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— Marcel Proust
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The Light's on At Signpost. Memoirs of the Movies, Among Other Matters
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 338. With two suites of black and white plates. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to title-page. Fine/as new. This autobiographical work concentrates on the 'Flashman' author's succesful role as a Hollywood screen-writer, having penned... More about The Light's on At Signpost. Memoirs of the Movies, Among Other Matters
The Czar's Spy. The Mystery of a Silent Love.
New York, NY: The Smart Set Publishing Co., 1905. [Spy Fiction] SIGNED COPY, an early book club edition from the same year as the first. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 314. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the publisher's advertisement facing the title page. Contemporary red half crushed... More about The Czar's Spy. The Mystery of a Silent Love
Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief. The "Inside Stories," by Actual Observers, of a Most Treacherous Deed Against a Great Indian Leader.
Los Angeles, CA: Wetzel Publishing Co., 1949. [Americana] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.87; [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'autographed for | Capt. Russell V. Steele | =R.A.M.C.= | Peuryhu Lodge | Gloucester Gate. London, | by the author | E.A. Brininstool |... More about Crazy Horse: The Invincible Ogalalla Sioux Chief. The "Inside Stories," by Actual...
Horse Under Water. Secret File No.2. A Novel by Len Deighton.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Cold War spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.255; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth, in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Ray Hawkey. Plain black endpapers. With presentation note to half title; "Thanks and | best wishes | Len Deighton". Light general wear, some soiling... More about Horse Under Water. Secret File No.2. A Novel by Len Deighton
Hornblower and The Atropos.
London: Michael Joseph, [1953]. [NAUTICAL FICTION] SIGNED BY VAL BIRO. Front panel from the printed dust-jacket for Hornblower and the Atropos presented in a plain mount signed by Val Biro in artist's pencil, the whole framed and glazed. (Overall size 38 x 30 cm). Faint vertical crease to the wrapper... More about Hornblower and The Atropos
Death in the Clouds.
London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1935. [Mystery novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.252; [4], advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine. With presentation note to flyleaf; 'From Agatha Christie'. Contents lightly foxed and toned, vintage black and white image of the Christie... More about Death in the Clouds
The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58.
London: Cassell, 1958. [Travel/ exploration] FIRST EDITION, Presentation copy. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvii; 338. With maps and illustrations, many in colour. Publisher's light blue cloth with silver titles to spine, map endpapers, photographic dust-wrapper priced at 30s. One of an unspecified number bearing a special printed booklabel SIGNED by... More about The Crossing of Antarctica. The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander.
London: Harper Collins, 1992. [Naval Memoirs] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 360. With six double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'for Colin Moynihan | Sandy Woodward | Dec '93.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine... More about One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636. Cover illustrations by Giles Greenfield. Publisher's pictorial hardback showing Harry escaping fire on his broomstick, illustrated dust-wrapper to the same design, priced at £14.99. Signed by the author on the dedication page together with the 'Golden ticket'... More about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, 2000. [Fantasy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED TWICE. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636. Cover illustrations by Giles Greenfield. Publisher's pictorial hardback showing Harry escaping fire on his broomstick, illustrated dust-wrapper to the same design, priced at £14.99. Signed by the author on the title page together with the 'Golden... More about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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 about Absolute Friends
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, limited issue. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 339; [6], with a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's hardback in pictorial cloth slip-case. A fine, unopened copy in the publisher's slipcase title and pictured in silver, with original shrinkwrap intact. One of... More about The Mission Song
Sorry You Missed the 60s - The Limited Editions.
Colchester: Silver Shutter Books, 2009. [Photography] SIGNED FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.148. SIGNED by the photographer in black ink to title page. Publisher's pictorial soft covers, with a flyer for the exhibition loose to preliminaries. In the original cardboard box. A fine, as-new copy. From the library... More about Sorry You Missed the 60s - The Limited Editions
America.
New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1985. [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 a heart. Publisher's... More about America
The Iron Ship. The History and Significance of Brunel's Great Britain.
Bradford-on-Avon: Moonraker Press, 1975. [Maritime History and Engineering] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.[6], 253; [1]. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, black and white photographs, and very occasional colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'To Jaqueline Iversen / with my thanks /... More about The Iron Ship. The History and Significance of Brunel's Great Britain
Life.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010. [Rock Biography / Autobiography] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.654. Hardcover with black and white plates, original dust-jacket. One of an unspecified limited number autographed by Keith Richards on a specially-printed 'exclusive signed edition' leaf, following the half title. A fine, unused... More about Life
Black Beauty.
London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1915. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.[4]; x; 226; [2]. Number 149 of 600 copies SIGNED by the illustrator (150 copies reserved for the American Market). With 30 mounted chromolithographic plates, including a frontispiece, by Kemp-Welch, and numerous in-text wood engravings... More about Black Beauty
England Expects.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1959. [Naval history] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.368. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge blue, pictorial dust-jacket featuring a painting by Harold Wyllie, with printed price of 25s net. Illustrated with eight double sided black and white plates and a.... More about England Expects
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