"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Avenger.
London: Bantam Press, 2003. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.347; [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Red endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Larry Rostant, priced at £17.99. Red 'signed copy from Blackwell's' label... More about Avenger
Doctored Evidence.
London: William Heinemann, 2004. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 245; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, map endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £15.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine/as new copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. More about Doctored Evidence
Saturday.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.279; [1] acknowledgements. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, photographic dust-wrapper with printed price of £17.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine copy. Signed by the author upon release and carefully stored... More about Saturday
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Charles Dickens' Complete Works. The University Edition. [Including] Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, Great Expectations, Bleak House, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, [etc.]
Boston, MA: Estes and Lauiat, 1882. [Complete Works] FINELY BOUND SET. Fifteen volumes. Octavo (19 x 14 x 55cm). With occasional wood engraved plates by various artists. Fine contemporary dark brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, and marbled paper over boards. All edges and... More about Charles Dickens' Complete Works. The University Edition. [Including] Pickwick Papers, The Old...
Sharpe's Fury.
London: Harper Collins, 2006. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 407; [3]. Publisher's cloth, pale blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Autograph obtained in person upon release. An as new/unread copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Another episode in... More about Sharpe's Fury
Twelve Seconds to Live.
London: William Heinemann, 2002. [Nautical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 310. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with illustration by Geoffrey Huband with printed price of £16.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine as new copy. More about Twelve Seconds to Live
Deadline at Dawn.
Cleveland, OH and New York, NY: World Publishing Company, 1946. [Noir fiction] FIRST EDITION thus, Tower Motion Picture Edition (film tie-in) Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.220; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth blocked in green, endpapers featuring stills from the RKO film, further stills within, photographic dust-wrapper. Text block toned, discreet... More about Deadline at Dawn
Man of War.
London: Bantam Press, 2007. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 349; [1], blank; [1], Roll of Honour; [5], blank. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in brown ink to title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated Battleship endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced... More about Man of War
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: Harper Collins, 2000. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 277; [3], blank. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. Author's signature in black ink to title page. Signature obtained in person upon release. An as new/unread copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication... More about Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 339; [6]. With a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine/as new copy. A naive young interpreter stumbles into... More about The Mission Song
Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810.
London: Harper Collins, 2004. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 351; [7], blank. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title-page. Some marking to board edges else fine. Another instalment in... More about Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810
A Child's Christmas in Wales.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1978. [Children's classic] FIRST ARDIZZONE ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Slim quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.45. Pictorial dust-jacket, with the design repeated to the boards, coloured endpapers. Numerous illustrations by Ardizzone throughout the text both in colour and in black and white. Slight damp marking to margins throughout... More about A Child's Christmas in Wales
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston. Being Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Sherston's Progress.
London: Faber and Faber, 1937. [Memoirs] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.[ii]; 804. Elegantly bound in deep red half calf, gilt-lettered to black title labels, raised bands and top edge gilt, matching cloth sides. Faintest spotting within; exterior unmarked. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding... More about The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston. Being Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an...
A Maigret Omnibus. Comprising: Maigret Right and Wrong (Maigret in Monmartre and Maigret's Mistake); Maigret Has Scruples; Maigret and the Reluctant Witness; Maigret Goes to School.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.525; [3]. Elegantly bound in dark blue half calf, gilt-lettered to black red labels, raised bands, matching cloth sides. Contents clean; exterior unmarked. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. More about A Maigret Omnibus. Comprising: Maigret Right and Wrong (Maigret in Monmartre and Maigret's...
The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne.
London: Methuen and Co., 1950. [Children's classic] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xii; 178. Beautifully illustrated by Mr. Rackham with twelve full colour plates, including frontispiece, plus several line drawings. Elegantly bound in deep red half calf, gilt-lettered to black title labels, raised bands and top edge gilt... More about The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne
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Jeeves and the impending Doom [within] The London Omnibus. Introduction by Carl Van Doren.
New York, NY: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1932. [Classic Humour] FIRST ANTHOLOGY EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm). Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in dark green, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at $2.50. Jacket just a touch dusty and marginally sunned to spine else a particularly fine copy which appears to be... More about Jeeves and the impending Doom [within] The London Omnibus. Introduction by Carl Van Doren
Slan.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1953. [SF] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 247; [3]. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and silver atomic motif to upper, striking dust-jacket designed by Pagram with printed price of 10s. 6d. net. Internally fine, some toning to endpapers and spotting... More about Slan
The Voyage of the Space Beagle.
London: Grayson and Grayson Ltd., 1951. [SF] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, striking dust-jacket designed by CWB with printed price of 8/6 net. Internally fine, some spotting to edges, toning to endpapers. A few marks to cloth. Wrapper shows... More about The Voyage of the Space Beagle
The Complaisant Lover. A Play.
London: Heinemann. 1959. [Drama] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.77. Publisher's blue cloth in pale green printed dust-jacket, priced at 8/6. In a very good, lightly toned and spotted jacket. Near Fine. A bright example of this Graham Greene comedy, the third of eight plays from this most gifted... More about The Complaisant Lover. A Play
The Lacquer Screen. A Chinese Detective Story.
London: Heinemann, 1964. [Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (18x 12cm), pp.181; [1], blank; [Postscript]; [1], blank. With ten illustrations drawn by the author in the Chinese style. Publisher's purple cloth lettered in gilt to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated dust-wrapper designed by the author priced 15s. Contents fresh, wrapper bright and... More about The Lacquer Screen. A Chinese Detective Story
Maiwa's Revenge; or, The War of the Little Hand.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.iv; 216; 16, advertisements. Bound in publisher's black cloth with stylised carved titles in red to front board and spine, pale green swan design endpapers. Some spotting, edges of text block a little toned, a couple... More about Maiwa's Revenge; or, The War of the Little Hand
The Mahatma and The Hare. A Dream Story.
London: Longman's, Green, and Co., 1911. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[xii]; 165; [3], blank. With twelve illustrations by W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock. Publisher's red cloth with pictorial upper. A couple of vintage tape marks to endpapers else internally clean. Binding is fine but for faded... More about The Mahatma and The Hare. A Dream Story
Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek.
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1899. [Adventure Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.x; 348, with 8 full-page illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth, bevelled edges, gilt titles, black endpapers. Lightly handled, bumped to crown; generally a pleasing, bright copy. A Bleiler-listed fantasy novel set during the Boer trek of 1836... More about Swallow. A Tale of the Great Trek
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The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; [and] The Return of the King.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1966. [Fantasy Classic] All first impressions of the SECOND EDITION, revised throughout with a new foreword by the author and issued with a new dust-wrapper design. Three volumes. Octavo (24 x 16 x 10cm), pp.[4]; 423; [1]; pp.352; pp.440. Each volume complete with the folding... More about The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; [and] The Return of the King
Attack Alarm.
London: Collins, 1941. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.252; [4], advertisements. Publisher's off-white cloth lettered in red to spine. Ink inscription else contents clean, binding with some rubbing, discoloured in places. Very good. Espionage novel based on the wartime events witnessed by Hammond Innes while stationed at... More about Attack Alarm