"You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me."
— C. S. Lewis
Signed & Inscribed
Lady on the Burning Deck.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, Association Copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.218 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to dedication page: 'As it says—for Phyllis— | and of course with love— | Catherine | Catherine Heath | August 78.' Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt..... More
Stone Walls.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. [Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, Association Copy. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.221; [1]. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, brown topstain, dust-jacket with wraparound design by Leigh Taylor with printed price of £2.25 net. Inscribed by the author to the half title page: "For Phyllis |..... More
Music, A Joy for Life.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1976. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Square Octavo, pp.204 [4]. With numerous b/w illustrations and a colour plate section. In publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to front free end-paper. A fine copy... More
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Darkmouth, Darkmouth Worlds Explode, [and] Darkmouth Chaos Descends.
London: Harper Collins Children's Books, 2015, 2015, 2016. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED IN VOLUME ONE. Three volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 12cm). Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spines, black endpapers, dust-jackets illustrated by James de la Rue. Signed by the author to the title page of..... More
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Catch-22 [typed extract SIGNED].
no place, no date. [Modern literature] Typescript beginning "It was love at first sight", taken from the opening chapter 'The Texan' of the classic war satire 'Catch-22' by Joseph Heller. Comprises 15 lines of text below general title, author's name and chapter heading. Signed at foot in black ink by..... More
Naked Came the Manatee
New York: Putnam, 1996. FIRST EDITION, multi-signed. Octavo, pp.201; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. A fine copy. A mystery parody comprising thirteen chapters, each written by a different Miami-based author writer. This is one of a small number SIGNED BY ALL THIRTEEN CONTRIBUTORS. More
Blood Fever.
London: Puffin Books, 2006. [Spy caper] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. A paperback original, pp.372; [2], advertisements. Signed by the author in my presence. A very fine/as new copy. The second episode in the acclaimed 'Young Bond' series, which follows the adventures of a teenage James Bond whilst at Eton School. Gilbert..... More
Blood Fever.
London: Puffin Books, 2006. [James Bond Spin-Off] SIGNED FIRST HARDBACK EDITION, following the trade paperback, LIMITED to 999 copies. SIGNED by the author. Octavo, (20 x 13cm), pp.[x]; 372; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth boards blocked in gilt to the spine, red endpapers, pictorial jacket priced at £25, in illustrated..... More
SilverFin (Young James Bond series).
London: Puffin Books, 2005. [James Bond Spin-Off] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback in dust-wrapper, housed in an illustrated slipcase. One of 999 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap. The first episode in the acclaimed 'Young Bond' series..... More
The Kinks All Day and All of the Night. Day-by-day concerts, recordings and broadcasts, 1961-1996.
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
La Corona and the Tin Frog.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. [Children's illustrated] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Slim quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.[32] unpaginated. Publisher's glossy illustrated boards with printed price of £3.50 to rear board, dark blue endpapers. Signed by Nicola Bayley to the title page. Illustrated throughout. One tiny scuff to rear panel..... More
Jim's Lion.
London: Walker Books, 2014. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.82 [2]. A new edition illustrated partly as a comic strip by Deacon, and SIGNED by him in black ink to the dedication page, dated June 2014. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced..... More
Soonchild.
London: Walker Books, 2012. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.142 [2]. With in-text sketches by Deacon. SIGNED by the illustrator in purple ink to title page. Publisher's illustrated cream paper over boards, with black titles to spine and upper, and blue illustrated endpapers. With the illustrated..... More
Harvest in the North.
London: J.L. Hodson, 1955. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED TO CLEMENT ATTLEE, ninth edition reprinted by the author. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.447 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For the Rt. Hon. C.R. Attlee O.M., | with every good wish and | congratulations on his recovery..... More
The Glassmaker's Daughter.
London: Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2017. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[32]. With fine colour illustrations by Ray to every page. SIGNED by both author and artist in black ink to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and green endpapers, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new..... More
How to Be Good.
New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2001. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[12] 305 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in black marker to title page: 'To Bill, | Best wishes, | Nick Hornby.' Publisher's red quarter cloth with black titles to spine, yellow paper over boards..... More
How to Be Good.
London: Viking, 2001. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 244 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Bill, | Nick Hornby.' Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Red endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Toned low-grade paper-stock..... More
A Long Way Down.
London: Viking, 2005. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 257 [7]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Bill | Best Wishes | Nick Hornby.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Hamilton +..... More
Trigger Mortis.
London: Orion Books, 2015. [James Bond Continuationl] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 310 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and large skull motif blocked to upper in silver. Blueprint-style endpapers. With the silver blueprint-style..... More
The Willows in Winter.
London: HarperCollins, 1993. [Children's adventure novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.295; [1] note. Publisher's blue cloth with titles and silhouette of Mr Toad to in gilt to spine, cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper shows Mole striding across winter scene, priced at £12.99. Signed in black ink to title..... More
Rogue Justice.
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.174 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author 'For Jean Hills | with love from | Geoffrey | 20.X.92' in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates..... More
Glass Houses.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2006. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED TO LADY MOYNIHAN. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 470. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Gaynor | on your birthday | much love | and very many happy | returns | from Sandra.' Publisher's green..... More
How to Ride a Bike: from starting out to peak performance.
London: Hamlyn, 2018. [Cycling] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.224. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED by Hoy in black marker to publisher's bookplate on flyleaf. Number 975 of an undisclosed number thus. Publisher's photographic paper-covered boards, priced at £20, with cyan endpapers. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Our Little Manchurian Cousin.
Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Company, 1933. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xvi; 106 [6]. With six half-tone illustrations, including a colour frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author rather lavishly in green ink to fly-leaf: 'Miss Mabelle Aubrey | a very princessly [?] | lovely soul. |..... More
Fine Clothes to the Jew.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. [Folk Music/Lyrics/Verse] Third Printing INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.90; [4]. Publisher's purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper, illustrated dust-wrapper. With presentation note to flyleaf; "For Mrs Holmes- | these songs | and poems - | Sincerely..... More