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Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2018. [James Bond continuation novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Trade edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 287; [9]. Publisher's black hardcovers with boat/bullet design in gilt, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kris Potter. Signed by Anthony Horowitz to the title page. A fine, as new copy. Horowitz's... More
The Bear's Winter House.
London and Glasgow: Blackie and Son Limited, 1969. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (26 x 21cm), [22] unpaginated. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. Illustrated throughout and to the endpapers by Blake in his signature style. Book is lightly handled with faint erasure to corner of the... More
The King of the Golden River. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: George Harrap and Co., Ltd., 1932. [Children's illustrated] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.48. With 5 illustrations in colour plus monochrome vignettes within the text. Illustrated covers with oversized Yapp edges, page edges untrimmed. Very minor dustiness and handling; a near fine copy. More
The BFG. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic] UNCORRECTED PROOF of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.224. With frequent in-text illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's printed red wraps. Lightly handled only; a near fine copy. The story of Sophie's adventures with the Big Friendly Giant, bursting with strange and quite... More
Fools Die.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.572; [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'For Adrian Tuner | Best Wishes | Mario Puzo.' Publisher's black quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and white cloth over boards... More
The Godfather Papers, and Other Confessions.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. [Literary Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.252 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black marker to flyleaf: 'For Betty and Susan | my LA | tennis-nemesisses | I hope you like the | book | best | Mario.' Publisher's quarter... More
The Ladies of Grace Adieu.
London: Bloomsbury, 2006. [Fairy tales] SPECIAL BOXED EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 235; [11]. Grey quarter cloth over debossed pink paper covered boards, black endpapers, grey cloth slipcase blocked in black. A fine copy in original stickered shrinkwrap. This is the first printing of the boxed edition; a trade... More
Across the River and Into the Trees.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. [Modern Literature] First American Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[12]; 308. With the original publisher's black cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Recent black half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and gilt decoration to spine, and black cloth over boards... More
Where the Blue Begins.
London: William Heinemann, no date [1925]. [Illustrated Literature] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xii; 227; [1]. With four colour plates including a frontispiece, and 16 black and white line drawings. Recent blue half morocco, with gilt titles to a red label on the spine, further gilt decoration to... More
The Ingoldsby Legends. Or, Mirth and Marvels. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1907. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST THUS, second Rackham illustrated edition. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xx; 549 [3]. With twenty-four mounted coloured plates, captioned tissues, twelve illustrations with tint and sixty-six line drawings. Recent dark green half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine... More
"Tomorrow Never Dies" (Released Through United Artists) (James Bond script by Bruce Feirstein)
Eon Productions Limited, Pinewood Studios, UK, 18th August, 1997. Final Shooting Script for the UA film 'Tomorrow Never Dies' produced by Barbara Broccoli, and Michael G. Wilson. Complete script, bound in paperback form (19 x 10cm), gloss black card cover with titles printed in silver with a facsimile signature of... More
Men Without Women.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, with a complete but ailing '3' to p.3. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 232; [8]. With two of the original yellow endpapers, as well as the original black cloth upper cover and spine, bound in at rear. Recent full... More
The General Orders of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, K.G., etc. etc. etc. in Portugal, Spain, and France, from 1809 to 1814; and the Low Countries and France, 1815. Compiled Alphabetically from the several Printed Volumes, which were originally issued to the General and Staff Officers and Officers commanding Regiments in the above Campaigns.
London: Printed by William Clowes, 1832. [Military] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xxxii; 460; pp.45; [1]. With the 1834 preface bound in at rear with the second edition title page. With a frontispiece lithograph portrait of the Duke on india paper. Recently re-backed in tan calf with the original... More
Winner Take Nothing.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 244; [2]. With the original black cloth upper cover and spine bound in at rear. Top edge pink; fore-edge untrimmed. Recent black full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and a gilt... More
The Vegetable, Or, From President to Postman.
New York, NY: Scribner's Sons, 1923. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 145 [7]. With the original green cloth cover and spine bound in at rear. Recent green full morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and a gilt autograph stamped to upper board. Marbled endpapers; fore-edge... More
The Way We Live Now.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1875. [Classic Literature] FIRST EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 320; pp.viii; 319; [1]. With forty wood engraved plates after Linton, including a frontispiece to each volume. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spines, and decorative ivy patterns stamped to upper boards in... More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1909]. [Metaphysical Poetry] FIRST DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto, unpaginated. 110 quatrains, printed on the recto of each leaf. Text reprinted from Fitzgerald's second edition. With 20 chromolithographic plates, including a frontispiece, by Edmund Dulac; each with a tissue guard. A contemporary binding by R.... More
Peter Pan and Wendy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, no date [1911]. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm) pp.viii, 267; [3], blank. Black and white frontispiece, illustrated title page and eleven plates by F. D. Bedford. Bound in half dark green oasis morocco with raised bands and gilt decoration to spine, matching green... More
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Drama] UK PROOF COPY. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[10] 242 [4]. Publisher's pink monogrammed card wraps with a type-written label showing title, price and testimonials pasted to front cover. Very light wear and sunning to spine; some marks to edges. Near fine. More
Introduces Jamaica. Edited by Morris Cargill
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. [Travel book] FIRST STATE without Editor's name printed on the jacket panels. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.240, illustrated throughout with colour plates, map endpapers printed in colour. Publisher's russet cloth hardcover, gilt titles, top edge ochre, in photographic dust-jacket, priced at 42s. Book is near fine... More
The Christmas Tree Soldier.
London: George G. Harrap and Co., 1959. [Children's Christmas Story] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.176. With occasional in-text wood engravings by Price. Publisher's blue cloth with navy titles to spine and a navy stamped illustration to upper board. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. Very light... More
A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Burgundy cloth hardcover in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s. A very lightly handled copy in fine condition. 'A Small Town In Germany' is set in Bonn, the small and provincial capital of West Germany, where Le... More
Emperor Fu Manchu.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.221; [1], blank; [2], advertisements. Publisher's red cloth lettered in white to spine, striking pictorial dust-wrapper clipped and re-priced by the publisher at 6/6. A near fine copy of the book (slightly bumped), in an attractive wrapper with... More
Sweet as a Pickle and Clean as Pig.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.31; [1]. With fetching dichromatic illustrations by Gerard to every page. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Gerard, priced at 12/6. Some marking to cloth else a fine copy. More
The Borrowers. With Illustrations By Diana Stanley.
London: J.M. Dent, 1960. [Children's Illustrated] A FINE COPY. Sixth edition. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.159; [1]. With wood engravings printed in red by Diana Stanley, as well as a chromolithographic frontispiece. Red wood engraved illustrations to endpapers. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles and illustrations to spine. With the... More