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1750
CARTER BROWN
TOMORROW IS MURDER
Signet 1960 1st US PB
VG £8
Mavis Seidlitz detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1806
CARTER BROWN
THE VELVET VIXEN
Four Square 1965 1st UK PB
VG £8
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
1226
CARTER BROWN
THE VICTIM
Signet 1959 1st US PB
FN £10
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1633
CARTER BROWN
THE VICTIM
Signet 1959 1st US PB
VG £8
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1633
CARTER BROWN
THE WANTON
Signet 1959 1st US PB
VG £8
Al Wheeler detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
1713
CARTER BROWN
THE WAYWARD WAHINE
Signet 1960 1st US PB
GD/VG £6
Danny Boyd detective
Cover art by Barye Phillips
Reading crease near spine
1784
CARTER BROWN
THE WIND-UP DOLL
Four Square 1965 1st UK PB
GD £6
Rick Holman detective
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
1176
JOHN BUCHAN
THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS
Pan 1968 20th UK PB
FN £3
X696
C
VICTOR CANNING
A DELIVERY OF FURIES
Mayflower 1969 1st UK PB
VG/FN £5
Spine slighty sunned
583120529
JOHN DICKSON CARR
CAPTAIN CUT-THROAT
Award 1976 US PB
GD/VG £4
Historical Mystery
Some upper right cover creases and a small tear/nick.
ISBN 4261645150
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE CASE OF THE CONSTANT SUICIDES
Penguin 1963 3rd UK PB
VG £5
A Gideon Fell Mystery
C947
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE EMPEROR’S SNUFF-BOX
Berkley 1959 1st US PB
VG £5
G287
JOHN DICKSON CARR
FIRE, BURN!
Penguin 1961 1st UK PB
VG £4
Historical Mystery
1622
JOHN DICKSON CARR
HE WHO WHISPERS
Bantam 1951 1st US PB
VG £10
A Gideon Fell Mystery
896
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE HOLLOW MAN
Penguin 1963 3rd UK PB
GD £8
A Gideon Fell Mystery
C862
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE HOLLOW MAN
Penguin 1986 4th UK PB
VG £8
A Gideon Fell Mystery
ISBN 0140083065
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE MAD HATTER MYSTERY
Penguin 1955 2nd UK PB
VG/FN £12
A Gideon Fell Mystery
JOHN DICKSON CARR
PANIC IN BOX C
Critic’s Choice 1987 US PB
GD/VG £5
A Gideon Fell Mystery
Reading Creases to spine and cover edge
ISBN 1555471498
JOHN DICKSON CARR
POISON IN JEST
Penguin 1967 7th UK PB
VG £4
C250
JOHN DICKSON CARR
TILL DEATH DO US PART
Penguin 1967 3rd UK PB
GD/VG £5
A Gideon Fell Mystery
Spine creased and worn
JOHN DICKSON CARR
TO WAKE THE DEAD
Dell Undated US PB
VG £10
A Gideon Fell Mystery
635
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE WAXWORKS MURDER
Penguin 1959 6th UK PB
VG/FN £7
A Henri Bencolin Mystery
158
JOHN DICKSON CARR
THE WITCH OF THE LOW-TIDE
Penguin 1964 1st UK PB
VG/FN £5
A Historical Mystery
C2132
MARGARET CARRUTHERS
HIS BEST FRIEND’S WIFE
Beacon 1961 1st US PB
FN £9
B402
GEORGE CASSIDY
WANTON BRIDE
Bedside 1962 1st US PB
GD £7
1226
RAYMOND CHANDLER
THE LITTLE SISTER
Penguin 1976 UK PB
GD/VG £3.50
ISBN 0140010963
RAYMOND CHANDLER
PEARLS ARE A NUISANCE
Penguin 1977 UK PB
VG £4.50
3 stories
ISBN 014 0021361
RAYMOND CHANDLER
PICK-UP ON NOON STREET
Ace 1960 1st UK PB
FA/GD £6
Short stories
Cover creases
H308
RAYMOND CHANDLER
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS
Penguin 1980 UK PB
GD £3
Short stories
Spine wear and lean
ISBN 0140007415
RAYMOND CHANDLER
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS
Penguin 1976 UK PB
GD £4
Short stories
Cover creases
ISBN 0140007415
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
THE DOUBLE SHUFFLE
Thriller Book Club 1952 1st UK HC thus
VG £12
With DJ (FA/GD small losses at top and bottom spine, long splits on rear spine, small tear at top right) in removable archival film.
