JOHN BUDE (DUMMY FOR REF)
DEATH ON THE RIVIERA
British Library Crime Classics 2016 UK PB
Originally published 1952
Like New £5
9780712356374
MARTIN EDWARDS (Ed) (DUMMY FOR REF)
RESORTING TO MURDER
British Library Crime Classics 2015 1st UK PB
Short crime stories with a holiday theme
Conan Doyle, Hornung, Chesteron and many more
Like New £5
9780712357487
SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY (DUMMY FOR REF)
#356: BY WHOSE HAND?
REX HARDINGE
Amalgamated 1950s
VG £7
‘It was death for the Eurasian beauty… but who fiired the fatal shot – and why?’
Cover art by David Wright
ADAM KNIGHT
GIRL RUNNING
Signet 1956 1st US PB
VG £7
‘Murder strikes among Americans in Paris’
Nice copy with small nicks to back cover
1347
JOHN D MACDONALD
THE ONLY GIRL IN THE GAME
Gold Medal 1964 2nd US PB
VG/FN £6
‘The game was hot… and she was on call to keep it that way.’
d1389
HOLLY ROTH
THE CRIMSON IN THE PURPLE
Pyramid 1959 1st US PB
VG £8
‘A beautiful victim in a mansion of murder’
Cover art by Robert Maguire
Slight edge rubbing; circular embossed stamp on cover.
G372
GERALD SPARROW
OPIUM VENTURE
Great Pan 1960 1st UK PB
VG £8
‘Savage and sensuous – Queen of an opium empire’
Slight edge rubbing and spine lean
G333
MONICA EDWARDS
THE NIGHT BIRD
Armada 1963 1st UK PB thus
GD £15
Cover art by Peter Archer; illustrations by Geoffrey Whittam
A Romney Marsh novel
Cover a little puckered at spine; spine wear and tear; some cover creases
C55
MONICA EDWARDS
NO ENTRY
Armada 1964 1st UK PB thus
GD £10
Cover art by Peter Archer; illustrations by Geoffrey Whittam
A Romney Marsh novel
Short tear at top of spine, extends over early pages at spine.
C95
MALCOLM SAVILLE
THE AMBERMERE TREASURE
Armada 1963 1st UK PB thus
FA/GD £5
Cover art by Charles Stewart
A Jillies novel
Heavy wear to spine and much creasing to cover
C38
MALCOLM SAVILLE
MYSTERY MINE
Hamlyn 1968 1st UK PB thus
GD £8
Artist uncredited
A Lone Pine novel
Small split at base of spine; small stain on some page edges.
M28
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #1 (US)
(AKA THE THOUSAND COFFINS AFFAIR)
MICHAEL AVALLONE
Ace 1965 1st US PB
GD/VG £5
Dedication by author on title page
Some cover creasing with slight tear
G553
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #2 (US)
THE DOOMSDAY AFFAIR
HARRY WHITTINGTON
Ace 1965 1st US PB
GD/VG £5
Some cover creasing
G560
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #3 (US)
THE COPENHAGEN AFFAIR
JOHN ORAM
Ace 1965 1st US PB
GD £4
Cover creasing and small graffiti
G564
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #4 (US)
THE DAGGER AFFAIR
DAVID MCDANIEL
Ace 1965 1st US PB
GD/VG £5
Some cover creasing
G571
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #5 (US)
THE MAD SCIENTIST AFFAIR
JOHN T PHILLIFENT
Ace 1966 1st US PB
GD/VG £5
Some rear cover creasing
G581
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. #7 (US)
THE RADIOACTIVE CAMEL AFFAIR
PETER LESLIE
Ace 1966 1st US PB
VG £6
G600
(SF) IMPULSE (UK)
#2 Compact APRIL 1966
GD £4
Edited by Kyril Bonfiglioli/Keith Roberts. Roberts, Rackham, Brunner, Merril.
Wear to spine and covers. Biro prices on cover. Stain on contents page.
IMPULSE (UK)
#11 Compact 1967
GD/VG £5
Edited by Harry Harrison/Keith Roberts. Boyce, Wilson, Merril, Hebron, Hammerton, Moorcock.
Edge wear, minor creasing, short lower spine split.
NEW WORLDS (UK)
#142 Roberts & Vintner MAY-JUNE 1964
FA £10
1st issue edited by Michael Moorcock. Ballard, Aldiss, Brunner, Bayley.
Cover detached from body of book, cover crease, some water staining.
NEW WORLDS (UK)
#163 Compact JUNE 1966
GD/VG £5
Edited by Michael Moorcock. Baxter, Ballard, Tate, Hill, Bennett, Bounds.
Biro prices on cover.
