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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd -
Agatha Christie
1926 - W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London - First Edition
An exquisitely bound first edition of this landmark of detective fiction, a scarce and desirable Hercule Poirot mystery, widely regarded as one of the most influential crime novels ever written, which many feel is Christie's masterpiece.
Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose. But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death!
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1926 - W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London - First Edition
An exquisitely bound first edition of this landmark of detective fiction, a scarce and desirable Hercule Poirot mystery, widely regarded as one of the most influential crime novels ever written, which many feel is Christie's masterpiece.Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose. But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to death!
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The Seven Dials Mystery -
Agatha Christie
1929 - W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London - First Edition
Exquisitely bound first edition of this country-house mystery, being a sequel to ‘The Secret of Chimneys’.
This was the second of five novels featuring Police Superintendent Battle, an ally of detectives Hercule Poirot and Colonel Johnny Race.
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1929 - W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London - First Edition
Exquisitely bound first edition of this country-house mystery, being a sequel to ‘The Secret of Chimneys’.This was the second of five novels featuring Police Superintendent Battle, an ally of detectives Hercule Poirot and Colonel Johnny Race.
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Incendiary - SIGNED -
Chris Cleave
2005 - Chatto & Windus, London - First Edition. Number 17 of 500 limited copies
‘An al-Qaeda bomb attack on a London soccer match provides the tragicomic donnée of former Daily Telegraph journalist Cleave's impressive multilayered debut: a novel-length letter from an enraged mother to Osama bin Laden. Living hand to mouth in London's East End, the unnamed mother's life is shattered when her policeman husband (part of a bomb disposal unit) and four-year-old son are killed in the stadium stands.’ – Publisher’s Weekly.
‘Arguably the strangest epistolary novel ever written’ – Newsweek.
True first and limited edition issued two weeks before the trade edition. Signed by the author and with a typed note of thanks. Unfortunately, it was published on the 7 July 2005, the day of the London bombings and most of the major bookshops removed it from their shelves.
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2005 - Chatto & Windus, London - First Edition. Number 17 of 500 limited copies
‘An al-Qaeda bomb attack on a London soccer match provides the tragicomic donnée of former Daily Telegraph journalist Cleave's impressive multilayered debut: a novel-length letter from an enraged mother to Osama bin Laden. Living hand to mouth in London's East End, the unnamed mother's life is shattered when her policeman husband (part of a bomb disposal unit) and four-year-old son are killed in the stadium stands.’ – Publisher’s Weekly.‘Arguably the strangest epistolary novel ever written’ – Newsweek.
True first and limited edition issued two weeks before the trade edition. Signed by the author and with a typed note of thanks. Unfortunately, it was published on the 7 July 2005, the day of the London bombings and most of the major bookshops removed it from their shelves.
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All Men are Lonely Now - Signed & Inscribed -
Francis Clifford (pseud. Arthur Thompson)
1967 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather magnificent association copy, inscribed to Audrey and Miles Tripp the British crime and thriller writer who used the pseudonyms Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. Both Tripp and Thompson (who wrote under the pseudonym of Francis Clifford) where members of the Detection Club.
The inscription is dated 1967, the year of publication, using his actual name Arthur, and then signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.:-
‘To Audrey and Miles
with all the good wishes in the world
Arthur’
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1967 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather magnificent association copy, inscribed to Audrey and Miles Tripp the British crime and thriller writer who used the pseudonyms Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. Both Tripp and Thompson (who wrote under the pseudonym of Francis Clifford) where members of the Detection Club.The inscription is dated 1967, the year of publication, using his actual name Arthur, and then signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.:-
‘To Audrey and Miles
with all the good wishes in the world
Arthur’
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Another Way of Dying - Signed & Inscribed -
Francis Clifford (pseud. Arthur Thompson)
1968 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather magnificent association copy, inscribed to Miles Tripp the British crime and thriller writer who used the pseudonyms Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. Both Tripp and Thompson (who wrote under the pseudonym of Francis Clifford) where members of the Detection Club.
