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The Elusive Four -
William Le Queux
1921 - Cassell and Company, London - First Edition
A superior example of the first edition in the scarce delicate dust jacket.
The Elusive Four, two gentlemen and two ladies, are Robin Hood-type adventurers who rob the rich to give to the poor, in this case an orphans' home.
In these inter-linked short stories, they contrive to get their money, or in some cases artefacts that they sell on via a fence, from profiteers who had illegally made money during World War I.
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Price HK$ 9,500
1921 - Cassell and Company, London - First Edition
A superior example of the first edition in the scarce delicate dust jacket.The Elusive Four, two gentlemen and two ladies, are Robin Hood-type adventurers who rob the rich to give to the poor, in this case an orphans' home.
In these inter-linked short stories, they contrive to get their money, or in some cases artefacts that they sell on via a fence, from profiteers who had illegally made money during World War I.
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Miss Hogg and the Dead Dean -
Austin Lee (pseud. John Austwick)
1958 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
Featuring Miss Hogg, schoolmistress turned private detective.
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Price HK$ 600
1958 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
Featuring Miss Hogg, schoolmistress turned private detective.
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Price HK$ 600
Miss Hogg and the Missing Sisters -
Austin Lee (pseud. John Austwick)
1961 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
Featuring Miss Hogg, schoolmistress turned private detective.
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Price HK$ 700
1961 - Jonathan Cape, London - First Edition
Featuring Miss Hogg, schoolmistress turned private detective.
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Price HK$ 700
Fifty-Two Pickup - Inscribed -
Elmore Leonard
1974 - Secker & Warburg, London - First English Edition
One of Elmore Leonard’s best, Inscribed to Greg Gatenby, author and founder of the Toronto, Festival of Authors.
Basis for 1986 film starring Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret, directed by John Frankenheimer.
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Price HK$ 1,100
1974 - Secker & Warburg, London - First English Edition
One of Elmore Leonard’s best, Inscribed to Greg Gatenby, author and founder of the Toronto, Festival of Authors.Basis for 1986 film starring Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret, directed by John Frankenheimer.
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The Boys from Brazil -
Ira Levin
1976 - Michael Joseph, London - First English Edition
A fine copy in fine dust jacket and with price intact to front flap (usually found with the price clipped off). The basis for Shaffner’s 1978 film, which was nominated for three academy awards, and starred Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier alongside James Mason and Denholm Elliot.
‘one of the strangest and most masterful novels of Ira Levin’s career. Why has Mengele marked a number of harmless aging men for murder? What is the hidden link that binds them? What interest can they possibly hold for their killers: six former SS men dispatched from South America by the most wanted Nazi still alive, the notorious “Angel of Death“? One man alone must answer these questions and stop the killings—Lieberman, himself ageing and thought by some to be losing his grip on reality.
At the heart of The Boys from Brazil lies a frightening contemporary nightmare, chilling and all too possible.’ [Simon & Schuster]
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Price HK$ 800
1976 - Michael Joseph, London - First English Edition
A fine copy in fine dust jacket and with price intact to front flap (usually found with the price clipped off). The basis for Shaffner’s 1978 film, which was nominated for three academy awards, and starred Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier alongside James Mason and Denholm Elliot.‘one of the strangest and most masterful novels of Ira Levin’s career. Why has Mengele marked a number of harmless aging men for murder? What is the hidden link that binds them? What interest can they possibly hold for their killers: six former SS men dispatched from South America by the most wanted Nazi still alive, the notorious “Angel of Death“? One man alone must answer these questions and stop the killings—Lieberman, himself ageing and thought by some to be losing his grip on reality.
At the heart of The Boys from Brazil lies a frightening contemporary nightmare, chilling and all too possible.’ [Simon & Schuster]
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Confessions Of A Detective -
Alfred Henry Lewis, E. M. Ashe (illustrator)
1906 - A. S. Barnes & Company, New York - First Edition
A near fine first edition, illustrated with eight full page black and white plates.
In 1906 the world was rudely awakened by Inspector Val, a ‘hickory knot’ of a man, and the hard-boiled precursor to Mike Hammer. The author, Alfred Lewis was roaming the streets of detective fiction forty years before Spillane and his preoccupation with sex and sexual violence.
‘The five tales are mostly in the romantic pattern of the day; but underlying the romance is a tough realism far ahead of its time. The first story in the book, told in real-life style, can be interpreted as a precursor of the hard-boiled school minus the present-day preoccupation with sex.’ – Queen's Quorum (36).
‘‘Possibly, the prompt production of my Colt’s-38 had somewhat to do with their disappearance; for your true gangster is never one to meet the iron face to face.
In ancient days there was a party–Pythagoras was the name, I think, though I’ll not be sure I’ve got his number right at that–who taught how men’s souls, before they were men’s souls, served as the souls of animals... if old Pythagoras was right, then the soul of every gangster used aforetime to be the soul of a rat.’
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Price HK$ 2,500
1906 - A. S. Barnes & Company, New York - First Edition
A near fine first edition, illustrated with eight full page black and white plates.In 1906 the world was rudely awakened by Inspector Val, a ‘hickory knot’ of a man, and the hard-boiled precursor to Mike Hammer. The author, Alfred Lewis was roaming the streets of detective fiction forty years before Spillane and his preoccupation with sex and sexual violence.
‘The five tales are mostly in the romantic pattern of the day; but underlying the romance is a tough realism far ahead of its time. The first story in the book, told in real-life style, can be interpreted as a precursor of the hard-boiled school minus the present-day preoccupation with sex.’ – Queen's Quorum (36).
‘‘Possibly, the prompt production of my Colt’s-38 had somewhat to do with their disappearance; for your true gangster is never one to meet the iron face to face.
In ancient days there was a party–Pythagoras was the name, I think, though I’ll not be sure I’ve got his number right at that–who taught how men’s souls, before they were men’s souls, served as the souls of animals... if old Pythagoras was right, then the soul of every gangster used aforetime to be the soul of a rat.’
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The Story of Ivy -
Marie Belloc Lowndes
1928 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
A fine copy in the rare dust jacket.
‘The newsboys solemnly stood about the streets of London, bearing their huge placards announcing the sensation of the day – the Lexton murder. Thousands bought papers. Society was mixed up in this interesting case . . . young Lexton, the victim, was a club-man, his wife was pretty, and the doctor accused of the poisoning came from a prominent family.’
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Price HK$ 4,300
1928 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
A fine copy in the rare dust jacket.‘The newsboys solemnly stood about the streets of London, bearing their huge placards announcing the sensation of the day – the Lexton murder. Thousands bought papers. Society was mixed up in this interesting case . . . young Lexton, the victim, was a club-man, his wife was pretty, and the doctor accused of the poisoning came from a prominent family.’
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One of Those Ways -
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
1929 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First American Edition
A fine and rare example of this title in the elusive and fine dust jacket, with the exception of a split along the rear flap fold.
A Hercules Popeau Mystery.
‘The story takes hold of you and whirls you along, from London to the Riviera, from casino to casino, from danger to all but destruction.’ – The Graphic.
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Price HK$ 4,700
1929 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First American Edition
A fine and rare example of this title in the elusive and fine dust jacket, with the exception of a split along the rear flap fold.A Hercules Popeau Mystery.
‘The story takes hold of you and whirls you along, from London to the Riviera, from casino to casino, from danger to all but destruction.’ – The Graphic.
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Price HK$ 4,700