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Machines Like Me. And People Like You.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2019. [SF] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 319; [7]. Publisher's blue paper covered boards, silver titles to spine, blue endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Suzanne Dean with printed price of £18.99. Signed by the author to a tipped in title page. Fine/as new... More
Telescope Teachings: A familiar sketch of Astronomical Discovery; combining a special notice of objects coming within the range of a small telescope, illustrated by the author's original drawings; with a detail of the most interesting discoveries which have been made with the assistance of powerful telescopes, concerning the phenomena of the Heavenly Bodies, including the recent comet.
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1859. [Astronomy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.[2] xii; 212 [8]. With sixteen mono and dichromatic plates, as well as a vignette title page, from observational drawings by the author, each with a tissue guard. INSCRIBED by a relative of the author, Anne Ward, to..... More
The Cultured pearl.
London: Hammond, Hammond and Company, 1961. [Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.284; [1] blank; [3] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth, titles in green to spine, striking dust-jacket designed by Sax with printed price of 15s. net. Signed by the author to the title page. Internally fine, some..... More
The Themis Files. Sleeping Giants, Walking Gods, Only Human.
London: Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016, 2017, 2018. [SF] FIRST UK EDITIONS, FINAL VOLUME SIGNED. Three volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 10cm), pp,[6]; 304; [10]; pp.[6]; 324; [6]; pp.[8]; 336; [10]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gloss black to spines, black endpapers, pictorial dust-jackets. The third..... More
John Surtees: Motorcycle Maestro.
Derby: The Breedon Books Publishing Company, 2003. [Motor-Racing] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.224. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Number 111 of just 250 copies SIGNED and hand-numbered by the author in black ink to half title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine..... More
Gavin & Stacey: From Barry to Billericay.
London: HarperCollins, 2008. [British Sitcom] MULIT-SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.[8]; 216. Illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED in blue ink to title and verso of half title by members of the cast who play the 10 main characters; Pete, Bryn, Mick, Dave Coaches, Rudi, Pam, Gavin, Stacey, Smithy..... More
The Nutcracker.
London: Orchard Books, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.[32]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Illustrated in colour throughout by the author. Blue illustrated endpapers. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £11.99. A fine copy. More
Boa's Bad Birthday.
London: Andersen Press, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.[28]. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Illustrated by Ross in colour throughout. Red endpapers. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £11.99. A fine copy. More
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass.
no place, 2000. [Children's literature] SIGNED PROMO. Printed paper flyer for The Amber Spyglass pasted to a composite card Scholastic promotional plaque signed and dated by Philip Pullman. Overall size 42 x 30cm. Very light bumping to edges and general wear but essentially fine. A promotional item to celebrate the..... More
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His Dark Materials [Tenth Anniversary SIGNED set]. Northern Lights [Golden Compass]. The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2005. [Children's Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SET. Three volumes. Octavo (21 x 17cm). Each volume one of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the author. Hardbacks with dust-jackets, housed in matching slipcases. As-new copies, each volume in the original shrink-wrap. Fine. A special edition celebrating the 10th..... More
Maskerade.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1995. [Fantasy Satire] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.285 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Josh Kirby, priced at £15.99. Black ink gift inscription to flyleaf. Jacket..... More
Undercover Princess.
London: Penguin Books, 2017. [Children's literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 378. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine, decorative endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Qing Han with printed price of £12.99. Signed by the author to a tipped in title page. Fine. The first instalment of the..... More
Sammy Miller Story.
No place: Privately printed, 1993. [Motorcycling] SIGNED BY SAMMY MILLER. First edition, octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.168. Publisher's blue cloth, grey endpapers, dust-jacket. Inscribed by Sammy Miller to the flyleaf. Lightly handled with a few tiny marks to the price clipped wrapper. Fine. More
Where There's a Will.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2003. [Reflections on life] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.x; 182. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, claret endpapers, dust-jacket featuring artwork by Tony Healey with printed price of £17.99. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page..... More
The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop.
London: Puffin, 2016. [Children's fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 232; [16]. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £10.99 with signed copy sticker. Signed by the author to the title page. Slight bump to top of spine else a...... More
The Cruel Victory. The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944,
London: William Collins, 2014. [Military history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), xxii; [2]; 472. Publisher's grey cloth, gilt titles to spine, red endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £25. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrated with two photographic suites. Edges toned, cloth and wrapper lightly..... More
East of Croydon.
London: Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018. [Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 382; [4]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in metallic blue to spine, blue endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Kate Barsby with printed price of £20. Signed by the author to the title page. Slight..... More
The Singing Bones.
London: Walker Studio an imprint of Walker Books Ltd., 2016. [Illustrated] LIMITED EDITTION. Quarto (32 x 21cm), pp.208. Limited edition presented in a toggle fastened clamshell box accompanied with two signed and numbered prints. Housed in the original printed cardboard mailing box. Still in the publisher's shrink-wrap. Fine/as new. A...... More
The Downing Street Years.
London: Harper Collins, 1993. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 914. With nineteen double-sided photographic plates divided into five suites. Signed by Baroness Thatcher to a tipped in blank between half-title and title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, photographic dust-jacket..... More
Lady Midnight. The Dark Artifices Book One.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2016. [Fantasy] SIGNED SPECIAL EDITION. First UK edition, octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[12]; 668; [42]. A special edition produced for Waterstones bound in dark blue cloth with repeating gilt rune designs and text to all faces, blue/green endpapers, signed by the author to a tipped in..... More
Andersen's Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. [Fairy tales] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED deluxe issue. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.288. With twelve full-page coloured plates with tissue guards and many full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's gilt-stamped parchment over boards, top edge gilt, others..... More
Birthday Letters.
London: Faber and Faber, 1998. [Poetry] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First edition, second impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.ix; [1]; 198. Publisher's light blue paper covered boards, titles in cream to spine, dust-jacket featuring a painting by Frieda Hughes with printed price of £14.99. Signed by the author to the..... More
The Day's Alarm.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1949. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.53; [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red and cream patterned paper over boards. With the cream decorated dust-jacket with red titles, priced..... More
Inkspell.
Frome: The Chicken House, 2005. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[2]; 682; [6]. With occasional vignette illustrations by the author, as well as a map and chapter head illustrations by Carol Lawson. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's green cloth with gilt..... More