"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde
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The Night Manager.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.443; [5]. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Price clipped else a fine copy in a bright unfaded wrapper. Basis for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning serial starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh..... More
The Ring of the Niblung: A Trilogy with a Prelude by Richard Wagner. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie [and] Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods.
London: William Heinemann, 1939. [Opera / Norse Mythology] FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION THUS. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.[2] viii; 160; pp.viii; 182. With a total of 48 colour plates, including a frontispiece for each volume. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper, and decorative endpapers. Light..... More
Moby Dick, or, The Whale.
New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1976. [American Literature] ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xx; 585 [7]. With more than 70 illustrations by Chappell, including a frontispiece. Publisher's black quarter cloth, with gilt title and decoration to spine, and light green cloth over boards with a black design..... More
Jim's Lion.
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.82 [2]. A new edition illustrated partly as a comic strip by Deacon, and SIGNED by him in black ink to the dedication page, dated June 2014. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced..... More
The Short Life of Bree Tanner. An Eclipse Novella.
London: Atom, 2010. [Vampire Novella] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[10] 178 [4]. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine and red endpapers. With the black photographic dust-jacket, priced at £11.99. A little light handling. Near fine. Part of the popular series about vampires beginning with 'Twilight'..... More
Byron's Letters and Journals. The complete and unexpurgated text of all the letters available in manuscript and the full printed version of all others.
London: John Murray, 1973-1994. [Letters and Journals] COMPLETE SET, FIRST PRINTINGS. 13 volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 33cm). With a frontispiece to each volume, except the index. Publisher's red cloth with gilt title to spine and gilt devices to uppers. Top edges red. Each volume with the brown illustrated..... More
The Wood Engravings of Robert Gibbings, with some recollections by the artist.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1959. [Wood Engraving] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[2] xliv; 355 [3]. A large collection of over 1000 wood engravings by Gibbings. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt device to upper. Top edge green, and green endpapers. With the..... More
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. [Dramatic and Poetical Works] COMPLETE FIRST EDITION THUS. Seven volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 27cm). Each volume with a black and white frontispiece, and occasional other illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to black backing on spines and uppers. A little light handling;..... More
A Legacy of Spies.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8] 264 [2]. Exclusive signed edition: Signed by the author in black ink to a tipped in leaf preceding half title. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket..... More
British Military Firearms 1650-1850.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1961. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.296. With 36 double-sided black and white photographic plates, as well as occasional in-text diagrams. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt device to upper. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 50s. A large..... More
The Pegasus Diaries. The Private Papers of Major John Howard, DSO.
Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2006. [Military History] MULTI-SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; 198. SIGNED by Penny Bates, as well as three veterans from the 'Coup de Main' operation; 'Tich' Rayner; Harry W. Clark; and Johnny Johnson, in blue and black ink to half-title. With a suite..... More
The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Volume V: The Great War.
London: John Murray, 1932. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xviii; 478. With a colour frontispiece, three sketch-maps, and nine folding maps at rear. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and the regimental insignia stamped in gilt to upper. Black Regimental Headquarters stamp to front pastedown..... More
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[MOVIE POSTER] Goldfinger.
California: OSP Publishing, 1993. [Film promotion] 30th Anniversary commercial poster by OSP showing the U.S. one-sheet style artwork for the 1964 United Artists film starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. Design by David Chasman and Robert Brownjohn. Approximate..... More
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[MOVIE POSTER] James Bond 40th Anniversary.
USA: MGM/UA, 2002. [Film promotion] U.S. one-sheet poster advertising the fortieth anniversary of the Bond film franchise. Composite/montage artwork set against the gun barrel motif.. Approximate dimensions 27 x 40 inches. Printed on semi-gloss paper stock. Rolled state. Minor creases to right hand side. Near fine. Note on Format; the..... More
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[MOVIE POSTER] Dr No.
California: OSP Publishing, 1993. [Film promotion] 30th Anniversary commercial poster by OSP showing the U.S. one-sheet style artwork for the 1963 United Artists film starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming's James Bond, produced by Harry Salzman and Albert R. Broccoli's Eon Productions. Illustration by Mitchell Hooks. Approximate dimensions 36 x...... More
Spycatcher.
Richmond, Victoria: William Heinemann Australia, 1987. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 392; [2]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in silver to spine, bold typographic dust-jacket. The true first edition with the requisite points: lacking the photographic plates of the later editions; printed in Dublin; dust-jacket priced at IR£14.95..... More
The Dardanelles. Colour Sketches from Gallipoli.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1915. [First World War] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 19cm), pp.viii; 120. Publisher's dark blue cloth blocked in gilt and light blue to spine and upper, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated with thirty tissue guarded plates in colour and a number of black and..... More
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass.
London: The Folio Society, 2008. [Children's Fantasy Epic] FIRST EDITION THUS. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (25 x 17 x 12cm), pp.xiv; 362; pp.x; 299 [3]; pp.x; 466 [2]. Each volume with 11 colour illustrations by Bailey, including frontispieces. Publisher's black cloth heavily decorated and titled in gilt. Complete with..... More
A Voyage to Arcturus.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1968. [Sci-Fi Fantasy] RARE REISSUE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.248. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the distinctive yellow Gollancz dust-jacket, priced at 21s, and repriced with a sticker to £1.05. A lovely crisp, bright copy, likely unread, with just a touch of wear..... More
The New Apocalypse: An anthology of criticism, poems and stories.
London: The Fortune Press, no date [1940]. [Apocalyptic Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.100. With a black and white frontispiece showing a sketch by Picasso. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore and lower edges untrimmed. With the typographic grey dust-jacket. Slightly short price-clipped jacket lightly..... More
Beloved.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. [American Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 275 [5]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt device to upper. With the dust-jacket designed by R.D. Scudellari, priced at £11.95. Some spotting and toning to edges, with a strong..... More
Song of Solomon.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. [American Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 337 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate Cary and Michael Harvey, priced at £5.95. Some spotting and toning to edges, with a strong tobacco scent, otherwise..... More
The Bluest Eye.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1979. [American Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 164 [6]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Kate Cary, priced at £4.95. Some spotting and toning to edges, with a strong tobacco scent, otherwise a crisp, clean..... More
The Swiss Summer.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1951. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[6] 330. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Leslie Wood, priced at 12/6. Spotting and toning to edges, and heavy spotting to endpapers and preliminaries. A large section of..... More
Comrades in Arms. Stories of 'Biggles' of the R.A.F., 'Worrals' of the W.A.A.F. and 'King' (Gimlet) of the Commandos.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1947. [Children's adventure story collectionl] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.227; [1], blank. With six green-tinted double spread illustrations by Stead, colour frontispiece and title page on pale green coated paper. Bound in publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt, pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket. Lacks free endpaper..... More