First Edition and Vintage Novels

  Terror on Broadway by David Alexander American Bloodhound mystery # 125  'Compliments of Waldo' read the ominous little calling cards that the police found on the mutilated bodies of each of the four women victims that turned up in the times square district. And the headlines screamed 'Terror Hits Big Street Again'; all Broadway was pale with fear. Hardcover measures 19cm x 13cm and in good used condition. Published 1956 by T.V. Boardman & Company Limited, 14 Cockspur Street, London, S.W. 1. The free back endpaper has library date stamps on it and has been cut in half vertically. Has foxing around text edges, has occasional finger stains on some pages. Cover has been cut and glued to front board. Red boards are rubbed at edges. Otherwise pages are still quite clean and crisp and mellowing with age. Weighs approx:350gms AU$8.95  

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

The Park by Margaret Forster. Author of Georgy Girl.  In a London suburb stands The Park. To it, nearly every day, come six women. None have much in common, until one day, tragedy strikes unexpectedly in the Park and their lives become bound up with each other so that none is ever quite the same again.. A brilliant tragi-comedy of middle class life. Standard sized vintage Panther dated 1970 in fairly good condition. Cover shows slight wear and pages mellowing, clean and still quite crisp and binding is tight. There is  some foxing inside front and back cover and on first and last pages. This is a great story. Weighs approx: 130gms AU$3.00

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

Lady of Quality by Georgette Heyer Set in Bath in the last years of the Regency - Miss Anna Wychwood is rich and beautiful, though at 29 she is considered long past girlhood and past the age for falling in love. With its delightful heroine and an outrageous and irresistible hero, this is a light hearted and spirited romance. This is a 1st Edition Bodley Head dated 1972. Dust wrapper on this one very nice, has some small knocks at edges, particularly spine top, has white out over inscription on ffep (see all photos please). Internally this book is lovely, Green cloth boards with gold title are also very nice. Comes in archiveable bag for protection. Weighs approx: 495gms AU$25.00

 

The Snake has all The Lines by Jean Kerr, author of Please Don't Eat The Daisies.  Following on from Please Don't Eat The Daisies, a very funny novel.  William Heinemann 1st Edition dated 1961. Is price clipped, Has blue cloth boards with hot pink title. Dust wrapper has small closed tears around edges. Pages are clean and crisp and binding nice and tight. Weighs approx: 260gms AU$9.50

Beyond Desire by Pierre La Mure author of Moulin Rouge1956 1st Edition Hard cover with dust wrapper.  Dust wrapper has damage along front wrap around edge. Has blue cloth boards in lovely condition, pages are mellow, clean and still crisp. Very nice copy. Comes in archiveable bag. Weighs approx: 490gms AU$9.99

The House of Gair by Eric Linklater a Jonathan Cape 1st Edition dated 1953. It is in near mint condition. Much of the action takes place in a lonely house in the Highlands. The atmosphere is always tense and the tragic conclusion unforseeable. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$25.00    Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

South by Java Head by Alistair MacLean. This is a reader's Book Club  Edition dated 1958. In February, 1942, Singapore was dying. Soldiers, doctors, nurses, civilians milled along the waterfront, where only one ship, the Kerry Dancer, remained. All but one person reached the ship by chance, and that person carried dangerous secrets which the Japanese were determined to discover. Hard cover with dust wrapper and in excellent condition. Was part of my personal collection. Weighs approx: 350gms AU$9.99Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

  Circus by Alistair MacLean. Bruno Vladimir & Yoffe Wildermann -refugee brothers from East Germany - were the high-spot of Tesco Wrinfield's famous travelling circus. And in addition to his skills on the trapeze, Bruno Wildermann was a mentalist, a man blessed with powers of clairvoyance and mental recall.  Bruno is persuaded to return to his old country to penetrate the fortified Castle of Lubylan, where the secret to a deadly scientific formula is kept. As cover to Bruno's activities the circus travels on an East European tour. But the troupe has other members..... Before the circus has even set out for Easy Germany agents have struck. Two men are brutally murdered, and then during the sea voyage to Europe, assassins strike again. This is a William Collins First Edition dated 1975. The dust wrapper has closed tears and wear around edges and corners. Has orange boards with gold title, Internally the pages are clean, crisp and still fresh and binding nice and tight. A nice collectible copy. Weighs approx: 500gms. Comes in free archiveable bag. AU$9.99

