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  • NO CASE FOR THE POLICE. by Clinton Baddeley, V. C. (1900-1970)
    Clinton Baddeley, V. C. (1900-1970)
    NO CASE FOR THE POLICE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Gollancz, 1967. dj. Hardcover first edition - Crime novel by this "editor for the Encyclopedia Britannica, an actor, author of original plays, adaptations, operettas, and radio scripts, and the owner-manager of Jupiter Records which featured recordings of poetry" Fourth mystery in the series featuring Dr. R. V. Davie, an English professor at Cambridge University. 192 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth in a very good dust jacket in the Gollancz classic yellow with red and black lettering (some toning to the pages and to the dust jacket, chipping to the base of the spine of to dj).

    Book ID: 65623
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  • MY FRIEND JUDAS. by Sinclair, Andrew.
    Sinclair, Andrew.
    MY FRIEND JUDAS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Faber & Faber, (1959) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set at Cambridge University, a look at the young generation and the problems they face. 224 pp. Dust jacket by Phillipe Julian.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, some toning to the spine of the dj)

    Book ID: 72944
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  • NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN. by Spring, Michelle.
    Spring, Michelle.
    NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian-born author's 4th mystery, set during May Week at Cambridge University in England, and featuring Laura Principal (whom Ian Rankin called "one of contemporary crime fiction's most intriguing and satisfying sleuths.") Spring lived and worked as an academic in Cambridge, so she knows the area well. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-752824783.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73844
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  • EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. by Spring, Michelle.
    Spring, Michelle.
    EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1994). Hardcover first edition - Canadian-born author's first novel and first mystery, introducing Laura Principal who has left an academic life at Cambridge University for a career as an investigator. Ian Rankin called Prinicpal "one of contemporary crime fiction's most intriguing and satisfying sleuths." Like her protaganist, Spring lived and worked as an academic in Cambridge, so she knows the area well. Short-listed as Best First Novel for both an Anthony and an Arthur Ellis Award. 210 pp. ISBN: 1-857972414.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (no price on the dj, indicating that this copy was printed for the export market)

    Book ID: 73845
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  • STANDING IN THE SHADOWS. by Spring, Michelle.
    Spring, Michelle.
    STANDING IN THE SHADOWS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Canadian-born author's third mystery, featuring Laura Principal who left an academic life at Cambridge University for a career as an investigator. Ian Rankin called Prinicpal "one of contemporary crime fiction's most intriguing and satisfying sleuths." Like her protaganist, Spring lived and worked as an academic in Cambridge, so she knows the area well. In this novel she investigates the case of an eleven yerar old boy who was convicted of murdering his foster mother. SIGNED on the title page. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-752804499.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73941
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  • RUNNING FOR SHELTER. by Spring, Michelle.
    Spring, Michelle.
    RUNNING FOR SHELTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian-born author's second mystery, featuring Laura Principal who left an academic life at Cambridge University for a career as an investigator. Ian Rankin called Prinicpal "one of contemporary crime fiction's most intriguing and satisfying sleuths." Like her protaganist, Spring lived and worked as an academic in Cambridge, so she knows the area well. In this novel she becomes involved in the plight of foreign born domestic workers. 216 pp. ISBN: 1-857976460.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73943
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  • THE NIGHT CLIMBERS. by Stourton, Ivo.
    Stourton, Ivo.
    THE NIGHT CLIMBERS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007.). First edition - Authors first book. "When James Walker arrives at Tudor College, Cambridge, he by accident or fate encounters a member of the Night Climbers, a group of wealthy, secretive and eccentric circle of students who scale the college towers and gargoyles at night in pursuit of thrill seeking danger." 328 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new.).

    Book ID: 54385
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  • THE ANATOMY OF GHOSTS. by Taylor, Andrew.
    Taylor, Andrew.
    THE ANATOMY OF GHOSTS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel by this award-winning author set at Cambridge University in 1786 - a former bookseller and the author of a book entitled 'The Anatomy of Ghosts," John Holdsworth, is sent there to discover why a young man who has descended into madness believes that he is being haunted. 410 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 9781401302870.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64282
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