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Stay of Execution, and Other Stories of Legal Practices -
Michael Gilbert
1971 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A fine first edition without foxing, in a fine dust jacket, scarce as such.
Gilbert, a rather self-effacing lawyer with a dry sense of humour, was well known as a natural storyteller, a good examples of which can be seen in two of these short stories in which rascally solicitors "get away with it", ‘Back on the Shelf’ and ‘Mr Portway's Practice’, they were also written in the first person.
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1971 - Hodder and Stoughton, London - First Edition
A fine first edition without foxing, in a fine dust jacket, scarce as such.Gilbert, a rather self-effacing lawyer with a dry sense of humour, was well known as a natural storyteller, a good examples of which can be seen in two of these short stories in which rascally solicitors "get away with it", ‘Back on the Shelf’ and ‘Mr Portway's Practice’, they were also written in the first person.
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A Jury of Her Peers -
Susan Glaspell
1927 - Ernest Benn Limited, London - First Edition. One of 250 Copies
A fine first edition, one of only 250 printed, each signed by the author. A Queen’s Quorum title.
Glaspell’s classic story based on a case of spousal abuse that Glaspell had covered as a journalist. Demonstrating that two housewives from the American heartland are able to discover the motive for a murder identifying certain clues that the blundering male police are unlikely to comprehend.
Although included in America for a number of anthologies, ‘A Jury of Her Peers’ was never actually published in any Glaspell’s own books until being selected by Ernest Benn of London to be one of their ‘Benn's Yellow Books’ titles.
In the 1970’s ‘A Jury of Her Peers’ was rediscovered as an early work of feminist literature ‘applauding its innovative exploration of the gender inequalities affecting women’s lives in both the public and private spheres’.
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1927 - Ernest Benn Limited, London - First Edition. One of 250 Copies
A fine first edition, one of only 250 printed, each signed by the author. A Queen’s Quorum title.Glaspell’s classic story based on a case of spousal abuse that Glaspell had covered as a journalist. Demonstrating that two housewives from the American heartland are able to discover the motive for a murder identifying certain clues that the blundering male police are unlikely to comprehend.
Although included in America for a number of anthologies, ‘A Jury of Her Peers’ was never actually published in any Glaspell’s own books until being selected by Ernest Benn of London to be one of their ‘Benn's Yellow Books’ titles.
In the 1970’s ‘A Jury of Her Peers’ was rediscovered as an early work of feminist literature ‘applauding its innovative exploration of the gender inequalities affecting women’s lives in both the public and private spheres’.
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A" Is for Alibi. A Kinsey Millhone Mystery - Inscribed -
Sue Grafton
1982 - Holt, New York - First Edition
A fine copy, inscribed –
For Becky with warmest regards
from Kinsey & me
Sue Grafton
Sue 10-27-85
Introducing the sassy California private eye Kinsey Millhone, Sue Grafton’s alter ego, one of the earliest females of the hard-boiled detective variety – ‘There’s no place in a p.i.’s life for impatience, faintheartedness, or sloppiness. I understand the same qualifications apply for housewives’.
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1982 - Holt, New York - First Edition
A fine copy, inscribed –For Becky with warmest regards
from Kinsey & me
Sue Grafton
Sue 10-27-85
Introducing the sassy California private eye Kinsey Millhone, Sue Grafton’s alter ego, one of the earliest females of the hard-boiled detective variety – ‘There’s no place in a p.i.’s life for impatience, faintheartedness, or sloppiness. I understand the same qualifications apply for housewives’.
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Brighton Rock -
Graham Greene
1938 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of Graham Greene’s exposé of violence and gang warfare. Spine with bright gilt and no fading, no foxing, no inscriptions, scarce thus.
The chilling tale of teenage mob-leader Pinkie; a masterpiece of psycho-realism, a fascinating study of evil, sin, and the 'appalling strangeness of the mercy of God' withholds easy judgement as a narrative takes us through the moral question of what is simultaneously fascinating and repellent.
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1938 - William Heinemann Ltd, London - First Edition
A fine first edition of Graham Greene’s exposé of violence and gang warfare. Spine with bright gilt and no fading, no foxing, no inscriptions, scarce thus.The chilling tale of teenage mob-leader Pinkie; a masterpiece of psycho-realism, a fascinating study of evil, sin, and the 'appalling strangeness of the mercy of God' withholds easy judgement as a narrative takes us through the moral question of what is simultaneously fascinating and repellent.
