1142. Gano, John: Inspector Proby In Court

Published by Macmillan, 1995

1st edition hardback, fine in a fine dust wrapper. John Gano is the pseudonym for Freddie Stockdale. In the second Inspector Proby novel, Proby and his colleagues are in pursuit of suspects. One robber clings to the side of the Gull building but something goes wrong when, before he can be hauled to safety, he falls. Proby is charged with murder.

1143. Gardner, John: Licence Renewed

Published by Book Club Associates, 1981

Hardback, a fine copy of this book club edition in a like wrapper designed by Mon Mohan using a Richard Chopping water-colour. Pages slightly browned. The first of John Gardner's novels featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent. Bond has been assigned to investigate one Dr. Anton Murik, a brilliant nuclear physicist who is thought to have been meeting with a terrorist known as Franco. Together they plan to hijack six nuclear power plants around the world and start a global meltdown, unless Bond can stop them...

1144. Gardner, John: Brokenclaw

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1990

1st edition hardback, near fine book and dust wrapper. A James Bond 007 adventure. On holiday in Victoria, British Columbia, Bond becomes intrigued by Lee Fu-Chu, a half-Blackfoot, half-Chinese philanthropist who is known as "Brokenclaw" because of a deformed hand. On his return to the UK Bond is tasked to investigate the kidnapping of several scientists who have been working on a new submarine detection system. It becomes clear that Brokenclaw is behind the kidnapping and worse, he has a devastating plan to cause economic meltdown through the collapse of the dollar. Bond has no choice but to enter his lair ...

2059. Gardner, John: The Man from Barbarossa

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1991

1st edition hardback. Ex-library book with the usual stamps at the title page, withdrawn from stock stamp at the front end paper and a security sticker at the rear pastedown otherwise very good. The dust wrapper has some light surface marks but is unclipped and otherwise in fine condition. An elderly American is kidnapped by a Russian terrorist group, apparently on the mistaken belief that he is a war criminal responsible for a Second World War-era massacre. The group demands the Soviet government put the man on trial, and begins murdering government officials when leaders refuse. Captain James Bond is partnered with an Israeli Mossad agent and assigned to work with the KGB in infiltrating this group and discovering their real motives, which include sabotaging perestroika and supplying Iraq with nuclear weapons before the United Nations-led coalition invades.

1145. Gardner, John: No Deal Mr. Bond

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1987

1st edition hardback. An ex library book with the usual associated faults. The dust wrapper having been protected is fine and the book is pretty good too. The sixth James Bond 007 adventure from Gardner. Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered. Bond must find the others and conduct them to safety before they meet a similar fate. In a race against time, Bond travels to Ireland and the KGB is soon on the scene. But all is not as it seems and soon Bond finds he needs all his wits to negotiate a labyrinth of double-crossing that is to lead him to a bewildering showdown in a remote corner of the Kowloon province of Hong Kong, where, weaponless, he is hunted by four assassins.

2062. Gardner, John: Death is Forever

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1992

1st edition hardback. Ex-library book with the front end paper roughly removed and a book withdrawn stamp at the half title page otherwise very good. The dust wrapper is very good. The Cold War is over. After two British agents die under mysterious and strangely old-fashioned circumstances in Germany, Bond is paired up with beautiful CIA agent 'Easy' St John. He's been assigned to track down the surviving members of "Cabal", a Cold War-era intelligence network that received a mysterious and unauthorised signal to disband. It's not long before Bond and Easy find themselves playing a life-or-death game as they try to figure out who they can trust. All the while, Cabal agents are dying one by one...

2063. Gardner, John: Seafire

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994

1st edition hardback in fine condition, there are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is faded a little at the spine and upper and has a ½ inch tear at the bottom front edge otherwise unclipped and very good. As weapons quartermaster to world class terrorist groups, Tarn's vast trail of arms leads Bond and Freddie on a treacherous journey through Spain and the Middle East to his top-secret floating laboratory in the Caribbean and a deadly scheme which will prove the immense power he holds.

2060. Gardner, John: Win, Lose or Die

Published by Putnum, New York, 1989

1st edition US hardback. There is a previous name and address at the front pastedown which is hidden by the jacket flap otherwise very good condition. The dust wrapper has a couple of small tears at the edge and chips at the tips but is unclipped and otherwise in very good condition. When M receives word that a terrorist organisation known is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy. Promoted from Commander to Captain, Bond is expected to infiltrate the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible and identify potential sleeper agents. As he struggles to complete his mission, a massive war game is being carried out between the American, British, and Soviet Navies. And when Bond gets caught up in a murder investigation the safety of the most powerful leaders on the planet hangs in the balance...

2061. Gardner, John: Win, Lose or Die

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1989

1st edition hardback. There is a library, withdrawn from stock, stamp at the front end paper otherwise fine. It seems to have been withdrawn before it was issued. There is a date stamp inside the dust wrapper rear flap otherwise unclipped and fine. When M receives word that a terrorist organisation known is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy. Promoted from Commander to Captain, Bond is expected to infiltrate the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible and identify potential sleeper agents. As he struggles to complete his mission, a massive war game is being carried out between the American, British, and Soviet Navies. And when Bond gets caught up in a murder investigation the safety of the most powerful leaders on the planet hangs in the balance...

