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London : Victor Gollancz, 1930. First edition : in the primary binding of black cloth. "Great-aunt Puddequet was reputed to be enormously wealthy. It was also a tradition in the family that she was extraordinarily mean ..." - her third Mrs Bradley murder mystery - and one of the scarcest.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (288)pp. Family tree. Plan. Sketch. Original black cloth, lettered in orange; a touch sunned; faint spine crease; upper and lower covers flecked; endpapers tanned; edges spotted; slight flaw to rear endpaper, but a decent copy of a difficult title.

£250

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London : Michael Joseph, (1938). First edition : in the variant (and almost certainly secondary) binding of orange cloth, lettered in black.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (352)pp. Original orange cloth, blocked and lettered on spine in black; spine worn, lightly sunned, marked and somewhat frayed; a little marked; labels removed from endpapers, with some slight holing; not an appealing copy, but clean, sound and serviceable within. Hubin p.287.

£40

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London : William Heinemann, (1940). First edition.
Post 8vo. [x],270pp. Illustrations. Original stone cloth, blocked on upper cover in brown and on lower cover in green; lettered on upper cover in green, and on spine in green and brown; some minor darkening and very faint wear; just a touch bruised at corners; a few very slight marks; endpapers lightly tanned, but a very good copy of a very scarce book. Hubin - not listed.

£250

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London : Michael Joseph, (1945). First edition. "One of the dozen best crime novels that I know" (Edmund Crispin).
Crown 8vo (20cm). (224)pp. Original black cloth, blocked and lettered in silver on spine; a very good and bright copy in the original A. E. Barlow dust-jacket - a design in grey, orange, yellow, white and black - lightly used, a little tanned at spine, slightly worn and chipped at tips, and a little soiled on lower panel. Contemporary ownership inscription of M. Wilson on half-title.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1948). First edition - "Mrs. Bradley is at her devastating best, saurian perhaps but very human".
Crown 8vo. (240)pp. Original black cloth, blocked and lettered on spine in silver; a touch turned, but a very good, clean and sound copy in the original dust-jacket - a design in blue, yellow, black and white - repaired and reinforced, slightly defective - with the loss of a few letters at head and tail of spine. Hubin p.287.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1951). First edition. Murder on a coach tour of Scotland.
Crown 8vo. (224)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered across spine in silver; a few faint marks; a little spotting to front free endpaper, but overall a very good, clean and sound copy in the original Barbara Bradley dust-jacket - a pictorial design in black, blue and green on white - lightly rubbed, slightly nicked, and with a touch of creasing - but overall in very good state. Hubin p.287.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1953). First edition. The death of a wealthy art-collector, of a university professor with an interest in witchcraft, and of one of the latter's students - Mrs Lestrange Bradley investigates.
Crown 8vo. 224pp. Original black boards, lettered on spine in gilt; spine lettering a little dulled; very faint tanning of endpapers, but a very good copy indeed in the original B. G. Yates dust-jacket - a pictorial design in purple, red, green and white - just lightly worn at tips. Hubin p.287.

£200

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London : Michael Joseph, (1955). First edition. Murder at a Sherlock Holmes party - "a memorable plot, straightforward prose, and no nonsense. A honey of a book" (Barzun & Taylor).
Crown 8vo. (240)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; covers faintly marked; faint spotting of edges; some spotting of endpapers; but a nice copy in the original red, white and black dust-jacket - very lightly used, price-clipped, and a little browned and spotted on verso. Barzun & Taylor 2509. Hubin p.287.

£50

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London : Michael Joseph, (1957). First edition. Murder on a Hispanic volcanic island.
Crown 8vo. (248)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; a little rolled; spine lettering a little dulled, but a nice copy in the Kenneth Farnhill dust-jacket - a design in purple, light blue, black and white - price-clipped, very slightly rubbed and a just little tanned. Neat name "Smith" on front free endpaper. Barzun & Taylor 2508. Hubin p.287.

£40

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London : The Bodley Head, (1959). First edition. Search for missing man in Yugoslavia, Greece and the Aegean, mysterious fellow-travellers, etc. In the Earlham Library series.
Crown 8vo. (192)pp. Map by Leo Vernon. Original light blue boards, ruled and lettered across spine in black and blue; some mild discolouration to boards; edges a little spotted, but a good and sound copy in the original Don Higgins dust-jacket - a pictorial design in shades of blue - price clipped and just very lightly worn.

£50

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London : Michael Joseph, (1963). First edition.
Crown 8vo. (240)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; a very good copy in the Kenneth Farnhill dust-jacket - a design in cerise, red, dark blue and white - just lightly used, faintly creased, very slightly darkened, and with a few faint marks on the lower panel. Hubin p.287.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1965). First edition. Three leading players in the town pageant murdered - Dame Beatrice and Laura Gavin unravel.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (232)pp. Original red-pink boards, blocked and lettered across spine in gilt; faint spine crease, but a very good, clean and sound copy in the original pictorial Broom Lynne dust-jacket, the principal lettering in white - just lightly rubbed and slightly nicked. Hubin p.287.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1971). First edition. Timothy Herring inherits a house of mystery on the east coast - crime and skulduggery from Gladys Mitchell under her Malcolm Torrie pseudonym.
Crown 8vo (20cm). (232)pp. Original grey-black boards, blocked and lettered on spine in gilt; slight press-flaw to margins of a few leaves, but a very good, clean and sound copy in the original John Storey dust-jacket (white, black, gray) - also very good. Hubin p.396.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1973). First edition. Dame Beatrice on a remote island.
Post 8vo (21cm). (214)pp. Original black boards, lettered across spine in gilt; very mild bruise at foot of spine, but a very good copy indeed in the Richard Murby dust-jacket - also very good indeed. Hubin p.287.

£100

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London : Michael Joseph, (1979). First edition. An unexpected legacy leads to a double murder - Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley solves the mysteries.
Post 8vo. 192pp. Original blue boards, ruled and lettered across spine in gilt; just a touch of tanning to text-edges, but a very good copy in the original pictorial Graham Rogers dust-jacket - just faintly tanned.

£50

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London : Michael Joseph, (1979). First edition.
Post 8vo (21cm). 192pp. Original blue boards, lettered across spine in silver; the faintest hint of bruising, but very good indeed in the original Graham Rogers dust-jacket - also very good indeed. Hubin p.287.

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London : Michael Joseph, (1981). First edition. Folk-dancer killed on the Yorkshire moors - Dame Beatrice investigates.
Post 8vo (21cm). 192pp. Original black boards, lettered on spine in silver; the faintest hint of bruising, but otherwise very good indeed in the Graham Rogers dust-jacket - also very good. Barzun & Taylor 2505.

£25

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London : Michael Joseph, (1982). First edition. A search for treasure in an old castle - murder ensues.
Post 8vo (21cm). 204,[iv]pp. Original black boards, lettered on spine in silver; very good indeed in the original Graham Rogers dust-jacket - also very good, fresh and unworn.

£50

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