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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series.
London: Strand Publications, no date [circa 1938]. [Pop-Up Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.[62]. With four colour-illustrated pop-up scenes, a colour frontispiece and vignette title page, and several line-drawn illustrations, all by Wickham, and design and arrangement by Giraud. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards, with endpapers illustrated..... More
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[Complete Novels of Jane Austen]. Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1920-1929. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND ILLUSTRATED SET, later impressions thus. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 13cm), pp.[2] xvi; 342 [2]; pp.[2] xxx; 352 [2]; pp.xviii; 429 [3]; pp.[2] xviii; 437 [7]; pp.[2] xvi; 444 [2]. With frequent engraved illustrations by Brock, including..... More
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The Novels [Works] of Jane Austen. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. With Notes, Indexes and Illustrations from Contemporary Sources. The works include: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Minor Works.
London: Geoffrey Cumberlege for the Oxford University Press, 1952-1954. [Complete Novels] FINELY BOUND SET, the third edition thus and the first to include 'Minor Works.' Seven volumes bound as six. Octavo (20 x 14 x 21cm), pp.[6] xvi; 429 [5]; pp.[2] xiv; 415 [3]; pp.[2] xiv; 567 [3]; pp.[2] xiv;..... More
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1897. [English Literature] FIRST THOMSON ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 444. Illustrated with 39 wood engravings, including a frontispiece, by Thomson. Publisher's burgundy cloth with titles and floral design stamped in gilt to spine and upper. 'Peacock' patterned endpapers; all edges gilt. Repairs to..... More
The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits.
London: Methuen 2000. Illustrations by Mervyn Peake, including the previously unpublished 'Snark Sketchbooks'. Slim octavo. Publisher's cloth in dustwrapper. Fine throughout. This new edition is SIGNED and inscribed by Sebastian Peake, who released his father's drawings for this publication. A glorious review of Mr. Carroll's nonsense by the scintillating and..... More
The Big Four.
London: W. Collins and Sons. 1927. [Crime] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.v, 281; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in red to spine and upper. Some spotting to contents and edges (thick, fluffy paper is susceptible), covers fresh and bright, spine gently toned, lightly worn at tips. A very..... More
The Boomerang Clue.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1935. [Murder mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 290; [1], adverts; [5], blank. Publisher's light grey cloth blocked in red, top edge bright red, fore-edge untrimmed, 'red badge detective' design endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper priced at $2.00. A lovely fine copy..... More
The Seven Dials Mystery.
New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1929. [Murder Mystery] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm) pp.[viii]; 310; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth blocked in black, top edge orange, fore-edge untrimmed, decorative red endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper. A near fine copy of the book (with sunned spine) in a splendid..... More
Towards Zero.
London: Published by The Crime Club by Collins, 1944. [Crime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.160. Publisher's red cloth in dust-wrapper designed by J.Z. Atkinson (the correct issue with the small illustration of a bell on the spine - omitted on reprints). Price clipped, a few tiny taped..... More
Christmas Greetings card.
London and Tunbridge Wells: Printed by Photocrom, n.d. [circa 1945]. Card-backed cut-out photographic print of Winston Churchill, with "The Prime Minister Faces Facts and Gives Facts", printed on the front. Sent out as a greetings card by A. Cohen and Co. of Great Dover Street, London with the text reading..... More
The Tories. Conservatives and the Nation State 1922-1997.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xviii; 493; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £20. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with two photographic suites. Both book and wrapper lightly handled. Near..... 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
Fighter. The True Story of the Battle of Britain.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. [Military history] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.304. Publisher's blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, top edge red, dust-wrapper displays a Paul Nash painting, priced at £4.95. With many photographic plates. With presentation note..... More
Our Mutual Friend.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. [English Literature] FIRST EDITION. First issue text with 'pricipal' for 'principal', page 115, line 38. Two volumes. Octavo, pp.[i]-xii; 320; [viii]; 309; [1], publisher's imprint. With 40 engraved plates, without half-titles. Handsomely bound from the parts by Townsend (c.1870s), in full darkest green morocco (almost..... More
Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". In Three Volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the suppressed 'Fireside' plate and with with 'Boz' on the title pages. Three volumes, Small octavo, illustrated with 24 plates by Cruikshank. Complete copy with both half-titles (not required for vol.III), advertisement leaf following text of vol I, initial..... More
The Illustrated James Bond, 007. Diamonds are Forever; From Russia with Love; Doctor No.
Bronxville, NY: James Bond 007 Fan Club, 1981. [James Bond Comics] FIRST THUS. Small quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[6] 90. Containing three comic adventures illustrated by McLusky. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Sciacca & Buckler, priced at $6.95. Some light wear to spine. A fine copy. More
Goldfinger.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, in original pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, priced at 15s. Contents clean, jacket a little toned to spine, some rubbing to joints..... More
Ian Fleming's James Bond novels: the complete paperback film tie-in editions. Dr. No; From Russia With Love; Goldfinger; Thunderball; Casino Royale; You Only Live Twice; On Her Majesty's Secret Service; Diamonds Are Forever; Live and Let Die; The Man with the Golden Gun; For Your Eyes Only; Octopussy.
London: Pan Books, [and] Triad / Granada, 1963-1983. [James Bond Novels] COMPLETE FILM TIE-IN SERIES. 12 volumes. Octavo (19 x 11 x 19cm), each in the publisher's soft covers printed with a design celebrating the recent filming of the title. All housed in a black felt-lined slipcase with ribbon pull..... More
Goldfinger.
New York: Macmillan [Printed and bound in Great Britain], 1959. [Spy thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.318. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper over boards with 'skull' design stamped to upper, in original pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping, priced at $3.00 (with lower price $2.95 clipped off, as..... More
The Corrections.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, First Issue, with the loose errata slip. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 568. Publisher's quarter navy paper with silver titles to spine, and grey paper over boards. With the dust-jacket designed by Lynn Buckley, priced at $26.00. Minor..... More
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[Complete Strega Borgia Chronicles]. Pure Dead Magic; Pure Dead Wicked; Pure Dead Brilliant; Deep Trouble; Deep Water; Deep Fear.
London: Doubleday, 2001-2006. [Children's Fantasy Humour] COMPLETE SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. Six volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 17cm), pp.220 [4]; pp.253 [3]; pp.316 [5]; pp.304; pp.335 [1]; pp.332 [4]. With chapter headings illustrated by the author. Each volume SIGNED by the author to title page in ink matching the colour..... More
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Half Bad, [together with] Half Wild [and] Half Lost.
London: Penguin Books, 2014, 2015, 2016. [Fantasy trilogy] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes. Octavo (23 x 14cm). Signed by the author to each title page, the final volume additionally lined 'wounded, not lost'. Publisher's silver-coloured hardcovers in silver dust-jackets, with varying coloured endpapers. 'Signed Copy' sticker to front cover. A...... More
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.294. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. A fine/as-new copy in jacket, in a silver-titled black cloth slipcase, in the original shrinkwrap. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed..... More
Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D. The First Post-War Biggles Story.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. [Children's Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 188. With eight dichromatic plates and a colour frontispiece by Stead. Publisher's blue cloth with black titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket also illustrated in colour by Stead. Light spotting and toning to edges..... More
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] LIMITED ISSUE of the FIRST EDITION, published for general circulation (originally published privately in 1926). No.453 of 750 copies. Illustrated with three manuscript facsimiles and forty-seven plates including four in colour. Four folding maps. Quarter pigskin over brown buckram with crossed swords in gilt..... More