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London: Herbert Jenkins, 1950. Small 8vo, pp. 219. Original red boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Publisher's device in black to rear panel, and crime logo in black to spine. Lacking the dustwrapper. Two small indentations to front panel, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: 'Nov 24th 1950. To [name illegible] The man I admire & respect so much. From, Alfred Tack'. The fourth John Harley novel. Alfred Tack was a businessman who, with his brother, founded the company NuAire in 1937 to manufacture ventilation and heating systems. He later founded a business to teach salesmanship and wrote many books on the subject, as well as developing a sideline as a prolific crime writer.

London: Herbert Jenkins, N.d. [1948]. 8vo, pp. 254. 2pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Original orange boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Front panel and front flap of illustrated dustwrapper laid in. Production fault crease to head of spine, but a very good copy with the remains of the dustwrapper laid in. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: 'Jan 9th 1948. To Ebba & [name illegible] with affectionate regards from Alfred Tack'. Alfred Tack was a businessman who, with his brother, founded the company NuAire in 1937 to manufacture ventilation and heating systems. He later founded a business to teach salesmanship and wrote many books on the subject, as well as developing a sideline as a prolific crime writer.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1949. 8vo, pp. 241. Original orange boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Illustrated dustwrapper. Corners a little bumped, but a very good copy in a worn dustwrapper with a number of closed tears, and two large chips at spine ends affecting text. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'Oct. 20th 1949 To Find Graucobh on whose advice I went to the USA & therefore this book was written, with best wishes from Alfred Tack.' Find Graucob was the Chairman and Joint Managing Director of the Yorkshire company Nu-Swift International, manufacturers of fire extinguishers. He and Tack were business associates. Tack was a businessman who, with his brother, founded the company NuAire in 1937 to manufacture ventilation and heating systems. He later founded a business to teach salesmanship and wrote many books on the subject, as well as developing a sideline as a prolific crime writer. He wrote sixteen such novels; this is the fifth.

New York: Robert M. McBride, 1929. 8vo, pp. 293. Original orange boards, lettered in black to front panel and spine. Top edge dark brown, leading and lower edges uncut. Illustrated dust jacket. Offsetting to endpapers, some mottling to text block. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to lower edge and foot of spine. Dust jacket design by Jung. First US edition of this secret society mystery story: 'The secret society to which Mr. Tattersall introduces us [...] is a society of the highly born, the cultured, and the wealthy, united in defence of their rights against the insidious methods of Bolshevism.' (Dust jacket blurb) A well preserved copy of Tattersall's only published book, in the striking Art Deco dust jacket. HUBIN, p. 398

London: N.p. [BBC] 1953. 35 mimeographed pp., secured by split pin to top left. Occasional revisions throughout, front page a little marked, near fine. First edition. Episode 9: transmitted 27 December 1953. NO RECORDING OF THIS EPISODE SURVIVES. Terry-Thomas' first radio 'lead' was in To Town With Terry, which he co-wrote with Talbot 'Carry On..' Rothwell. The show was transmitted in 1948 but, although popular, Terry-Thomas was unhappy with it, and it was shelved after a single series. It took five years for this follow-up to appear. The show's regular co-stars were Joan Sims and Leslie Mitchell, and each show featured special guests. This episode featured Donald Houston and Albert and Les Ward. This copy of the script has 'STANLEY' written in blue pencil across the front page. The show's Musical Director was Stanley Black, a fixture of 1950s radio who, among much else, wrote the theme tune for The Goon Show. Extremely scarce.

New York: William Morrow, 1967. 8vo, pp. 318. Original orange quarter boards, lettered in black and red to white spine. Yellow endpapers, top edge black. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photographic portrait to rear flap. Small owner's signature and mark to front free endpaper otherwise a fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition of the author's second novel, and a fine, unread example. HUBIN, p. 402

Cambridge: Celandine Press, 1985. Large 8vo, pp. 30. Original threequarter marbled boards, lettered in gilt to black buckram spine. One corner very lightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy. 3 reproductions of paintings by Paul Nash, protected by tissue guards. First edition, no. 289 of 300 copies, printed on Hahnemuhle mould-made paper.

