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London : Victor Gollancz, 1938. First edition. His third book - a classic early Appleby with a doom-laden Scottish setting - and a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 286,[ii]pp. Original black cloth, lettered across spine in red; some wear and fading; some spotting, especially of edges; a good copy of a difficult title. Barzun & Taylor 1887. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1945. First edition. Detective-Inspector Appleby reads Anthony Hope on the train.
Crown 8vo (19cm). 152pp. Original blue cloth, lettered up spine in gilt; spine and edges of boards faded, but a good and sound copy. Barzun & Taylor 1870. Hubin p.213.

£15

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1951. First edition.
Crown 8vo. 304pp. Original red-pink cloth, lettered across spine in black; spine a little sunned and slightly marked; neat name on front pastedown; a few slight spots, but a very good and sound copy.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1953. First edition.
Crown 8vo. (224)pp. Original red boards, lettered up spine in gilt; spine lettering dulled to black; mild spotting of endpapers and top edge, but a very good and sound copy. With the attractive ownership label of Antonia St. Clair Erskine. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1954. First edition. Later published in the USA as "Dead Man's Shoes".
Crown 8vo. (224)pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in gilt; spine lettering a little dulled; faint bruising to corners; mild spotting of edges; faint discolouration to front endpaper, but a good copy in the yellow dust-jacket printed in magenta and black, just lightly marked and slightly restored at extremities. Barzun & Taylor 1878. Hubin p.213.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1955. First edition.
Crown 8vo. (224)pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in gilt; mild tanning of text edges, but a very good and sound copy. Barzun & Taylor 1889. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1956. First edition.
Crown 8vo. (224)pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in gilt; a little dulled and faintly marked; mild spotting of edges and endpapers, but a good and sound copy. Barzun & Taylor 1892. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1959. First edition.
Crown 8vo. 192pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in gilt; a little dulled, but a very good and sound copy. Barzun & Taylor 1886. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition.
Crown 8vo. 192pp. Original tan boards, lettered across spine in gilt; spine lettering a little dulled; neat name on front paste-down; a very good and sound copy. Barzun & Taylor 1897. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1969. First edition. Later published in the USA as "Picture of Guilt".
Post 8vo. (222),[ii]pp. Original orange boards, lettered on spine in gilt; a touch sunned, very faint spine crease, but a very good and sound copy. Barzun & Taylor 1882. Hubin p.214.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1975. First edition. A collection of fifteen Appleby short stories, set variously in Italy, Scotland, Cornwall, Lausanne, Venice and elsewhere.
Post 8vo (21cm). (208)pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in gilt; a few faint marks and spots, but overall a very good copy in the original dust-jacket - just faintly creased on lower panel and also very good.

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London : Victor Gollancz, 1986. First edition. Classic murder in the library of a great country house.
Post 8vo (21cm). 188pp. Original red boards, lettered across spine in gilt; very good indeed in the yellow dust-jacket, printed in magenta and black - the jacket just slightly creased on lower panel.

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