Never Love a Stranger by Harold Robbins. 1st Edition, tenth printing dated January 1956. Has red cloth boards with gold title, and is missing dust jacket. Has heavy cream paper that is clean and still crisp, and binding still quite tight. Comes in archiveable bag for protection. Weighs approx: 700gms AU$11.50

A Most Private Intrigue by Leo Rosten author of Hyman Kaplan From the creator of Hyman Kaplan, Leo Rosten turns his hand to an international suspense novel. Murder, political blackmail and fast moving action and suspense with a twist at the end. Hard cover with dust wrapper, 1967 Victor Gollancz, 1st edition, second impression. DW is not price clipped. Cover shows some sun fade and darkening (visible on front cover in main photo) and has small closed tears at edges, has minute chip from top of spine (see photo please). Pages are clean and crisp and mellowing lightly with age. Comes in archiveable bag for protection. Weighs approx:450gms AU$10.00

 Non-Fiction - Arts, Sciences, Biographies etc.

The Chinese Exhibition of 1977. Contains photography of excavation sites and the treasures found, the architecture and relics ranging from the skull of Peking Man some 500,000 years ago to 14th century relics of the Yuan Dynasty. Has seen a bit of wear, particularly on cover which has been badly covered with clear plastic which is lifting in places (visible on photo) pages have some discolouration along front edges, look like fingerprints mostly, but text and plates are still clean and fairly crisp and sewn binding still tight. An unusual and wonderful find for students of archaeology or art. Weighs approx:500gms  $AU22.00

Party in Catland Artwork of Alice Goyder. Lovely Alice Goyder wrote and illustrated the 'catland' books in 1893 when she was a young girl. Although she became a professional painter, wood carver and illustrator, for some reason she never published her first three books which lay forgotten, for nearly a century, coming to light only after her death in 1960. Luckily these masterpieces were worked on hand-made paper. The delicate water-colour pictures are perfectly preserved and, with a revised and abridged text, offer an original and absolutely genuine view of an enchanting Victorian world. Small hardcover measures 16cm x16.5cm. Cover shows minor wear at edges, and has some impressed dents and a small stain from price tag, (please view photo) and book itself in excellent condition. Pages are clean, crisp and almost as new, except for title page which I notice has an inked out name at top outer edge which has 'bled' through to the other side, (it measures approx 3.8cm long by 0.5cm deep) and binding nice and tight. It is dated 1979 first American edition, but was edited and printed in England. Was originally first published in England in 1978. Weighs approx: 250gms AU$9.00  Click on photos below to enlarge

Letters from an Indian Judge to an English Gentlewoman ANONYMOUS AUTHOR.  I recommend insurance/registered mail, please email for quote. These letters were never meant to be published. They appear to be written during the time of the British Raj. Delightful little book and fascinating reading. Hard cover without dustwrapper. Has inscription dated 1946, book itself was published in 1945 (originally published 1934). Red cloth boards are a little dusty, but I have placed it inside an archiveable bag as it is well worth treasuring. Pages are lovely, mellow, clean and crisp, and binding nice and tight. Weighs approx:400gms AU$18.00

Full Tilt by Dervla Murphy Ireland to India with a bicycle.. Dervla started off from Dunkirk in January 1963, and travelled across a frozen Europe, she travelled through (then known) Persia, Afghanistan, over the Himalayas to Pakistan and into India.. A Vintage 1966 Reprint Society Hard cover with Dust wrapper. Grey cloth boards with green DW. Illustrated with photos. I love these vintage travel books as we can look at a country in a way it doesn't really exist anymore. Fascinating account and highly readable. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$5.00

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

 

