Search Results: Crime, Mystery & Espionage from Tarrington Books

London: Robson Books, 1977. 1st Edition . Fine/Near Fine. 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.5 cm). Dust jacket: Light shelf wear only, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: Red cloth binding, first class condition throughout. First UK edition of the second novel to feature Jacob Asch, Private Investigator. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0903895994. Size: 5.5 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 224

New York: Mysterious Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Rubbed, small hole to rear cover, tear to joint of rear flap repaired with archival tape. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Quarter green cloth with green paper covered boards. Light dent to rear board, otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page: 'For Ian, Best, Loren D. Estleman, London 9/21/90.'. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0892961619. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 209

Paris: Presses de la Cite, 1951. Reprint . Very Good/Good. 4.75 x 7.5 inches (11.5 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Wear and creasing to edges, rear flap is detached and creased. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Card wraps in very clean condition, browning to pages but otherwise in very clean condition. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.75 x 7.5 inches (11.5 x 19 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 220

New York: William Morrow , 1988. 1st Edition . Fine/Near Fine. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Light shelf wear only, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: Quarter pink cloth with cream paper covered boards, first class condition throughout. First edition of the first novel to 'star' Adele Buffington - girlfriend of Indianapolis based private detective Albert Samson. The book was simultaneously issued in the UK as Child Proof. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0688068804. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 261

London: Pan Books, 1962. 3rd Impression . Very Good. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Slight wear to ends of spine, light browning to pages. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 156

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1939. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus/Fine. 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: New facsimile jacket. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: First printing of the first UK edition. Black cloth binding with red border to boards, red lettering to spine. Rubbing and a few marks to boards. Rubbing and light creasing to spine. Foxing to first and last blank. Occasional spotting to text. Binding is a little loose and a couple of pages have short splits to the inner margin. Page 15/16 is protruding from the page block but fully attached, appears to be an original binding flaw. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (Sir Philip Brocklehurst, Swythamley Park, Macclesfield. Best known as a member of Shackleton's 1907 Nimrod expedition to Antarctica). Chandler's first novel and a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Famously filmed by Howard Hawks in 1946 with Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as… Read More

London: Collins, 1945. 2nd Impression . Very Good/Very Good. 5 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Dust jacket: Rubbing and chipping to edges, loss to ends of spine. Browning and slight foxing to rear cover. Fading to spine. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Second printing of the first UK edition. Orange cloth binding with black dog to front board. Slight fading to ends of spine. Light marking and a few spots of foxing to page edges, clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. The first Ellery Queen children's mystery. Edited by Lee but ghost written by Samuel Duff McCoy. Scarce in the jacket. . Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18.5 cm). Hardback.… Read More

London: Penguin Books, 1983. First Penguin Edition . Very Good Plus. 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Unread copy. Light rubbing to edges of covers, light browning to page edges and margins otherwise very clean throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0140058141. Size: 4.5 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 270

Berlin: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1948. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Dust jacket: Very scarce original jacket. Browning to paper. Slight wear to ends of spine. Light stain to outer edge of front cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First German edition. Quarter red cloth with red paper covered boards. A little light marking to page edges, slight wear to lower edge of boards. A few pages slightly creased to lower margin. Good solid binding. A couple of spots to preliminary pages, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (12.5 x 19.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 408

London: Allison & Busby, 1984. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Light creasing to edges, a few marks to rear cover, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Black cloth boards, light bumping to head and foot of spine, internally in excellent condition throughout. UK First edition and first edition in hardback. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0850315433. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 217

San Francisco: Germinal Press, 1982. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19.5 cm). Spine leaning an creased, light rubbing to edges of cover, a few marks to page edges, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0918064074. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 250

London: Penguin Books, 1955. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). First Penguin edition. Some light staining to covers, otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £9.95; USA £13.45; Oceania £13.65; Rest of World £12.20. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.5 x 7.25 inches (11 x 18.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 221 + [3] (Ad)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. 1st Edition . Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.5 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Dust jacket: Light shelf wear only, unclipped. Overall jacket condition is Near Fine. Book: First UK edition. Red cloth binding, first class condition throughout. Overall book condition is Near Fine. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0233971025. Size: 5.5 x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 159

New York: Rinehart Suspense Novel, 1980. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Dust jacket: A few light marks to spine, some light indentations to rear cover, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Some marking to rear board, internally in excellent condition. First edition of the fifth novel to feature Jacob Asch, Private Investigator. Filmed in 1986 as Slow Burn with Eric Roberts, Beverly D'Angelo and Johnny Depp. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0030476216. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 231

Windsor: Gaby Goldscheider, 1980. 1st Edition . Very Good. 12.25 x 8.5 inches (31 x 22 cm). Limited Edition 103 of 750 copies. Brown card wraps, slight shelf wear to covers, small nick to top edge of covers, clean text throughout. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 0950572543. Size: 12.25 x 8.5 inches (31 x 22 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 22

London: Macmillan, 1988. 1st Edition . Fine/Fine. 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 21 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: First class condition, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: Yellow cloth binding, first class condition throughout. First edition of the first novel to 'star' Adele Buffington - girlfriend of Indianapolis based private detective Albert Samson. The book was simultaneously issued in the US as And Baby Will Fall. Inscribed and signed by the author to the title page: 'Michael Z Lewin, For Ian, My best british fan these days. All best wishes. Mike, 20.8.88.'. Overall book condition is Fine. ISBN: 0333456262. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13.5 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 220

London: Constable and Robinson, 2013. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19.5 cm). Signed by Author. First UK edition (not issued in hardback in the UK). Light creasing to spine. Very slight creasing to corners, residue from price label and slight marking to rear cover. A few marks to page edges. Clean text throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to title page: 'To Sue, with very best wishes, Quentin'. The third Gunnhildur mystery. A scarce signed copy. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. ISBN: 9781472100849. Size: 5 x 7.75 inches (13 x 19.5 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 266

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Dust jacket: Light creasing, slight fading to lower edge of rear cover, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Green and red paper covered boards, small dent to rear cover, very slight bumping to corners otherwise in very clean condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. ISBN: 0892964375. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 264

London: Pan Books Limited, 1967. Revised Edition . Very Good. 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). A little foxing to page edges, browning to page edges and margins. Previous owner's name to half title page, a few numbers written to rear cover in ink. Overall condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm). Paperback. Printed pages: 173

London: Harper Collins, 2005. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear, very short tear to top edge of front cover, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: First impression of the author's first novel. Black cloth binding, light bumping to top corners of boards otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Inscribed and signed with an illustration by the author to the title page: 'Kavith, it's about bloody time you read some crime!', illustration is of a teddy bear with a flame thrower. . Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0007193130. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 458