Signed & Inscribed
His Dark Materials [Tenth Anniversary SIGNED set]. Northern Lights [Golden Compass]. The Subtle Knife. The Amber Spyglass.
London: Scholastic Press, 2005. [Fantasy 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 unopened in the original shrink-wrap. A special edition celebrating the 10th..... More
Sally Lockhart Trilogy: The Ruby In The Smoke, The Shadow in the Plate and The Tiger in the Well.
Oxford University Press and Viking Books 1985, 1986, 1991. [Children's Literature] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes, octavos (23 x 15 x 8cm), the first being SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's hardcovers in illustrated jackets. Autograph of Philip Pullman in blue ink to title page of the first volume. Some expected..... More
Autograph leaf.
no place, no date [1994]. [Music] Single page removed from an autograph book, SIGNED by Pistol's bassist Glen Matlock, dated X-94. Approximate dimensions 11 x 15cm. Ideal for framing. Fine. Londoner Glen Matlock, (b. Aug. 27, 1956) was the original bass player of legendary punk band The Sex Pistols. Drummer..... More
Fools Die [Author's Master Galley Proof].
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. [Modern Literature] MASTER GALLEY PROOF. About 200 loose sheets 36 x 22cm, photocopied to one side only, with frequent corrections and notes in various inks and pencils by the editor, printer and author. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the editor..... More
Fools Die [Galley Proof].
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. [Modern Literature] GALLEY PROOF. About 140 loose sheets 36 x 22cm, photocopied to one side only, with occasional minor black ink notes, possibly by the compositor. Also with a roneo'd copy of the author's corrected typescript of the first chapter, totalling eight leaves..... More
The Godfather Papers, and Other Confessions [Author's Master Galley Proof].
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. [Literary Autobiography] MASTER GALLEY PROOF. 94 loose sheets 65 x 20cm, roneo'd to one side only, with frequent corrections and notes by the author in thick red and blue ink, and by the printer in black ink and red pencil. Impossibly long sheets are..... More
The Sicilian [Unrevised Typescript Draft].
New York, NY: Linden Press / Simon & Schuster, 1984. [Mafia Novel] TYPESCRIPT DRAFT. More than 400 standard sheets of US paper (29 x 23cm), loose in a plain brown card box. The lid is inscribed 'PUZO | The Sicilian' in red ink, with 'Unrevised | Draft' written in pencil..... More
Alex Box.
London: Rankin Photography, 2009. [Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Folio (37 x 30cm), unpaginated. Finely printed colour images of Rankin's collaboration with make-up artist Alex Box. INSCRIBED in blue ink to flyleaf: 'Enjoy the | book! | with love | Alex | Box x.' Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards with gilt titles..... More
Black & Blue. An Inspector Rebus Novel.
London: Orion, 1997. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 394. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with a 'noughts and crosses' doodle. Publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.99. Text block a...... More
The Complaints.
London: Orion, 2009. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xii]; 381; [7]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine and purple endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. A clean, fine copy. The..... More
Dead Souls.
London: Orion, 1999. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.406; [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, Cheers!'. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £9.99. A near fine copy..... More
Exit Music.
London: Orion, 2007. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 380 [10]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed, with doodled smiley face motif. Publisher's black cloth, with red metallic titles to spine and red endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
Exit Music.
London: Orion, 2007. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.380; [10], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine- Goodbye to Rebus?', together with his characteristic 'face' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with red titles to spine. With the..... More
Fleshmarket Close.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 2004. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, the author's own copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[16] 399 [5]. Copy number 1 of 90 copies thus, in a special binding and SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation leaf. Including 'An Appreciation of Ian Rankin' by Lee..... More
Fleshmarket Close.
London: Orion, 2004. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.399; [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, Cheers!', with accompanying doodled face motif. Publisher's black cloth, with green metallic titles to spine and green endpapers. With the..... More
The Flood.
Edinburgh: Polygon, 1986. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, the author's own copy. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.188 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Kerry Kirkwood, priced at £9.95. Including a letter detailing..... More
The Hanging Garden.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 1998. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, the author's own copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 335 [7]. Copy number 1 of 90 copies thus, in a special binding and SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation leaf. Including 'An Appreciation of Ian Rankin' by Andrew..... More
The Hanging Garden.
London: Orion, 2003. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.336; [7], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, all best!', together with his characteristic 'hangman's gallows' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine. With the..... More
Let It Bleed. An Inspector Rebus Novel.
London: Orion, 1995. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[6] 278 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's grey cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £15.99. A fine, as-new copy. The eighth Inspector Rebus..... More
The Naming of the Dead.
London: Orion, 2006. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.421; [1], blank. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, cheers!', together with his characteristic 'tic tac toe' doodle. Publisher's black cloth, with metallic blue titles to spine. With..... More
A Question of Blood.
London: Orion, 2003. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.360. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, additionally inscribed 'To Elaine, all best!', together with his characteristic 'hangman's gallows' doodle. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
Apocalypso.
London: Doubleday, 1998. [Humour / Science Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.271 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Thomas | from your friend and mine. | Robert Rankin.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket showing..... More
Ahmed and the Feather Girl.
London: Francis Lincoln Children's Books, 2010. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.[26]. With bright colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards, and magenta endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, priced..... 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
The Specials: How They Served London. The Story of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary.
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Great War Policing] FIRST EDITION with associated signature. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.xii; 223 [57]. With eight photographic plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Chief Staff Officer, Colonel Sir Edward Ward, SIGNED by Ward in blue ink to lower margin, and dated January 1921. Publisher's aquamarine..... More