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The Day of The Jackal.
London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.357; [1]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in the iconic glossy pictorial dust-jacket designed by Tom Simmonds and Trevor Vertigan, priced at £2/40s. Signed by the author in bold black ink to the title page. A lovely fine copy... More
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. [Espionage thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket with printed price of 18/- net. Signed by the author as John le Carré to the title page. A lightly used copy with a little... More
War in the Midst of America. From a New Point of View.
London: Ackermann and Co., No date [1864]. [Civil War Cartoon Strip] INSCRIBED EARLY STRIP-CARTOON, THE ONLY EDITION. Circa 130 caricatures on 20 numbered folding panels, totalling about 36ft. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the second panel: 'R.G. Parnell, Esq. | from the author, | C.D.' All folded... More
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[Harry Potter] Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
New York, NY: Arthur A Levine/Scholastic Press, 2001. [Fantasy] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slim octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.42. A paperback original. A little creased to spine, minor handling/toning; near fine. Autographed in black ink by J. K. Rowling to the title page, with the author's authentication..... More
The Tales of Beedle The Bard. Translated from the original runes Hermione Granger.
London: Children's High Level Group, 2008. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.109; [1], blank. Publisher's pictorial blue and grey glazed paper boards and spine entitled in dark blue. Fine/as new. Autographed in blue ink by J. K. Rowling to the second half title/dedication leaf... 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
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
American Speeches. With a Foreword by the American Ambassador Charles G. Dawes.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. [Politics]. FINELY BOUND PRESENTATION COPY. First edition, octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.157; [3]. Signed and inscribed to the first blank "With best wishes for success | Ramsay MacDonald| 18/11/33.". Finely bound by Bain of London in red full morocco, raised bands and gilt titles to spine... More
Harry Potter Series, Complete Deluxe Set: The Philosopher's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of The Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; The Deathly Hallows.
London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2007. COMPLETE SIGNED SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTING, IN DELUXE BINDINGS. 7 volumes. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.223 [1]; pp.251 [5]; pp.317 [3]; pp.636 [4]; pp.766 [2]; pp.607 [1]; pp.607 [1]. Each volume SIGNED by the author, variously in blue and black ink, to half-title or dedication... More
Grapefruit.
London: Sphere Books, 1971. [Pop culture] First British paperback edition, SIGNED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING. Small octavo, softcovers, un-numbered pages. Accompanied by an interesting typed letter signed from the original owner documenting her 1971 meeting with the Lennons in her capacity as senior writer for Woman's Own, then the biggest-selling weekly... More
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