KING SOLOMON'S MINES
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
First edition, first issue of this enormously influential Lost World work, formative in its genre.
True first edition of acclaimed mystery, the story of an autistic boy who uncovers uncomfortable family secrets when he sets out to solve the murder of the neighbor's dog — inscribed by Haddon to the daughter of his agent, Gillon Aitken.
First edition, publisher's file copy, of this unusual Cold War telepathy drama, a study of two men psychically linked by wartime experiments, reunited in the Middle East years later for a final struggle over geopolitical influence and occult corruption.
First printing of Le Carré's masterpiece of moral ambiguity in Cold War espionage.
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
First US edition of this sci-fi novel of nefarious First Contact with alien outsiders who infect the mind of the first human to notice them.
Rare first edition of this classic mystery exploring the dark crimes born of the evil impulse to acquire rare books without paying a fair market price for them.
Uncommon first U.S. edition of this Golden Age anthology, with an introductory essay by Knox expanding on his Rules of Detective Fiction and stories by Agatha Christie, Marie Belloc-Lowndes, Maurice Leblanc, Baroness Orczy, and others.
First US edition of Watson's first short story collection, whose title story was nominated for a Hugo Award.
First edition of Moorcock's thematic collection of short stories about Jimi Hendrix, Alexander the Great, Jesus Christ, and others who lived fast and died young for one reason or another.
First edition of Doyle's selected essays and articles on assorted mysteries and psychic phenomena.
First edition of Winspear's third post-World-War-I historical mystery, in which detective Maisie Dobbs searches the spirit world and the mortal plane for a missing soldier.
First edition of the Ur-Gothic, the literary sensation credited by many for inaugurating one of the first major trends of the English novel — and the literary heart of Austen's NORTHANGER ABBEY, which is both a satire of and homage to it.
Signed first edition of the twenty-second mystery novel featuring Lovejoy, an unscrupulous antiques dealer; the books were adapted into a long-running television program for the BBC, starring Ian McShane.
Inscribed first edition of Perry's eighteenth late-Victorian mystery featuring husband-and-wife detectives Charlotte and William Pitt, here investigating Darwinism, Catholicism, and their respective influences on a murder.
Signed first edition of Hamilton's third historical adventure featuring ex-crusader Richard Straccan.
Signed first edition of this so-called "tart noir," a distinctly Y2K comic thriller and the sixth of Henderson's seven Sam Jones novels.
Signed first printing of this collection of letters from SF legend Michael Moorcock to his friend and fellow legend J. G. Ballard, detailing Moorcock's impression of various aspects of West Coast life.
Signed first UK edition of this Silver Dagger-winning and Booker Prize-nominated Adam Dalgliesh mystery, in which the inspector/poet must piece together the twin murders of a local vagrant and an ex-Minister of State.
Signed first printing of this tale of an elderly couple's secrets that surface after one of them is murdered, winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger.
First US edition of this Victorian historical romance, featuring a cross-dressing heroine working to keep a Marquis safe as he tries to visit Mecca, from Cartland's one-woman category line: the Camfield Novel of Love series.
First US edition of this historical romance set in 1802 London and Paris, featuring "a young orphaned Comtesse" and a conflict of love vs. honor, from Cartland's one-woman category line: the Camfield Novel of Love series.
First Harlequin printing of this slightly edgier contemporary romance, first published by Mills & Boon in 1968 but delayed for publication by Harlequin because it featured sex on page and a sister with a child out of wedlock.
Uncorrected proof copy of this story of a British Gonzo journalist's quest to clear his name after becoming a suspect in a series of grisly murders of public figures.