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A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars.
London: Zephyr, 2017. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 309 [3]. With occasional marginal illustrations by Leo Nickolls. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Nickolls, priced..... More
The James Bond Bedside Companion.
London: Boxtree Limited, 1988. [James Bond reference book]. The revised and updated edition, being the FIRST UK APPEARANCE of this title. Large octavo (28 x 22cm), pp.275; [1]. Glossy softcovers, illustrated throughout. Faint laminate crease to rear else a fine, fresh copy. A particularly pleasing example. The author's highly acclaimed..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autographed by Raymond Benson in black ink to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us -the..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp[vi]; 245; [5], blank. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in silver to the spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. A fine/as-new copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. A novelisation of the James Bond movie starring Pierce..... More
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm). The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Publisher's hardcovers, autographed to the dust-wrapper in silver marker. The signature was obtained privately by us- the author did not appear in the UK to promote this, his..... More
Doubleshot.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.274. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our London bookshop. A fine/as-new copy, carefully dark stored by ourselves since publication. While officially on..... More
The Facts of Death.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's hardcover cloth in illustrated dust-jacket.SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop. Both the book and..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.292; [2], blank. Hardback volume, bound in publisher's cloth with pictorial dust-wrapper. SIGNED by the author in his customary sharpie to title page. Signature obtained during one of his many book launch events held at our shop..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. SIGNED by the author. Signature obtained during the book launch event held at our London bookshop. Absolutely fine. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. A James Bond novel; the search for a...... More
The Union Trilogy and Choice of Weapons. Being his complete James Bond novels and short stories.
New York, NY: Pegasus Books, 2008-2010. 2 Omnibus volumes. FIRST EDITIONS, also FIRST APPEARANCE IN BOOK-FORM of the short stories 'Blast From the Past', 'Live at Five', 'Midsummer Night's Doom'. Large octavo, pp.846; 847. Publisher's illustrated card covers. With SIGNED bookplate to first volume, autographed in this cataloguer's presence. Unused/as..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. The signature was obtained during the book launch event held at our shop. A fine/as-new copy, carefully..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Coronet Books, 1999. [Movie novelisation] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.200; [2], publisher's advertisements. Signed by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained at the book launch event held at our shop. Front cover bears the original 'Playstation' competition sticker. Fine/as new. Hubin;..... More
Ian Botham: My Illustrated Life.
London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007. [Cricket]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.256. Illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Max', in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered illustrated boards with matching dust-jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion Books, 2015. [James Bond Continuationl] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 310 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and large skull motif blocked to upper in silver. Blueprint-style endpapers. With the silver blueprint-style..... More
Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape in association with Goldsboro Books, 2018. [James Bond continuation novel] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 287; [9]. Publisher's black hardcovers with boat/bullet design in gilt, blue endpapers, blue edges, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kris Potter. Signed by Anthony Horowitz to the limitation page..... More
Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2018. [James Bond continuation novel] FIRST EDITION, this version exclusive to Waterstones Booksellers. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 287; [9]. Publisher's black hardcovers with boat/bullet design in gilt, blue endpapers, yellow edges, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kris Potter priced at £18.99. A fine copy. The 'Waterstones Edition'..... More
Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2018. [James Bond continuation novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Trade edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 287; [9]. Publisher's black hardcovers with boat/bullet design in gilt, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kris Potter. Signed by Anthony Horowitz to the title page. A fine copy. Horowitz's second James..... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 294. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, typographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Spine ends slightly pushed. Dust-jacket a little rubbed to the top and bottom of the spine and to the corners. Very..... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 294. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, red endpapers, typographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99, with 'Conan Doyle Estate' sticker in red. As new. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed up by Moriarty in..... More
The Bernini Bust.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-wrapper. Price clipped, otherwise a clean, fine copy. The third of seven acclaimed mysteries for detective art historian Jonathan Argyll, from the award-winning novelist Iain Pears... More
Why Are They Weeping? South Africans under Apartheid.
New York, NY: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1988. [Political Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.200. Illustrated with colour photographs throughout. SIGNED by the photographer in black ink to p.1. Also with an original black and white photographic print, signed to rear by Turnley, loose to preliminaries. Publisher's..... More
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