Donovan Dick J E Preston Muddock (14 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Nicholas Bentley, 7.5 x 5", cloth, 232pp, covers rubbed with some spotting, spine sunned and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine cocked, pages toned with some spotting to preliminaries, in a rubbed, lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Written by brothers Peter and Anthony Shaffer- Peter later wrote such plays as EQUUS and AMADEUS. SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 122pp, frontispiece and 2 maps, slight foxing, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, glazed fawn cloth, black titles, covers slightly brown-spotted, Very Good / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, small format hardback, 122pp. There are a few markings to the front and back boards. Small tear on the inside front ends at the spine. Fading on the endpapers. There is a pull out section with two maps in good condition.

Autobiography of the Scottish author of mystery, horror and science fiction. 2nd edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. VG.

Red cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth torn along front hinge, clear tape repairs to spine and inner hinges, a good copy. Internally sound & decent. An uncommon novel, dealing with abduction by Gipsies, murders and inheritances. Not listed in Hubin, but it should be. A rough copy of a scarce book.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 2nd Impression. Dark blue cloth lettered in gold. Clean tight text but top edge bit dusty. Cloth on spine has a wrinkle just below titling. Front cover has a few marks.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN CREAM COLOUED CLOTH WITN BRIGHT BLACK TITLES TO FRONT BOARD, THIS DATED 1920 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG. 122pp WITH TWO MAPS, PREFACE AND 14 CHAPTERS. CONDITION VG.

The hugely prolific author of Mystery, Detective,and Horror stories in the Strand who for a time rivalled Sherlock Holmes, turns his attention to Derbyshire Bakewell and the history of Haddon Hall. It was followed in 1907 with "Did Dorothy Vernon elope ?" a rejoinder to G Le Blanc Smith 's book on Haddon Hall [1906] A particularly nice copy.

Later issue with an undated titlepage. 8vo., orig. tan cloth stamped in black, gilt and silver, (8), 320pp. With illustrations. Name, spine slightly darkened o/w a fine copy. Green & Glover 116.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. "All Clear": A Brief Record of the Work of the London Special Constabulary 1914-1919 (Everett 1920). First UK Edition. A VG copy in a chipped and worn D/W. Both maps present. Rare.

Original gray pictorial cloth, designed in black, brown, and beige. Spine lettered in gilt & brown, with handcuff design in brown. Publisher's device in black on the rear cover. Floral patterned end papers. Catalogue at the rear dated October, 1891. Frontispiece & five plates by Gordon Browne. Some wear & soiling of cloth, old stains to fore-edge of lower covers, a few page corners folded, a generally very good copy otherwise. A very scarce title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. A mystery novel built around inheritance, secrecy and family conflict. A solid example of a novel from the late Victorian and Edwardian tradition of popular mystery fiction that bridged sensation novels and early detective stories. Some light foxing; covers a little rubbed and marked, spine slightly dulled. Book.

First Edition. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 304; 8; 32. Publisher's ribbed navy cloth, silver titles and decoration to upper board and spine. Advertisements to rear. Green floral endpapers, edges untrimmed. A few unopened leaves in the advertisements. Moderate spotting throughout, mostly to preliminaries. Advertisements toned due to cheaper paper stock. A handful of neat closed tears and two small open ones to flyleaf and title-page. Gutter visible to pp.176-177. Cloth fine but for some gentle edgewear and marking to lower board. Very good. An espionage mystery featuring one of Donovan's returning characters Michael Danevitch; writing prolifically in the mystery and detective fiction genre, Donovan's works at one point rivalled Arthur Conan Doyle's in popularity.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. Spine repair with new cloth under original, endpapers renewed. A solid copy of a scarce title by this prolific author. Appears to be lost race novel. The opening chapter "The Lake of Mystery" begins: "In one of the loneliest and most inaccessible parts of the Rocky Mountains of America is situated a strange lake or tarn.".