New York: William Morrow, 1972. 8vo, pp. 246. Original black boards, lettered in red and white to spine. Red endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy. HUBIN, p. 402

Stamperia Valdonega, Verona: Babel, 1992. Large 8vo, pp. 38. Original pale blue soft wrappers, lettered in black and dark blue to front panel and spine. One small mark to rear panel, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition. One of 400 unsigned copies, from a total edition of 500. Printed by Martino Mardersteig.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. 8vo, pp. 311. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition published the same year. A fine copy. HUBIN, p. 402.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1965. 8vo, pp. 45. Original mauve and black boards, lettered in black and white on front panel and spine. A very near fine, unread copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just a little fading to spine. First edition.

New York: William Morrow, 1971. 8vo, pp. 383. Original black half boards, lettered in black and red to white spine. Red endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in an all but fine dust jacket with just the lightest of bumping to spine ends. First edition, and a fine copy. HUBIN, p. 402

New York: Siimon & Schuster, 1981. 8vo, pp. 284. Original black quarter boards, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition. A fine copy.

Munich: Babel, 1983. 8vo, pp. 20. White pamphlet, lettered in black to front and rear panels, stapled in to unprinted dark blue oversized wrappers. Slight discoloration to outer margins of wrappers, otherwise a near fine copy. 8 pp. of abstract illustrations by Kevin Perryman. First edition. No. 126 of 200 copies, '...printed on the occasion of the reading, recital and exhibition DAS HELLE FELD at the British Council in Munich 21st Nov. 1983'. The pamphlet comprises a printing in both English and German of Thomas' poem The Bright Field, from the 1975 collection Laboratories Of The Spirit; an abstract illustration by Kevin Perryman (who also provides the German translation of the poem); and music for flute solo by Wolfgang Niemeyer to accompany this and other poems by Thomas. An eight-page version of this pamphlet was published in 1986 in an edition of 50 copies, signed by the poet. Both versions are scarce; this seems scarcer.

N.p. [London]: N.p. [BBC], 1965. 22 mimeographed pp., secured with pin to top left. Name of Douglas Smith inked by production staff to top right of title page. Some age-toning and light bumping, otherwise a near fine copy. First edition. PROGRAMME ANNOUNCER DOUGLAS SMITH'S COPY, WITH HIS NAME TO TITLE PAGE. The radio show Round The Horne ran between 1965 and 1968. The brainchild of Barry Took and Marty Feldman, the pair wrote the first three series together, Feldman leaving before the show's fourth and final outing in 1968. Week after week, razor-sharp writing combined with peerless characterisations to produce one of British radio comedy's finest, funniest, and filthiest flowerings. It was customary for shows of the period to have an announcer introducing proceedings but in Round The Horne Douglas Smith was given jokes and roles in sketches on top of his traditional duties, integrating him firmly into the fabric of the show. This script bears Smith's name, written in ink by… Read More

New York: Edward J. Clode, 1930. 8vo, pp. 320. Original olive green boards lettered in gilt to front panel and black to spine. Top edge red. Illustrated dust jacket. Light offsetting to endpapers, spine a little faded, but a near fine copy in a dust jacket which is fine but for a closed tear to front fold. Dust jacket design by Edward C. Caswell. First US edition. First published in the UK in 1928 with the title The One Girl in a Million. Published in the UK in the year of Tracy's death, and posthumously in this edition. An excellent copy. HUBIN, p. 406

Paris: Edward Titus, 1929. 8vo, pp. 16. Original plain stiff paper wrappers, housed in a dustwrapper printed in red and black to front panel. Top edge cut, others uncut. Small bookplate to verso of ffep. Unopened. Light wear to top edge of (outsize) wrappers, spine and rear panel a little browned, otherwise a near fine, unopened copy. First edition, COPY L OF 20 LETTERED COPIES, OF A TOTAL EDITION OF 250 COPIES. THIS COPY SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR BUT NOT THE PUBLISHER (AS CALLED FOR). An unopened copy, with the typo to front panel ('RIGNAULT' for 'RIGNAUT') corrected by hand, with a line through the rogue 'L'. This typo is repeated on the title page (uncorrected here), but the name is printed correctly at the end of the translator's preface.