"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. "
— Oscar Wilde
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Now These Days Are Gone.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Rock/pop]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE, number 296 of 350 copies. Large quarto (32 x 28cm), pp.256. Printed in Milan on 200gsm matt-art paper, illustrated throughout with photographs reproduced in duotone with image varnishing. Elaborately bound in full scarlet hide, blocked in gold and white to..... More
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[James Bond] Goldfinger Portfolio ['Steelbook'].
UK: 007 Magazine and Archive Ltd, 2014. [Film reference] LIMITED EDITION, No 132 of 350 numbered copies. Octavo, pp.350. Includes over a thousand images (many never seen before), call sheets, sketches, press releases and much more. Comb bound in colour-printed sheet-metal covers, wrapped in gold tissue paper and housed in..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636; [2]. Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards and matching dust-jacket illustrated by Giles Greenfield, priced at £14.99. As new (one small bump to corner present from the outset- this book has been carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication). The fourth..... More
The Collected Works of Yeats, in Verse and Prose. Being the Writings, Plays and Poems.
Stratford-on-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1908. FIRST COMPLETE WORKS. 8 volumes. octavo. Portrait frontispiece (including a Sargent charcoal drawing that makes Yeats look like Dr. Nikola without his cat) to four volumes (alternate: vol.I, III, V, and VII), title-page printed in red and black. Publisher's pale green linen spines with titles..... More
The Mysterious Island (part II): Abandoned.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1880. [Science Fiction Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192 [32]. With a selection of eight engraved plates by Ferat, including a frontispiece. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt;..... More
The Blockade Runners.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1876. [Historical Adventure] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION IN ENGLISH, first issue in soft covers. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] 120 [16]. With 14 engraved plates by Férat and Hildibrand, and a frontispiece portrait of the author by Bertrand. Publisher's grey pictorial card covers, priced..... More
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The Sign of the Four. [A Scandal in Bohemia].
New York, NY: American Publishers Corporation, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222. Publisher's mauve cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind decoration to boards. Ownership stamp to front pastedown. Hinges badly split, with rear fly-leaf lost and netting exposed. Heavily browned and..... More
The Sign of the Four.
New York, NY: The Mershon Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Duodecimo (17 x 12cm), pp.189 [3]. With a photographic frontispiece of the author. Publisher's tan cloth with red and green titles and decoration to spine and boards. Top edge gilt. Light toning throughout, with a few..... More
The Man With The Golden Typewriter. Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters.
London: Bloomsbury, 2015. [Letters] Edited by Fergus Fleming. SIGNED. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.391; [1]. Black hardcovers blocked in gilt, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £25. With black and white photographs. Third impression, autographed by Fergus Fleming in ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person for Adrian Harrington Ltd..... More
GoldenEye.
London, BCA by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. [Film novelisation] True first hardback EDITION, issued several months before the Hodder edition. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.218. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Some light handling. Near fine The author's second film novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. Gilbert, Jon;..... More
![James Bond] The World is Not Enough. A Companion. Iain JOHNSTONE](/pictures/thumb/57670.jpg?v=1596298989)
[James Bond] The World is Not Enough. A Companion.
London: Boxtree / Macmillan. 1999. [Film reference] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 15cm) Pp.173. Cloth hardback in photographic dust-wrapper showing Pierce Brosnan as 007. Features the incorrect ISBN number on the barcode of the jacket (this appears to be the case with every copy- no corrected edition or..... More
Burning Daylight.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1910. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 361 [15]. With eight black and white half-tone plates illustrated by Morgan, including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with white titles and green and blue decoration to spine and upper. Black ink..... More
A Knight of St. John. A Tale of the Siege of Malta.
London: Blackie and Son, 1906. [Children's Historical Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.384 [16]. With eight black and white plates by Rainey, including a frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and colour decoration to spine and upper. All edges green; grey endpapers. Blue ink gift inscription to..... More
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A Series of Unfortunate Events [1-11]. The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, The Ersatz Elevator, The Vile Village, The Hostile Hospital, The Carnivorous Carnival, The Slippery Slope, The Grim Grotto, and The Unauthorized Autobiography.
London: Egmont [and] New York, NY: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001-2004. [Children's Fantasy] MIXED COLLECTION. 12 volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 28cm). With in-text illustrations by Helquist. Including volumes 1-11 of the series (lacking volumes 12 and 13), as well as the autobiography. All UK first editions, except volumes 6 and 7..... More
Floating Island, or, The Pearl of the Pacific.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, no date [circa 1897]. [Science Fiction] EARLY EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.viii; 382 [2]. With 79 illustrated plates including a frontispiece by Benett. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and pink, blue and black decoration to spine and upper. School bookplate to front..... More
Round the Moon: A Sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon."
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, no date [circa 1891]. [Science Fiction] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With nine engraved plates by Bayard and De Neuville. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and black and blue decoration to spine and upper. Some browning to endpapers..... More
The Tribulations of a Chinaman.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885. [French Literature] VINTAGE COPY, a later edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.ii-viii; 262 [2]. With a selection of six engraved plates by Benett (frontispiece and one other plate not present). Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine..... More
The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. [African Adventure] EARLY UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191 [17]. With nine engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by Ferat. Publisher's puce cloth with gilt and black titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt. Repairs to starting hinges. Somewhat..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: Charles Broadway Rouss, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.188 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Front fly-leaf detached. Repairs to split rear hinge. Extremely heavily browned and brittle throughout. Moderate wear to cloth, with toning and marks..... More
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His Dark Materials [Tenth Anniversary SIGNED set]. Northern Lights [Golden Compass]. The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2005. [Fantasy Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SET. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 17cm). Each volume one of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the author. Hardbacks with dust-jackets, housed in matching slipcases. As-new copies, each volume in the original shrink-wrap. Fine. A special edition celebrating the 10th..... More
The Tenth Man.
London: The Bodley Head and Anthony Blond, 1985. [Wartime thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.158; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth hardback with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey priced at £6.95. A clean, fine copy. An utterly gripping story of a wealthy French lawyer being..... More
Harry Potter and the The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 2007. Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.608. Publisher's hardcovers in dust-jacket. This is the adult cover version. Some light handling; near fine. Philip Errington, "J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography 1997-2013" (London: Bloomsbury, 2015), A14(a). More
The Works of Alfred Tennyson. Poet Laureate.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. [Complete Works] FINELY BOUND, a later printing thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4] viii; 900 [6]. With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Very fine contemporary brown full crushed morocco, possibly by Zaehnsdorf or similar, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine. All..... More
The Ingoldsby Legends. Or, Mirth and Marvels.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [Strange Tales and Humour] FINE PRIZE BINDING, a later printing thus. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xvi; 546 [2]. With 20 engraved plates, including a frontispiece, by various artists. Contemporary full tree calf for Sherborne School by BICKERS & SON, with raised bands, gilt titles..... More
Sidelights on Peking Life.
Peking: China Booksellers, 1927. [China] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.xviii; 135 [5]. With a (very rough) map of the city and 25 double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Illustrated bookplate of George H. Danton to front pastedown. Quite..... More