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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
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
586043268
MICHAEL AVALLONE
THE BEDROOM BOLERO
Digit 1964 1st UK PB
VG £10
8800
B
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
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.
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
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
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
0140010963
RAYMOND CHANDLER
PEARLS ARE A NUISANCE
Penguin 1977 UK PB
VG £4.50
3 stories
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
0140007415
RAYMOND CHANDLER
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS
Penguin 1976 UK PB
GD £4
Short stories
Cover creases
0140007415
LESLIE CHARTERIS
THE SAINT BIDS DIAMONDS
Hodder 1964 UK PB
GD/VG £3
Rubbed edges and reading crease at spine
67
LESLIE CHARTERIS
THE SAINT GOES WEST
Hodder 1968 UK PB
GD/VG £3
Three long stories
Edges rubbed, slight spine lean
1712
LESLIE CHARTERIS
THE SAINT ON THE SPANISH MAIN
Great Pan 1963 UK PB 3rd thus
VG £4
Short stories
Slight reading crease; small nick bottom spine
G58
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’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 INTERLUDE
Collins 1955 UK HC
VG £10
With DJ (VG) in removable archival film
Dark series
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
Book Club 1951 UK HC
VG £5
With DJ (GD/VG, small tears) in removable archival film
Dark series
Cover art by David Wright
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 CAN CALL IT A DAY
Collins 1951 2nd UK HC
VG £6
With DJ (GD, reinforced, small corner off flap) in removable archival film
Dark series
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
VG £6
Poirot
‘The case of the murdered millionaire’
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
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
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
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’
F
IAN FLEMING
JAMES BOND: CASINO ROYALE
Pan 1969 28th UK PB
VG £10
One of the elusive ‘models’ editions, which are less often seen.
A solid copy, if a little foxed at the edges.
33010232X
IAN FLEMING
JAMES BOND: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Pan 1969 17th UK PB
VG £10
Short stories
One of the elusive ‘models’ editions, which are less often seen.
Solid clean copy with small dink towards base of spine.
330102397
IAN FLEMING
JANES BOND: GOLDFINGER
Triad Granada 1982 UK PB
GD/VG £6
Classic 1980s ‘Girl with Gun’ cover.
Some cover creasing and indentations
0586045198
IAN FLEMING
JAMES BOND: ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE
Triad Granada 1977 1st UK PB thus
VG £7
Classic 1980s ‘Girl with Gun’ cover.
0586044914
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
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.
HANK JANSON
HELLCAT
Alexander Moring 1950s 1st UK PB thus
VG £9
Nice copy; spine a little dingy
HANK JANSON
HONEY, TAKE MY GUN
S D Frances 1949 1st UK PB
FA/GD £15
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Cover is about 0.5 shorter than book – looks like printing error. Worn with edge creasing; back cover tears with small corner missing.
HANK JANSON
MISTRESS OF FEAR
Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB thus
VG £9
Decent copy with a few faint foxing spots
HANK JANSON
PERSIAN PRIDE
Alexander Moring 1957 2nd UK PB
VG/FN £10
Cover art after Reginald Heade
Nice copy with minor edge rubbing.
HANK JANSON
SINISTER RAPTURE
Alexander Moring 1957 1st UK PB thus
VG/FN £10
Nice solid copy with tight binding and only very slight foxing.
HANK JANSON
SUGAR AND VICE
Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB
VG/FN £10
Nice copy with very slight spine lean
HANK JANSON
SWEET FURY
Alexander Moring 1950s 1st UK PB
FN £12
Great copy
HANK JANSON
TENSION
New Fiction 1940s/50s UK PB
PR £10
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Rear cover missing. Spine split and damaged. Heavy creasing to cover
HANK JANSON
TENSION
Alexander Moring 1957 2nd UK PB
FN £15
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Beautiful copy
HANK JANSON
THEY DIE ALONE
Alexander Moring 1950s 1st UK PB
GD £5
A little dingy with pen marks to cover
HANK JANSON
TOO SOON TO DIE
Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB thus
VG £6
Previously published as This Dame Dies Soon
Minor edge rubbing but nice copy
HANK JANSON
TORMENT
New Fiction 1953 1st UK PB
GD £25
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Missing top 1.5 cm spine and small chunk bottom. Cover creasing; good gloss and colour.