Great cover art by Arnold Taylor.
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
HIT & RUN
Robert Hale 1959 1st UK PB
VG £8
Cover art by John Pollack
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
HIT & RUN
Robert Hale 1959 1st UK PB
GD £6
Cover art by John Pollack
Cover creases
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
NOT SAFE TO BE FREE
Robert Hale 1959 1st UK PB
VG £8
Cover art by John Pollack
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
SAFER DEAD
Robert Hale 1956 UK PB
GD/VG £6
Cover art by John Pollack
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
SAFER DEAD
Robert Hale 1954 1st UK HC
VG £12
With DJ (GD small losses at top and bottom edges, with slightly larger loss top right) in removable archival film.
Cover art by John Pollack
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
STRICTLY FOR CASH
Thriller Book Club 1951? UK PB
VG £7
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
YOU FIND HIM – I’LL FIX HIM
Robert Hale 1959 UK PB
GD £5
Cover art by John Pollack
Some spine lean
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
YOU’RE LONELY WHEN YOU’RE DEAD
Ronert Hale Pocket Book 1951 1st UK PB thus
VG/FN £10
Cover art by Arnold Taylor
JAMES HADLEY CHASE
YOU’VE GOT IT COMING
Thriller Book Club 1955? UK HC
VG £10
With DJ (VG) in removable archival film
Cover art by John Pollack
Possibly ex libris
Traces of tape on cover splits
PETER CHEYNEY
DARK BAHAMA
Pan 1957 UK PB
VG £4
Dark series
277
PETER CHEYNEY
DARK WANTON
Pan 1957 UK PB
VG £3
Dark series
381
PETER CHEYNEY
DRESSED TO KILL
Ace 1959 UK PB
GD/VG £4
Back cover water-stained
H260
PETER CHEYNEY
I’LL SAY SHE DOES
Fontana 1960 UK PB
GD/VG £4
A Lemmy Caution novel
232
PETER CHEYNEY
LADIES WON’T WAIT
Fontana 1954 UK PB
GD £4
Dark series
PETER CHEYNEY
ONE OF THOSE THINGS
Fontana 1953 UK PB
GD £4
PETER CHEYNEY
THE STARS ARE DARK
Fontana 1657 UK PB
GD £4
Dark series
PE
TER CHEYNEY
THIS MAN IS DANGEROUS
Fontana 1954 UK PB
GD £6
A Lemmy Caution novel
The first Cheyney novel
35
PETER CHEYNEY
THE URGENT HANGMAN
Fontana 1955 UK PB
VG £8
A Slim Callaghan novel
PETER CHEYNEY
YOU CAN ALWAYS DUCK
Fontana 1959 UK PB
VG £8
A Lemmy Caution novel
PETER CHEYNEY
YOU’D BE SURPRISED
Pan 1956 UK PB
GD £4
A Lemmy Caution novel
PETER CHEYNEY
YOUR DEAL, MY LOVELY
Fontana 1957 1st UK PB
VG £5
A Lemmy Caution novel
179
AGATHA CHRISTIE
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
Pan 1957 UK PB
VG £6
Poirot
419
AGATHA CHRISTIE
THE BIG FOUR
Great Pan 1961 UK PB
VG/FN £8
Poirot
G421
AGATHA CHRISTIE
FIVE LITTLE PIGS
Pan 1953 UK PB
GD £6
Poirot
264
AGATHA CHRISTIE
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
Great Pan 1958 UK PB
GD/VG £5
Miss Marple
G144
AGATHA CHRISTIE
THE MURDER ON THE LINKS
Great Pan 1960 UK PB
GD £5
Poirot
G323
AGATHA CHRISTIE
POIROT INVESTIGATES
Pan 1955 UK PB
GD £5
Poirot short stories
326
AGATHA CHRISTIE
THE SECRET ADVERSARY
Pan 1955 UK PB
GD £4
Tommy & Tuppence
357
BRIAN CLEEVE
ASSIGNMENT TO VENGEANCE
Thriller Book Club 1962 1st UK HC thus
VG/FN £5
With DJ (VG/FN) in removable archival film
Somewhere in Europe, 15 years after the end of WW2, the hunt for escaped Nazi leaders goes on.
