"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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Good Drinks.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1939. [Cocktails] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.239 [1]. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at 4/6. Internally crisp and clean, with a little dustiness to top edge only. Lovely bright covers. Jacket toned and rubbed, with heavier browning..... More
Good Sweets.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1937. [Desserts] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.117 [3]. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at 2/6. A large pink bookseller's label to front fly-leaf. Spotting to edges, and a small point of loss to fore-edge of p.33/34, otherwise..... More
Vegetable Dishes and Salads for every day of the year. Collected for the British Growers Council, with a special chapter on Tomatoes and a section on Salads.
London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1938. [Cookery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.210 [6]. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards. Moderate toning throughout. Spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Spine very heavily worn, showing repairs, as well as large losses to head and tail. Light wear only..... More
Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.
Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1868-75. [Early Christian Theology] COMPLETE FINELY BOUND SET. 24 volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm). All English translations. Very finely bound in contemporary brown half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to contrasting red and green titles, and further gilt tooling to spines. Dark brown leather..... More
The Ipcress File.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1962. [Cold-War thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224. Publisher's orange cloth in original dust-wrapper (without reviews) designed by Raymond Hawkey. Owner name to f.e.p, minor wear and handling, a little rubbed to crown. Very good indeed. Author's debut spy novel, a landmark in the..... More
Carte Blanche. 'Bentley Edition' with engraved bullet.
London: Bentley 007 / Hodder and Stoughton, 2011. [Spy novel] LIMITED EDITION by Bentley Motors, No.135 of just 500 copies of their 'White' edition, issued with a chrome box in the shape of a Bentley GT as featured in the novel (a 'Red' edition was also issued, without the elaborate..... More
A Town Like Alice.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1950. [Modern literature] SIGNED First Edition. Octavo, pp.[6]; 332; [2]. Publisher's red cloth blocked in gilt to spine, top edge red, pictorial dust-jacket with price 10/6 to flap. Full signature of the author [Nevil Shute Norway] in blue ink to title page. Uniform toning to edges..... More
'Goldfinger' contained within 'Golf International' Magazine. Issue No.007, September/October 1998.
London: Golf International (Services) Ltd., Printed by William Gibbons & Sons, [1998]. [Sporting journal] Magazine format (30 x 20cm), pp.162. The story appears on pp.60-70, illustrated with stills from the 1964 movie. Publisher's colour-illustrated die-cut card covers, priced at £3.50. Fine, with some minor wear to foot of spine. Contains..... More
The Chinese Maze Murders, a Chinese Detective Story Suggested by Three Original Ancient Chinese Plots.
The Hague and Bandung: W. Van Hoeve Ltd., 1956. [Detective fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.302 [2]. With sixteen illustrations by the author. SIGNED by the author in burgundy ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with red titles to spine and upper, and a...... More
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[Harry Potter series] The Tales of Beedle The Bard. Translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger.
London: Children's High Level Group, 2008. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.109; [1], blank. Bound in half blue oasis morocco over marbled paper-covered sides, raised bands to spine, lettered in gilt, publisher's pictorial blue and grey glazed paper boards preserved at rear. Contents clean, exterior as new. A...... More
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His Dark Materials. Northern Lights [Golden Compass]; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2001. [Classic Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION of the complete award-winning trilogy in one volume, first impression. Large octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.1016. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, yellow ribbon marker and original pictorial dust..... More
Annabel: An Unconventional Life. The memoirs of Lady Annabel Goldsmith.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. [Memoirs] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xi; [3]; 274. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket, red endpapers. Illustrated with three photographic suites. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine, unread copy. Famous English socialite and later political..... More
In Wicklow and West Kerry.
Dublin: Maunsel and Co., 1912. [IrishLiterature] Octavo, pp.viii; 136. Publisher's parchment-backed grey boards, edges untrimmed. Decorative bookplate and ownership signature of Eve Fleming. Contents very good, covers show some use, spine browned, evidence of damp to eps. Very good. Evelyn Beatrice Sainte Croix Fleming (1885-1964), wife of Valentine Fleming, MP..... More
Poems.
