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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2001). First edition. Signed by John Lawton on the title-page. London in the Spring of 1941 – German spy, American captain, Cockney policeman, his precocious daughter – and Sergeant Troy of the Yard. “Wonderfully captures the atmosphere of wartime London ... original and entertaining” (Robert Harris). “One of the most entertaining thrillers I have read in years” (Sunday Telegraph).
Medium 8vo (25cm). [x],322,[iv]pp. Original brown boards, lettered in gilt; a very good, bright, clean and sound copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket just a touch sunned, but otherwise also very good.

£100

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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2002). First edition. Signed by John Lawton on the title-page. A stand-alone novel set in the American summer of 1969 – the USA about to land a man on the moon, the Vietnam War ripping families apart, Norman Mailer running for Mayor of New York – failed civil rights worker, failed lawyer, and failed journalist Turner Raines tracks down a runaway. “I entreat you, dear reader, to search out John Lawton and cherish him to your bosom, for he is truly an original” (Michael Painter, Irish Times).
Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],(328)pp. Original black boards, lettered in silver; just a hint of tanning to text, but otherwise a very good, bright and sound copy in the Peter Wallis dust-jacket – the jacket with a touch of sunning, but otherwise unworn and unflawed.

£75

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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2005). First edition. London in 1959 – still scarred by war – corruption in rebuilding – new breeds of Londoner – Kray-like thugs brought up in wartime and now merciless – and Troy’s past come back to haunt him. “An enjoyably subversive portrait of mid-century Britain, its places visualised with photographic precision and events described with the authority of a historian” (Jessica Mann in The Spectator).
Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],(344)pp. Original black boards, lettered in silver; a touch of bruising; some edge-spotting; faint creasing to front free endpaper, but a good copy in the Nigel Henderson dust-jacket – the jacket likewise with a touch of bruising, and some very faint marking to the rear panel, but complete, unworn and also good.

£30

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London : Grove Press UK, (2011). First British edition. Strands of the past collide with a brazen murder on a London Underground platform. The eighth of the Frederick Troy novels. “Lawton has always pushed the boundaries of the series crime novel, edging closer to broad-canvas historical fiction, but this time he has leaped the fence altogether” (Booklist).
Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],(382),[viii]pp. Original white boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge just slightly tanned, but otherwise a very good copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket just lightly sunned, but very good and unworn.

£50

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London : Grove Press UK, (2013). First British edition. The first of the Joe Wilderness novels – Cockney cat-burglar working for MI6 in Berlin – post-war black market and now again in 1963. Nell Breakheart and one last venture.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],421,[iii]pp. Original blue boards, lettered in silver; a very good copy in the Arturo Robertazzi dust-jacket – also very good.

£50

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London : Grove Press UK, (2023). First edition. Washington D.C. 1945 – Charlie Leigh-Hunt replaces Guy Burgess and meets an indiscreet old flame. Moscow 1969 – Joe Wilderness captured behind the Iron Curtain. All roads lead back to Berlin and the Bridge of Spies – all this and Inspector Troy too.
Medium 8vo (25cm). [x],(436),[ii]pp. Original black boards, lettered in silver; a couple of faint and tiny marks to boards, but otherwise a very good, crisp and bright copy in the dust-jacket – the jacket very good indeed.

£40

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