Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Ash Rare Books

London : Martin & Reid, [1946]. First edition. There's a puzzle about a racing driver who never wins a race. Crown 8vo (18cm). (31),[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled self-wrappers; staples a little rusted, but a very good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Collins, 1949. First edition. Johnny Vallon is a tough egg, just returned from war service in the east to team up with Chennault's Investigations of Long Acre. It begins with a Bacardi and a woman wearing Narcisse Noir perfume – and then Joe Chennault is found dead. "Peter Cheyney is at his very best ... a haze of chiffon blouses, sheer stockings, sweeping dinner-gowns, exotic perfumes, several thousand miles of high-speed night-driving, chain-smoking, sleeplessness, Bacardi, whisky, double-crossing and wise-cracks" (The Tatler, 20th April 1949).
Crown 8vo (20cm). (192)pp. Original sand cloth, lettered in green; edges spotted, but otherwise a very good and sound copy in the original pictorial dust-jacket – the jacket just lightly worn and slightly creased.

London : Robert Hale, (1966). First edition. "On a dark, lonely quai of Paris's 4th arrondissement, a woman is found suffering from amnesia, with the initials of the top Chinese atomic scientist tattooed on her buttock" – the second Mark Girland spy thriller. "Hadley Chase once again proves himself master of the thriller" (Bristol Evening Post, 29th September 1966).
Post 8vo (21cm). (190),[ii]pp. Original black boards, lettered in gilt; slightly bruised at foot; a few edge-spots; one leaf creased, but otherwise a very good copy in the Barbara Walton dust-jacket – the jacket with some very minor wear, a small chip, and a short tear to rear flap, but still very good. Contemporary (1966) gift inscription.

London : Robert Hale, (1966). First edition. "On a dark, lonely quai of Paris's 4th arrondissement, a woman is found suffering from amnesia, with the initials of the top Chinese atomic scientist tattooed on her buttock" – the second Mark Girland spy thriller. "Hadley Chase once again proves himself master of the thriller" (Bristol Evening Post, 29th September 1966).
Post 8vo (21cm). (190),[ii]pp. Original black boards, lettered in gilt; just a hint of bruising, but a very good and sound copy in the Barbara Walton dust-jacket – the jacket with some very minor wear and a few marks to rear panel, but also very good.

London : New English Library, (1972). First edition. Jack Manso, head of the firm, Terry Sneed, corrupt detective, etc. - a chilling and sobering fiction (with a glossary of underworld slang) dedicated to Ronnie, Reggie and Charlie, and Charlie and Eddie, and Frankie, and Billy. Post 8vo (21cm). 348,[iv]pp. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; text faintly tanned as usual, but a very good copy in the original photographic dust-jacket by Klepth - just lightly rubbed at extremities and with one short nick. With the ownership stamp of Bill Norman.

London : Modern Fiction (London), [1952]. First edition. Man hits an abandoned parked car on his way to Chicago - it's riddled with bullets and a dead blonde falls out. Then a spray gun is planted in his car. Crown 8vo (19cm). 110,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a typical Leonard Potts design; slightly chipped; wrappers a little worn and frayed; a few minor internal flaws, but a good and serviceable copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1971. First edition. Twenty-three poets aged under thirty-five - a fine anthology with biographical notes and some captivating period portrait photographs. Contributors include Stewart Conn (5 poems), Kevin Crossley-Holland (3), Peter Dale (4), Douglas Dunn (5), John Fuller (4), Ian Hamilton (4), Tony Harrison (4), a Beatle-cropped Seamus Heaney (5), Brian Jones (4), Angela Langfield (3), Michael Longley (4), Derek Mahon (5), Dom Moraes (5), Brian Patten (3), Jeremy Robson himself (4), Jon Stallworthy (5), Hugo Williams (4), and half a dozen others. Post 8vo (22cm). 156pp. Plates. Portraits. Original violet boards, lettered in gilt; a couple of slight marks, but a very good copy in the pictorial dust-jacket - the jacket with a couple of short repaired tears at head, and another on the inside flap, but clean and complete and with only very minor further wear.

[London : W. Mackenzie, [1883]. First edition. A pleasant illustrated guide to the formation and uses of a herbarium of dried plants - with material on collecting, arrangement, cabinets, colour-retention, drying, water-plants, etc., and a useful guide to further reading. Compiled by James Britten of the British Museum. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). (32)pp. Wood-engravings in text. Original wrappers; lightly worn and very slightly frayed; slight vertical crease; a few minor marks, but a good copy of a scarce and fragile production. Just two copies (Bodleian and St. Gallen) located in major libraries worldwide.

Canterbury : H. J. Goulden, 1934. First edition : one of a relatively small number of copies of the "acting" edition produced for the cast and for sale at the original performances of the play at Canterbury Cathedral. Henry II, Queen Eleanor, and the young king, etc. Precedes the regular Macmillan edition. Crown 8vo (19cm). [4],[ii],52,[ii]pp. Original fawn wrappers, printed on upper wrapper in brown; wrappers a little rubbed; a few spots; ring-mark and crease to lower wrapper, but a good copy of a fragile production.

New York : Detective House, (1953). First edition. "A fisherman's daughter changes from girl to woman in one flaming hour of unforgettable passion". Cameo Book No. 333. Foolscap 4to (19cm). [ii],5-130pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a design by Ray Pease; wrappers a little rubbed and creased; text lightly tanned, but otherwise a very good copy. Just a single copy (British Library) located in major libraries worldwide.

London : Robin Hood Press, 1953. [First? edition]. Lugs Cortesi, slum-rat with an underwear fetish, junkies, brothels, etc. An earlier edition published by Wells Gardner has been inferred, but the evidence is sketchy and the publishers' edition statement (first published 1953) is quite explicit. It may be possible that a Wells Gardner edition was announced but pulled from publication in the wake of the 1942 trial. Crown 8vo (19cm). (160)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a design probably by Leonard Potts; somewhat worn, creased and chipped; lacks lower wrapper; text lightly tanned, but a serviceable copy of a very uncommon title. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

London : Robert Hale, (1955). First edition. "The world is made up of smart guys who get rich and suckers who stay poor" - Harry Griffin decides to hijack an aircraft and steal a collection of industrial diamonds. Crown 8vo (20cm). 250,[ii]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in red; front endpaper tanned, but otherwise a very good copy in the John Pollack dust-jacket - the jacket with a small mark and a short tear at head, and a few slight marks to the rear panel, but with only minimal wear and also very good.