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Contribute 'Red Carpet Treatment' and 'Ski Test' to 'Argosy' magazine January 1960.
London: Fleetway Publications, [late 1959]. [Literary magazine]. (20 x 13cm), pp.144. Publisher's illustrated softcovers. Light handling, expected toning. Near fine. The thrillers of Geoffrey Household greatly influenced the writing of Ian Fleming [Gilbert]. Berkely Mather's books were favourably reviewed by Ian Fleming for the Sunday Times, and Mather later contributed..... More
Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
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
Rogue Male [aka Man Hunt].
London: Chatto and Windus, 1939. [Classic man-hunt adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression, with later state / printing of the jacket. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 271 [1]. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in white to spine. With the 'sniper' design dust-jacket priced at 4/6 (earliest jackets were priced 7/6). Page edges..... More
The Third Hour.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. [Thriller] ADVANCE REVIEW COPY, First US Edition. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 451 [5]. Publisher's yellow soft covers, titled in red with black illustrations. Internally clean, with some toning to spine, and fairly light general rubbing and bumping. A few small chips to..... More
The Third Hour.
Lonsdon: Chatto & Windus, 1937. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.452. Publisher's beige cloth lettered in red and blue, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6, printed wraparound band (Evening Standard's 'Book of the Month' selection). Some gentle toning to the rear panel else a lovely fine copy. The..... More