BASIL COPPER
SOLAR PONS #9: THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SOLAR PONS
Pinnacle 1979 1st US PB
FN/VF £11
4 Mysteries
0523406509
BASIL COPPER
SOLAR PONS #11: THE UNCOLLECTED CASES OF SOLAR PONS
Pinnacle 1980 1st US PB
VG £8
4 Mysteries
Corner cover crease
0523406576
E G COUSINS
WEEK-END WITH MAXWELL
Thriller Book Club 1961 1st UK HC
VG £6
With DJ (VG) in removable archival film
Murder mystery
D
LEW DELLA (GEORGE H DAWSON)
LADIES SLEEP ALONE
Archer 1951 1st US PB
VG/FN £20
Originally published in the UK
About 2 mm of lower spine missing
72
MARTIN DIBNER
SHOWCASE
Pan 1961 1st UK PB
VG £4
Not common in this edition
Slight spine lean
X103
H VERNOR DIXON
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
Hamish Hamilton 1953 1st UK PB
GD £4
Very small piece of lower left front cover missing
ANNE DUFFIELD
HARBOUR LIGHTS
Cassell 1953 1st UK HC
VG/FN £15
With DJ GD/VG (a few small tears and creases, slight loss at top of spine into top back cover)
Cover art by Reginald Heade
DOUG DUPERRAULT – SPOTLIGHT ON SIN
HARRY WHITTINGTON – BACKWOODS SHACK
Lancer 2 for 1 1950s US PB
VG/FN £20
2 novels in 1 volume
72631
E
JOAN ELLIS
CAMPUS JUNGLE
Midwood 1962 1st US PB
VG/FN £40
Cover art by Paul Rader
‘Co-Eds led to sin by a faculty of wolves’
182
JOAN ELLIS
GANG GIRL
Midwood 1964 1st US PB
GD £30
Cover art by Paul Rader
‘She had her first sordid lessons in love on the dusty rooftops of rundown tenements.’
32-424
JOAN ELLIS
MULATTO
Midwood 1961 1st US PB
VG £40
‘She played upon man’s lusts to get anything she wanted… then she tried to cross the color line’
A couple of cover creases
F113
HARLAN ELLISON
ROCKABILLY
Gold Medal 1963 1st UK PB
FA/GD £25
‘Stag Preston, idol of millions – whose private life was wilder than any of the songs he sang’
Cover art by Mitchell Hooks.
Later retitled Spider Kiss. A cautionary tale about a country boy’s rise to fame as a rock ‘n’ roll star, loosely modeled after Elvis Presley.
Slight spine lean; small tear to base of spine; cover creases
Brown tape down centre pages 6/7, 8/9; a few loose pages.
598
HAL ELLSON
I’LL FIX YOU
Pedigree 1958 1st UK PB
VG/FN £14
‘A realistic novel of juvenile delinquency’
HAL ELLSON
TOMBOY
Corgi 1951 1st UK PB
GD £8
‘A shocking novel of Teen-Age Gang Life in the slums of Manhattan’
Cover art by Robert Maguire
Introduction by the notorious Dr Fredric Wertham
Slight spine lean; reading crease.
945
F
G
NETTA GREY
ROMANCE IN ALGIERS
Hamilton late 1940s 1st UK PB 32 pp
VG £8
Danger, adventure, love and death in the Kasbah
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
GRIFF (WILLIAM NEWTON)
CITY OF LOST WOMEN
Modern Fiction 1953 1st UK PB
GD £30
‘Auction of souls at the point of a rod.’
ARNOLD E GRISMAN
EARLY TO RISE
Berkley 1959 1st US PB
GD/VG £6
‘All around the town with a young man on the make.’
Cover art by Robert Maguire
Pencil price on cover
G198
H
GREG HAMILTON
FOLLOW THE LEADER
Midwood 1964 1st US PB
VG/FN £10
‘She used her husband’s friends and associates to play her version of an old parlour game.’
