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Demon Road Trilogy. Demon Road; Desolation; American Monsters.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015-2016. [Young Adult Fantasy] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, two volumes SIGNED. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] 508 [4]; pp.460 [4]; pp.362 [6]. Volume I SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Signed Limited Edition' leaf; volume III SIGNED by the author in black marker..... More
By Its Cover.
London: William Heinemann, 2014. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[8] 237 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new..... More
End Zone.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. [Satire] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[8] 242 [6]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and upper. Top edge green. With the black dust-jacket illustrated by Paul Bacon, priced at $5.95. Spotting to top edge and some light handling. A fine..... More
Five Screenplays. The Servant; The Pumpkin Eater; The Quiller Memorandum; Accident; The Go-Between.
London: Methuen & Co., 1971. [Television Screenplays] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 367 [3]. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the orange dust-jacket priced at £3.75. Very light handling. A fine copy. Four television dramas adapted by Pinter from novels by other authors..... More
The Pious Agent.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 252 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £3.25. A fine copy. A Catholic assassin is recruited to hunt down Soviet agents in London. More
The Book and The Brotherhood.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 601 [1]. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Phillips. Signed by the author to the title page. Quite heavily browned low-grade paper-stock. Some light handling. Jacket price-clipped..... More
Coming Up For Air.
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
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999. [Fantasy novel] FIRST DELUXE EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.251; [1]; [1] reviews; [2] facsimile letters from fans; [1] black and white reproduction of cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, illustration by Cliff Wright of Ron and Harry in the..... More
Licence to Kill.
London: Coronet Books, 1989. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.219; [5], advertisements. Pictorial covers, showing Timothy Dalton as James Bond in the motion picture written by Micheal G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum. A lovely fine copy in nearly-new condition. Author's first film novelisation starring Ian Fleming's James Bond..... More
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For Bond Lovers Only [The Files on that Man].
London: Panther Books, 1965. FIRST PRINTING. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. Cheap paper stock toned as expected, some notes on ballistics to p.113 in pink pen, minor reading crease to spine but contents and photos intact (often split/cracked..... More
L.A. Confidential.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Press, 1990. [American Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 496 [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black quarter cloth with silver titles to spine, black paper over boards, and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated..... More
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1906. [Sherlock Holmes] FINELY BOUND SOUVENIR EDITION, later printings. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 341 [3]; pp.[10] 296. Each volume with engraved illustrations by Paget, including frontispieces. Recent navy half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to spines and matching cloth over boards. Top edges..... More
The Prince of Tides.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. [Southern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 567 [1]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey paper over boards, and light brown endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Wendell Minor, priced at $19.95. A fine, as-new copy. A...... More
Independence Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. [Modern Literature] SIGNED ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 451 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Carol Devine Carson. Some light marks and bumping to edges. Near fine. A sequel to..... More
Girl Online: Going Solo.
London: Penguin Books, 2016. [Young Adult Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[8] 331 [13]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's orange paper-covered boards titled in white and purple, priced at £12.99. Green endpapers. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A...... More
The Corrections.
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
Voices from the Sky: Previews of the Coming Space Age.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. [Space-Flight Essays] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[10] 241 [5]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the distinctive yellow Gollancz dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Toning to edges. A little oxidation to gilt on spine. Jacket toned, with chipping to edges. Very good..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, MI: E.A. Weeks & Company, no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (16 x 12cm), pp.201 [3]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Library stamp and black ink ownerships to fly-leaf, with some ink library numbers to front pastedown and rear..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
Chicago, MI: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., no date [circa 1900]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (16 x 12cm), pp.230 [4]. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles and decoration to spine and upper. Patterned endpapers. Heavily browned and very brittle throughout. Hinges split with netting showing at rear. Cocked, with light..... More
The Scarlet Pimpernel.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1920]. [Historical Adventure] YELLOW JACKET NOVEL. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.160. Publisher's distinctive yellow illustrated paper covers priced at 9d. Lightly toned, with some minor spotting to preliminaries. Covers lightly worn, with some small losses to head and tail of spine, and a...... More
Nada the Lily.
London: George Newnes, no date [1915]. [Historical African Adventure] SIXPENNY NOVEL. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.224. Publisher's blue illustrated paper covers. Light browning and spotting to edges and preliminaries. Only very light wear and spotting to covers. Old tape reinforcements to head and tail of spine. A remarkably crisp, clean..... More
A Study In Scarlet.
New York, NY: H.M. Caldwell Company, no date [circa 1897]. [Sherlock Holmes] PIRATE EDITION. Octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.[4] 216 [2]. With a photographic frontispiece of the author and four engraved plates by Hutchinson. Publisher's green cloth with titles and decoration in silver and red to spine and upper. Black..... More
The Pink Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1897. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 360. With 67 illustrations by Ford, including a frontispiece. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to spine and upper. Black endpapers; all edges gilt. Light occasional spotting throughout; browning to..... More
The Orange Fairy Book.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906. [Fairy Tales] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] xiv; 358 [2]. With eight colour plates, including a frontispiece, and 50 further illustrations by Ford. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to spine and upper. All edges gilt. A...... More
SeaFire.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [Spy thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (16 x 24cm), pp.247. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. Edges toned else a lightly handled copy in near fine condition. An original novel starring Ian Fleming's James Bond. BMC No.1 [1984] p.4-13 'James Bond Revivals'. Gilbert, Jon; Ian Fleming..... More