Literature
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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
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
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
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
The Light of Day.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2003. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 244 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A fine, as-new copy. Graham Swift was awarded the..... More
Tomorrow.
London: Picador, 2007. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 248. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Murray | Graham Swift'. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.99. Gently toned to..... More
Lestrade and the Ripper.
London: Macmillan, 1988. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, REVIEW COPY EX LIBRIS ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. With a 'review copy' slip loose to preliminaries, as well as a bookplate detailing provenance. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by the author, priced..... More
Innocent.
London: Mantle, 2010. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 406 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new copy. A sequel to..... More
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