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Tragedy at Wembley. A Tale of Inspector Higgins -
Cecil Freeman Gregg
1936 - The Dial Press, New York - First American Edition
The thirteenth title to feature Inspector Cuthbert Higgins of Scotland Yard, who, returning from home long after midnight stumbles in the darkness over the body of a uniformed constable...
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1936 - The Dial Press, New York - First American Edition
The thirteenth title to feature Inspector Cuthbert Higgins of Scotland Yard, who, returning from home long after midnight stumbles in the darkness over the body of a uniformed constable...
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The Third Case of Mr. Paul Savoy - Inscribed -
Jackson Gregory
1934 - Hodder &, London - First English Edition
Wonderfully inscribed English first edition in a superb example of the rare dust jacket designed by Frank Sherwin.
‘Hi!
Bob Hunt –
Met that fine upstanding dad of yours & he said that some times in an idle moment you read a book of mine. –
Careful, Kid; dont start in with too many bad habits at your age. Anyhow, here’s luck –
Jackson Gregory’
‘The Third Case’ as described by the publisher - “To Sylvester Paradene, eccentric and sinister millionaire, the 'Sport of Kings' was a manhunt, with the criminal, preferably a murderer, doubling and twisting in his efforts to elude the hounds of the law, and with Mr. Paradene, chuckling, looking on. So, to an isolated mountain mansion in California Mr. Paradene invited a group of potential 'hunted' and two 'hunters' – Paul Savoy and Detective Gateway.
Then Mr. Paradene baited his delightful trap with a $50,000 emerald, and waited. He was looking for murder and he got it, three-fold but neither Paradene nor the murderer reckoned with Paul Savoy, who in his own brilliant fashion solves a murder case that is among the most baffling in current fiction.” [from the American edition]
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1934 - Hodder &, London - First English Edition
Wonderfully inscribed English first edition in a superb example of the rare dust jacket designed by Frank Sherwin.‘Hi!
Bob Hunt –
Met that fine upstanding dad of yours & he said that some times in an idle moment you read a book of mine. –
Careful, Kid; dont start in with too many bad habits at your age. Anyhow, here’s luck –
Jackson Gregory’
‘The Third Case’ as described by the publisher - “To Sylvester Paradene, eccentric and sinister millionaire, the 'Sport of Kings' was a manhunt, with the criminal, preferably a murderer, doubling and twisting in his efforts to elude the hounds of the law, and with Mr. Paradene, chuckling, looking on. So, to an isolated mountain mansion in California Mr. Paradene invited a group of potential 'hunted' and two 'hunters' – Paul Savoy and Detective Gateway.
Then Mr. Paradene baited his delightful trap with a $50,000 emerald, and waited. He was looking for murder and he got it, three-fold but neither Paradene nor the murderer reckoned with Paul Savoy, who in his own brilliant fashion solves a murder case that is among the most baffling in current fiction.” [from the American edition]
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The Hoods -
Harry Grey (Pseud. Herschel Goldberg)
1952 - Crown Publishers, New York - First Edition
A rare first edition in unfaded dust jacket. The first novel by Harry Grey (Herschel Goldberg) later to become Sergio Leone’s epic ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ (1984) starring Robert DeNiro loosely playing Harry's life as David ‘Noodles’ Aaronson.
A partly autobiographical account of Goldberg, a Ukrainian born Jewish gangster in New York's Lower East Side between 1910 and 1933, legend has it that this was written whilst incarcerated in the notorious Sing-Sing prison, using the pseudonym Harry Grey to protect his family.
Housed in a bespoke black clamshell case with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt.
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1952 - Crown Publishers, New York - First Edition
A rare first edition in unfaded dust jacket. The first novel by Harry Grey (Herschel Goldberg) later to become Sergio Leone’s epic ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ (1984) starring Robert DeNiro loosely playing Harry's life as David ‘Noodles’ Aaronson.A partly autobiographical account of Goldberg, a Ukrainian born Jewish gangster in New York's Lower East Side between 1910 and 1933, legend has it that this was written whilst incarcerated in the notorious Sing-Sing prison, using the pseudonym Harry Grey to protect his family.
Housed in a bespoke black clamshell case with red morocco spine label lettered in gilt.
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The Secret of Tangles. Another Case for Anthony Slade and Department X -
Leonard R. Gribble
1934 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
Fine publisher’s copy with ‘File Copy. Not to be removed from office’ stamped to front fly leaf.
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Price HK$ 1,800
1934 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First American Edition
Fine publisher’s copy with ‘File Copy. Not to be removed from office’ stamped to front fly leaf.
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Price HK$ 1,800