New Arrivals
Half in Shadow.
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1978. [Weird fiction] FIRST THUS. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.ix [3] 212 [4]. With a monochrome frontispiece. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tim Kirk priced at $8.95 to front flap. Grey endpapers. Fine, as-new. A collection of short..... More
A Glastonbury Romance.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1933. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 1174 [2]. Publisher's navy cloth, red titles to upper board and spine. Top edge blue. Publisher's advertisements to rear. Toning and spotting to endpapers, internally clean minus some faint splashing to a few..... More
Mister Babadook.
St Surry Hills, NSW: Causeway Films, printed by Insight Editions, 2016. [Horror Film Pop-Up] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (33x 26cm), pp.[54]. A hand-made pop-up book, illustrated throughout in black and white. One of 5000 copies thus, SIGNED by the Director, Jennifer Kent, in black marker to the limitation plate at..... More
The Racing Driver.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1958. [Motor Racing] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.207 [1]. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, as well as numerous in-text diagrams. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to verso of half-title: 'Best wishes | to Martin | from..... More
Hans Hotter: Man and Artist.
London: John Calder, 1983. [Opera Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.280. With occasional black and white photographic illustrations. SIGNED by both author and subject, in black and blue ink respectively, to the fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink photographic..... More
Operamania.
Wimbledon: Vernon & Yates, no date [1966]. [Opera Appreciation] FIRST EDITION, with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the author. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[8] 92 [4]. With occasional black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's cyan paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Also with a...... More
Amphitryon. A Comedy.
New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1962. [German Drama in Translation] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 80. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Jonas. Illustrated bookplate of Eric Salmon to front pastedown, otherwise crisp and clean..... More
Metamorphoses.
London: The Folio Society, 2008. [Roman Mythology] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. Large quarto (36 x 29cm), pp.xxxviii; 378. With an introduction, notes, an index, and 16 mounted colour plates showing paintings by Titian illustrating various stories from the Metamorphoses. Number 333 of 2750 copies thus, hand-numbered to the limitation page. Typeset..... More
High Time To Kill.
London: Coronet Books / Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.294. Publisher's softcovers, illustrated by David Scutt. Edges gently toned, some minor handling. Near fine. High Time To Kill, set in the Himalayas, is the The first 007 novel in 'The Union' trilogy..... More
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION, TRIPLE-SIGNED, with sketch drawing. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.274; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in silver to backstrip, photographic dust-wrapper priced at £16.99. Signed by author Raymond Benson in his customary sharpie to the title page, additionally signed by actor..... More
The Kemsley Manual of Journalism.
London: Cassell, 1950. [Reference] FIRST EDITION, second printing. Bibliographer's copy. Illustrated quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.i-xiv; 424; xvi-xlvi, advertisements. Publisher's cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 25'- net. Contents clean, p.o. bookplate/label to f.e.p. A fine copy in a slightly chipped jacket. Shows very well indeed..... More
Complete James Bond First Editions in Facsimile. Comprising Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only (short stories inc. From A View To A Kill and Quantum of Solace), Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Living Daylights (short stories).
[Jonathan Cape, London] First Edition Library, Shelton, Connecticut, [1953-66] 1980s-90s. [Thrillers] 14 volumes, small octavos (20 x 14 x 41cm). Replica hardcover volumes of foil-stamped bookcloth, illustrated dust-wrappers. The complete set in the original pictorial card slip-cases. Some trivial handling. All books in fine, unread condition, showing minimal handling to..... More
Mist, and Other Ghost Stories. Edited with an Introduction by Richard Dalby.
Dorset: Sundial Supernatural, 2015. [Ghost stories] LIMITED EDITION COPY, only 265 published. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.x; 182. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.50 to front flap. Black endpapers. Fine, as-new. The first reprinted edition of this incredibly rare 1928 series, its..... More
English Lyrics.
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1883. [Poetry] FIRST THUS, interesting provenance. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.xix [1] 296 [4]. With an original poem lovingly INSCRIBED to a front blank by Scottish writer S.R. Crockett to his future wife Ruth Mary Milner, dated 1883. Contemporary white paper boards, red titles..... More
Fleshmarket Close.
London: Orion, 2004. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.399; [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, Cheers!', with accompanying doodled face motif. Publisher's black cloth, with green metallic titles to spine and green endpapers. With the..... More
Dead Souls.
London: Orion, 1999. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.406; [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, Cheers!'. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £9.99. A near fine copy..... More
War and Peace.
London: Heinemann, 1961. [Russian Literature] FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[6] 1146. With a colour frontispiece and 40 further line-drawn illustrations by Groth. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Top edge purple. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at 42s. Lacking the loose card..... More
Stalingrad.
London: Viking, 1998. [Second World War] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 494. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. With..... More
The Temple Shakespeare.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1894. [Drama] FIRST THUS. A near-complete set of 40 volumes, lacking only 'Songs'. Sexto-Decimo in half-sheets (14 x 11 x 55cm). Each volume with an engraved frontispiece and decorated title page. Attractively printed on good paper in contrasting red and black ink. Publisher's stippled maroon..... More
The Quiet American.
London: William Heinemann, 1955. [Modern fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 247 [1]. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With dust-jacket illustrated by BGS, priced at 13/6. Contents clean with a very few spots to fore-edge, blue ink ownership hidden beneath flap, jacket..... More
A Story to Tell. And Other Tales.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1942. [Journalism/Fiction] FIRST EDITION, warmly SIGNED & INSCRIBED. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.223; [1], blank. Illustrated. Publisher's hardback cloth binding. With Fleming's ink presentation note to flyleaf; To my very dear Nana // a nice person if /ever there was one. // from / Peter / (scripsit)..... More
Variety. Essays Sketches and Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1933. [Journalism/Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.336. Illustrated. Publisher's hardback cloth binding. With Fleming's pencilled autograph and signature latin 'scripsit' ['He wrote it'] to flyleaf. Contents clean, some light age-related spotting to edges, binding gently handled. Decorative bookseller ticket to rear [French bookstore, Peiping..... More
Brazilian Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Exploration] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.376. RE-ISSUED 1966, first reprint. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket priced 30s. A fine, fresh copy. Virtually as new. Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British adventurer and travel writer, brother of novelist..... More
Brazilian Adventure.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1944. [Exploration] Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.376; [6]. RE-ISSUE, first reprint. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in illustrated dust-jacket priced 10s.6d. Cape's brochure for leather binings (advertising Fleming's works bound thus) tucked in. Contents clean, edges toned, bottom corner bumped, jacket with some..... More
Goodbye to the Bombay Bowler.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1961. [Journalism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.168. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced 15s. A particularly fine copy in jacket, very lightly toned to spine. Articles written for The Spectator by regular columnist Fleming ('Strix'). Lt.Col. Robert Peter Fleming OBE was a British..... More