32423
JAMES HARVEY
A TWILIGHT AFFAIR
Midwood 1960 1st US PB
VG £30
‘Greenwich Village… and that twilight world where women are in love -with other women.’
Cover art by Paul Rader
59
ORRIE HITT
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Beacon 1959 1st US PB
GD £10
‘If you wanted pleasure, Kay would give you a fling.’
Slight edge rubbing and minor cover creasing
B250
JOHN CLELLON HOLMES
THE HORN
Ace 1961 1st US PB (with IK price overprinted)
GD £10
‘In that strange, savage world of night people, hot music and cool jazz he was the undisputed king.’
Edges rubbed and book a little warped
H455
JAN HUDSON
SORORITY SLUTS
Epic 1962 1st US PB
VG/FN £25
‘…nice co-eds, too, burned for his body – but it was a lushly curved nymph of a teacher who taught him the real lessons in sensuality.’
125
MAUDE HUTCHINS
THE HANDS OF LOVE
Pyramid 1960 US PB
GD £8
‘A strange love transforms a young girl into womanhood’
Cover art by Tom Miller
Cover crease; small amount of wear and tear to bottom spine.
G526
I
MICHAEL INNES
DEATH AT THE PRESIDENT’S LODGING
Penguin 1988 UK PB
VG £3
Classic Crime
The first Inspector Appleby mystery
J
HANK JANSON
ACCUSED
New Fiction 1940s/50s UK PB
FA £15
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Creases and scuffs, taped cover tear. Bottom 1 cm of spine missing
HANK JANSON
AVENGING NYMPH
Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB
VG £9
Nice solid copy;tight binding and only minor wear.
HANK JANSON
BEWITCHED
Alexander Moring circa 1957
GD/VG £7
HANK JANSON
BRING ME SORROW
Alexander Moring circa 1958 1st UK PB thus
VG £9
Nice solid copy with tight binding. Slight fading mark in top right corner of front cover, cover image unaffected.
HANK JANSON
CONFLICT
New Fiction 1940s/50s UK PB
FA £15
Reginald Heade cover art
Bottom 1.5 cm spine missing; spine splits. Fingernail sized piece missing top right cover
HANK JANSON
CORRUPTION
New Fiction 1940s/50s UK PB
PR/FA £12
Reginald Heade cover art
Ad for Desert Fury showing Heade cover on back cover
Parts of spine missing and cover loose, reinforced by tape.
HANK JANSON
DEVIL’S HIGHWAY
Alexander Moring circa 1958 1st UK PB thus
VG/FN £8
Nice solid copy with some tanning to page edges
HANK JANSON
DON’T CRY NOW
Alexander Moring circa 1958 1st UK PB thus
FN £12
Originally published in 1952 as Sadie, Don’t Cry Now.
Cover art after Reginald Heade
Nice sharp copy
HANK JANSON
DON’T SCARE EASY
Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB thus
GD £6
Small cover scuffs, a little dingy
HANK JANSON
FLIGHT FROM FEAR
Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB thus
VG/FN £10
Nice copy with very minor spine wear.
HARRY WHITTINGTON
See DOUG DUPERRAULT
We are in the process of converting our book categories to a new layout as shown above, featuring an image for each book. Below this point, the old layout is still shown.
