One book from the 1950s that I yearned to get hold of was
Robert Robinson's
Landscape with Dead Dons. I had read it when it came out, but it was out of print for ages. It was, however, re-issued by Back-in-Print Books in 2006 and I got a pback copy. Nevertheless what I really want is something I can read on my kindle.
It's a lovely gentle but witty book and is still
the Oxford mystery story, despite Inspector Morse
et al..