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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Centenary Edition.
London: Pavilion, 1999. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST FOREMAN ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.160. With colour illustrations by Foreman throughout. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by..... More
Beyond the Fringe.
London: Souvenir Press, 1963. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's dark blue cloth, orange titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of 13s. 6d. With six double sided black and white photographic plates. Light spotting to edges. Wrapper slightly edge worn, some marking to rear panel..... More
Summoned By Bells. With Drawings by Michael Tree.
London: John Murray, 1960. [Verse Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.[8] 111 [1]. With engraved head-pieces by Tree. Publisher's blind stamped green cloth with gilt titles to spine and decorative endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket printed in red and black, priced at 16s. Blue ink ownership to verso..... More
Summoned By Bells. With Drawings by Michael Tree.
London: John Murray, 1960. [Verse Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 18cm), pp.[8] 111 [1]. With engraved head-pieces by Tree. Publisher's blind stamped green cloth with gilt titles to spine and decorative endpapers. With the typographic dust-jacket printed in red and black, priced at 16s. Near fine in like wrapper..... More
State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945.
London: Faber and Faber, 2007. [Theatre] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 435; [5]. With a suite of four double-sided colour photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: "For Edward | Best Wishes | Michael Billington | 19th November 2007". Publisher's orange cloth..... More
Peter Blake.
London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1983. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED COPY, First edition, second impression. Octavo (21 x 21cm), pp.136. Illustrated in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the artist in black ink to half-title: 'For Edward | Peter Blake.' Publisher's black soft covers. Corners lightly bumped; very light wear to..... More
Sean Connery. His Life and Films. With an Introduction by John Boorman.
London: W.H. Allen, 1983. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 13cm), pp.[vi]; 290, with a suite of photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to the spine, photographic dust-jacket featuring a publicity shot of Sean Connery as James Bond, priced £8.95. No ink inscriptions, contents clean, lightly handled/read. Near..... More
Victorian Fiction. An Exhibition of Original Editions at 7 Abermarle Street, London, Janurary to February 1947.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1947. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xiii, 50. With 16 b/w photographic plates detailing some of the highlights of the exhibition. With Foreword and Introduction by Carter and Sadleir. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pink pictorial dust jacket. Chipping and closed tears..... More
The Burning Room.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2014. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 388 [6]. Number 161 of 200 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Drop.
New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 388 [6]. Publisher's orange cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Allison J. Warner, priced at $27.99. A fine copy. Detective Harry Bosch feels compelled to take on more..... More
Sean Connery. A Biography.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994. [Biography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.291; [1], blank. With two suites of eight black & white photographic plates. Publisher's hardcovers, grey endpapers, in illustrated dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Fine. Biography of the Oscar-winning Scottish actor Sean Connery (1930-2020), who portrayed Ian Fleming's secret agent James Bond..... More
Michael Crawford. Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied with String. My Autobiography.
London: Century, 1999. [Performing Arts Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 330. With 12 double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at..... More
The Great Train Robbery.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Locomotive thievery] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.255, [1]. Publisher's mid brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Leigh Taylor. Signed by the author to the title page. Internally fine. Bright dust-wrapper, not faded or clipped, with just some light..... More
The Great Train Robbery.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Locomotive thievery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's mid brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Leigh Taylor, not priced. A crisp, clean copy, showing just a hint of sunning to jacket spine and a touch..... More
Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work.
London: Quartet Books, 2010. [Literary Biography] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, revised third edition. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[2] 534. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Edward | with best wishes | Michael Darlow | 1st August 2011. Publisher's soft covers priced at £22.50. Light wear..... More
[Complete Winston Churchill Series, Comprising] Winston's War, Never Surrender, Churchill's Hour [and] Churchill's Triumph.
London: Harper Collins / Headline, 2002-05. [Wartime Novel Series] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. In four volumes. Octavo, each autographed in blue ink to title pages. In publisher's cloth with original pictorial dust-jackets. Discreet label to pastedown of final volume, small mark to top edge of same; a near fine to fine..... More
The Doyle Diary: The Last Great Conan Doyle Mystery. With a Holmesian Investigation into the Strange and Curious Case of Charles Altamont Doyle.
London: Paddington Press, 1978. FIRST EDITION. Double-width Crown Octavo (19 x 26cm), pp.xxx, 91. In publisher's cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. End-papers with burgundy marbling effect. With original burgundy dust jacket. Jacket worn and lightly chipped to edges. Light even browning to text-block, as expected..... More
Donald Maxwell 1877-1936.
Kendal: The Maxwell Estate, 1995. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.xvi; 245 [3]. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper board. Decorated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket. A small gum mark to..... More
Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Issue 1, March 1976.
USA: Banana Bread Publications, 1976. [James Bond fan magazine] Pp.52. Magazine format, stapled, with sketches and photographs throughout. Includes a James Bond magazine bibliography. A rare piece of 'Bondiana'. Minor toning. Fine. A particularly early and scarce James Bond fanzine, published and edited by Michael France (credited as' Mike France')..... More
[James Bond] Ian Fleming. Sixty Years of 007 [within Fine Books and Collections].
Chapel Hill, NC: Journalistic, Inc. / Webb C. Howell, Spring 2013. Magazine format in pictorial glossy photographic covers, perfect bound. pp.64. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Original price $5.95. Fine / as new. Includes a three-page article 'The Birth of Bond', celebrating the 60th anniversary of the novel Casino Royale..... More
Two Ian Fleming related articles within 'Fine Books and Collections' magazine [two issues].
Chapel Hill, NC: Journalistic, Inc. / Webb C. Howell, Spring 2013, Autumn 2022. Magazine format in pictorial glossy photographic covers, perfect bound. pp.64; 68. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. First issue contains 'The Birth of Bond' by Michael L. VanBlaricum, Ph.D, founder and former president of the Ian Fleming Foundation..... More
The Michael Fraenkel and Henry Miller Correspondence, Called Hamlet. Volume I and Volume II.
London: Edition du Laurier, Carrefour, 1962. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION, third printing. Quarto, pp.411 [5]. With a handful of in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's cream card wraps, bound together with blue string. Titles to front cover. Some light external wear; very good overall. First printed in 1939, with subsequent impression..... More
Be Shot For Sixpence.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. [Spy Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 223; [1], publisher's advertisement. Bound in dark red cloth, with titles and smoking gun in gilt to spine, illustrated price-clipped dust-wrapper. Contents clean, no inscriptions, jacket with a few small nicks and tears. A very good..... More
The Final Throw.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1982. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.240. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £7.95. Minor toning. A fine copy. A gritty London police thriller featuring Detective Chief Superintendent Morrissey. More
Sky High.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13xm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in black to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 10s 6d to front and back flaps. Toning to edges of text-block, archival tape to flaps and spine (six pieces applied..... More