Signed & Inscribed
Scottish Eccentrics.
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1936. [Scottish Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, an association copy. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 320. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | Mr. & Mrs. F.G. Scott, | with love | from | Mr. & Mrs. "Hugh MacDiarmid," | Whalsay..... More
Stony Limits and Other Poems.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1934. [Scottish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.143 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | S.G. Whitehorn | from | C.M. Grieve | ("Hugh MacDiarmid"), | London | June 1934.' Publisher's cream cloth with titles to yellow paper label..... More
To Circumjack Cencrastus, or, the Curly Snake.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1930. [Scottish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 206 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To | Harold Edwards | with ever regard | from | Hugh MacDiarmid. | London. | June 1934.' Publisher's blue cloth with navy..... More
Storm-Wrack: A Night with the Brontes and Other Poems.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 103 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's green cloth with printed titles to a plain paper label on spine. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Some toning to edges and..... More
Early English Figure Pottery. A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1938. [English Pottery] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xviii; 122 [2]. With five fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and eleven further black and white photographic plates, all with captioned tissue guards. Number 15 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED and dated by the..... More
The Great Profundo and Other Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. [Short stories]. DEDICATION COPY. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.143;[1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Dedication to author's daughter Ciara, inscription reads: 'with love, Next year will be better, Dad, 21. Oct. 87.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With..... More
Lamb.
Belfast: Blackstaff Press; and London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. [Irish Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.152. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, price at £4.95, and re-priced with a yellow label..... More
Nail Soup.
London: Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (24 x 29cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by Hess to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator in gold with some doodle to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced..... More
Marilyn. A Biography.
New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1973. [Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 26cm), pp.[2] 270 [2]. Heavily illustrated with both colour and black and white photographs by various artists. SIGNED by the author and the editor in blue ink to the limitation page. Publisher's white padded cloth..... More
The Godwin Sideboard. The second Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1984. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.166 [2]. SIGNED by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, with printed price of £6.95 to flap..... More
The Gwen John Sculpture. The Gwen John Sculpture, The third Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1985. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [4] 199 [5]. Signed by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, priced at £7.50 to flap..... More
Venice and Hospitaller Malta 1530-1798: Aspects of a Relationship.
Malta: Publishers Enterprises Group, 1992. [Maltese History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xxii; 366. With 14 illustrations, including occasional maps and four double-sided colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Mr Graham Archer | with compliments & all good | wishes |..... More
An Act of Courage.
London: Bantam Press, 2005. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 366 [4]. SIGNED by the author in brown ink to title page. Publisher's deep purple cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Collingwood, priced at £16.99. A...... More
Man of War.
London: Bantam Press, 2007. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 349; [1], blank; [1], Roll of Honour; [5], blank. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in brown ink to title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated Battleship endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced..... More
On His Majesty's Service.
London: Bantam Press, 2011. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 317; [3], blank. SIGNED by the author in brown ink to the title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Robert Papp, priced at..... More
A Regimental Affair.
London: Bantam Press, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[x]; 326. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper priced at £16.99. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in black ink to title page. Signature obtained in person upon release. Some toning to edges otherwise a fine/unread..... More
Faceless Killers.
London: Harvill Press, 2000. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 280; [2]. With a map. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Dyer, priced at..... More
The Mirror and the Light.
London: Fourth Estate, 2020. [Historical fiction] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm). Publisher's cloth, with the specially-designed dust-jacket, housed in the black cloth-covered slipcase. One of 500 copies thus. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap. The final part of the 'Wolf Hall' trilogy, charting the rapid..... More
Wolf Hall Trilogy: Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies; The Mirror and the Light.
London: Fourth Estate, 2009; 2012; 2020. [Historical fiction] COMPLETE SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 15cm). Publisher's quarter black cloth over red cloth sides, decorated in gilt to spines and uppers; coloured flipped for 'Bring Up the Bodies'. Each SIGNED by Hilary Mantel, priced at £30, £35, and..... More
Augustus: The Memoirs of the Emperor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1986. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 339 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to flyleaf. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket. A crisp, unread copy, showing just a touch of handling and a...... More
Lee: A Dramatic Poem.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1926. [American Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[12] 139 [3]. Number 149 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to the limitation page. Printed on fine, handmade paper. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and..... More
The Break in the Line.
London: Collins, 1970. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. With a sketch-map to preliminaries. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf: 'To another "sucker | for mountains" with the author's | thanks and good | wishes |..... More
The Far Eastern Trilogy: The Pagoda Tree; The Midnight Gun; Hour of the Dog.
London: Collins, 1979; 1981; 1982. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS WITH LETTERS. Three volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.322; pp.336; pp.346. Volume I signed by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf, and with a loose autograph letter signed by the author on headed..... More
The Springers.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Alan Manham, priced at 21s. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: To all the Wiggingtons / with love from /..... More
The White Dacoit.
London: Collins, 1974. [Crime Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.384. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on flyleaf: 'For Miss Eileen Cond | with the author's | gratitude and pride | in being included | in her formidable | collection of | contemporary..... More