HANK JANSON
TORMENT
New Fiction 1953 1st UK PB
PR £10
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Back cover, bottom inch of spine and bottom left corner of front cover missing
HANK JANSON
TORRID TEMPTRESS
George Turton c late 1950s 1st UK PB
GD £12
Back cover stains, otherwise nice
HANK JANSON
UNTAMED
Alexander Moring 1957 1st UK PB
VG/FN £10
Just minor edge wear
HANK JANSON
WHIPLASH
New Fiction 1940s/50s 1st UK PB
PR £10
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Front cover detached. Spine mostly missing
HANK JANSON
WHIPLASH
Alexander Moring 1950s 2nd UK PB
FN £15
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Nice copy.
HANK JANSON
WILD GIRL
George Turton 1959 1st UK PB
GD £8
Taped spine; spine lean.
K
L
M
NGAIO MARSH
OVERTURE TO DEATH
Fontana 1967 2nd UK PB thus
GD/VG £4
An Inspector Alleyn Mystery
Slight spine creasing & tiny spllts at spine base.
1459
NGAIO MARSH
VINTAGE MURDER
Penguin 5th UK PB
GD £4
An Inspector Alleyn Mystery
Edges rubbed, small splits, slight creasing
253
ANN MORROW
MOONLIGHT IN VENICE
Hamilton late 1940s 1st UK PB
VG/FN £10
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
32 pages
N
WILLIAM NEWTON
HIS SECRET REVEALED
Hamilton late 1940s 1st UK PB
VG £8
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
48 pages
O
PETER O’DONNELL
MODESTY BLAISE
Pan 1966 3rd UK PB
GD £4
The first Modesty Blaise novel
Movie cover
Edge rubbing and cover creasing
X474
P
Q
R
PAUL RENIN (RICHARD GOYNE)
A DOUBLE LIFE
Harborough 1940s/50s UK PB
FA £15
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Water damaged, edge discolouration, some loss to bottom right cover, image okay
PAUL RENIN (RICHARD GOYNE)
FLAME
Archer 1951 US PB
VG £12
Cover art by Reginald Heade
PAUL RENIN (RICHARD GOYNE)
LONELY WIVES
Trident 1960s UK PB
GD/VG £10
Some cover creasing
PAUL RENIN (RICHARD GOYNE)
MAN MAD
Phoenix 1950s UK PB
GD £20
‘Passion and excitement were the sum total of her being.’
Small spine split
PAUL RENIN (RICHARD GOYNE)
SHE WHO HESITATES
Leisure Library 1953 US PB
FA £10
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Water damage; 1st page detached
PAUL RENIN (RICHARD GOYNE)
VIRTUE
R & L Locker 1949 UK PB
PR £7
Cover art by Reginald Heade
Most of spine missing. Covers barely attached. Water damage and erosion to edge of covers
Cover image OK
LOUIS-CHARLES ROYER
BEWITCHED
Harborough 1952 1st UK PB
FA £15
Uncommon
Evocative art nouveau cover by David Wright.
Translated from the French.
Much cover wear around all edges, but central image remains unaffected
S
DAVID ST GEORGE
DIAMOND DOLL
Bedtime 1960 1st US PB
VG £8
‘These were her playthings… precious stones and men’
969
TIM SELMARD
NAKED TALES
Bell 1964 1st US PB
GD £5
‘Illicit loves and dark worlds of perversion.’
Edges well rubbed
88102
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY
#315: THE RIDDLE OF THE INVISIBLE MENACE
REX HARDINGE
Amalgamated 1950s
GD £8
Cover art by Reginald Heade
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY
#365: NIGHT BEAT
ARTHUR MACLEAN
Amalgamated 1950s
GD/VG £6
‘Out of the throbbing heart of the city rose the anguished cry of a woman in fear!’
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY
#366: REQUIEM FOR REDHEADS
W HOWARD BAKER
Amalgamated 1950s
VG £7
‘A succession of baffling murders sets Blake a tough problem – a race against time, before the killer strikes again!’
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY
#367: ASSIGNMENT IN BEIRUT
JAMES STAGG
Amalgamated 1950s
VG £7
‘Simon Preston went East to find a missing brother – instead he found intrigue and murder!’
