"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
New Arrivals
The Two Jungle Books.
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1980. [Children's Literature] COLLECTOR'S DELUXE EDITION, with publisher's preface and introduction by Bonomy Dobree. Octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.[6]; xviii; 383; [1], blank. With full-page colour plates by Gentleman. Bound in full green leather, gilt, with moire silk endpapers, ribbon marker, all edges gilt. Clean throughout..... More
Somewhere East of Life.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1994. [Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 391 [7]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the first leaf. With a colour illustrated frontispiece by Mayo. Publisher's grey full morocco, with gilt titles and decoration to spine..... More
God and My Right.
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's salmon cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Light spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Toned jacket shows some spotting to rear panel, light wear..... More
George's Marvellous Medicine.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1981. [Children's classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.96. With illustrations by Blake. In publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With dust-jacket also illustrated by Blake. Spotting to edges, otherwise internally clean. Some wear and toning to board extremities. Price-clipped jacket..... More
Hurricane Room.
London: Hemlock Press, 2026. [James Bond series] SIGNED FIRST PRINTING. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 356; [1]; [5], blank. Publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, illustrated dust-jacket priced at £18.99. With author's signature in black ink to the title page. Clean throughout. The lastest thrilling adventure featuring James Bond's fellow..... More
Ian Fleming. The Complete Man.
London: Secker Harvill, 2023. [Literary biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.821; [11], endmatter. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person by Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert of this firm, at the publisher's book launch party in London. With black &..... More
An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and other Magical Practices. Containing An Account of the Genii or Familiar Spirits, both Good and Bad, that are said to attend Men in this Life; and what sensible Perceptions some Persons have had of them: (particularly the Author's own Experience for many Years.) Also of Appearances of Spirits after Death; Divine Dreams, Divinations, Second Sighted Persons, &. Likewise the Power of Witches, and the reality of other Magical Operations, clearly asserted. With a Refutation of Dr. Bekker's World bewitch'd; and other Authors that have opposed the Belief of them.
London: Printed for D. Browne, J. Taylor, R. Smith, F. Coggan, and T. Browne, 1705. [Occult] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[16] 400. With a wood engraved frontispiece by Michael Vandergucht. Later brown full calf, gilt titles and tooling to spine. Text heavily toned and lightly spotted throughout. Annotations..... More
Erythroxylon Coca: A Treatise on Brain Exhaustion, as the Cause of Disease.
Helmsley: W. Allenby, Leeds: Joseph Dodgson, Syston: W. Tibbles, 1877. [Cocaine] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.311 [7]. Publisher's blue cloth, blind embellishment stamped to boards. Gilt titles to spine. Yellow endpapers. Doctor's and publisher's advertisements to rear, including more of Tibbles' medical remedies such as the 'child's restorer'..... More
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
London: Bloomsbury, 2003. [Children's Classic] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.766 [2]. Publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards with matching dust-jacket illustrated by Jason Cockroft, priced at £16.99. A clean, fresh copy, dark-stored since publication. The fifth Harry Potter adventure which was shortlisted for Prometheus Award [Libertarian Science..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, first impression. 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. A clean, fresh copy, dark-stored since publication. The fourth Harry Potter adventure, which was the winner of the 2001 'Hugo' Award..... More
James Bond and Moonraker.
London: Triad Panther Books, 1979. [Espionage novel] SIGNED FIRST PRINTING. A paperback original; published simultaneously with the Cape hardcover edition.Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.221; [1], blank; [2] advertisement, in softcovers illustrated with movie artwork priced at 85p. Autographed by Christopher Wood to the title page. Contents clean, small ink marks..... More
The Man With The Red Tattoo.
New York, NY: G.P Putnam's Sons, 2002. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First US edition, PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY. Published simultaneously with the UK hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author, 'For / Gary / Arigato // Raymond Benson'. Octavo, pp.[xii]; 289; [3], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, with publication details..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
New York, NY: G.P Putnam's Sons, 2001. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First US edition, PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY. Published simultaneously with the UK hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author, 'For / Dave / Wheeee! // Raymond Benson'. Octavo, pp.[xvi]; 310; [2], blank. Publisher's illustrated softcovers, with publication details..... More
Doubleshot.
