Crime from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited c. 1929. Small 8vo. c. 1929 very early edition. 256 pp. Publisher's green cloth with lettering to spine and board. Minor rubbing to boards, bumping to corners and light wear to joints and spine ends. Light foxing to edges and some foxing scattered throughout. Lacks ffep. The first 'Saint' novel. The Meet… Read more about this item

London: The Crime Club by Collins 1956. Small 8vo. First Edition. 256 pp. Recently bound half terracotta morroco with gilt lettering and raised bands to the spine. Top edge gilt. With Occasional minor spots, otherise in near fine condition. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1956.

London: The Crime Club by Collins 1949. Small 8vo. First Edition. 192 pp. Recently bound red morroco with gilt lettering and raised bands to the spine. Occasional minor spots and some scratching to the outer edge of leaves. . Near Fine. 1/4 Morocco. First Edition. 1956.

London: The Crime Club by Collins 1957. Small 8vo. First Edition. 256 pp. Recently bound half terracotta morroco with raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Occasional minor spots and marks to leaves. . Near Fine. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1956.

London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins 1951. 8vo. First edition. 256 pp. Red cloth with black lettering to spine, in dustjacket. Rubbing at fading at spine and edges of binding. Jacket torn with loss at spine and edges and a water stain to the rear cover. Some loss to endpapers at the spine alongside some foxing. . Very… Read more about this item

London: John Murray 1962. Small 8vo. x, 313 pp. Hardcover in illustrated jacket (not price clipped). Light rubbing and selotape marks to jacket. Slight rubbing to book's spine. Internally clean. From the flap: 'a collection of entirely new Sherlock Holmes stories written by the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and that master of detective fiction John Dickson Carr'. .… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale Limited 1959. 8vo. First Edition. 156 pp. Maroon boards in pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Jacket slightly marked with minor wear around edges. Boards clean. Fore-edge spotted but otherwise internally clean. Illustrations. A history of the infamous society of Thugs, organised gangs of professional robbers and murderers in India. . Very Good. Hard Cover. First Edition. 1959.… Read more about this item

London: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1927. 8vo. First Edition. [viii], 310 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight wear to extremities, fading to spine and marks to boards. Binding a little slanted. Occasional minor spots but generally internally clean, with pencil marks to rear pastedown. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1927.

London: Pan Books Ltd 1959. Small 8vo. Fourth Printing. 158, [2] pp. Colour illustrated paperback; classic Pan pulpy cover. Slight wear to joints with minor loss to corner of front board. Yellowed, slightly scratched and spotted boards. Pages yellowed, with occasional minor spots (especially at endpapers). The first James Bond novel. . Very Good. Paperback. 4th Printing. 1961.

London: The Readers Library Publishing Company Ltd. 1929. 12mo. 252 pp. Maroon boards with gilt lettering and decoration in a colour illustrated jacket. Jacket slightly worn at edge, but generally in very good condition, clean and bright. Pages yellowed. Binding firm but slightly delicate within - all still holding together. Classic pulpy crime novel with a very cool jacket featuring… Read more about this item

London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. 1931. 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition. xvi, 268 pp. Orange cloth with blind-stamped device to front board and gilt lettering to spine, in priceclipped jacket. Illustrated with 21 black & white photographic plates. Jacket grubbied and torn at edges, with tape to the spine. Fading to cloth at the head of the spine. Some minor… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, Ld. 1895. 8vo. vii, 306 pp. Half green morocco over light green boards with raised bands, gilt-stamped borders, devices and lettering to spine; marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Minimal rubbing in a few places on the spine and corners; slight slant to binding. A little yellowing to page edges, a few minor spots, but otherwise generally… Read more about this item

London: Odhams Press Limited 1933. Small 8vo. First Edition. 247 pp. Bound in recent half scarlet morocco over marbled boards with raised bands, gilt-stamped devices and lettering to spine. Externally in fine condition. Light spots to first half of the pages and fore-edge. Collection of 12 short stories; unusually, most of these are tales of fate and the supernatural, with… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society 2017. 8vo. 3 volumes. xvii, 130; vii, 236; vii, 255 pp. Green, red and grey hardcovers with key embossed on front boards and silver lettering in grey slipcase. All in fine condition, clean, fresh and bright. Selection of preeminent examples of the 'locked-room mystery'. . Fine. Hardcover. 2017.

London: Griffin, Bohn, and Company 1862. Small 4to. First Edition. xii, 634 pp. Recent half brown speckled calf over marbled boards, with raised bands, maroon title label, gilt-stamped devices and lettering to spine. In fine condition externally, as new - one or two spots to prelims but generally internally clean. A few tears that have been repaired within, and it… Read more about this item

Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin Books Pty Ltd. 1958. 16mo. 127 pp., Penguin First Edition. Quarter red leather binding with gilt lettered spine. Some wear to the spine ends. Leaves are clean but darkened, binding firm. . Very Good. 1/4 Leather. First Edition Thus. 1958.

London: Michael Joseph 1965. 16mo. 225 pp., Green, half morocco binding with blue marbled boards, gilt decorated spine and red title label. Internally clean with slight darkening to the leaves. A former full time jump jockey and winner of over 350 races, Dick Francis went on to a successful literary career with many of his novels focusing on crime in… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton 1965. Small 8vo. First UK Edition. 157 pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine under illustrated blue jacket, not price clipped, designed by Youngman Carter. Jacket marked, chipped at spine, with some loss to rear panel. Otherwise near fine inside and out. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition in English. 1965.

London: Century 2014. 8vo. 372 pp, signed on title page, spine slightly rolled with reading. 9781780892337 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 2014.

New York: American Publishers Corporation (circa 1890s). 8vo. 288 pp., Brown cloth with gilt decorated spine and top edge gilt. Some marks to the boards and rubbing to the spine with slight loss to the tail. Wear to the hinges with the webbing exposed. Owner's name in ink to the front endpapers and some spotting, otherwise internally clean. . Good.… Read more about this item