Fleming Related Thrillers
The Whispering Mountain
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED CARD tucked in. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.240. With title-page illustration and jacket design by Pat Marriott. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, map endpapers printed in colour, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 21s. A few light marks to..... More
Background to Danger.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280; [1], blank; [1], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy, pictorial jacket priced at $2.00. Edges of text block toned, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, clipped..... More
Epitaph For A Spy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Tom with very / best wishes and all / the best - / Eric Ambler'. Publisher's grey cloth titled in black to..... More
The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally very clean with no ownership marks, bookplates or inscriptions. Covers are fresh but for a little sunning to spine, a few small marks and the..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, a few small marks and some splashing to edges of text block, lightly used jacket with a couple of short edge tears. A...... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. ['Rogue school' thriller] SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.247, with map endpapers bound in. Publisher's yellow softcovers printed in black. Autographed to title page in blue ink. Contents clean, spine gently rolled, some wear to joints covers dusty with some..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Thank you, thank you. / Eric Ambler / Jan' 1965. Spine edges and extremities toned else near fine..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in two pictorial dust-jackets priced $3.95- one of which was supposedly a trial jacket and not issued, but in reality very many copies came with the..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with exclusive 'Advertising' jacket. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in typographic jacket with promotional blurb and text to front panel only. A fine copy in a near fine jacket..... More
Uncommon Danger.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.314; [6], advertisements. Publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black, mid-blue endpapers, pictorial jacket by Gibbs, priced 7/6. Trivial toning to edge of text block, jacket with very light rubbing/wear to extremities. Overall a lovely fine copy of..... More
For Your Eyes Only. Official Souvenir Brochure.
London: Phoenix Publications Ltd., 1981. [Film promotion] Magazine format (30 x 20cm), pp.[16]. Introduced by Roger Moore, with a brief biography of Ian Fleming. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers, stapled twice. Some minor handling; very good. Published to accompany the hit James Bond film based on..... More
The Courts of the Morning. A Richard Hannay novel.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo, pp.405 [8]. Publisher's light blue cloth (also issued in green cloth) with title and trim printed in black, map endpapers. In original pictorial dust-jacket. Some very light offset to flyleaves, minor toning to spine; a gently handled copy..... More
The Thirty-Nine [39] Steps.
London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. [Espionage classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253; [1]; [2], publisher's advertisements. Elegantly hand-bound in full dark blue calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles to upper cover, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. A few light marks..... More
Playback.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. [Crime fiction] FIRST UK EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. 208. Publisher's red cloth in dust jacket priced at 12/6. No inscriptions. Contents clean, one mark to fore-edge, bright jacket is a little rubbed to spine tips, neatly re-touched to reverse side as show..... More
The River Watcher.
London: Collins, 1965. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 21s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to edges of text block and jacket panels, spine panel lightly toned. Very good indeed. A novel about poaching..... More
I'll Say She Does.
London: Collins, 1945. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, titles in blue to spine, with striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Signed by the author, dated 1st July 1946. Lightly used; near fine. Ownership signature of Eileen M. Cond, a noted collector..... More
61 Hours. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 383 [3]. Number 8 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Blue Moon.
London: Bantam Press, 2019. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 404 [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine, orange endpapers, and all edges cyan. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Echo Burning.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2013. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 354. Number 84 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Enemy. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 393 [1]. Number 83 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Gone Tomorrow. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2017. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xiv; 421 [1]. Number 77 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Hard Way. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 371 [3]. Number 79 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Midnight Line.
London: Bantam Press, 2017. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 391 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine. Blue endpapers and all edges blue. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephen Mulcahey, priced at £20. 'Signed..... More
No Middle Name. The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2017. [Thriller Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] viii; 418 [6]. Number 26 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles..... More