2333. Gardner, John: GoldenEye

Published by BCA, London, 1995

1st edition hardback, the true first. Browning of the pages, as is usual with this edition, otherwise both book and dust wrapper are in fine condition. There are no previous owner names. Janus, a powerful Russian leader whose ambitions are money and power, and whose normal business methods include theft and murder, has just acquired GoldenEye, a piece of technology with the power to destroy the West's financial markets. But Janus has underestimated his enemy - James Bond.

1146. Gash, Jonathan: Prey Dancing

Published by Macmillan, 1998

Paperback proof copy, near fine in condition. Dr Clare Burtonall has promised to pass on a message from a patient who has died of AIDS. But she has no address, all she knows is that Jase "works at the wharf with pollen". Unfortunately Jase is a weapons man for a gang of yardies, and blames Clare for the death.

1147. Gash, Jonathan: The Judas Pair

Published by Book Club Associates, 1977

Hardback book club edition. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the top edge otherwise book and jacket are fine. Lovejoy knows what he's talking about, for he is an antiques dealer himself with an irreverent inside view of the trade. He'll handle anything and everything, but his speciality is flintlock pistols. When he is approached by a rich, but obviously naive, collector with the request to obtain for him a pair so rare that the trade even doubts their existence, Lovejoy can only laugh. 'But the Judas Pair do exist,' cries the client. 'I've seen them. They killed my brother.' As Lovejoy embarks on the trail of both a murderer and a uniquely valuable pair of pistols, it is the beginning of a duel to the death.

1148. Gash, Jonathan: The Sin within Her Smile

Published by Century, 1993

1st edition hardback. The dust wrapper is slightly rubbed at the top and toe of the spine otherwise both book and jacket are fine. A Lovejoy novel in which, after being auctioned at the village hall for charity, he finds himself "slave for a day" to two pushy women, and incorporated in a scam which they are perpetrating, involving early-Roman-Celtic gold. Mystery, danger, and an array of colourful characters follow.

1149. Gilbert, Anthony: Don't Open the Door

Published by Collins (Crime Club), c1950

Hardback Crime Club reprint. Date unknown. Both Book and dust wrapper are in near very good condition. The strange adventure of a young nurse featuring the egregious Mr. Arthur Crook.

1152. Goodchild, George: Hail McLean!

1155. Grafton, Sue: B Is For Burglar

Published by Macmillan, 1986

Rare 1st edition hardback. A slight bump to bottom edge of boards otherwise fine in near fine un-clipped d/w. 'Female, age thirty-two, self-employed and wiser than she used to be. For Kinsey Millhone, private investigator, only one thing stays the same. When a client sits down in the chair across the desk, she never knows what's going to happen next...' Business was slow, and there was nothing about Beverly Danziger to cause Kinsey concern. She was looking for her sister. She paid up front. And if it seemed a lot of money for a routine job, Kinsey wasn't going to argue. She kicked herself later for the things she didn't see. But by then she was in danger, and money was the last thing on her mind...

1153. Grafton, Sue: I Is For Innocent

Published by Macmillan, 1992

Hardback 1st edition. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in fine condition. It was a Monday early in December when Kinsey Millhone first got involved in the Isabelle Barney murder case. She was out of work. Attorney Lonnie Klingman's usual private investigator had just dropped dead of a heart attack. Kinsey was more than happy to oblige. The trouble started on the very first day of the investigation. Either Kinsey's predecessor was incompetent - or someone had been getting away with murder. And next time it might turn out to be hers . . .

1154. Grafton, Sue: K Is For Killer

Published by Macmillan, 1994

Hardback, 2nd printing. Fine book in a fine dust wrapper. The eleventh in Sue Grafton's crime series starring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. When Lorna Kepler is killed, the Santa Teresa police suspect homicide but cannot establish motive or suspect. Before our heroine can expose a murderer, she must first prove murder.

1156. Grafton, Sue: J Is For Judgment

Published by Henry Holt, 1993

US Hardback 2nd Impression. Fine book and dust wrapper. In her latest case, Kinsey Millhone finds herself in danger - on the trail of someone who may, or may not, be dead. It is five years since crooked tycoon Wendell Jaffe disappeared while sailing his boat off the California coast. Now Kinsey is investigating a sighting of the dead man.

1157. Grafton, Sue: M Is For Malice

Published by Macmillan, 1996

1st edition hardback. A fine book in a near fine dust wrapper. The jacket is creased but at the flaps tucked inside the book otherwise fine. "M" is for money - lots of it. Malek Construction remains in family hands, with four sons set to inherit a fortune. One of them went missing 18 years ago. "M" is also for Millhone, hired to trace that brother. "M" is also for memories - and finally - "M" is for malice, and malice kills.

