"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht

London: William Heinemann, 2007. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 264. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £15.99. Lightly browned throughout. A fine copy. The sixteenth in..... More
San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books, 2004. [Pop Music] SIGNED BY THE KINKS. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.352. Illustrated with occasional black and white photographs. SIGNED by Ray Davies, Mick Avory, Jim Rodford, and Ian Gibbons in black and blue marker to inside front and rear covers. Publisher's photographic soft covers..... More
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2011; 2012; 2013. [Children's Adventure Sequels] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS, one volume SIGNED by the author. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 216 [2]; pp.[6] 234; pp.[6] 293 [5]. Frequent in-text illustrations by Joe Berger. Volume I SIGNED by the author with a doodle in black..... More
London: Iconic Images, 2016. [Photographic memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (38 x 27cm), pp.288. Printed on Italian paper with over 180 photographs - many unpublished or rarely seen. Includes related articles reprinted from Melody Maker and Rolling Stone magazine. Housed in a luxury orange silk clamshell box decorated with a...... More
New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977. [Classic Horror Film Novelisations] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes, all being paperbacks in a uniform cover design. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.xii; 194; pp.xii; 194 [2]; pp.xii; 212; pp.xii; 212; pp.xiv; 210; pp.x; 166. All featuring frequent images from the black..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2001. [Harry Potter] ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTING, IN DELUXE BINDINGS, each book with a fine colour illustration by the artists responsible for the cover artwork, namely Thomas Taylor, Cliff Wright, Giles Greenfield and Jason Cockcroft. Most are additionally dated by hand, 2002-5. Seven hardcover books, with two..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2017. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 243 [3]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2020. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 154 [2]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2017. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 239 [7]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2016. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 259 [1]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
London: Bantam Press, 2018. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 307 [7]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and red endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £20.00. Edges very slightly toned. A fine..... More
London: faber and faber, 2013. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 348 [12]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Edges very slightly toned, with a promotional sticker..... More
London: Bloomsbury, 2017. [Drama] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[4] 120 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced by hand to sticker on back cover at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy. A political comedy from the writer of 'x+y' (2015)..... More
Athens: Graphopress, 2004. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.71 [7]. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf, dated 8th October 2005. Publisher's soft covers with a newspaper from March 1985 loose at rear. Very light handling. Near fine... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004. [Fantasy] Signed First Edition. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10] 782 [8]. SIGNED by both the author and the artist in black ink to title page. Contains several rather haunting illustrations, including frontispiece, by Portia Rosenburg. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine. With the white..... More
London: National Theatre, 2003. [Theatre] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.120. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. SIGNED by both Butler and Pullman in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black soft covers, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. All about how the 'His Dark Materials'..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Shipwreck Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 262 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Francis Russell Flint. Blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. Spotting to..... More
London: Collins, 1983. [Hostage Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[2] 314 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Jean-Pierre Trevor, priced at £8.50. A lovely crisp, fine copy; almost as-new..... More
London: Collins, 1981. [Nazi Hunter Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 315 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrate by Tony Masero, priced at £6.95. A lovely crisp, fine copy; almost..... More
London: Heinemann, 1966. [Missile Test Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 236. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Edward Tan, priced at 18s. Minor light handling. A lovely fine copy..... More
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Henry Holt, 2014. [Detective mystery] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 290; [4]. Number 59 of 100 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's quarter black leatherette with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over..... More