| JANSON, HANK | HELLCAT | VG/FN | £35 | Alexander Moring Ltd 1950s | UK PB | |
| HONEY, TAKE MY GUN | GD | £10 | S D Frances 1949 | 1st UK PB Reginald Heade cover art Top 3 mm of cover trimmed off Corner off back cover | ||
| MISTRESS OF FEAR | VG | £12 | Alexander Moring Ltd 1958 | 1st UK PB | ||
| PERSIAN PRIDE | VG/FN | £12 | Alexander Moring 1957 | 2nd UK PB Modified Reginald Heade cover art | ||
| SINISTER RAPTURE | FN | £40 | Alexander Moring Ltd 1957 | 1st UK PB Nice solid copy with tight binding and only very slight foxing. |  |
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| SUGAR AND VICE | VG/FN | £18 | Alexander Moring Ltd 1958 | 1st UK PB | ||
| SWEET FURY | FN | £12 | Alexander Moring circa 1957 | 1st UK PB Cover art after Heade | ||
| TENSION | FN | £15 | Alexander Moring Ltd 1957 | 2nd UK PB Reginald Heade cover | ||
| TENSION | PR | £10 | New Fiction 1940's/50's | UK PB Reginald Heade cover Rear cover missing Spine split and damaged Heavy creasing to cover |  |
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| THEY DIE ALONE | GD | £8 | Alexander Moring Ltd 1950s | UK PB | ||
| TOO SOON TO DIE | VG | £10 | Alexander Moring 1958 | 1st UK PB Cover art after Heade Previously published as This Dame Dies Soon | ||
| TORMENT | GD | £20 | New Fiction Press 1953 | 1st UK PB Reginald Heade cover art |  |
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| TORMENT | PR | £10 | New Fiction 1953 | 1st UK PB Back cover, bottom inch of spine and bottom left corner of front cover missing | ||
| TORRID TEMPTRESS | GD | £12 | George Turton circa late 1950s | 1st UK PB Cover art after Heade Back cover stains | ||
| UNTAMED | VG/FN | £10 | Alexander Moring 1957 | 1st UK PB 2nd impression. Cover art after Heade |  |
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| WHIPLASH | PR | £10 | New Fiction 1940's/50's | UK PB Reginald Heade cover Front cover detached Spine mostly missing |  |
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| WHIPLASH | FN | £12 | Alexander Moring 1950s | 2nd UK PB Reginald Heade cover art (unsigned) | ||
| WILD GIRL | GD | £5 | George Turton 1959 | 1st UK PB Printed to match Alexander Moring editions | ||
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| KANE, HENRY | THE CASE OF THE MURDERED MADAME | VG | £10 | Signet 1965 | 1st US PB D2646 Contains the title novella, plus The Candlestick and The Precise Moment | |
| KRUGER, RAYNE | MY NAME IS CELIA | GD | £3 | Ace 1960 | UK PB | |
| KYLE, ROBERT | BEN GATES IS HOT | FN | £3 | Mayflower Dell 1966 | 1st UK PB | |
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| LAWRENCE, ANN | GIN WEDDING | FN | £20 | Intimate novels 1951 | US PB #8 |  |
| LESLIE, DESMOND | HOLD BACK THE NIGHT | GD | £12 | Digit 1958 | UK PB D.209 |  |
| LONDRES, ALBERT | THE ROAD TO BUENOS AYRES | VG | £4 | Digit Books 1960's | UK PB | |
| LYNDS, DENNIS : see GRANT, MAXWELL | ||||||
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| MACINNES, HELEN | ABOVE SUSPICION | GD | £4 | Fontana 1967 | UK PB #1537 |  |
| McCRUMB, SHARYN | BIMBOS OF THE DEATH SUN | VG | £3 | Windwalker 1987 | UK PB ISBN 0880384557 | |
| MARSH, NGAIO | ARTISTS IN CRIME | VG | £3 | Fontana 1967 | 2nd UK PB | |
| SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY | VG/FN | £6 | Fontana 1965 | UK PB #1193 |  |
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| MARTIN, FRED | VIOLENT DESIRES | GD | £3 | Magnet 1960 | US PB | |
| MATTHEWS, CLAYTON | THE CORRUPTER | FN | £3 | Monarch 1964 | 1st US PB | |
| MAYO, DALLAS | WHEN LIGHTS ARE LOW | GD/VG | £45 | Midwood 1963 | 1st US PB F315 Paul Rader cover art |  |
