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The Potion Diaries: Royal Tour.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2016. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 368 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. A sequel..... More
Dead Man's Bay.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Mystery Thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the green and black dust-jacket priced at 10/6. Light offsetting to endpapers and some browning to edges. Jacket toned and chipped to..... More
The Wind in the Wood.
London: Hollis and Carter, 1952. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[10]; 143; [1]. With twelve chromolithographic plates including a frontispiece by the author, and wood engraved vignettes to chapter headings. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and upper board, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 18s. net..... More
The Green Lacquer Pavilion.
London: W. Collins Sons and Co., 1926. [Adventure Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[8] 319 [1]. With nine in-text wood-cuts and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Dulac. Publisher's tan cloth with gilt titles to green label on spine, and a gilt and green device stamped to..... More
The Endless Chain.
London: Alvin Redman Limited, 1956. [Crime Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.256. INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to title page: 'Dear John | For Greene may come and | Waugh may go | But I go on forever | - well, nearly. | Warmest regards..... More
I am Legion.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 380 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to title page: 'John R. Cronland | with all kind thoughts | from Neil Bell | Brixham | June, 1950.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles..... More
Arnold Bennett.
London: A.M. Philpot, 1925. [Biography] SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. 126; [2]. Illustrative frontispiece of Arnold Bennett by Edward Wolfe. Publisher's maroon quarter cloth lettered in gilt to spine, with maroon boards, typographic dust-jacket, priced at 7/6 to spine. Spotting and toning to edges of textblock, slight bumping..... More
Practical Letters to Young Sea Fishers.
London: Horace Cox, 1898. [Fishing] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xii; 340; [4] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's green cloth blocked in black and gilt to spine and upper, floral pattern endpapers. Thirty full page plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Some discolouring to endpapers, edges toned/dusty. Cloth lightly rubbed to extremities..... More
Head of a Traveller.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1949. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Spine sunned; a good, used copy without the jacket. The baffling case of a headless corpse found in..... More
The Morning After Death
London: for the Crime Club by Collins, 1966. [Detective novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.224. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Contents clean, edges toned, owner inscription to f.e.p., p/c jacket with some chips and tears, gummed paper to reverse side at spine ends..... More
Thou Shell of Death.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, [1937]. [Crime Mystery] VINTAGE REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brick red cloth with black titles to spine. An undated early printing (almost certainly the second) in exactly the same format as the dated first edition (1935); the list of other..... More
T.Rex. Marc Bolan - Electric Warrior.
no date [taken 1971]. [Glam rock] Original black and white photograpH. Printed by photographer Spud Murphy, titled signed and dated by him in ink to lower margin. In an elegant acid-neutral mount, glaze, and bespoke archival frame. Overall dimensions 37 x 46 cm. Fine. This classic shot shows the band..... More
The Slider. A Screenprint image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Two-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
The Slider. A Screenprint image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Three-colour monochrome print pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of twenty-two numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Rear-view version, in fine condition. A striking work, based..... More
The Slider. A Screenprint Image of Marc Bolan of T.Rex.
No place, [2022]. [ARTWORK] Matching pair of two and three-colour monochrome prints pulled on hand-made ivory art paper. One of ten numbered copies signed by lithographer Ashley Lilley in pencil to lower margin. Each image size 55 x 58.5cm, overall size 73 x 70cm, ready for framing. Front and rear..... More
From Station to Station. Travels with David Bowie 1973-1976.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2007. [Rock/pop] SIGNED BY BOWIE AND MacCORMACK. Deluxe Edition, number 121 of 350 copies bound in full leather, from a total run of 2000 copies, with additional photograph SIGNED by MacCormack. Folio (overall dimensions 42 x 30cm), in full Italian red leather, all edges gilt, within folding..... More
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
London: Cassell / Octopus, 2005. [Rock/pop] FIRST BRITISH TRADE EDITION. Folio (31 x 22cm), pp.320. Text by David Bowie, photographs by Mick Rock. Publisher's purple cloth, orange endpapers, dust-wrapper priced £25. Lightly handled, some shelfwear. A very good copy. A collaboration between David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock. A deluxe..... More
The Boy on the Bridge.
London: Orbit, 2017. [Zombie Apocalypse] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 392 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver title to spine, and yellow endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Duncan Spilling, priced at £16.99. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
...Or Be He Dead.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1959. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, not priced. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (23 x 18cm)..... More
Alibi.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1961. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 10s.6d. Page edges toned, a few reading marks within, old tape mark to rear where jacket was secured..... More
Of Unsound Mind.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1962. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, not priced. Discreet label 'The Queen's Book' to fly else a fine copy in a very good wrapper with one..... More
The Burning Question.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1957. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (31 x 25cm)..... More
Long Shadows.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION WITH ORIGINAL JACKET ARTWORK. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 10/6. Together with the original artwork hand-painted by Randell (29 x...... More
The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch. With a Foreword by Florence Milner.
London: Cassell and Company, 1932. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 19cm), pp.[xvi]; 193; [3]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and upper, decoration to upper, top edge tinted black. Illustrations throughout. Occasional spotting to textblock edge, a neat ownership inscription to front endpaper in black ink..... More
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. [Children's illustrated] EARLY PRINTING, the seventh thousand. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel. No ads at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Bound..... More