London: Panther Books, 1965. FIRST PRINTING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, some notes on ballistics to p.113 in pink pen, minor reading crease to spine but contents and photos intact (often split/cracked..... More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY, with an original 4-page advert/order form. Octavo, pp.[vii]; 271; [1], imprint. Publisher's brown card softcovers, with printed label to upper, handwritten details to spine. Contents clean, some wrinkling and lean to spine, covers lightly handled. A very good..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 1938. First US edition, with illustrations by E.E Anthony. PUBLISHER'S SAMPLE COPY. Near Fine, in the original decorative black cloth with folded dust-jacket attached to rear pastedown, and information label to rear noting price and publication date, with 'Return to Manufacturing Department' notice. The author's..... More