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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series. Hans Christian...

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Pictures that Spring to Life. Bookano Series.

ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (1805-1875), [GIRAUD, Stephen Louis, editor], [WICKHAM, Elizabeth Merwin, illustrator].

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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The Big Four. Agatha CHRISTIE, Dame

The Big Four.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976).

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

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The Boomerang Clue. Agatha CHRISTIE, Dame

The Boomerang Clue.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976).

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

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Towards Zero. Agatha CHRISTIE, Dame

Towards Zero.

CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976).

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

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Christmas Greetings card. Winston Spencer CHURCHILL, Sir

Christmas Greetings card.

CHURCHILL, [Sir] Winston Spencer (1874-1965).

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

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Artemis Fowl. Eoin COLFER, born 1965

Artemis Fowl.

COLFER, Eoin (born 1965).

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

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Fighter. The True Story of the Battle of Britain. Len DEIGHTON, A. J. P. TAYLOR, born 1929

Fighter. The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

DEIGHTON, Len (born 1929), [TAYLOR, A.J.P. (1906-1990)].

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

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Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". In Three Volumes. Charles DICKENS

Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz". In Three Volumes.

[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)].

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

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The Illustrated James Bond, 007. Diamonds are Forever; From Russia with Love; Doctor No. Ian...

The Illustrated James Bond, 007. Diamonds are Forever; From Russia with Love; Doctor No.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster (1908-1964), and GAMMIDGE, Henry (1915-1981), [MCLUSKY, John, illustrator].

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

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Goldfinger. Ian Lancaster FLEMING

Goldfinger.

FLEMING, Ian Lancaster, (1908-1964).

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

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The Corrections. Jonathan FRANZEN, born 1959

The Corrections.

FRANZEN, Jonathan (born 1959).

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...

[Complete Strega Borgia Chronicles]. Pure Dead Magic; Pure Dead Wicked; Pure Dead Brilliant; Deep Trouble; Deep Water; Deep Fear.

GLIORI, Debi (born 1959).

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. Sally GREEN, born 1961

Half Bad, [together with] Half Wild [and] Half Lost.

GREEN, Sally (born 1961).

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

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The House of Silk. Anthony HOROWITZ, Arthur Conan, born 1955, Sir DOYLE

The House of Silk.

HOROWITZ, Anthony (born 1955), [DOYLE, [Sir] Arthur Conan].

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

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Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph. T. E. LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.

LAWRENCE, T.E. [Thomas Edward] (1888-1935).

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Attractively bound in tan half morocco with raised bands and gilt titles to contrasting burgundy and green..... More

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The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812. Alfred Thayer MAHAN,...

The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812.

MAHAN, [Captain] Alfred Thayer (1840–1914).

London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1893. [Naval History] FIRST UK EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.xxii; 380; pp.xx; 428. With thirteen maps and plans, some folding. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spines and gilt warship motifs to upper boards. Top edges gilt; blue endpapers. Pencil..... More

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Coming Up For Air. George ORWELL, Eric Arthur BLAIR, pseudonym

Coming Up For Air.

ORWELL, George [BLAIR, Eric Arthur, pseudonym] (1903-1950).

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo, pp.[6] 278 [4]. In publisher's light blue cloth with darker blue titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket, priced at $3.00. Lightly toned to spine and edges. Jacket rubbed to edges and joints, with moderate general..... More

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The World Cup of Everything. Richard OSMAN, born 1970

The World Cup of Everything.

OSMAN, Richard (born 1970).

London: Coronet, 2017. [Trivia / Quiz] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[6] 391 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's illustrated cloth (no jacket as issued), priced at £14.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. Corners lightly bumped. Near fine. A...... More

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Harry Potter] Quidditch Through the Ages [with] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [and]...

[Harry Potter] Quidditch Through the Ages [with] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them [and] Beedle The Bard.

ROWLING, J. K. (born 1965).

London: Bloomsbury, 2001, 2001, 2008. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITIONS. 3 volumes (two paperback originals, one hardcover). Housed in a bespoke collector's folding box, fleece-lined within and titled in gilt to spine. The box is designed to complement the deluxe cloth editions of the Harry Potter series (external dimensions 24cm x 16cm)..... More

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Paris. Edward RUTHERFURD, born 1948, Francis Edward WINTLE

Paris.

RUTHERFURD, Edward [pseudonym of WINTLE, Francis Edward] (born 1948).

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2013. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 734; [2]. Publisher's red cloth, metallic blue titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page with a Hatchards promotional band around the wrapper. A faint..... More

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The Works of William Shakespeare. William SHAKESPEARE

The Works of William Shakespeare.

SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616).

London: Archibald Constable, n.d [c.1910]. FINELY BOUND EDITION. 12 volumes. Crown octavo (19 x 14 x 40cm). Half scarlet calf by The Times Bindery, with green morocco title labels, gilt to spine, matching buckram sides, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Contents a little thumbed, bindings with the odd mark or..... More

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I Me Mine. THE BEATLES, George HARRISON

I Me Mine.

[THE BEATLES] HARRISON, George (1943-2001).

Guildford: Genesis Press [Genesis Publications], 1980. [Music autobiography] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION (No.482). Quarto (25 x 18cm), pp.404; [2], blank. With sepia plates and illustrations. Original half brown morocco with 'guitar' gilt-stamped to boards, gilt edges, in original slipcase. Number 482 of 2000 copies only, signed by the late former..... More

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"She" [LOBBY CARDS]. David T. CHANTLER, writer, Robert DAY, director, Michael CARRERAS, producer

"She" [LOBBY CARDS].

VARIOUS, [CHANTLER, David T., writer], [DAY, Robert, director], [CARRERAS, Michael, producer].

Beverley Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film "She", directed by Robert Day, and starring Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, and Christopher Lee. Colour lithographic images on thin stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to lower..... More

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Gremlins [LOBBY CARDS]. Chris COLUMBUS, writer, Joe DANTE, director, Steven SPIELBERG, executive...

Gremlins [LOBBY CARDS].

VARIOUS, [COLUMBUS, Chris, writer], [DANTE, Joe, director], [SPIELBERG, Steven, executive producer], [DAHL, Roald, concept].

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1984. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Gremlins' directed by Joe Dante, with Steven Spielberg serving as executive producer. Colour lithographic images on heavy stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to a white banner at foot..... More

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch [LOBBY CARDS]. Charles S. HAAS, writer, Joe DANTE, director, Michael...

Gremlins 2: The New Batch [LOBBY CARDS].

VARIOUS, [HAAS, Charles S., writer], [DANTE, Joe, director], [FINNELL, Michael, producer].

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1990. [Movie Memorabilia] ORIGINAL LOBBY CARDS. A set of eight lobby cards from the film 'Gremlins 2' directed by Joe Dante, and featuring Christopher Lee. Colour lithographic images on heavy stock measuring 28 x 36cm, with production credits to a white banner at foot. A fine..... More

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