Paris: Hours Press, 1930. [Verse] FIRST EDITION, limited issue, number 94 of 200 copies, signed by the author. Slim small folio, pp.18; [2]. Printed on hand-press paper. Publisher's cloth-backed red paper boards, edges untrimmed. Decorative bookplate and ownership signature of Eve Fleming. Contents clean, boards shelf-worn. very good. Evelyn Beatrice..... More
On His Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Ian Fleming Publications, sold through Goldsboro Books, 2023. [James Bond novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, number 637 of 1000 copies. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 161; [7], endmatter. Publisher's glazed boards (issued without jacket). Fine / as new. Purchased at the book launch even held at Goldsboro by..... More
Fear is the Key.
London: Collins, 1961. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by John Keay. With signed presentation note opposite title page; To / Dr, Strachelin, / with all good wishes / Alistair Maclean. [underlined]..... More
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. (Tom Sawyer's Comrade).
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. [Literary classic] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.xvi; 438 [34]. Catalogue dated October 1884. With 174 wood-cut illustrations by Kemble. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine and upper. Publisher's brown foliate endpapers. A few reading marks within, discreet rubber stamped name..... More
The Night and The Music. The Matthew Scudder Stories.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Telemachus Press, 2011. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Limited to 100 copies. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 237; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new. A collection of cases..... More
Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks.
London: Macmillan and Company, 1908. [Classic seafaring adventure story] FIRST EDITION. Crown octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.viii; 245; [1], blank; [2], ads. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, front board shows gilt titles and a scene in gilt of Harvey at hauling on a line in apparently rough seas, gilt titles..... More
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Trigger Mortis [together with] Forever and a Day [together with] With A Mind To Kill.
London: Orion Books [and] Jonathan Cape, 2015, 2018, 2022. [James Bond saga] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. Octavos (24 x 16cm), three volumes complete. SIGNED by the author in black marker to the title pages. Publisher's cloth bindings with cooloured endpapers, pictorial dust-jackets. Fine / as new throughout. The highly-accliamed trilogy of..... More
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes In ORIGINAL INDIVIDUAL PARTS [Strand Magazine] July 1891 to June 1892.
London: George Newnes, 1891. [Detective short stories] FIRST APPEARANCE of these famous Sherlock Holmes short stories in The Strand Magazine. July 1891 to June 1892. Magazine format in paper covers; twelve issues, complete. Contents clean, with acceptable toning. All covers present. Some expected wear and toning to the fragile wrappers..... More
"The Living Daylights" (released through United Artists). Aston Martin Assembly Manual.
[n.p.] 007 Magazine and Archive [1987, printed later]. [Film Reference] Spiral bound reproduction manual produced by 007 Magazine, for the modifications to be carried out on the Aston Martin V8 vehicles used by James Bond (played by Timothy Dalton) in the 1987 Eon Productions film. Fifteen card sheets printed on..... More
National Velvet. Drawings by Laurian Jones.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1935. [Equestrian classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 268 [10]. With occasional in-text illustrations by Jones. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pink and black typographic dust-jacket by Minns, priced at 7/6. Heavy browning and moderate spotting to..... More
Sketches in Bedlam; or Characteristic Traits of Insanity, as Displayed in the Cases of One Hundred and Forty Patients of Both Sexes, now, or Recently Confined in New Bethlem, Including Margaret Nicholson, James Hatfield, Patrick Walsh, Bannister Truelock, and Many Other Extraordinary Maniacs, who have been Transferred from Old Bethlem. To the Above are Added a Succinct History of the Establishment, Its Rules, Regulations, Forms of Admission, Treatment of Patients, &c. &c. By a Constant Observer. Skulduggery Pleasant.
London: Sherwood, Jones & Co., 1823. [Psychiatry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xl; 312. Attractively bound in period-style half speckled calf with twin red and green morocco labels lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled covered sides, deckled edges uncut. Contents with a few minor marks, half title repaired and..... More
Winnie the Pooh.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; [4] 158 [2]. Profusely illustrated in-text by Ernest Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge gilt; pictorial map endpapers. A moderately used copy with..... More