H Douglas Thomson Editor (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. 1084, [2]pp, with illustrated frontispiece and a smattering of illustrations in text. Brown cloth-covered boards. Chunky 8vo. Boards are heavily worn and unevenly faded, gently rounded at corners, heavily scuffed at ends of a spine with the cloth cracked the length of the spine. Text block edges yellowing. Internally some faint and scattered spotting throughout else generally neat, clean and tight. An extensive collection of mystery stories grouped into 'Mystery and Adventure', 'Crime and Detection' and 'Stories of the Supernatural', with contributions from May Sinclair, Sir Walter Scott, Bram Stoker, M R James, Henry James, Allan Cunningham, Walter de la Mare, Daniel Defoe, Dorothy L Sayers, Michael Kent, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Freeman Wills Croft, Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Morley Roberts, J J Bell, Willkie Collins, and many others.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Moderate wear. Price written in pencil on first page. Pencil markings on table of contents. Otherwise, pages are clean. Binding is tight. Pages are lightly age toned. Pictures available upon request.

Collection of classic thrillers and mysteries from famous authors such as J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Agatha Christie, etc. Stories from John Rhode and Freeman Wills crofts which were previously unpublished in book form. Dark cloth (unevenly faded) with gilt decoration. 704pp. A little dusty to page edges otherwise VG.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1024 pages. missing dj, some light foxing on edge of pages, spine faded, some insect damage bottom corner of a couple of pages.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. Some fading and staining of cover. Some marking due to age on pages, but overall book remains in good condition considering age. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Black cloth covered boards with a gilt motif on the front and the title in gilt on the somewhat faded spine. The cover is cracked at the hinge, but held in place by the spine webbing. The rest of the text block is firmly held. Large book of mystery and adventure stories by authors such as Wilkie Collins; Guy De Maupassant; Edgar Allan Poe; O Henry; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dorothy L Sayers; W W Jacobs, and many more; in fact, a total of 50 authors have contributed to this volume. No dustjacket. A rare copy. Copyright © Collins.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Anthology. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. An anthology comprising classic stories of mystery, detective fiction, adventure, suspense, and supernatural tales. The anthology includes works from notable authors, reflecting the popularity and diversity of early 20th-century genre fiction. A little minor spotting; cloth slightly sunned and softened at spine ends; dust-jacket worn at edges with some splitting and chipping, loss to head of spine, spine slightly sunned. Frontispiece. (illustrator). Book.…