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Robert Richardson – tribute to the writer and exponent of crime
Robert Richardson, newspaper man turned award winning and much liked crime writer.
The Collectibility of Leather Rebinds or collecting rare books
An expanded area of book collecting by Scorpion Press has been leather rebindings of key books.
McDermid’s ‘Distant Echo’ dramatised
Val McDermid’s first DC Karen Pirie novel is to be dramatised in a new British ITV drama series. Outlander star Lauren Lyle will play the lead character – the young fearless Scottish detective –
Reginald Hill (1936-2012) – Prolific literary crime writer
Reginald Hill, prolific British author best known for his 24 idiosyncratic, but highly elegant crime novels featuring the Yorkshire police detectives Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe, is perhaps one of the most admired and influential crime writers of the last 50 years.
George Blake: Epitaph for a Spy
George Blake (1922 – 2020) was one of the most enigmatic of the unmasked spies. Could he have been an unlikely perfect spy with a conscience; a man of principle or a blatant schemer? Accounts of Blake’s deeds vary a great deal: what he did or did not do and why? This an in-depth analysis using various sources, and looks at Blake's character and Cold War politics.
R Wilson, A Small Death in Lisbon – rebinding 1/12 signed
Gold Dagger winner A Small Death in Lisbon brought crime writer Robert Wilson to the fore. His stylish thrillers are reminiscent of Ambler and Greene.
Spy Fiction Collectables
Spy Thrillers as handsome signed collectables. Top names in spycraft - Deighton, Faulks, Higgins etc.
20th Century Classic 1/1 Leather French Lieutenant … by John Fowles
John Fowles's classic novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, first edition rebound in leather to mark the 50th anniversary of publication.
G MacDonald Fraser, Flashman Omnibus leather rebinding
George Macdonald Fraser created one of the great English fictional characters with Flashy or Harry Flashman. This is the original first edition issued by Barrie & Jenkins entitled Flashman's First Omnibus (1979). Forty years on Scorpion Press is producing a leather bound rebinding of the omnibus edition.
Early Inspector Morse rebinding – Colin Dexter
Colin Dexter, The Riddle of The Third Mile, 1st edition Macmillan 1983. Rebound with five raised bands with maroon leather with an Author Profile approved by the Dexter family. Twelve deluxe lettered copies only. This