1158. Grafton, Sue: N Is For Noose

Published by Macmillan, 1998

Hardback 1st edition. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in near fine condition. No previous owner names or marks. Two unsolved murders on opposite sides of California are linked by a drawing of a hangman's noose, and very nearly prove fatal for Kinsey Milhone too.

1159. Grant, Ambrose: More Deadly Than the Male

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946

Hardback 1st edition. Very good in a very good unclipped d/w. Jacket is a little edge worn. Tidy previous owner inscription to front endpaper. Authors first novel.

1160. Grant-Adamson, Leslie: Undertow

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1999

Hardback 1st edition. Very good+ d/w is unclipped and has very minor edge wear. The book is fine. Alice tells herself that Stark Point is quaint and charming - just the place to revive her relationship with boyfriend Charles. But her vacation takes a dramatic turn when her almost-ex-husband arrives and involves her in a murder mystery.

1161. Gray, Alex: The Riverman

Published by Sphere, London. 2007

Large trade sized paperback in fine condition. This is an uncorrected proof copy and has only a faint crease at the spine. When the dead body of a man is fished out of Glasgow's River Clyde the morning after an office celebration, it looks like a case of accidental death. An anonymous telephone call and a forensic toxicology test, however, give DCI Lorimer reason to think otherwise. Probing deeper into the life and business of the deceased accountant, Duncan Forbes, a seemingly upright member of the community, Lorimer finds only yet more unanswered questions. What is the secret his widow seems to be concealing? Is there any reason to think that the international accountancy firm was facing financial difficulties? What has become of the dead man's protégé who has disappeared in New York? And when the firm's human resources manager is found dead in her riverside flat these questions become only more complex -- not to mention more disturbing. And Lorimer is having to cope not only with deceptions devised to hide the facts, but also with suspicions from those far closer to home...

1162. Gray, Berkeley: Duel Murder

Published by Collins, c1950

Hardback, cheap 2/- edition. Date unknown. Very good in like d/w. Pages browned. Berkeley Gray is a pseudonym used by Edwy Searles Brooks, one of many. They were an old couple to find in an out-of-the-way Suffolk village, the eccentric Captain Trafford, bullying, sadistic and evil tempered, and his quiet, sedate little wife, whose one aim in life was to send her husband to the gallows. To that end Mrs. Trafford implored the help of Norman Conquest - a queer job for the Gay Desperado, accustomed as he was to strange people and strange requests. But Norman scented a story here, and right nobly did he rise to the occasion in an episode that was one of the most exciting in his career.

1163. Gray, Berkeley: Blonde for Danger

Published by Collins, 1952

Hardback reprint, cheap 2/- edition. Very good in like d/w. Pages browned. Travelling blithely to Bournemouth on a perfectly innocent mission to buy a new car, Norman Conquest was unconsciously heading into one of the most exciting dramas of his career. A few hours later he was making the return journey in amazing and unexpected circumstances. Racing through the night he crouched at the wheel of a great motor lorry roaring its way along the main road to London. Ahead lay the darkness of the New Forest - darkness - danger - death. Norman grinned. His sixth sense had never let him down - and his sixth sense told him that he was on the trail of high adventure. Classic Conquest.

1165. Gray, Nicholas Stuart: Killer's Cookbook

Published by Dobson, 1976

Hardback 1st edition. Very good in a like unclipped d/w. Wrapper is very slightly sunned. A whodunit set in the world of professional cookery with an appendix of recipes and a blessing from Fanny & Johnnie Craddock.

1166. Greeley, Andrew M.: Happy Are the Clean Of Heart

Published by Macdonald, 1987

Hardback 1st edition. Page edges browned otherwise near fine in a like dust wrapper. Father Blackie Ryan tries to unmask the assailant of a glamorous star in a deathlike coma.

1281. Greenberg, Martin Harry and Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh (editors): The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Published by Arlington Books, London. 1988

1st edition hardback in near fine condition. There is a crossed-out previous owner inscription and name to the front paste down otherwise fine. The dust wrapper is unclipped and unmarked. A tribute to Conan Doyle's immortal creation with specially commissioned original works by Stephen King, Michael Gilbert, John Lutz, Edward D. Hoch, Dorothy B. Hughes, Peter Lovesey, Lillian de la Torre, John Gardner, and others for the centennial of the first Holmes story, "The Speckled Band," in 1987.

1167. Greenwood, D. M.: Foolish Ways

Published by Headline, 1999

Hardback 1st edition. Fine book and unclipped d/w. The ninth Theodora Braithwaite mystery. During a Church of England conference an unusual speaker is found dead. Although licensed by the church to voice some home truths, he is apparently of blameless character, so it is a mystery as to why someone should want to kill him.

1168. Grimes, Martha: The Horse You Came In On

Published by Headline, 1993

Hardback 1st edition. Very good only slightly edge worn unclipped dust wrapper. Very good book has creased rear endpaper. A case of plagiarism, a blind and deaf street-dweller and an engaging child who bears a strong resemblance to Scarlett O'Hara - these are just some of the elements of a complex puzzle detective Richard Jury and his team must piece together.