New York, NY: G.P Putnam's Sons, 2000. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First US edition, PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY. Published simultaneously with the UK hardcover. Octavo, pp.xvi; 258; [2]. Publisher's green softcovers, printed in black. Marked 'FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE'. With author's warm inscription to half-title; For Dave..... More
High Time To Kill.
New York, NY: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1999. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First US edition, PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY. Published simultaneously with the UK hardcover. Octavo, pp.xii; 256; [2]. Publisher's blue softcovers, printed in black. Marked 'FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE'. With author's warm inscription to half-title; For the..... More
The Facts of Death.
New York, NY: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1998. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First US edition, PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY. Published simultaneously with the UK hardcover. Octavo, pp.[xii]; 260; [4]. Publisher's yellow softcovers, printed in black. Marked 'FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE'. With author's warm inscription to half-title; For /..... More
Zero Minus Ten.
New York, NY: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1997. [James Bond] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the First US edition, PRESENTATION/ASSOCIATION COPY. Published simultaneously with the UK hardcover. Octavo, pp.xii; 272; [2]. Publisher's red softcovers, printed in black. Marked 'FOR LIMITED DISTRIBUTION NOT FOR SALE'. With author's warm inscription to half-title; For /..... More
![Item #76138 Appointment with Death. [Hercule Poirot]. Agatha CHRISTIE, Dame](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/76138.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1788453152)
Appointment with Death. [Hercule Poirot].
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1938. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.252 [10]. Publisher's bright orange cloth, lettered to the back-strip in black. Contents and edge clean and fresh, neat ink name to endpaper, covers are bright and fresh but for sunned..... More
Hercule Poirot's Christmas.
London: Collins, 1939. [Festive mystery] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo, pp.251 [5]. Publisher's bright orange cloth, lettered to the back-strip in black. Contents clean, edges lightly tanned, single ink name 'Eyles' to endpaper, covers a little rubbed, sunned to spine and extremities. A seasonal case for the great Belgian detective..... More
![Item #76133 Dumb Witness [Hercule Poirot]. Agatha CHRISTIE, Dame](https://harringtonbooks-co-uk.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/76133.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1788453151)
Dumb Witness [Hercule Poirot].
London: Collins for the Crime Club, 1937. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.316; [4], advertisements. Publisher's red orange with black titles to spine. Trivial spotting/toning else contents clean, no ink names, covers lightly marked, sunned to spine ands extremities. A Hercule Poirot detective mystery, published..... More
The Principal Navigations Voyages Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Collected by Richard Hakluyt, Preacher, and Edited by Edmund Goldsmid.
Edinburgh: E & G Goldsmid, 1885. [Voyages & Travel, Geopolitics] FIRST EDITION thus, LARGE PAPER EDITION limited to 100 sets. 16 volumes bound as 10. Quarto (29 x 24cm), untrimmed. Title pages printed in red and black. Illustrated with seven full-page plates, compete, as follows; vol 1: four plates; vol..... More
Winston Churchill As I Knew Him.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode and Collins, 1965. [Churchill and Politics] FINELY BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.496. With 20 black and white photographic illustrations, including a frontispiece. Recent black half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and marbled paper-covered boards. Top edge black. Contents..... More
Herewith The Clues!
London: Published for the Crime-Book Society by Hutchinson and Co., 1938. [Interactive Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.64. Designed to look like a genuine dossier of evidence, clues, letters and notes relating to a murder investigation, bound together in an oversized manila-type card folder secured with red..... More
The Malinsay Massacre.
London: Published for the Crime-Book Society by Hutchinson and Co., 1938. [Interactive Crime Mystery]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.101. Designed to look like a genuine dossier of evidence, clues, letters and notes relating to a murder investigation, bound together in an oversized manila-type card folder secured with red..... More
Murder Off Miami.
London: Published for the Crime-Book Society by Hutchinson and Co., [July 1936]. [Interactive Crime Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), unpaginated. Designed to look like a genuine dossier of evidence, clues, letters and notes relating to a murder investigation, bound together in an oversized manila-type card folder secured with..... More