| MORELLI, SPIKE | DEATH FOR A DOLL | VG | £25 | Leisure Library 1952 | 1st US PB Reginald Heade cover |  |
| DEATH FOR A DOLL | FA | £15 | Leisure Library 1952 | US PB Reginald Heade cover | ||
| MORROW, ANN | MOONLIGHT IN VENICE | VG/FN | £10 | Hamilton Late 1940s | 1st UK PB 32 pp Oliver Brabbins cover art |  |
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| NEWTON, WILLIAM | HIS SECRET REVEALED | VG | £8 | Hamilton Late 1940s | 1st UK PB 48 pp Oliver Brabbins cover art |  |
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| O'DONNELL, PETER | MODESTY BLAISE: A TASTE FOR DEATH | FN | £6 | Pan 1976 | UK PB ISBN 0330026291 | |
| MODESTY BLAISE: COBRA TRAP | VG/FN | £6 | Souvenir Press 2006 | 1st UK PB ISBN 0285637665 |  |
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| MODESTY BLAISE: DEAD MAN’S HANDLE | VG | £15 | Souvenir Press 1985 | 1st UK HC With DJ (VG) in removable archival film ISBN 0285627023 |  |
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| MODESTY BLAISE: THE IMPOSSIBLE VIRGIN | GD | £5 | Pan 1973 | UK PB ISBN 0330234897 | ||
| MODESTY BLAISE: LAST DAY IN LIMBO | GD | £3 | Pan 1977 | UK PB ISBN 0330251422 | ||
| MODESTY BLAISE | GD | £3 | Pan 1966 | UK PB 2nd printing X474 Movie covers | ||
| MODESTY BLAISE | GD | £3 | Pan 1966 | UK PB 3rd printing X474 Movie covers | ||
| MODESTY BLAISE: PIECES OF MODESTY | GD | £3 | Pan 1975 | UK PB 4th printing ISBN 0330029614 | ||
| MODESTY BLAISE: THE SILVER MISTRESS | VF | £10 | Archival Press 1981 | 1st US HC | ||
| OSBORNE, CHARLES | THE UNEXPECTED GUEST | See Agatha Christie | ||||
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| PAINE, EMORY | THE BEAUTY GAME | VG | £20 | Midwood 1965 | 1st US PB #32-494 Paul Rader cover art |  |
| PRATHER, RICHARD | THE KUBLA KHAN CAPER | VG | £3.50 | Four Square 1967 | UK PB Shell Scott | |
| EVERYBODY HAD A GUN | VG | £15 | Gold Medal 1958 | 5th US PB | ||
| PRIESTLEY, J B | SALT IS LEAVING | VG | £5 | Pan 1966 | 1st UK PB 2nd printing X560 |  |
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| QUEEN, ELLERY | THE DEVIL TO PAY | GD | £4 | Pan 1960 | UK PB Cover taped to inside pages |  |
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| RENIN, PAUL | A DOUBLE LIFE | FA | £15 | Harborough 1950s | UK PB Cover art by Reginald Heade Water damaged, edge discolouration, some loss to bottom right cover, image okay |  |
| FLAME | VG | £20 | Archer 1951 | US PB Reginald Heade cover |  |
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| LONELY WIVES | FA/GD | £8 | Trident ca1969 | UK PB | ||
| SHE WHO HESITATES | FA | £10 | Leisure Library 1953 | US PB #18 Reginald Heade cover | ||
| VIRTUE | PR | £7 | R & L Locker 1949 | UK PB Reginald Heade cover Most of spine missing Covers barely attached Water damage and erosion to edge of covers Cover image OK | ||
| REYNOLDS, FRANK & McCLURE, MICHAEL | FREEWHEELIN FRANK | GD | £35 | NEL 1971 | UK PB ISBN 0450003787 |  |
| ROBESON, KENNETH | DOC SAVAGE: THE AWFUL EGG | VG | £2.50 | Bantam 1978 | US PB ISBN 0553112481 Bob Larkin cover art #92 | |
| (mainly LESTER DENT) | DOC SAVAGE: THE GREEN EAGLE | GD | £2 | Bantam 1968 | 1st US PB F3782 #24 | |
| DOC SAVAGE: LAND OF ALWAYS-NIGHT (Lester Dent and Ryerson Johnson) | GD | £2 | Bantam 1966 | 1st US PB E3202 #13 | ||
| DOC SAVAGE: THE MAGIC ISLAND | VG/FN | £3 | Bantam 1977 | US PB ISBN 0553077902 Bob Larkin cover art #89 Formerly titled Ost | ||
| DOC SAVAGE: METEOR MENACE | GD | £2 | Corgi 1975 | 1st UK PB ISBN 0552098396 #3 | ||
| DOC SAVAGE: PIRATE OF THE PACIFIC | VG/FN | £3 | Bantam 1977 | US PB ISBN 0553113216 James Bama cover art #19 | ||
