"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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Judas Unchained.
London: Macmillan, 2005. [Space opera] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.viii; 949. Publisher's maroon cloth with silver titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Jim Burns. Housed in publisher's limited edition slipcase. Signed by the author to the limitation page; this is copy 680 of 1000. Minor..... More
Fire and Blood. A History of the Targaryen Kings from Aegon the Conqueror to Aegon III.
London: HarperVoyager, 2018. [Fantasy worldbuilding] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.719. Illustrated throughout by Doug Wheatley. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gold to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claire Ward and illustrated by Larry Rostant. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine. As fans..... More
Glass Houses.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2006. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO LADY MOYNIHAN. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 470. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Gaynor | on your birthday | much love | and very many happy | returns | from Sandra.' Publisher's green..... More
A Week in December.
London: Hutchinson, 2009. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 392. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Angela | with best wishes | Sebastian Faulks | Winchelsea, October 26, | 2009.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Deep maroon endpapers..... More
Freedom and Reality.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1969. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 264. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at 35s / £1.75. Rubbing and bruising to jacket edges; some chips from..... More
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
Gallows Thief.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Historical Fiction/Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 281; [1], blank. With a nineteenth century coloured map of London as endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. With signature of the author in black ink to the title-page. Signature..... More
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] Signed LIMITED First Edition Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[12]; 782; [8]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in shiny black to spine, black dust jacket with white lettering, designed by William Webb, all edges black. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece and title pages, all by..... More
Absolute Friends.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2004. [Intrigue] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.383; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, purple endpapers, purple dust-wrapper with red and white titles, priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine/as new copy. A theatrical masterstroke..... More
British Pop.
Bilbao: Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2005. [Pop Art] INSCRIBED EXHIBITION CATALOGUE. Quarto softcover (27 x 20cm), pp.474 [2]. SIGNED by the artist Peter Blake in black ink, and additionally INSCRIBED by Livingstone in blue ink: 'For Edward | Marco Livingstone | 16.IV.09.' Both to title page. Text in..... More
Twiggy. A Life in Photographs.
London: National Portrait Gallery, 2009. [Fashion Photography / Sixties Culture] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto (28 x 23cm), pp.144. Publisher's glossy printed boards, dust-jacket. Signed by Twiggy to the title page. A fine copy. More
Snowdon on Stage. With a Personal View of the British Theatre 1954-1996.
London: Pavilion, 1996. [Performing Arts] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.157; [3]. Publisher's white paper covered boards, titles in black to spine, blind stamped to upper. Dust-jacket, with printed price of £35.00. Inscribed by the two contributors to the half title: "To Edward | with very best |..... More
America.
New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1985. [American Culture / Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.224. Black and photographs to every page with commentary by Warhol. SIGNED by Warhol in marker pen to the front cover, and again to the blank facing the contents page, also with..... More
Magne F, Payne's Gray.
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2004. [Art / Pop Music] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Square quarto (31 x 31cm), unpaginated. Publisher's printed cloth covered boards, black endpapers. Illustrated throughout. Signed and inscribed by the author to the first blank: "To Jane | M F | 13.04.12". Uncommon in any state, particularly so..... More
The Sea, The Sea.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1978. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, with a signed card from the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 502 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket reproducing a detail from a famous Hokusai woodblock print and an uncredited detail from a wall painting..... More
The Who Live. The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band In the World.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2000. [Rock Music] LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED by photographer Ross Halfin. Foreword by Pete Townsend. Strictly 1500 copies were available worldwide, this being copy number 1233. Includes a CD album of 'THE WHO LIVE AT LEEDS' pressed in gold especially for this edition. Folio, bound in quarter black..... More
Sisters Under the Skin.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1979. [Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Quarto (32 x 23cm), unpaginated, with numerous photographic portraits of notable women by Parkinson, many with accompanying text or quotations by various authors. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles..... More
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The Book-Bag [Book Bag].
Florence: G. Orioli, 1932. [Modern Literature] LIMITED EDITION. First separate edition. SIGNED by the author, beneath portrait frontispiece. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.109; [3], blank. Printed on handmade paper. Publisher's ivory cloth over pale blue paper-covered boards, edges untrimmed. striking two-tone dust-wrapper. Some minor dustiness and handling, bookplate of Norman..... More
Nineteen Stories.
New York: Viking, 1949. [Short stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.245. Publisher's blue cloth with titles blocked in dark blue, blue top stain, dust-jacket priced at $2.75. With signature of the author to flyleaf. Very light handling only; a fine copy Includes 'Across the Bridge', a gritty..... More
Nudes.
New York, NY: The Arts Publisher, 1986. [Art] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (38 x 34cm), Unpaginated, with 21 drawings, etchings, photographs, and chromolithographic reproductions of watercolours by Brandt, and a poem by Guest printed over four leaves at rear. Number 195 of 750 copies, signed by the artist in pencil..... More
The Walker Cup: 1922 to 1999, Golf's Finest Contest.
Droitwich: Grant Books, 2000. LIMITED 'AUTHOR'S EDITION'. Small Quarto. pp. xvi, 280. With frequent b/w photographic illustrations and colour frontispiece of the Royal and Ancient, St Andrews. SIGNED by the author, Sir Michael Bonallack and William C. Campbell to title-page. Number 126 of just 200 copies. In publisher's full blue..... More
Desert Vivant.
Paris: Societe Francaise Du Livre, 1954. [Film] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto. A fine copy, respined in cloth to style. Inscribed by the great and powerful Mr. Disney in customary flamboyant style to the verso of the half title. A sumptuous photographic collection of the animals and scenery of the Living..... More
The Bread-Winner. A Comedy in One Act.
London: Heinemann, 1930. First Edition, Second Issue, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Octavo, pp.[x]; 188. Publisher's red buckram stamped in gilt. Some minor wear and dustiness otherwise fine. With Maugham's autograph to flyleaf and marginal ownership signature of writer, historian and Man of Letters de V. Payen-Payne. More
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Deluxe Harry Potter With Unique Watercolour Painting.
London: Bloomsbury 2003. FIRST DELUXE EDITION. Octavo. The deluxe issue is a larger format in decorative cloth bindings and gilt titles to spine and upper with pictorial illustration laid down to upper board. This particular copy contains a UNIQUE ORIGINAL watercolour of Harry at his cauldron, by Jason Cockroft, the..... More
Puss in Boots. The Adventures of That Most Enterprising Feline.
London: Doubleday, 2000. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim Quarto (30 x 26cm). SIGNED by the author. Illustrated throughout by Ian Beck. Publisher's pictorial boards in matching dust-jacket, pictorial endpapers. A fine/as new copy. More