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A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
London: Hutchinson, 2007. [American Politics] EX-LIBRIS LORD MOYNIHAN, First UK Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 628; [4]. With four double-sided black and white plates. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Black endpapers. Recent bookplate detailing provenance affixed to flyleaf. A fine copy..... More
Fools and Mortals.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 369 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Holly Macdonald, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Sharpe's Havoc. Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809
London: Harper Collins, 2003. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 380; [6], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket depicting showing The Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro, 1811, priced at £17.99. An as-new/unread copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. Sharpe's Havoc is set during..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. A...... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. Slight toning to text block; very near fine. Sharpe dabbles in espionage..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 277; [3], blank. With battle plan, illustrated endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. An as new/unread copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. Ensign Richard Sharpe is returning by sea from the British campaign in India (as covered in Tiger..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 277 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99..... More
Vagabond. The Grail Quest.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Historical Fiction]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 371; [1], blank. With map, vignette illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to title-page. Signed upon release and carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. An as new/unread copy. A young..... More
Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite.
London: Blink, 2018. [Rock] SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 346. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red and blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket designed by Richard Evans with printed price of £20. Signed by Roger Daltrey directly to title page (most were signed via a...... More
X-Ray. The Unauthorised Autobiography.
New York, NY: The Overlook Press, 1995. [Popular Music] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 420 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author 'To George' with an inscription: 'A dedicated follower of the Kinks'. Also with a loose progamme for 'An Evening with Ray Davies' (May 1996). Publisher's quarter..... More
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong.
London: Little, Brown, and Company, 1997. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris Lord Moynihan. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 461; [3]. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £22.50. Bookplate detailing provenance to flyleaf. Jacket..... More
Independence Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. [Modern Literature] SIGNED ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 451 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Carol Devine Carson. Some light marks and bumping to edges. Near fine. A sequel to..... More
The Ultimate Good Luck.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1981. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.201. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles, in pictorial dust-jacket, originally priced $9.95. Fine in Near Fine dust-wrapper. Ford's second novel, a hardboiled narrative of Harry Quinn's attempt to rescue his lover's brother from prison..... More
The Willows in Winter.
London: HarperCollins, 1993. [Children's adventure novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.295; [1] note. Publisher's blue cloth with titles and silhouette of Mr Toad to in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper shows Mole striding across winter scene, priced at £12.99. Signed in black ink to title..... More
Jimmy Page. A Photographic Autobiography.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2010. [Rock music] FIRST EDITION. Folio, with 650 photographic illustrations. Limited edition, number 903 of 2500 copies SIGNED by Jimmy Page. Quarter bound in black morocco leather over unique perspex covers with screen-printed photograph portraits, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a leather and silk slipcase..... More
Miss Dynamite! Brenda Lee.
March 1963. [Pop Music Tour Programme] ORIGINAL PROMOTIONAL BOOKLET. Large octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.[12]. Profiles of each artist / band in the line-up. Publisher's purple and blue soft covers, stapled twice. Moderate rubbing and creasing to covers. Very good. A tour programme for Brenda Lee's 1963 UK tour, also..... More
East and West. The Last Governor of Hong Kong on Power, Freedom and the Future.
London: Macmillan, 1998. [Far East Politics] EX LIBRIS LORD MOYNIHAN, First Edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 340; [2]. With eight black and white photographic plates in two sections in the text. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, and photographic endpapers. Bookplate detailing provenance..... More
Cafe Lehmitz.
AB Tiprod, ETC, 1982. [Photography / Counter Culture] FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION. Text in Swedish. Oblong octavo (27 x 24cm). With 88 black and whiite photographs. White cloth hardcovers blocked in black, photographic dust-jacket. Book is fine, jacket near fine with a couple of small marks and tears. An attractive copy..... More
Inside Out. A Personal History of Pink Floyd.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 2004. [Music Autobiography] LIMITED EDITION, one of 500 copies SIGNED by Nick Mason. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Quarto (54 x 40cm in the case), bound in grey morocco blocked in silver with colour plate to front cover, all edges silver. With a all additional items as..... More
Drive.
Harpenden: No Exit Press, 2006. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189 [3]. Number 233 of just 500 copies signed in black ink to the flyleaf by the author. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Photographic endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £12. A...... More
Drive.
Harpenden: No Exit Press, 2006. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST UK EDITION. Number 328 of 500 signed and numbered copies. Octavo (20 x14cm), pp.199; [1] blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver gilt to spine, jacket design by Alan Forster with printed price of £12 to flap. Fine. This novel..... More
Kydd.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Naval Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 373 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Geoff Hunt and Kevin Tweddell, priced at £12.99. A fine..... More
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