RICHARD A LUPOFF
ONE MILLION CENTURIES
Lancer 1967 1st US PB
VG/FN £4
‘An exile in space-time, Parker had to learn where and when he was… but first he had to survive.’
Cover art by Jack Gaughan
Reading crease near spine.
749822
JOHN LYMINGTON
A SWORD ABOVE THE NIGHT
Macfadden-Bartell 1971 1st bUS PB
VG £4
Tense alien invasion thriller
Some cover creasing
53200398075
GEORGE MACDONALD
EVENOR
Pan/Ballantine 1972 1st UK PB
VG/FN £10
Three long stories
‘Fantasy that hovers between the allegorical and mythopoeic.’
Wraparound cover art by Gervasio Gallardo
Some wear to back cover.
097629
GEORGE MACDONALD
LILITH
Lion 1982 UK PB
FN £7
‘MacDonald hauntingly explores the ultimate mystery of evil.’
Cover art by Jim Lamb
0856483427
JOHN D MACDONALD
PLANET OF THE DREAMERS
Corgi 1962 UK PB
VG £8
‘An invasion of Earth by thought control – a startling novel of the future.’
Cover art by Josh Kirby
Minor edge rubbing
SS1143
J T MCINTOSH
WORLD OUT OF MIND
Corgi 1961 1st UK PB
GD £4
‘Out of the void he came – an alien supermind with a power to shatter the world.’
Cover art by J Richards
Slight spine lean, edges rubbed, cover creasing
SS995
LESLIE CHARTERIS
THE SAINT’S GETAWAY
Hodder 1968 2nd UK PB thus
GD/VG £3
Cover scuff from label removal, some creasing
340017317
LESLIE CHARTERIS
THE SAINT ON GUARD
Hodder 1968 UK PB
GD/VG £3
Spine faded
340017244
LESLIE CHARTERIS
VENDETTA FOR THE SAINT
Hodder 1964 1st UK PB
GD £3
The Saint Vs the Mafia
Cover creases and water damage
2451
LESLIE CHARTERIS
THE SAINT V SCOTLAND YARD
Hodder 1964 2nd UK PB thus
VG £4
Some edge rubbing
251
JOE HALDEMAN (Ed)
STUDY WAR NO MORE
Futura 1987 2nd UK PB
GD/VG £4
Anthology of stories on alternatives to war; Asimov, Ellison, Anderson, Bova, Knight, Harrison, many more
Some creasing and handling wear
0708880541
JOHN JAKES
SIX-GUN PLANET
Paperback Library 1970 1st US PB
VG £4
‘This is the story of the planet Missouri, whose revolutionary goals were to duplicate in the 23rd century the Terrafirman Old West, even if they had to use robot pintos for special effects.’
Cover art by Richard Powers
63313
HENRY KUTTNER
FURY
Mayflower/Dell 1963 1st UK PB
VG £8
‘This is no story for the lily-livered. A science fiction novel of violence.’
Some spine creasing
2779
FRITZ LEIBER
SWORDS 5: THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR
Mayflower 1970 1st UK PB
VG £5
The only Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novel
Cover art by Josh Kirby
Minor edge wear
583118178
MURRAY LEINSTER
THE FORGOTTEN PLANET
Ace 1962 2nd US PB
GD £4
‘Marooned on a planet of monsters.’
Spine faded; cover creases
D528
MURRAY LEINSTER
THE WAILING ASTEROID
Avon 1960 1st US PB
GD/VG £4
‘From space beyond man’s readh the music came – was it a dirge for our dying world?’
UK price sticker; faint mug ring.
T483
KATHERINE MACLEAN
THE DIPLOIDS AND OTHER FLIGHTS OF FANCY
Avon 1962 1st US PB
VG £6
Short stories
‘Eight strange and imaginative stories – the first all-Maclean collection to appear in one volume’
Slight reading crease at spine; a couple of other small creases
G1143
CHARLES ERIC MAINE
SPACEWAYS
Pan 1954 1st UK PB
VG/FN £15
‘Mystery story of the very near future’
Nice clean copy
297
CHARLES ERIC MAINE
TIMELINER
Corgi 1968 1st UK PB
VG £10
‘He was catapulted out of his own time into a chain of wondrous futures…’
Cover art by John Richards
Reading crease back cover spine
S554
BARRY N MALZBERG
GUERNICA NIGHT
NEL 1979 1st UK PB
VG £10
‘Who can resist the final trip?’
Uncommon
Cover art by Tim White
Diagonal cover crease; remainder clip bottom edge.
450036665
LAURENCE MANNING
THE MAN WHO AWOKE
Sphere 1977 1st UK PB
FN £10
‘A classic novel from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.’
Originally published 1933
0722157355