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My Mother was a Bank Robber, and Other Stories.
London: Revolver, 1998. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.64. No. 34 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In original lilac card covers with a colour / black and white photo montage pasted to the front cover. Original price label (£14.99) to back cover..... More
My Mother was a Bank Robber, and Other Stories.
London: Revolver, 1998. [Crime stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.64. No.11 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In original lilac card covers with a colour / black and white photo montage pasted to the front cover. Price label mark to back cover..... More
Artemis Fowl.
London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. The first in the series, and basis..... More
Artemis Fowl.
London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.viii; 278 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles in Gnommish to spine. With the bronze metallic effect pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced at £12.99..... More
The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm, Career of Evil and Lethal White.
London: Sphere, 2013. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.449; [7], blank. Black cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99 with Val McDermid quote to upper and quotes to rear from Mark Billingham and Alex Grey. A fine, unread copy. First of the Cormoran..... More
Darkness, Take My Hand.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1996. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[12] 336 [4]. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford Foltz, priced at $24.00. Some rubbing and bumping to board edges. Corresponding rubbing and bumping to..... More
Darkness, Take My Hand.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1996. [Crime Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[12] 336 [4]. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford Foltz, priced at $24.00. Signed and inscribed by the author to title page. Rubbed to..... More
A Drink Before the War.
New York, NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1994. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[14] 267 [7]. Publisher's black quarter cloth with green titles to spine and green paper over boards. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at $22.95. A little light handling and shelf-wear. A fine copy. The..... More
Gone, Baby, Gone.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1998. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED COPY, Second Printing. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 374. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red quarter paper over spine, with white titles and black paper over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford..... More
Gone, Baby, Gone.
New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, 1998. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 374. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red quarter paper over spine, with white titles and black paper over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Bradford Foltz..... More
Live By Night.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2012. [Crime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 401 [3]. Publisher's orange quarter cloth with green titles to spine and grey paper over boards. Orange endpapers, and fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Mary Schuck, priced at $27.99. Some light handling. Near..... More
Live By Night.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2012. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 401 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's orange quarter cloth with green titles to spine and grey paper over boards. Orange endpapers, and fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket..... More
Moonlight Mile.
New York, NY: William Morrow / Harper Collins, 2010. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 325; [3], blank. Publisher's navy blue paper over boards with black cloth spine titled in bronze, navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by May Schuck, priced at $26.99. Clean and fresh, with..... More
Mystic River.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2001. [Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[12] 401 [3]. Publisher's dark grey paper over boards with bronze titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chip Kidd, not priced. Text block toned. A fine copy. Basis for the neo-noir mystery drama film..... More
Mystic River.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2001. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[12] 401 [3]. Publisher's dark grey paper over boards with bronze titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chip Kidd, priced at $25. Signed to the 'river' leaf at the front, with publisher's gold..... More
Shutter Island.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2003. [Psychological horror] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x, 325 [1]. Publisher's red quarter cloth over black paper-covered boards, gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Chip Kidd, priced at $25.95. Very lightly sunned to spine. Light..... More
Shutter Island.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2003. [Psychological Horror] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x, 325 [1]. Publisher's red quarter cloth over black paper-covered boards, gilt titles to spine, and red endpapers. Fore-edge untrimmed. With the dust-jacket designed by Chip Kidd, priced at $25.95. Signed by the author to..... More
Since We Fell.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2017. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 418 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with black titles to spine and green cloth over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Rachel Willey, priced..... More
The Royal Rabbits of London Escape from the Tower.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2017. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 195 [19]. SIGNED by both authors to the dedication page. With frequent illustrations by Hindley. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine and a silver decoration to upper, and red decorative endpapers. With the..... More
A Shropshire Garland: Being a Garland of Sonnets.
Lydbury North: Grail Press, no date [circa 2000]. [Poetry] LIMITED INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), 36 leaves, unpaginated. Wood engravings by Keay to every page. Number 46 of just 200 copies INSCRIBED by both author and illustrator to title page to 'Jo'. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles..... More
The Casual Vacancy.
London: Little Brown, 2012. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 503; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, red endpapers, dust-jacket priced at £20.00. Lightly handled; near fine. Harry Potter creator J.K.Rowling's first book for adults. More
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [and] The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplays.
London: Little, Brown, 2016 and 2018. [Film Screenplays] FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[8] 293 [3]; pp.xiv; 287 [3]. With occasional vignette illustrations and decorative borders. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spines and gilt devices to uppers; star patterned endpapers. With the dust-jackets designed by..... More
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, 2002. [Harry Potter] NEW PAPERBACK EDITION, FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp.251 [3]. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Cliff Wright, priced at £5.99. A fine, as-new copy, with just a little light handling. The second novel of the perennially popular children's series. Harry returns to Hogwarts for his second year..... More
White Man Falling.
Richmond: Alma Books, 2006. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6]; 285; [5]. Number 111 of just 250 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to a limitation page. Issued with a variant dust-jacket by Goldsboro Books. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With..... More
Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2014. One Hundred and Seventh Edition.
London: Bloomsbury, 2013. [Publishing] J.K. ROWLING CONTRIBUTION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 802 [2]. With a suite of glossy colour advertisements. Publisher's red soft covers, priced at £19.99. Light marks and bumps to edges. Near fine. The complete guide to writing and publishing, produced in a new edition regularly since..... More
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