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY
#368: DARK FRONTIER
ARTHUR MACLEAN
Amalgamated 1950s
VG £7
‘Beyond the dark frontiers of Eastern Europe a lone girl waits, helpless… a tool in the hands of a police state’
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY
#369: WOMAN OF SAIGON
PETER SAXON
Amalgamated 1950s
GD £5
‘Hildegard tried to play a lone hand against her husband’s murderers. She found herself enmeshed in a cult of evil’
MICHAEL STORME (GEORGE H DAWSON)
HOT DAMES ON COLD SLABS
Leisure Library 1952 1st US PB
GD £6
‘Three women from the Mid West head for the big city (Chicago) in search of husbands – they find the price is steep.’
Water damage to lower left corner, otherwise nice
Cover art by Reginald Heade
5
MICHAEL STORME (GEORGE H DAWSON)
MAKE MINE A CORPSE
Archer 1950 1st UK PB
FA/GD £25
‘Private eye Nick Cranley and beautiful women, cold corpses, mysteries and thrills…’
Cover art by John Pollack
Rubbed edges and tears, small corner off bottom right, grubby with creases and pencil price on cover.
6
MICHAEL STORME (GEORGE H DAWSON)
MAKE MINE A HARLOT
Archer 1952 1st US PB
VG £30
‘Private eye Nick Cranley up to his big ears again in luscious lovelies and trigger-happy hooligans’.
Cover art by John Pollack
84
MICHAEL STORME (GEORGE H DAWSON)
MAKE MINE A SHROUD
Leisure Library 1952 1st US PB
VG £6
The first of the private eye Nick Cranley tales.
Cover art by Reginald Heade
4
MICHAEL STORME (GEORGE H DAWSON)
UNLUCKY VIRGIN
Archer 1951 1st US PB
VG £35
‘Mary Glyn doesn’t want to live in Wyoming, so John goes ranching alone – she is determined to wait on his return – but then her flighty pal Ann turns up with her underworld friends.’
Striking cover art by Thorpe
A little dingy with wear at top edge, but intact spine.
71
T
JANICE TALBOT
see JEAN WATTSON
JOSEPHINE TEY (ELIZABETH MACKINTOSH)
THE DAUGHTER OF TIME
Penguin 1961 6th UK PB
GD/VG £3
Inspector Alan Grant investigates the historical mystery of the murder of the Princes in the Tower. Selected by the Crime Writers’ Association as the greatest crime novel of all time.
Cover creases
990
JOSEPHINE TEY (ELIZABETH MACKINTOSH)
THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR
Penguin 1961 4th UK PB
GD/VG £3
Cover creases and short spine split
841
JOSEPHINE TEY (ELIZABETH MACKINTOSH)
MISS PYM DISPOSES
Pan 1965 4th UK PB
VG £4
Death in a girls’ school
G387
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JEAN WATTSON
DANGEROUS BACHELOR
Hamilton Late 1940s 1st UK PB
VG/FN £10
Includes Flame of Desire by Janice Talbot
32 pages
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
PETER WEBB
DANCING WITH DANGER
Paget Late 1940s 1st UK PB
FN £12
64 pages
Cover art by Oliver Brabbins
JOE WEISS
HOW ROUGH CAN IT GET?
Avon 1951 US PB
GD £4
New York novel of teenagers and sex
Frontispiece missing; story unaffected.
582
SIDNEY WEISSMAN
BACKLASH
Digit 1955 1st UK PB
GD/VG £6
‘She returned to a past that held fear, hate and ruin!’
Diagonal crease across bottom cover.
R380
PATRICIA WENTWORTH
ROLLING STONE
Popular Library 1946 1st US PB
VG £9
Mystery thriller
Slight edge rubbing and reading crease at spine.
79
SUSANNAH WEST
DAYTIME IN SUBURBIA
Midwood 1965 1st US PB
FN £15
‘Young housewives, made vulnerable by boredom and neglect, forgetting marital vows and morality in a desperate search for excitement and fulfillment.’
Cover art by Paul Rader
32450
HARRY WHITTINGTON
See DOUG DUPERRAULT