The inscription is dated 1971, using his actual name Arthur, and then signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.:-
‘Miles –
with very best wishes
Arthur
Bedford Square June 1971’
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1968 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather magnificent association copy, inscribed to Miles Tripp the British crime and thriller writer who used the pseudonyms Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. Both Tripp and Thompson (who wrote under the pseudonym of Francis Clifford) where members of the Detection Club.The inscription is dated 1971, using his actual name Arthur, and then signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.:-
‘Miles –
with very best wishes
Arthur
Bedford Square June 1971’
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The Blind Side - Signed & Inscribed -
Francis Clifford (pseud. Arthur Thompson)
1971 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather magnificent association copy, inscribed to Audrey and Miles Tripp the British crime and thriller writer who used the pseudonyms Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. Both Tripp and Thompson (who wrote under the pseudonym of Francis Clifford) where members of the Detection Club.
The inscription is dated 1971, the year of publication, using his actual name Arthur, and then signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.:-
‘Miles –
with special thanks
and
Audrey
with very best wishes
Arthur
July 1971’
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1971 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather magnificent association copy, inscribed to Audrey and Miles Tripp the British crime and thriller writer who used the pseudonyms Michael Brett and John Michael Brett. Both Tripp and Thompson (who wrote under the pseudonym of Francis Clifford) where members of the Detection Club.The inscription is dated 1971, the year of publication, using his actual name Arthur, and then signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.:-
‘Miles –
with special thanks
and
Audrey
with very best wishes
Arthur
July 1971’
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The Grosvenor Square Goodbye - Signed & Inscribed -
Francis Clifford (pseud. Arthur Thompson)
1974 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather interesting association copy, inscribed on the dedication page. The typed dedication reads ‘For my friends in Warwick Lane and Lower John Street, London, and East 49th Street, New York, with many thanks for their help over the years’, there is then a hand written note ‘Thank you, Eric – A, September 1974’, A being Arthur Thompson who wrote under the pseudonym Francis Clifford. He has also signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.
One can only assume that Eric was on of those ’friends’ who had helped Thompson over the years, as Thompson usually writes his inscriptions to the front of the book, and in this instance has specifically chosen the later dedication page (which is after the title page). Unfortunately we have not had enough time or patience to track down who ‘Eric’ was.
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1974 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A rather interesting association copy, inscribed on the dedication page. The typed dedication reads ‘For my friends in Warwick Lane and Lower John Street, London, and East 49th Street, New York, with many thanks for their help over the years’, there is then a hand written note ‘Thank you, Eric – A, September 1974’, A being Arthur Thompson who wrote under the pseudonym Francis Clifford. He has also signed as Francis Clifford to the title page.One can only assume that Eric was on of those ’friends’ who had helped Thompson over the years, as Thompson usually writes his inscriptions to the front of the book, and in this instance has specifically chosen the later dedication page (which is after the title page). Unfortunately we have not had enough time or patience to track down who ‘Eric’ was.
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Artemis Fowl; The Arctic Incident; The Eternity Code; The Opal Deception; The Lost Colony; The Time Paradox; The Atlantis Complex; The Last Guardian -
Eoin Colfer
2001-12 - Viking / Puffin, London - First Editions
A complete first edition set of the eight volume Artemis Fowl series.
Following elf Holly Short, officer of the Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance (LEPRecon), as she faces the forces of criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II; later on in the cycle the adversaries are forced to work together, gradually becoming firm friends/brief love interests while saving the world.
In the first book ‘Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous— and extremely high-tech — fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family’s fortune. But he may have underestimated the fairies’ powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?’
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2001-12 - Viking / Puffin, London - First Editions
A complete first edition set of the eight volume Artemis Fowl series.Following elf Holly Short, officer of the Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance (LEPRecon), as she faces the forces of criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl II; later on in the cycle the adversaries are forced to work together, gradually becoming firm friends/brief love interests while saving the world.
In the first book ‘Twelve-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl has discovered a world below ground of armed and dangerous— and extremely high-tech — fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to restore his family’s fortune. But he may have underestimated the fairies’ powers. Is he about to trigger a cross-species war?’
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