| DOC SAVAGE: THE SARGASSO OGRE | VG | £2.50 | Bantam 1967 | 1st US PB F3441 #18 | ||
| DOC SAVAGE: TUNNEL TERROR | VG/FN | £3 | Bantam 1979 | US PB ISBN 0553111914 Bob Larkin cover art #93 | ||
| ROHMER, SAX | THE RETURN OF DR. FU-MANCHU | GD | £30 | McBride 1916 | 1st US HC |  |
| SINISTER MADONNA | VG | £8 | Four Square 1963 | UK PB #886 |  |
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| THE SINS OF SUMURU | GD | £5 | Digit 1964 | UK PB R835 |  |
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| THE SLAVES OF SUMURU | GD | £15 | Panther 1960 | 1st UK PB #1074 Would be VG if not for clipped front cover |  |
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| ROYER, LOUIS-CHARLES | BEWITCHED | FA | £15 | Harborough 1952 | 1st US PB Evocative art nouveau cover by David Wright. Translated from the French. Much cover wear around all edges, but central image remains unaffected |  |
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| ST GEORGE, DAVID | DIAMOND DOLL | VG | £4 | Bedtime 1960 | 1st US PB | |
| ‘SAPPER’ | THE BLACK GANG | VG | £8 | Classic Thrillers 1983 | 1st UK PB ISBN 0460022458 |  |
| SAYERS, DOROTHY L | FIVE RED HERRINGS | VG | £2.50 | NEL 1975 | UK PB |  |
| THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB | VG | £3 | NEL 1973 | UK PB | ||
| SELMARD, TIM | NAKED TALES | GD | £5 | Bell 1964 | 1st US PB BB102 | |
| SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY | A COLD NIGHT FOR MURDER (MARTIN THOMAS) | FA | £3 | Fleetway | UK PB #441 No back cover |  |
| BRED TO KILL (MARTIN THOMAS) | GD | £5 | Fleetway | UK PB #448 |  |
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| BULLETS ARE TRUMPS (DESMOND REID) | FA/GD | £4 | Fleetway | UK PB #488 |  |
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| BY WHOSE HAND? (REX HARDINGE) | VG | £7 | Amalgamated 1950s | UK PB #356 David Wright cover art |  |
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| DATE WITH DANGER (MARTIN THOMAS) | GD/VG | £6 | Fleetway | UK PB #459 |  |
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| DEAD MAN’S DESTINY (MARTIN THOMAS) | GD/VG | £6 | Fleetway | UK PB #466 |  |
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| DESERT INTRIGUE (JAMES STAGG) | GD/VG | £6 | Fleetway | UK PB #444 |  |
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| FRIGHTENED LADY (HOWARD BAKER) | GD/VG | £6 | Amalgamated 1950s | UK PB #359 David Wright cover art |  |
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| GUILTY PARTY (REX DOLPHIN) | GD | £5 | Fleetway | UK PB #442 |  |
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| THE DEVIL TO PAY (REX DOLPHIN) | GD/VG | £6 | Fleetway | UK PB #467 |  |
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| THIEF OF CLUBS (GILBERT JOHNS) | VG | £7 | Fleetway | UK PB #468 |  |
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| STORME, MICHAEL (GEORGE H DAWSON) | HOT DAMES ON COLD SLABS | GD | £15 | Leisure Library 1952 | US PB #5 Reginald Heade cover | |
| SEE ALSO PIERRE FLAMMECHE | MAKE MINE A CORPSE | FA/GD | £25 | Archer Press 1950 | UK PB John Pollack cover art |  |
| MAKE MINE A HARLOT | VG | £30 | Archer Press/ Kaywin Press 1952 | US PB Jhn Pollack cover art |  |
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| MAKE MINE A HARLOT | FA/GD | £15 | Archer 1951 | 1st US PB John Pollack cover art | ||
| UNLUCKY VIRGIN | VG | £35 | Archer/Kaywin 1951 | 1st US PB 1951 (imprint of UK title) Striking cover by Thorpe A little dingy with wear at top edge, but intact spine |  |
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| TEY, JOSEPHINE | MISS PYM DISPOSES | VG | £4 | Pan 1964 | UK PB G387 | |
