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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
Ruby Redfort: Feel the Fear.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2014. [Children's Mystery Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.523 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. With occasional illustrations by David Mackintosh. Publisher's white cloth, titled and decorated in blind. Psychedelic black and white endpapers. With the dust-jacket also designed..... More
Artemis Fowl.
London: Viking, 2001. [Children's Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8]. 280. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. With an associated bookmark and promotional material loose to preliminaries. Publisher's black cloth with gilt symbols to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Tony Fleetwood, priced..... 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
A Discovery of Witches.
London: Headline, 2011. [Neo-Gothic Novel] UNCORRECTED PROOF, of the first UK edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 594 [6]. Publisher's red soft covers, titled in black. Rubbing and bumping, with some creases to rear cover. Creases also to spine. Label or bookplate removed from inside of front cover, ownership stamp..... 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
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
Moonlight Mile.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Harper Collins, 2010. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Number 59 of 100 copies thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 324; [1], acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's glit-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new..... 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
Since We Fell.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2017. [Psychological Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 418 [4]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with black titles to spine and green cloth over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Rachel Willey, priced at $27.99. Some light rubbing to outer edges. Near fine... 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
The Royal Rabbits of London.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2016. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[6] 172 [14]. SIGNED by both authors in blue ink to the dedication page. With frequent illustrations by Hindley. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, and a gilt decoration to upper. Blue carrot-patterned endpapers..... 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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
London: Bloomsbury, 2001. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION THUS, a new paperback edition. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223; [1]. Publisher's illustrated card wraps. Textblock marginally toned as often found. Some light handling to edges. Very good. Philip Errington, "J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography" (London: Bloomsbury, 2017), A1(e). 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
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