General

London. Faber and Faber. 1949.

First Edition. Hardback. Inscribed by the author. 8vo. 253 pages. Spine is skewed. Slight edge wear.

Very Good condition

London. Victory Gollancz. 1946.

First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 8vo., 190 pages. Owners name on front end paper. Some wear to top edges of dust jacket with small tear top of spine. Corners slightly worn.

Very Good + / Very Good condition

London. Constable & Co Ltd. 1936.

First edition. Hardback. Small 8vo. 314 pages. Original orange cloth with handsome text impressed there on. Below this text is printed by the owners - WITHERSLACK HALL where it would likely have formed part of the library. Covers soiled.

Very Good condition

Jonathan Cape. 1961. First edition, First impression. Dust jacket. 8vo. 254 pages. Original 15s net dust jacket. Dust jacket Foxed, worn and rubbed in places. Very Good condition in a Good + condition dust jacket.

London. Collins Crime Club. 1960.

First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Small 8vo. 256 pages. Minor wear and a few closed tears to edges of dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. Owners inscription behind the dust jacket fly (not visible when the book is opened). Very light browning to end pages. Some very light foxing just visible at the rear.

Very Good + / Very Good condition

London. Ward Lock. No date (1896).

First edition? Half leather binding with marbled covers. Hardback. 12mo. (12.5cm x 18cm), 319 pages. Ex library, Cambridge Union Society. Usual library marks with a date stamp for 1908. Edges rubbed and worn. Spine slightly skew. A few pages are just starting to loosen in small sections.

Near Good condition

London. T Fisher Unwin. 1902.

First edition, Second impression. Half black leather binding with marbled covers. Hardback. 12mo. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. 304 pages. Ex Cambridge Union Society library. Some wear to edges. Scarce.

Good + condition

London. Longmans. 1961.

First edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. Small 8vo. xv/ map/ 190 pages including index. Frontis + a few b&w photographic illustrations. Dust jacket price clipped. Very minor foxing to dust jacket edges. An account of the kidnapping by Greek brigands the holding to ransom and brutal murder of a party of English aristocrats in 1870 - an incident which precipitated international tension and the threat of war.

Fine / Very Good + condition

London. William Heinemann. 2006.

First Edition UK (1st printing). Hard Cover. Dust jacket. Large 8vo. 323 pages. A few very minor marks.

Fine / Fine condition

London. Ward and Lock. no date (Circa 1860).

First edition. Half leather over blue boards. 12mo. 272 pages. Orange end papers. Speckled page edges. Five raised bands to spine. Red title plate with gilt lettering to spine. Odd spots of foxing throughout. 12 illustrations including frontis. Some light corner and edge wear to covers and spine with slight soiling.

Very Good condition