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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
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
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 Bird in the Bush.
London: Country Life, 1936. [Ornithology] LIMITED AUTOGRAPHED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.[8]; 146; [2]. Number 189 of 550 copies SIGNED to the limitation page in black ink by both Young (Lord Kennet) and Scott. With 23 illustrations including a frontispiece, being a mixture of colour plates and in-text wood... More about A Bird in the Bush
Heart-Shaped Box.
London: Gollancz, 2007. [Horror] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x17 cm), pp.[8]; 368; [8]. Signed by the author in red ink to title page dated 3.20.07. Black hardboards with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper design and illustration by Edward Bettison. Clean and bright copy. As New. Written by the... More about Heart-Shaped Box
Signed Photograph of author H. G. Wells.
No place, no date [circa 1918]. LITERARY AUTOGRAPH. Black and white portrait photograph (19 x 12cm) of Wells at a writing table, in original brown card mount, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the subject to lower right corner; "With the warmest gratitude | H.G. Wells || August 1918 (underlined thrice)". Overall... More about Signed Photograph of author H. G. Wells
The Dead Side of the Mike.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1980. [Crime thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's red cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95 net. Inscribed by the author to the copyright page: "with love | from | Simon | 11th June 1980". Cloth sunned... More about The Dead Side of the Mike
Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM.
London: Viking, 2000. [Military and Humanitarian Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 530. With 12 black and white photographic plates arranged in three suites. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by... More about Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM
The Stones. A History in Cartoons.
Stroud: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2006. [Cartoons] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Slim square quarto (26 x 26cm), pp.160. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket. Signed by both Bill Wyman and Richard Havers to the title page. Wrapper price clipped. Cloth and wrapper lightly handled. Uncommon signed. Near fine. More about The Stones. A History in Cartoons
Jimmy Page. A Photographic Autobiography.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2010. [Rock music] FIRST EDITION. Folio, with 650 photographic illustrations. Limited edition, number 902 of 2500 copies SIGNED by Jimmy Page. Quarter bound in black morocco leather over unique perspex covers with screen-printed photograph portraits, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a leather and silk slipcase... More about Jimmy Page. A Photographic Autobiography
My Mum Tracy Beaker.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Young fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.224. Pictured throughout by Nick Sharratt. Publisher's illustrated hardcovers, red endpapers. Signed by the author to title page, in our presence (Olympia Book Fair Signing event). Absolutely fine. A lovely copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. More about My Mum Tracy Beaker
Travels with my Aunt.
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.319. Publisher's gilt-titled green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper. A marked-up copy containing numerous ink corrections which were incorporated into later editions, including The Collected Edition of 1980. From the office of Greene's literary agent, with associated correspondence... More about Travels with my Aunt
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 about British Pop
![The Most Famous Car in the World [the James Bond Aston Martin DB5]. Steve MASSEY](/pictures/thumb/54661.jpg?v=1567177114)
The Most Famous Car in the World [the James Bond Aston Martin DB5].
UK, 1991. [Bondiana] limited edition ART print after Stephen Massey, limited to 850 copies SIGNED and numbered by the artist, depicting the 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin DB5. Approximate total dimensions 56 x 48cm, image size approximately 35 x 24cm. Presented in an elegant archival window mount, professionally glazed with 2mm float... More about The Most Famous Car in the World [the James Bond Aston Martin DB5
![Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955;...](/pictures/thumb/54629.jpg?v=1567177114)
[Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955; Riding the Storm, 1956-1959; Pointing the Way, 1959-1961; At the End of the Day, 1961-1963.
London: Macmillan, 1965-1973. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS. All first editions, each volume SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Six volumes, octavo (22 x 15 x 28cm). Hardcovers in photographic dust-wrappers. A clean, near fine collection with a little wear to jackets; the odd nick or short tear. A striking set. Signed as... More about Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955;...
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