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Akhnaton.
London: Collins, 1973. [Play] PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.157; [1]. Publisher's mottled red paper wraps, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Andrew Vargo priced at £1.80 net. A scarce proof copy sent out in advance of the first edition. Dust-jacket very slightly creased and rubbed to top and bottom edges..... More
The Big Four.
London: W. Collins and Sons. 1927. [Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.v, 281; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in red to spine and upper. Some spotting to contents and edges (thick, fluffy paper is susceptible), covers fresh and bright, spine gently toned, lightly worn at tips. A very..... More
A Memorial Service: Agatha Christie Mallowan 1890-1976.
Thursday 13th May 1976. ORIGINAL ORDER OF SERVICE. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 14cm), two leaves in paper covers, with two staples. A fine copy. More
Miss Marple's Six Final Cases. And two other stories.
London: Collins, 1979. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.138. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £4.50 net. A lightly handled, near fine copy. Six superb short stories featuring Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's favourite sleuth, never before published in the UK in..... More
Mr Parker Pyne Detective.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1934. [Murder Mystery cases] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[vi]; 245; [1], advertisement; [4], blank. Publisher's bright orange cloth heavily blocked in black, top edge orange, foreedge untrimmed, patterned endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. Minor edgewear, foot of spine a...... More
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
London: W. Collins and Sons and Co. Ltd., 1926. [Crime Fiction] First Edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.312, bound without half title in an elegant half dark blue calf, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles, matching blue cloth sides, top edge gilt. Some minor dustiness and..... More
Ordeal By Innocence.
London: For The Crime Club by Collins, 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, titled in black, with typographical dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Jacket very lightly nicked; a near fine copy of what appears to be a trial jacket - this one with a...... More
Poirot and the Regatta Mystery.
London: Vallancey Press Limted, no date [1945]. [Detective Mystery] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Slim octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.16. Illustrated stiff card covers designed by 'Jeffrey', original price 6d. A little dustiness and handling, lightly rubbed; near fine. The first stand-alone printing of this famous short story which had only previously..... More
Poirot Loses a Client.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company. 1937. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 302; [2], sample pages reprinted from 'Dead Man's Mirror'. Publisher's orange cloth pictorially blocked in black, top edge orange, others untrimmed, patterned endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. A lovely fine copy..... More
Towards Zero.
London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's red cloth in dust-wrapper designed by J.Z. Atkinson (the correct issue with the small illustration of a bell on the spine - omitted on reprints). Minor discolour to binding, wrapper with..... More
The Flight of the Falcon.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1965. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.272. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper priced at 21/-. Top edge spotted, jacket with a few small nicks and marks. Very good indeed. A gothic mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day..... More
Mary Anne.
London: Victor Golancz, 1954. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.379; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to backstrip, yellow dust-wrapper showing printed price of 12/6 net. to front flap. Inscription to flyleaf, edges of text block toned, jacket slightly edgeworn with a few minor marks..... More
Mary Anne.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1954. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.379; [1] blank. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to backstrip, yellow dust-wrapper showing printed price of 12/6 net. to front flap. Edges of text block toned, jacket with a couple of minor tears. Very good. Fine..... More
Alexander's Path. From Caria to Cilicia.
London: John Murray, 1958. [Travel literature] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 283 [1]. With 21 black and white photographic plates, as well as vignette title page illustration by Reynolds Stone, in-text illustrations by the author, maps, and an index. Recent blue half morocco with raised bands..... More
The Coast of Incense.
London: John Murray, 1953. First Edition. Octavo, pp. xiii, 287. Yellow cloth with black tiles to spine, in striking green dustwrapper. Some light soiling to the edges, head and tail caps slightly bumped. Slight lean to the textblock. Dustwrapper shows brightly, some closed tears, slight tanning to the spine and..... More
Ionia: A Quest.
London: John Murray, 1954. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xxiv]; 263; [1] blank. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s net, sketch map drawn by E.G. Morton, photographic plates and in-text drawings by the author. Spotting to endpapers, toned..... More
Traveller's Prelude; Beyond the Euphrates; The Coast of Incense; Dust in the Lion's Paw. A Complete set of Freya Stark's four-volume Autobiography.
London: John Murray, 1950; 1951; 1953; 1961. [Travel writing] ALL FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo (23 x 16 x 14cm), pp.xii; 346; pp.xiii; 341; pp.xiii; 287; pp.xii; 297. Elegantly bound in half green calf, gilt-lettered with twin red morocco title labels, spine in six compartments with raised bands, matching cloth sides, top..... More
Twiggy. A Life in Photographs.
London: National Portrait Gallery, 2009. [Fashion Photography / Sixties Culture] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.144. Publisher's glossy printed boards, dust-jacket. Signed by Twiggy to the title page. A fine copy. More
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Landscapes in Caria [in] The Geographical Journal. Volume CXXIV, parts I and III.
London: John Murray [for] The Royal Geographical Society, March and September 1958. [Travel Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. Two volumes. Octavo magazines (25 x 16cm), pp.x; 150; pp.xii; 299-438. With occasional black and white photographic plates, plans and maps, some folding. Publisher's blue card wrappers with dark blue titles to spines and..... More
Love Lessons.
London: Doubleday, 2005. [Young adult fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.264; [2], blank. Pictured throughout by Nick Sharratt. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers lettered in white, black endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Signed and inscribed in pink ink by the author to the title page. Lightly handled..... More
My Mum Tracy Beaker.
London: Doubleday. 2018. [Young fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 407; [3], advertisements. Pictured throughout by Nick Sharratt. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers, purple endpapers, die-cut metallic effect dust-jacket priced at £12.99. Signed by the author to a tipped in exclusive edition page with 'Signed Copy' label to cover..... More
My Mum Tracy Beaker.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Young fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.224. Pictured throughout by Nick Sharratt. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers, red endpapers. Signed by the author to title page, in our presence (Olympia Book Fair Signing event). Absolutely fine. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication... More
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