Crime Fiction from Clearwater Books

Hutchinson Heinemann, London, 2023. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 262pp. Gren boards lettered in gold at the spine. Map-illustrated endpapers. A fine copy in very good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly rubbed at the head of the spine panel, and with… Read more about this item

Orion, London, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the US edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 274pp. Maroon boards lettered in silver at the spine. The tiniest hint of toning to the paperstock, else a fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, London, 2021. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued the same year as the US edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 272pp. Black cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Map-illustrated endpapers. A virtually fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The thirtieth… Read more about this item

Minotaur Books, New York, 2019. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 8vo. 314pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. Very good indeed in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. This is the exclusive Barnes & Novel edition, which includes a three-page essay… Read more about this item

John Murray, 'Modern English' series, London, 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition thus. 8vo. 188pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering to the spine and gilt-stamped lettering, borders and decorations to the upper board. Frontispiece illustration by Philip Simmonds. Backstrip ends and corner tips a little rubbed, with a little give to the binding and indications of careful plate… Read more about this item

Quercus, London, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 468pp. Black boards lettered in silver at the spine. A touch of bruising to the backstrip ends, and several small indentations to the upper board. A very good copy, in fine state internally, housed in the non-price-clipped silver dust wrapper which is very slightly rubbed and… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK and the first casebound edition, published the same year as the US edition which only appeared in paperback format. 8vo. 190pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. A sliver of near-invisible partial toning to the free endpapers, else a fine copy in very good… Read more about this item

Peter Davies, London, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. The first reissue of the second of the author's Inspector Grant crime novels (the 1936 original was the first of the series to be issued under her familiar 'Josephine Tey' pseudonym; the 1929 'The Man in the Queue' having been published under her 'Gordon Daviot' nom de plume). 8vo. 246pp… Read more about this item

No Exit Press, Harpenden, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), preceding the US edition [this being the uncorrected first state, with the required error on the first text leaf: "settle" instead of "settled"]. This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 342pp. Green boards lettered in gold at the… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK and the first casebound edition, published the same year as the US edition which only appeared in paperback format. 8vo. 158pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. A fine copy in virtually fine dust wrapper, with no price printed to the base of the front… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the somewhat more common US edition. 8vo. 180pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Top- and fore edge lightly spotted, and with a touch of toning to the paperstock. An area of unsightly creasing to the head of… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK and the first casebound edition, published the year after the US edition which only appeared in paperback format. 8vo. 283pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Three or four tiny areas of minute blemishing to the top edge, else a fine copy in virtually… Read more about this item

Peter Davies, London, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 246pp + [ii] publisher's advertisements. Brown cloth lettered in black at the spine. Edges spotted and the free endpapers lightly toned. A very good copy in chafed, creased and chipped non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The sixth and last of the author's Inspector Grant crime novels, this… Read more about this item

Macmillan, London, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued several years after the US edition. 8vo. 191pp. Green boards lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny bump to the tip of one corner, and with some toning to the lesser-quality paperstock, as is invariably the case. Very good indeed virtually fine dust wrapper… Read more about this item

Macmillan, London, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), with the expected error on p.45 which finds all of the letters on line 32 printed upside-down. A review copy, with the publisher's review slip laid-in (although there is no indication in the book, this copy is from the library of the late crime writer and editor… Read more about this item

Orion Books Ltd., London, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. An uncorrected proof copy of the first edition. 8vo. 406pp. Publisher's lettered glossy card wrappers featuring a black and white photograph of the author on the upper wrapper. A single light but lengthy readership crease to the spine and a touch of very light wear to the wrappers.… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 318pp + a multi-panel folding map at the rear. Black cloth lettered in red at the spine. Some spotting to the edges, encroaching a fraction to occasional leaf margins, and some further spotting a dozen or so preliminary leaves and to three or four… Read more about this item

Collins, 'The Crime Club' series, London, 1941. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), just preceded by the US edition. 8vo. 192pp. Re-bound into red cloth with black lettering and rule, with new marbled endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed and marked in places. The top edge lightly soiled, and with a place-marker crease to the tip of one… Read more about this item

Jarrolds Ltd., London [1944]., 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the US edition. 8vo. 168pp. Red cloth lettered in black at the spine. A touch of wear to the corner tips, and a single tiny indentation to the head of the upper board. A very good copy in slightly rubbed… Read more about this item

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 175pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. The tips of several corners gently bumped, the top edge lightly spotted, and with a small area of discoloration to the cloth at the head of the backstrip where the dust wrapper is defective. Former… Read more about this item