modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

modern first edition books from Firsts in Print

Crime modern first editions

All of the books on these pages are first editions and first printings
Recent crime publications and crime award winners are featured on this page. We hold a wide selection of crime fiction by a large number of writers. It's always worth asking in case we have what you are looking for in stock.


The Blood-Dimmed Tide
by Rennie Airth

Published: Macmillan, 2004

Near Fine in Fine dustwrapper. The much delayed follow up to 'River of Darkness'.

Price: £ 15.00

The Blood-Dimmed Tide by Rennie Airth


The Death of Achilles
by Boris Akunin

Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005

Fine in fine dustwrapper. An 'Erast Fandorin' mystery.

Price: £ 12.99

The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin


The Death of Achilles
by Boris Akunin

Published: Weindenfeld & Nicolson, 2005

Near fine in fine dustwrapper. An Erat Fandarin mystery which went into a reprint very quickly. This is of course, a true first.

Price: £ 12.00

The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin


The Winter Queen
by Bosis Akunin

Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2003

Signed by the author (on the book, not a book plate). Fine in fine dustwrapper. The first of the Erast Fandorin crime mysteries.

Price: £ 40.00

The Winter Queen by Bosis Akunin


Turkish Gambit
by Boris Akunin

Published: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004

Fine in Fine dustwrapper. The latest Erast Fandorin mystery - a series that is proving to be highly popular.

Price: £ 9.00

Turkish Gambit by Boris Akunin


Indian Killer
by Sherman Alexie

Published: Secker & Warburg, 1997

Proof copy - fine proof wrappers.

Price: £ 8.00

Indian Killer by Sherman Alexie


Liquor Guns & Ammo
by Kent Anderson

Published: Dennis McMillan, 1998

First U.S. and true first. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A collection of previously unpublished chapters from 'Sympathy for the Devil' and 'Night Dogs' with other non-fiction peaces.

Price: £ 20.00

Liquor Guns & Ammo by Kent Anderson


Sympathy for the Devil
by Kent Anderson

Published: Doubleday, 1987

First U.S. and time first. Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Considered to be the definitive novel about the Vietnam war. Uncommon.

Price: £ 125.00

Sympathy for the Devil by Kent Anderson


Dark Provenance
by Michael David Anthony

Published: Harper Collins, 1994

Fine in fine dustwrapper. Second crime novel.

Price: £ 18.00

Dark Provenance by Michael David Anthony


Midnight Come
by Michael David Anthony

Published: Harper Collins, 1998

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A crime novel set in Canterbury.

Price: £ 22.00

Midnight Come by Michael David Anthony


He Kills Coppers
by Jake Arnott

Published: Sceptre, 2001

Signed by the author. Fine illustrated card wrappers as issued - a paperback original. The follow up to 'The Long Firm' and soon to be televised.

Price: £ 15.00

He Kills Coppers by Jake Arnott


Johnny Come Home
by Jake Arnott

Published: Sceptre, 2006

Fine card wrappers with flaps as issued. The true first printing which was withdrawn for legal reasons. Set in 1972 as the sixties give way to political unrest.

Price: £ 12.00

Johnny Come Home by Jake Arnott


The Long Firm
by Jake Arnott

Published: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999

Fine wrappers as issued. A first crime novel that was rapidly reprinted and later televised.

Price: £ 15.00

The Long Firm by Jake Arnott


True Crime
by Jake Arnott

Published: Sceptre, 2003

Signed by the author. Fine illustrated wrappers as issued - a paperback original. The follow up to 'He Killls Coppers'.

Price: £ 15.00

True Crime by Jake Arnott


True crime
by Jake Arnott

Published: Sceptre, 2005

Signed by the author. Proof copy in fine proof wrappers.

Price: £ 9.00

True crime by Jake Arnott

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