Mystery
BLACK PLUMES.
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-270 [271-272: blank], original yellow cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First U.S. edition. Mystery novel. Dust jacket designed by Boris Artzybasheff. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
BLACK PLUMES.
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-270 [271-272: blank], original yellow cloth, front and spine stamped in black, top edge stained black, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First U.S. edition. Mystery novel. Dust jacket designed by Boris Artzybasheff. "Margery Allingham was one of the three major Englishwomen mystery writers of the 'Golden Age of Detective Fiction' -- the other two. of course, being Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, p. 15.
BLACK PLUMES.
New York: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1940. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1] 2-270 [271-272: blank], printed wrappers. Advance reading copy of the first edition. Mystery novel. Advance proof copy sent to the trade with a printed note from the editor on the cover. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
CARGO OF EAGLES.
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1968. Octavo, boards. First edition. An Albert Campion mystery, the author's last, completed by her husband after she passed away.
CORONER'S PIDGIN.
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1945]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An Albert Campion novel. Hubin, p. 13.
CORONER'S PIDGIN.
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1945]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An Albert Campion novel. Hubin, p. 13.
DANCERS IN MOURNING.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-14] [1] 2-336 [337-338: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in orange, top edge stained orange, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed, endpaper maps. First U.S. edition. A novel featuring sleuth Albert Campion. "A splendid achievement, not only as a plot but as an exhibition of a group of characters ... Very nearly her second masterpiece" - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 33. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
THE FASHION IN SHROUDS.
London, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd, [1938]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-437, [438-440: blank], original green cloth, spine stamped in gold, publishers device in blind to rear cover, grey-green end papers. First edition. Inscribed and signed on second free end paper by Allingham, with a note of provenance from a family member. An Albert Campion novel. "Margery's masterpiece" - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 36. "Margery Allingham was one of the three major Englishwomen mystery writers of the 'Golden Age of Detective Fiction' -- the other two. of course, being Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, p. 15. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
THE GYRTH CHALICE MYSTERY: AN ALBERT CAMPION DETECTIVE STORY.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., [1931]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 11-321 [322: ad] [note: text complete despite gap in pagination], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed, pictorial endpapers. First U.S. edition. "An early story with good scenes and relieved from murder by elegant robbery and clerical personages, but somewhat touched by by the excessive lightheartedness of the period." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989) 66. Published in the UK as LOOK TO THE LADY. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
THE GYRTH CHALICE MYSTERY: AN ALBERT CAMPION DETECTIVE STORY.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., [1931]. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii 11-321 [322: ad] [note: text complete despite gap in pagination], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red, top edge stained red, other edges rough trimmed, pictorial endpapers. First U.S. edition. A Campion mystery. "An early story with good scenes and relieved from murder by elegant robbery and clerical personages, but somewhat touched by by the excessive lightheartedness of the period." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989) 66. Published in the UK as LOOK TO THE LADY. Hubin (1994), p. 13.
THE MINDREADERS.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1965. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
MORE WORK FOR THE UNDERTAKER.
London, Melbourne, Toronto: William Heinemann Ltd., [1948]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. An Albert Campion novel. Hubin, p. 13.
NO LOVE LOST: TWO STORIES OF SUSPENSE...
Kingswood, Surrey: The World's Work (1913) Ltd., [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Two stories of murder.
THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A novel featuring sleuth Albert Campion. "Though her postwar work generally received poorer reviews than earlier work had, one book, THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE (1952), the story of a manhunt in London's underworld, received high praise. Julian Symons considered it her best book ..." - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 7. "... one of the peaks of crime fiction," - Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books 47. Basis for the classic 1956 British film noir, directed by Roy Baker (oddly omitting Albert Campion). Hubin (1994), p. 13.
THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. A novel featuring sleuth Albert Campion. "Though her postwar work generally received poorer reviews than earlier work had, one book, THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE (1952), the story of a manhunt in London's underworld, received high praise. Julian Symons considered it her best book ..." - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 7. "... one of the peaks of crime fiction," - Keating, Crime & Mystery: The 100 Best Books 47. Basis for the classic 1956 British film noir, directed by Roy Baker (oddly omitting Albert Campion). Hubin (1994), p. 13.
WANTED: SOMEONE INNOCENT AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Stamford House, [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pony Book 56. Collects the title story and three others, "The Sexton's Wife," "'Tis Not Hereafter," and "He Was Asking After You."
DECEPTION.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2003]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Altman on the title page. Suspense/thriller novel.
A GAME OF SPIES.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Altman on the title page. Spy thriller set during WW II.
A GATHERING OF SPIES.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. Spy thriller set in 1943 involving Atomic secrets.
THE WATCHMEN.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Suspense/thriller novel.
BACKGROUND TO DANGER.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Espionage thriller involving military secrets, Soviet agents, German agents and Rumanian oil. Filmed in 1943, directed by Raoul Walsh with George Raft, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Turhan Bey from a script by W.R. Burnett.
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER. [SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY].
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-280 [281-284], printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U. S. edition. Signed inscription by Ambler on the half title page to Otto Penzler: "To Otto, enviously, / I've never even seen / this book at this stage -- / Eric Ambler / 21 IX 81." Signed and dated a second time on the title page. This is an advance reading/review copy. Espionage thriller involving military secrets, Soviet agents, German agents and Rumanian oil. Filmed in 1943, directed by Raoul Walsh with George Raft, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Turhan Bey from a script by W.R. Burnett.
INTRIGUE: FOUR GREAT SPY NOVELS OF ERIC AMBLER...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960]. Octavo, cloth. New edition. This edition first published in 1943, reset with new plate for this edition. Collects JOURNEY INTO FEAR, A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS, CAUSE FOR ALARM and BACKGROUND TO DANGER. Introduction by Alfred Hitchcock.
THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1939]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-319 [320]. cloth. First edition. Published in the U.K. as The Mask of Dimitrios. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume. Made into a 1944 film featuring Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre, screenplay credit to Frank Gruber.
THE SCHIRMER INHERITANCE.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Octavo, boards. First U. S. edition. Hubin, p. 14.