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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
Nicola Bayley's Book of Nursery Rhymes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1975. [Illustrated Nursery Rhymes] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Bayley to every page. Publisher's blue illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £1.95. A water stain to top edge, with some minor marks to endpapers. Spine head pulled, with bumping to corners..... More
My Life in Pieces. An Alternative Autobiography.
London: Nick Hern Books, 2010. [Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 436. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'Hi, Hayley! | All the very best | Simon Callow'. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Ned..... More
Snobs.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 265 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's pink mottled paper over boards, with black titles to spine and black endpapers. With the pink and black illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
Manila Envelope.
Quezon City: [James Fenton], 1989. [Small press poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Number 669 of 1000 copies. Octavo (28 x 22cm), pp.48. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the limitation page. Printed on grey speciality paper. Glossy pictorial softcovers, unpriced. Comes with a folded manila poster titled 'Manila Manifesto'..... More
The Memory of War.
Edinburgh: The Salamander Press, 1982. [War Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.93; [1], blank; [1], notes; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, typographic dust-jacket with printed price of £6.95 printed to front flap. With added stanza loosely inserted. Toning to dust-jacket, very minor bumping..... More
Code To Zero.
London: Macmillan, 2000. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 374; [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A lightly handled copy in near fine condition. A space race suspense novel, set in 1950's America. More
A Dangerous Fortune.
London: Macmillan, 1993. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 434; [4]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated endpapers, dust-jacket priced at £14.99. A fine copy. Merchant banking intrigue set in Victorian England. More
The Man From St. Petersburg
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. [Intrigue] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 292; [4]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £7.95. Some toning to paper stock, binding and jacket with a few minor marks. A lightly handled copy in very good condition. The author's..... 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
A Close Run Thing.
London: Bantam Press, 1999. [Historical adventure] FIRST EDITION Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.336. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £15.99. Fine. First novel in the much acclaimed series chronicling the adventures of Matthew Hervey, set during the final days of the Napoleonic Wars. More
Company of Spears.
London: Bantam Press, 2006. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.x; 373; [2], blank. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in brown ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £17.99. Signature obtained in person upon..... 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
The Nizam's Daughters.
London: Bantam Press, 2000. [Historical adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 320; [1]; Historical Afternote; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, sage green endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. Minor shelfwear; near fine. The second installment of the much acclaimed adventures of..... 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
Rumours of War.
London: Bantam Press, 2004. [Historical adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 405; [1], blank. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in brown ink to title page. Publisher's burgundy cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. Signature obtained in person upon release..... More
The Sabre's Edge. for Mathew Hervey and the Light Dragoons.
London: Bantam Press, 2003. [Historical adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 320; [3], reviews; [1], blank. Publisher's cloth, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper. Trivial toning; near fine. More
Apocalypso.
London: Doubleday, 1998. [Humour / Science Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.271 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Thomas | from your friend and mine. | Robert Rankin.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket showing..... More
The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. [Film Reference] INSCRIBED BY PETER JACKSON, First Edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.120. INSCRIBED by the film director Peter Jackson to title, once in white ink and once in black ink, both to the title page: 'Hi Cameron! | Best wishes | Peter Jackson.' With photographic illustrations..... More
The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Film Reference] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.120. With photographic illustrations throughout. Publisher's pictorial hardcovers in dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A fine, as new copy, carefully dark-stored by ourselves since publication. Advertised as the 'Collector's Hardback Edition', this book was simultaneously issued as..... More
Duplicate Keys.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. PROOF COPY from Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley. Octavo, pp.305. Bound in soft red card covers with title, author's name, dimensions, and publishing details to front. Repeated logo of Jonathan Cape publishers, and 'uncorrected proof' repeated in a band across front and rear of book. Covers..... More
Snowdon on Stage. With a Personal View of the British Theatre 1954-1996.
London: Pavilion, 1996. [Performing Arts] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.157; [3]. Publisher's white paper covered boards, titles in black to spine, blind stamped to upper. Dust-jacket, with printed price of £35.00. Inscribed by the two contributors to the half title: "To Edward | with very best |..... More
Ever After.
London: Picador, 1992. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 261; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tom Stimpson, priced at £14.99 to front flap. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Interior bright and clean. Light marking to bottom edge. Dust-jacket..... More