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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1964). First edition. The uncommon first Inspector Ghote novel – “Ghote is the most endearing of detectives. Take up with him if you haven’t already”.
Crown 8vo (20cm). 256pp. Original red boards, partly patterned in black, and blocked and lettered in gilt; slight spotting of edges, but a nice, bright copy in a lightly worn and slightly nicked dust-jacket – a typographic design in pink, white and black.

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1968). First edition. Ghote comes to a cold and drizzling London for an international conference on drug-rackets, but becomes involved in investigating the disappearance of a radiant niece. “A treat for aficionados of Bombay’s lovable, blundering, yet indefatigable sleuth ... the hunt plunges Ghote into London sub-world of pop musicians, drug-pushers and protection gangs” (The Scotsman, 24th February 1968).
Post 8vo (21cm). 224pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; faintest hint of spotting to top edge, but very good indeed in the original Brian Roll dust-jacket – the jacket just lightly used, but also very good.

£25

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London : Collins for The Crime Club, (1969). First edition. “A donkey’s substituted for the Indian Derby favourite, a distinguished scientist’s made to appear a charlatan, a fakir’s exposed as a faker – and a mysterious marksman’s shooting all the flamingos in the zoo ... Dedicated, diffident, Insp. Ghote – surely the most likeable fictional sleuth – harassed by martinet superior and frustrated by invincibly inefficient sergeant, solves bizarre puzzle” (The Scotsman, 1st February 1969).
Post 8vo (21cm). 224pp. Original red boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; slight spotting of top edge, but a very good, sound and unworn copy in the Brian Roll dust-jacket – the jacket just lightly sunned and very lightly used, but also very good.

£20

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London : Windward, (1982). First edition. Essays on Crime Fiction and its Categories by Michael Gilbert, Reginald Hill, Keating himself, Jessica Mann, Hillary Waugh and others – on How I Write My Books by Eric Ambler, Len Deighton, Stanley Ellin, Patricia Highsmith, P. D. James, Keating again, and others, with a consumers’ guide, etc.
Medium 8vo (24cm). 320pp. Numerous illustrations. Original ivory boards, lettered in red; very good in the original Roger Pring dust-jacket – a little sunned at spine.

£20

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