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London : Macdonald & Co., (1966). First edition. Signed by Catherine Aird on the dedication page, using both her real name and her pseudonym. Her first book - and the first appearance of Inspector C.D.Sloan.
Post 8vo. (174),[ii]pp. Endpaper maps. Original black boards, lettered across spine in silver; just slightly bruised; faint tape-marks to endpapers, but a good copy in a rather worn and heavily tape-stained dust-jacket. Barzun & Taylor 31. Hubin p.4.

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New York : Doubleday & Co. for The Crime Club, 1968. First American edition. The second Inspector Sloane mystery. The London first edition is nominated by Cooper & Pike (Detective Fiction) as the most difficult to find of all Aird's books.
Demy 8vo. 188,[iv]pp. Original black cloth, blocked and lettered on spine in silver; some marking and mottling to boards, but a good copy in the original Emanuel Schongut dust-jacket - a design in pale green, pink, black and white - lightly rubbed, faintly sunned, slightly nicked and price-clipped. Barzun & Taylor 25. Cooper & Pike p.12. Hubin p.4.

£20

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London : Collins (The Crime Club), (1970). First edition. Inscribed and signed by Catherine Aird on the title-page. A Sloan and Crosby mystery - body of Blitz victim discovered on building site, but a bullet in the skeleton.
Post 8vo (21cm). (192)pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; faint spine crease; top edge slightly spotted, but a very good copy in the original Peter Thuring dust-jacket - a little worn and very slightly marked, with a single short tear at one corner. Recipient's ownership inscription. Barzun & Taylor 27. Hubin p.4.

£25

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London : William Collins Sons & Co. (The Crime Club), (1973). First edition. An Inspector Sloan mystery.
Post 8vo. (192)pp. Endpaper maps. Original red boards, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; neat "Education Service" stamp on title-page; edges a little marked; some internal fingering; otherwise a bright copy in a very lightly rubbed dust-jacket. Barzun & Taylor 26. Hubin p.4.

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London : William Collins Sons & Co. (The Crime Club), (1977). First edition. The seventh Inspector Sloan novel - murder at a university sit-in.
Post 8vo (21cm). 224pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; just a touch bruised; mild spotting of edges; but a very good copy in the original Dave Brown dust-jacket - lightly rubbed and very slightly nicked. Barzun & Taylor 29. Hubin p.4.

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London : William Collins Sons & Co. (The Crime Club), (1980). First edition. Signed by Catherine Aird on the title-page. The ninth Inspector Sloan mystery. Motiveless murder at the flower show.
Post 8vo (21cm). 202,[ii]pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; slight marks on lower edge, but a very good copy in the original Colin Thomas dust-jacket - price-clipped and just slightly nicked at one corner. Barzun & Taylor 30. Hubin p.4.

£40

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