| MISS PYM DISPOSES | VG | £4 | Pan 1965 | UK PB G387 Label residue (sticky) on back cover |  |
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| THORNDIKE, RUSSELL | DR. SYN | FN | £25 | Jonathan Cape 1933 | UK HC With DJ |  |
| TRALINS, BOB | LAW OF LUST | VG | £15 | Tuxedo 1960 | 1st US PB as this title Original title: Caesar’s Bench #107 |  |
| UPFIELD, ARTHUR | THE MOUNTAINS HAVE A SECRET | GD | £6 | Pan 1954 | UK PB #291 |  |
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| VANCE, LEIGH | THE FRIGHTENED CITY | GD/VG | £3 | Digit 1961 | 1st UK PB Movie cover | |
| VANE, ROLAND | SINFUL SISTERS | GD/VG | £20 | Archer 1951 | US PB Reginald Heade cover |  |
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| WALLACE, EDGAR | AGAIN THE RINGER | GD | £4 | Pan 1962 | UK PB Great Pan | |
| ANGEL ESQUIRE | VG | £25 | Readers Library 1932 or later | UK HC With DJ (GD) in archival cover #150 |  |
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| THE BIG FOUR | VG | £30 | 1929 | 1st UK HC DJ GD | |
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| CHICK | FA/GD | £20 | Ward Lock 1936 | UK PB Movie tie-in, with Sydney Howard on cover |  |
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| THE CALENDAR | VG | £6 | Pan 1961 | UK PB Great Pan | ||
| THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE | GD/VG | £8 | Ward Lock 1950s | UK PB #2 |  |
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| THE CRIMSON CIRCLE | VG | £10 | Pan 1950 | UK PB #141 | ||
| THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS | GD | £5 | Pan 1960 | UK PB Great Pan | ||
| THE FEATHERED SERPENT | VG | £5 | Hodder & Stoughton 1958 | UK PB |  |
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| THE INDIA-RUBBER MEN | VG | £5 | Pan 1956 | UK PB | ||
| IRON GRIP | GD | £20 | Readers Library 1929 | 1st UK HC With DJ (FA) in archival cover #294 | ||
| THE JOKER | GD | £7 | Pan 1950 | UK PB | ||
| THE MAN AT THE CARLTON | GD | £6 | Pan 1964 | UK PB | ||
| THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS NAME | VG | £12 | Hutchinson & Co / The Crime Book Society / Pocket Library ca1939 | UK PB Novelisation of play #61 |  |
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| MR JUSTICE MAXWELL | FA | £8 | 1928 | UK PB Abby cover | ||
| ON THE SPOT | GD | £8 | Avon 1948 | US PB Monroe Reisman cover art #173 |  |
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| RED ACES | VG | £4 | Pan 1962 | UK PB Great Pan | ||
| THE RINGER | GD/VG | £4 | Pan 1957 | UK PB | ||
| TERROR KEEP | FN | £9 | Pan 1964 | UK PB |  |
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| THE TRAMP | VG | £5 | Pan 1965 | UK PB | ||
| THE VALLEY OF GHOSTS | GD/VG | £10 | Pan 1960 | UK PB Great Pan |  |
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| WATTSON, JEAN | DANGEROUS BACHELOR | VG/FN | £10 | Hamilton Late 1940s | 1st UK PB 32 pp Oliver Brabbins cover art Includes Flame of Desire by Janice Talbot |  |
| WEBB, PETER | DANCING WITH DANGER | FN | £12 | Paget Late 1940s | 1st UK PB 64 pp Oliver Brabbins cover art |  |
| WEISS, JOE | HOW ROUGH CAN IT GET? | GD | £3.50 | Avon 1951 | US PB | |
| WEISSMAN, SIDNEY | BACKLASH | VG | £4.50 | Digit 1955 | 1st UK PB | |
| WENTWORTH, PATRICIA | ROLLING STONE | VG | £9 | Popular Library 1946 | US PB #79 |  |
| WEST, SUSANNAH | DAYTIME IN SUBURBIA | FN | £20 | Midwood 1965 | 1st US PB #32-450 Paul Rader cover art |  |
| WHITTINGTON, HARRY/ DUPERRAULT, DOUG | BACKWOOD SHACK/ SPOTLIGHT ON SIN | See Duperrault, Doug | ||||
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