London: Macmillan, [1977]. First Edition. The first of the author's Cadfael series, considered to be one of the best historical mystery novels of all time according to The Wall Street Journal (2010) and is featured on the list the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time issued by the Crime..... More

New York: Edward J. Clode Publisher, [1908]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's red pictorial cloth embossed in black, white, and gilt; vi,302pp. Extremities a bit rubbed, corners gently bumped, front hinge starting to crack but holding, else a Very Good, bright copy. The author's third collection of stories featuring the..... More

Boston: Chapman & Grimes, 1939. First Edition. Fictionalized (but highly detailed & accurate) account of "Uncle Sam's secret agents in tracking down dealers in marijuana, cocaine, and other debasing drugs." Not in Hanna, presumably because it is a "crime novel," though the content reads more like an occupational novel than..... More

London: The Bodley Head, [1988]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],214pp. Very light soil to top textblock edge, else Near Fine. Signed by the author with a tic-tac-toe drawing on title page, presumably in reference to the dust jacket art of his previous novel..... More

Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1950. Reprint. Octavo (20.25cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket printed in black and purple; 222pp. Jacket extremities rubbed with a few shallow losses, including one measuring approximately one inch at top edge of upper panel, purple spine lettering rather faded..... More

Blakeney: Scorpion Press, 1999. First, Limited Edition. Handsome edition of the 18th Inspector Wexford novel, with an appreciation by John Mortimer. One of 99 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.47. Octavo; marbled paper over hunter green leather, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; green topstain;..... More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1934]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket, yellow topstain; [6],300pp. Chips and closed tears along jacket extremities, flap folds and spine darkened, minor offsetting to endpapers, else Very Good or better in Near Very Good jacket. Novel of murder and..... More

Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1932. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original yellow cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black, black topstain; [4],vii,[3],330pp; frontispiece, illus. and pictorial endpapers. Light edgewear else a Very Good to Near Fine, unfaded copy. Forms part of the author's Fu Manchu..... More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Second Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth, stamped in light blue; 381pp. Spine sunned, slightly wrinkled; boards mildly soiled and rubbed. Textblock toned along edges and margins; pp165-178 chipped along fore edge; else sound, Very Good. The eleventh and final Peter Wimsey (described by Sayer..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 violet paper over quarter yellow cloth, with titles stamped in purple on spine; dustjacket; 254pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with just a hint of sunning to spine. The author's second mystery novel. More

New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition. The author's fourth mystery novel. First Printing, a review copy, with publisher's letter laid in. Octavo; quarter teal cloth over yellow paper, with titles stamped in pink foil on spine; dustjacket; 293pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. More

New York: Villard, [1999]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); original two-toned boards in blue pictorial dust jacket; xiii,[1],220,[1]pp. Fine. Signed by the author on front free endpaper and title page. More

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no. 119. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket, maroon cloth slipcase; xv,[1],234pp.; frontispiece, text illus. throughout. Just a hint of wear, else Fine. Short story..... More