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London. The Biography.
London: Chatto and Windus, 2000. [History] FIRST EDITION. Thick octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.822 [2]. With four suites of plates, illustrated endpapers. Hardcover in photographic dust-jacket priced at £25.00. One scratch to the fore-edge. Near fine. This acclaimed work by the multi award-winning author has been described by Ackroyd himself..... More
The Life of Thomas More.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1998. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp. ix; [2]; 434; [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page. With numerous colour, as well as black and white plates. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket..... More
Instructions to Young Sportsmen, with directions for the Choice, Care, and Management of Guns; Hints for the Preservation of Game; and Instructions For Shooting Wildfowl. To Which is added, A Concise Abridgment of The Principal Game Laws.
LonJohnson and Co, St Paul's Church-Yard, 1814. [Firearms reference] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.xvi; 150. Publisher's drab grey paper-covered boards, printed title label to spine, edges untrimmed. Contents clean, covers a little bumped and marked, joints worn, chipped to crown of spine. A very good example of a...... More
The Goldfinger Files. The Making of the Iconic Alpine Sequence.
Steidl, 2020. [James Bond reference] DELUXE HARDCOVER EDITION. Quarto, pp.192. Glossy photo-documentary in a large hardback format with photographic covers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout with black & white and colour stills, with accompanying text. As new, in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy. A comprehensive account of..... More
The Deep.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1964. [Diving novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.252. Publisher's blue cloth cloth with gilt titles to spine, pale blue endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £3.25 A very good copy in a lightly used jacket with a little sunning to spine. Shipwreck mystery set in..... 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
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
Dangerous Assignment. An Adventure Story.
London: Hennel Locke, 1950. [Children's Adventure] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour-illustrated frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front pastedown: 'For Doreen Stevens | —who typed it— | from, | 'Peter Blythe' | —who wrote it—'. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles..... More
The Selected Poems of Roy Campbell.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[2] xxii; 131 [5]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black photographic dust-jacket, priced at £7.50. A fine, as-new copy. More
Jack Maggs.
London: Faber and Faber, 1997. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 328. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Huntley/Muir, priced at £15.99. Very light handling only. A fine copy..... More
Oscar and Lucinda.
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED COPY, SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[16] 512. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's blue cloth, white titles to spine. With the pictorial dust jacket, printed price of £10.95 to flap. Moderate toning to edges..... More
The Hunting of the Snark.
London: Harper and Brothers, 1903. [Children's Illustrated Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, deluxe binding. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2]; xiii; [1]; 248. Publisher's cream cloth lettered in gilt to upper board and spine. Seventeen illustrations including the tissue-guarded frontispiece, decorative borders in green. Some small tears around name card holder to..... More
Dance Without Music.
London: Collins, 1947. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Owner name to pastedown, some wear/loss to crown, jacket with some chips and tears. A very good, used copy. A gritty detective novel featuring Cheyney's private..... More
Dark Hero.
London: Collins, 1946. [Suspense] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Neat ownership. Very good in like wrapper, sunned to the spine panel. Wartime intrigue about a former Chicago gunman who finds himself in Nazi-occupied Norway... More
One of Those Things.
London: Collins, 1949. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly torn wrapper, with one chip to crown. Near fine. Typical Cheyney suspense novel, introducing Private Eye..... More
Sinister Errand.
London: Collins, 1945. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly edge-worn wrapper. Near fine. A fast-paced suspense novel. More
Try Anything Twice.
London: Collins, 1948. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth blocked in green, striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. A very clean copy of the book in a slightly edge-worn wrapper with a neat closed tear at the foot of the spine. Near fine. A...... More
I'll Say She Does.
London: Collins, 1945. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's pale yellow cloth, titles in blue to spine, with striking illustrated dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Signed by the author, dated 1st July 1946. Lightly used; near fine. Ownership signature of Eileen M. Cond, a noted collector..... More
The Age of Churchill. Heritage and Adventure 1874-1911.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1961. [Politics] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.[10];627; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, blue top edge, photographic dust-jacket. Some marks to the top centimetre or so of the cloth, a couple of patches of tape burn to free endpapers, very slight bowing..... More
Sleep and His Brother.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1971. [Mystery fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.190. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at 28s. Textblock top edge tinted blue. Light spotting to textblock edges, wear to edges of dust-jacket, more so to..... More
Dracula il Vampiro [MOVIE POSTER].
Rome: distributed by Gold Film, printed by Policrom S.p.A., 1958. [Film Promotion] ITALIAN FILM POSTER. Photobusta (46 x 67cm). Promoting the 1958 film titled 'Dracula' in the UK, and 'Horror of Dracula' in the US, showing Peter Cushing in the role of Van Helsing. A hand-written label to reverse stating..... More
From Russia, With Love. With an Introduction by Christopher Andrew.
London: Penguin Decades, [1957] 2010. [Spy thriller] Special Edition, with cover design by Peter Blake. FIRST EDITION thus, with strike-line '1'. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.x; 230. Publisher's illustrated card covers, plain scarlet inners, series details printed on rear. A fine, as-new copy. This copy by obtained by Fleming bibliographer..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges toned, no inscriptions, jacket chipped to crown and rear but without the heavy sunning to the red spine often encountered. Very good. Uncommon..... More
Contributes 'My Monte Carlo System' to Encore; The Sunday Times Book.
London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Literary Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Large Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.488. Publisher's blue cloth with original pictorial dust-jacket priced at 25s. Contents clean, edges slightly toned, no inscriptions. The jacket is simply exceptional having been protected by a custom-made red cloth outer cover, with gilt titles to..... More
Celebrity Cooking For You. Includes 'Scrambled Eggs James Bond'.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.260. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket. A near fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with some small nicks and tears, one larger chip to crown. A...... More