  Materia Medica for Nurses by Gordon Sears. Another great collectible hard cover with dust wrapper, has been price clipped. Fourth edition dated 1959 and a fascinating read for current nurses. Has tape stains on ffep and fbep, but otherwise in quite remarkably good condition. Pages are crisp and binding tight.  Comes in archiveable bag for protection. Weighs approx: 450gms AU$20.00
 

Anatomy an Physiology for Nurses by Evelyn Pearce. A complete handbook for the preliminary State Examinations.12th edition, third printing dated 1953. What a collectible, fully illustrated, not price clipped, some foxing on title and ffep. Has pull out poster of skeleton, dust wrapper has small closed tears around edges and wrap arounds, internals lovely, pages crisp and binding tight. Comes in archiveable bag for protection.  Weighs approx: 500gms AU$25.00

 

Children, Young Adults & Annuals

From Pillar to Post by Gunby Hadath. Unfortunately undated, a public school story. I would place it in the mid 1950s. It is in excellent condition, has some small  writing in pink crayon on back of dust wrapper at very bottom edge. Cover has usual small, fine closed tears around edges. Published by Collins. Pages appear unread. Weighs approx: 300gms AU$19.50Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

 

The Red Flower Mystery by Juliet Marais Louw. From the Collins Seagull Library. Hard copy with DW 1962 first edition. DW not price clipped and shows minimal wear around edges.. Has lovely blue cloth like boards with silver decoration (as have all Seagull series). It is in excellent, condition. Lovely children's adventure story.  Weighs approx: 300gms AU$15.00

The Chums of Study Ten by J.P. Milne Blackie & Sons 1st Edition - Glasgow, Bombay, Toronto edition, a Summit Library Series. Has decorated hard cover. Has a chip missing from contents page (outer upper corner), spine is missing its cover and glue exposed, but binding nice and tight. Has some foxing spots on random pages. Has lovely frontis plate of two young schoolgirls entering an empty house. Comes in archiveable bag for protection. Weighs approx: 185gms AU$6.99

 Lord of The Lonely Isle by Mark Winchester 1940 1st Edition. Has not been price clipped, and original price was five shillings.. An adventure that opens on a Scottish moor where Stuart Leslie helping a wounded stranger, scents a mystery which takes him to a lonely tropical island where thrilling adventures follow. Has red and grey cloth boards, red colour on front boards has faded in patches, but binding, and pages are lovely, has frontis picture of three boys being confronted by an ape. Comes in archiveable bag for protection. Weighs approx: 400gms AU$24.00

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

  Our Boys' Best of All. Large Annual by Renwick of Otley. Book plate has been filled in neatly. Undated. Fully illustrated, has full colour plates and line and tint drawings Sewn binding is loose in patches but not broken. Has some wear at edges. Shows its age but a lovely old book. Weighs approx: 600gms AU$5.00

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

 

The Dandy Book 1979, this Annual is in lovely condition with small amount of bumping at spine edge only (see photo right). Not price clipped, no inscriptions, internals are in near mint condition, a real collector's piece. Weighs approx. 600gms AU$17.00

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The Light of The World By Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton . This is a most beautiful annual of bible stories for children. The coloured plates are like watercolours. I think it's beautiful and quite rare. It is in very good condition. Weighs approx: 420gms AU$24.99

 Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

Comes in archiveable bag for protection.

 Colour Schemes for The Flower Garden by Gertrude Jekyll (with pull out plans). A lovely hard cover dated 1936 eighth edition. Blue cloth boards with red decoration. Missing dust wrapper. Complete with photos and pull out planting plans for each garden. Great for anyone wanting to build an original old fashioned flower garden with complementary colours in planting. A rare book indeed. Would make an original and rare gift for a gardening enthusiast. Comes in archiveable bag. A lovely book.  Weighs approx: 700gms AU$38.00

 Drawing and Painting Flowers by Adrian Hill. 1965 first condition, dust wrapper has small closed tears at top of spine. Pages are clean and still quite crisp and binding nice and tight. Measures 16cm x 22cm and is 80 pages. Fully illustrated in colour and black and white. Weighs approx: 300gms  $AU7.50