New York: Harper & Row, c1975, 1976. Cloth and boards. Top and fore edges unevenly tanned, else VG in VG jacket.

New York: Fawcett, 1955. Gold Medal PBO 472. A little leaned, very small chip across foot of spine, small soft crease to lower outer corner of front cover, else a very nice copy indeed, no names, colours bright, tight in the binding. The acclaimed Northern Irish / Canadian / American writer's fourth potboiler crime novel. Set in Barcelona. Note: light parcel, any default shipping may be reduced.

Toronto Star, 1965. 36 cm, two parts, 12 and 12 pp, triple columns, printed on newsprint. Short tears to fore edge of Part I, paper toned, VG otherwise, not folded. Star Weekly Novel of 16 and 23 Jan.,1965. Book edition in 1964. Miss Marple. This newspaper supplement now scarce. Note: lighter parcel, any default shipping rate may be reduced.

London: Collins, 1964. Red boards. Yellowing to page edges, else fine. Price-clipped jacket has small chips at head of lightly yellowed spine, yellowing and minor soiling to rear panel, VG otherwise.

London: Heinemann, 1968. Black boards. Ink private owner name at top margin of front free endpaper; tiny chip to top edge of half title leaf; page edges very lightly yellowed; else fine, flap price intact. Jacket has red spine sunned to pink; faint rubbing to panels; tiny nick to one outer corner; else fine. Crichton's only book under this pseudonym and his first book in hardcover, preceded by three paperback originals under his "John Lange" pseudonym. A medical thriller, the novel was the source of the 1972 film "The Carey Treatment", directed by Blake Edwards. A scarce book in either the British or American (New American Library, 1968) editions. It won an Edgar for Best First Novel.

New York: Scribner's, 1988. Advance uncorrected proof in lime green non-pictorial card covers, of the first US mass market paperback edition (hardcover first was in 1979). Very nearly fine. Last novel in his lifetime (d. 1980), it was a nominee for the 1979 Edgar for best mystery novel.

New York: NY: Scribner's, no date (1979). Advance uncorrected proof in orange non-pictorial card covers, gauze-coated backstrip. Fine copy. Last novel in his lifetime (d. 1980), it was a nominee for the 1979 Edgar for best mystery novel. Scarce in this advance format

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. Black boards. Page edges yellowed, else a f ine copy. Colourful price-clipped jacket (by Biro) has slight yellowing and dust soiling to rear panel, spine very slightly darkened, still VG or better, attractive.

London: Hutchinson, 1976. Advance uncorrected proof. Octavo, pink non-pictorial paper covers. Book leaned; spine a bit sunned with mild wear at foot; light cover soiling and soft creases; in all, a good tight copy.

Edinburgh: Serif Books, 1947. 12mo, stuff card covers with attached light blue jacket. Page edges yellowed; jacket has mild soiling, lightly yellowed spine, front cover a little bowed, VG otherwise. First book from this publisher. A secondary issue, trimmed down, the jacket lettering on front cover touching the fore edge. 15 short stories, some criminous. In Hubin. Scottish author. Note: lighter parcel, any default postage rate may be reduced.

Toronto Star. Two numbers, 20 and 27 Feb., 1965. 36 cm, pp 12, 12, triple columns, printed on newsprint. Paper toned; soft crease to lower outer corners, else fine, never folded. Star Weekly Novel. Book edition was published in 1964.

New York: Random, 1947. Sticker shadow on front free endpaper, else fine, no owner names. Dust jacket has small chips, short tears, and rubbing, good, flap price intact. A crime novel featuring detective Jason Burr, set on an Island off the Carolina coast. This was the penultimate novel of a respected writer of western novels published under the name "Hoffman Birney", and it was one of only two crime novels he published under this pseudonym.

New York: Doubleday. Presumed later printing (verso of title states "September 1989 / OG", but not "First edition". Jacket price of US 12.95, Canadian 15.95). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Black boards. Minor rubbing to foot of spine, else fine. Black jacket has nicks, tiny chips, rubbing to head of spine; nicks, light rubbing elsewhere; VG otherwise.

London: Cape, 1937. Octavo, red cloth. Damp stain to lower front and rear covers, and slightly at foot of spine, else a VG+ copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has nicks to spine tips, shallow chip at head of spine (no lettering affected), rubbing to spine folds, short tear to bit dusty blank rear panel, short tear to fore margin of front flap; a few other nicks; otherwise a VG example, flap price intact. Hubin II p. 278. Loder p. 370. His only crime novel, quite scarce in jacket. This is the London issue, printed in the UK, and is the correct first edition.

Markham, Ontario: Viking / Penguin Canada, 1986. Uncorrected proof, variant in red (vs light blue) card covers. Spine lightly sunned with short snag at foot; book just a bit leaned; small tan spot to fore edges; VG otherwise. 2004 ink name at front. Very small print run. Priority, if any, unknown to me. I haven't spotted any differences other than colour.

London / Toronto: Orion / McArthur & Company, 2003. Advance Reading Copy / Uncorrected Proof. Mauve card covers printed in black. With printed label on title leaf stating "This is #79 of 200 numbered presentation proofs". Beneath which is Rankin's ink inscription "To Cathy - cheers ! Ian Rankin" followed by a tic-tac-toe diagram. Covers are lightly mottled (printing error?); rear cover has top outer corner torn away (no printing lost) and a small light soil spot at bottom margin; soft corner crease to last 7 leaves; VG otherwise. This is the Canadian issue of the proof - rear cover has three quotes from Canadian newspapers about RESURRECTION MAN and copy by McArthur and Company, Toronto (the Canadian distributor).

London: Headline, 1988. Dark blue boards. pp 125. Colour illustrations by Clifford Harper. Fine in fine jacket. "The Advent of Brother Cadfael". Collects three short stories - A Light on the Road To Woodstock, The Price of Light, Eye Witness .

Toronto: Collins, 1986. Advance copy for review with dated slip pasted in. Red boards. Fine copy. Dust jacket has a very small skinned spot to front panel, soft ripples to rear panel, VG otherwise. Inspector Charlie Salter. Toronto setting.

London: Heinemann, 1968. Maroon boards. Light offset yellowing to free endpapers, else fine in fine, price-clipped jacket. First issue jacket with no quotes from reviews on rear panel.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977. Cloth and boards. Minor wear to lower outer corners of boards, just a little leaned, VG+ otherwise. Price-clipped jacket has light yellowing to white spine, two scarcely noticable small tears, VG otherwise. Her second novel and third book.