Modern 1st Editions from Adelaide Booksellers

New York: Viking. 2002. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 424 pages. Book 18 in the Richard Jury and Melrose Plant murder mysteries. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: The Crime Club. 1941. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition. No dustjacket. The spine and parts of the covers are faded with some spotting to spine. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Tightly bound. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 252 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Viking. 2010. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 323 pages. Book 22 in the Richard Jury and Melrose Plant murder mysteries. . Like New. 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1963. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition in Very Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. This is copy from a circulating library with stamps to title page and first page of chapter one (no impact on text). Looks like new endpapers have been inserted with a corresponding… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1987. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 479 pages. A novel set in the world of high fashion in London, Paris and New York from the early years of the 20th century until the Seconf World… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine sunned. Some very faint scattered foxing to fore edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 225 pages. The seventh Richard… Read more about this item

New York: Viking. 1999. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 368 pages. Number 16 in the Richard Jury and Melrose Plant series. This one based in Cornwall. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st… Read more about this item

London: Michael O'Mara Books. 1990. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 263 pages. The first mystery featuring Inspector Richard Jury and his aristocratic sidekick, Melrose Plant. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape. 1948. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. The DJ is little faded and rubbed at edges with some tiny chips to spine ends. The book has some fading to spine ends and some faint scattered foxing to lower… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf. 1993. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 274 pages. The 12th Richard Jury & Melrose Plant mystery. This one set in Baltimore. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt & Company. 1997. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Some light wear to DJ spine ends. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 370 pages. The fourteenth… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Signed by author. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 244 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Michael Joseph. 2021. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 628 pages. The epic fantasy/mystery novel by the imaginative New Zealand author. . Like New. 1st… Read more about this item

London: The Bodley Head. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 288pp.. Murder mystery set in the time of Alexander the Great. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Collins. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 16x24cm]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Family tree to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 422 pages. The Australian family saga based around a thoroughbrace coaching business. . 1st… Read more about this item

London: Picador. 1997. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Includes Author's Note at rear. 495 pages.. " the epic story of the coming of age of both a generation and a country". Robust, professional packaging and tracking… Read more about this item

Melbourne: McPhee Gribble Publishers. 1988. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. DJ spine a little sunned. Signed by author with a brief note to previous owners. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.… Read more about this item

London: The Hogarth Press. 1947. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Fair dustjacket [now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve]. The book is a little faded at spine with some scattered foxing to top edge and endpapers. The price clipped Dj is complete but age-toned and lightly soiled with some… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph. 1991. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. [xxiv] 1122pages.. Mailer's vast novel of the CIA. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

Camberwell, Victoria: Penguin. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Review Copy - stamp to prelim pages. 259 pages. An edgy, unpredicatable story of self-discovery set in the Kimberleys. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.