Signed & Inscribed
Transformer.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2003. [Rock and Pop] SIGNED DELUXE EDITION. Folio. Number 256 of 350 deluxe copies SIGNED by Lou Reed and Mick Rock on the title page. The total edition was 2,000, but Reed died before he could sign the 1,650 non-deluxe copies, which consequently only bear his facsimile..... More
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
With Blood and Iron.
London: Jarrolds, 1964. [Naval Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.288. SIGNED by the author in black ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with white titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Smith. Miss Cond's usual exemplary condition, with a...... More
Pirates! The true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, Female Pirates.
London, Bloomsbury. 2003. FIRST EDITION: By the author of the best seller Witch Child. Fine in like dust-jacket. SIGNED in red ink title page. More
Night Flights.
London: Scholastic, 2018. [Children's Fantasy Short Stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 183 [3]. With black and white illustrations throughout by McQue. SIGNED by the author in black ink to 'Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's purple cloth with silver titles to spine and silver decoration to upper..... More
Predator's Gold.
London: Scholastic Press, 2003. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 316 [12]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Red gear-illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Frankland, priced at £14.99. A fine, as-new..... More
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... More
All About Bond.
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] SIGNED COLLECTORS EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.185 [7]. SIGNED by O'NEILL in black ink to title page. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Terry O'Neill. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, gold endpapers, and photographic..... More
Trekking On.
London: Faber and Faber, 1936. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Fifth impression, octavo, pp. 351. Five folding maps. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in dustwrapper. Some occasional light spotting, some spotting to the edges. Slight wear and marking to the cloth with some bubbling to the rear of the..... More
The Best Man to Die.
London: John Long, 1969. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.184. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. A ticket to the Soho Theatre event 'Ruth Rendell and PD James, Head to Head' September 2012, attended by a well-known bookseller, suggests provenance..... More
The Face Of Trespass.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Psychological Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £2.00. Some rubbing to jacket edges; spine slightly..... More
A New Lease of Death. [The Sins of the Fathers].
London: John Long, 1967. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.184. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's dark brown material over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 21s. A lovely crisp, clean copy..... More
One Across, Two Down.
London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £1.50. Offsetting to endpapers, and..... More
Road Rage. An Inspector Wexford Mystery.
London: Hutchinson, 1997. [Crime fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[viii]; 328. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, green endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £16.99. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title page. A clean, fine copy. More
Between the Church and the Lighthouse. The History of Burnham and Berrow Golf Club.
Droitwich: Grant Books, 2002. SIGNED SUBSCRIBERS EDITION. Pott Quarto. pp. x, 182. With frequent b/w photographic illustrations. SIGNED by the author and Sir Michael Bonallack to title page. One of just 50 copies. In half green morocco with two raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt titles also to..... More
Harlemville.
Göttingen: Steidl Mack, 2003. [Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Oblong quarto (24 x 29cm), 40 unpaginated leaves with colour photographs printed to recto only. INSCRIBED by the photographer in black ink to flyleaf: 'For Edward, | All the Best | Clare Richardson | 27/07/04.' Publisher's oatmeal cloth with black titles to..... More
The Edge Chronicles: Vox
London: Doubleday, 2003. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.395; [6], blank. With illustrations. SIGNED by author-illustrator Chris Riddell in black ink to the title page. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Riddell, priced at £12.99. Text block a little dusty..... More
Green Fields and Running Brooks.
Indianapolis, IN: The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1893. [American-Irish Poetry Interest] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 224 [2]. With a SIGNED presentation slip tipped in to preliminaries, addressed to the notable Irish Nationalist MP Hon. T.P. O'Connor, and dated Christmas 1892. Publisher's brown cloth with a maroon strip to top..... More
Herb Ritts Calendar 1994.
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. INSCRIBED TO MEMBER OF LED ZEPPELIN. Small Quarto, unpaginated. With 28 black and white photographic images, subjects including Dizzy Gillespie, Madonna, Mel Gibson and David Bowie. Warmly INSCRIBED TO JOHN PAUL JONES by the artist in gold ink/paint to front free endpaper: 'To..... More
Robbo: My Autobiography.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. [Football Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; 310. With four suites of four double-sided colour and black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED by Bryan Robson in black marker 'To Robbie' to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with blue metallic titles to..... More
People of the Veil: Being an Account of the Habits, Organisation and History of the Wandering Tuareg Tribes which inhabit the Mountains of Air or Asben in the Central Sahara.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [North African Ethnology] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xvi; 504. With 51 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 11 maps and plans, several folding. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the half title: 'John Loder | 1905-1926 |..... More
T.O.T.A. '75: The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas, 1975.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Rock & Roll] SIGNED LIMITED 'STARSHIP' EDITION. Folio (total dimensions 52 x 34 x 11cm), pp.416. Containing 620 images. Number 46 of 350 copies thus, from a total limitation of 2500, SIGNED by Sykes and Rudge to limitation page. Full black leather with embroidered eagle patch..... More
Crossfire Hurricane.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 1997. [Rock photo-documentary] SIGNED DELUXE EDITION. Folio (30 x 24cm), pp.136. SIGNED by Photographer Bob Gruen. Bound in three-colour silk-screened fabric cover, featuring Mick Jagger on the front board and Keith Richards on the back, with a four-colour screen printed slipcase featuring the band. A superb..... More
i-contact.
Guildford, UK: Genesis Publications, 1998. [Rock Photography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE being number 50 of just 100 copies, in full leather with additional mounted photo of Charlie Watts, signed by Mankowitz. Folio, pp.208. Masterprinted on 200gsm matt art paper with red acetate title-page and bound in rich black cloth..... More
The Stones '65-67 [and] The Stones '82.
London: Vision On Publishing, 2002. [Rock Music Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, LIMITED GALLERY EDITION (a trade hardback was also issued). Quarto (31 x 26cm), two volumes in publisher's red paper-covered clamshell box, titled in white. Large hardback (30 x 25cm). Limited to 1000 copies, this being no.676, SIGNED by the..... More