Modern Crime Fiction from Northern Lights Rare Books

London: Headline, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published respectively in 1997, 2002 & 2003, each volume is a first printing and each book has been signed (two inscribed) by Quintin Jardine. In at least VG condition in unclipped dustjackets but all 3 books have significant tanning to the text-blocks.

London: Headline, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author's second novel and the second in the Sal Kilkenny mystery series. In excellent shape although the block is very tanned. Minor rubs to dustjacket corners but cerainly a (Near) Fine copy in like dustjacket.

London: Pushkin Vertigo, 2023. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. The author's first novel - comical and grim in equal measure and recently awarded the William McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Fiction Title. I can't remember a better debut in the genre, myself, since Ian Rankin's Knots and Crosses. Already into its second printing.… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition, can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: Obtained in person by the previous owner at a book-signing event at Waterstones, Piccadilly on 10.04.2001. From the collection of the indefatigable… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature and inscription. Signed in both names (MC Beaton and Marion Chesney) Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition, can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: Obtained in person by the previous owner at the BBC in 1995.… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature and Knots and Crosses doodle. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition, can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: Obtained in person by the previous owner at a book-signing event at Waterstones, Piccadilly on 10.04.2001. From… Read more about this item

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition, can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: Obtained in person by the previous owner at the South Bank TV Centre, London on 10.03.1997. From the collection of the indefatigable… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A nice copy - top-edge slightly dust-marked but very square and tight and free from owner names etc. About Fine. The dustjacket is price-clipped with minor creasing to top-edge. Laid into the book a plain white card (6" x 4") which has been hand-signed by Lawrence Block -… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very tidy copy, free from owner names etc. Top-edge a trifle dust-marked and pushing to both ends of the backstrip. The protected dustjacket is unclipped but colour-faded at the spine as usual - author's name invisible. A very presentable copy nonetheless.

Orion, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. Collects the three Inspector Rebus novels Let it Bleed, Black and Blue, and The Hanging Garden in one volume. A Near Fine copy - pushing to both ends of the backstrip. The binding is firm and tight but the text-block has toned with age. The dustjacket… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A tidy copy, free from owner names etc. Pushing/rubs to both spine tips, some discolouration of paper at edges. The protected jacket shows some minor damage to lower panel and is colour-faded at the spine although the titles are not affected.

London: Bloomsbury, 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Top-edge slightly dust-marked, spine-tips pushed, but a presentable copy in unclipped, slightly stretched dustjacket which is rubbed at upper corners. VG/VG or better. Nicely signed at the title page and the author has also added the place of signing.

London: Maclehose Press (Quercus), 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 3rd volume in the later Swedish author's bestselling trilogy. A book which has been read but remains firm and square. Free from onwer names etc, VG++ in unclipped dustjacket.

London: Century, 2000. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First thus, the re-issue of this Century edition published some 10 years after the original publication. Pushed at the spine tips, sharp corners, tight and square. Edges yellowed, the block moderately toned. The dustjacket is unclipped and in Fine condition. Signed at the title page by Lindsey Davis.

London: Orion, 1993. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First thus, the UK hardcover edition. A nice copy, pushed at the spine tips but square and reasonably tight. Free from owner names etc, light toning. The dustjacket has been price-clipped and hes just minor edge-creasing. At the half-title, the author's cut signature (appears to be… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. A Fine copy of this Wycliffe mystery in VG dustjacket which is price-clipped and has a crease-line along the length of the front panel.

London: Gollancz, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The author's fourth moutaineering-themed mystery and the second outing for Miss Pink. Lower corners bumped else VG in VG unclipped dustjacket.

London: Gollancz, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A nice copy of this thriller about a missing child. Pushed a little at the foot of the spine but otherwise Fine in Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket.

London: Gollancz, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. His first novel and the first of the award-winning Commissario Trotti series. A puzzlingly overlooked creation in modern crime fiction, despite the award of the CWA's Silver Dagger award for the fourth installment, Black August. Reading crease to the backstrip and a small patch of cloth-bleed to… Read more about this item

London: Viking, 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fourth title in the Duffy series of thrillers written by Julian Barnes. Signed at the title page "Dan Kavanagh". The text-block has noticeably tanned but otherwise it's about Fine in Fine unclipped dustjacket.