"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Signed & Inscribed
![Only When I Laugh [Larf]. Len DEIGHTON, born 1929](/pictures/thumb/53659.jpg?v=1556028987)
Only When I Laugh [Larf].
New York, NY: Mysterious Press, 1987. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, also the FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.241; [5], blank. Publisher's green buckram blocked in gilt to spine, pale green endpapers, matching cloth slipcase. Copy No. 71 of 250, signed by Len Deighton. A fine copy in..... More
Arena 13.
London: The Bodley Head, 2015. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 280 [16]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by James Fraser, priced at £12.99. Promotional..... More
Death of a Chancellor.
London: Constable, 2005. [Crime Fiction]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (22 x 14cm). Pp.[vi]; 313; [1], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dustjacket. A fine, unread copy. A Lord Francis Powerscourt detective novel, set in the late Victorian period. More
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong.
London: Little, Brown, and Company, 1997. [Politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Ex Libris Lord Moynihan. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 461; [3]. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £22.50. Bookplate detailing provenance to flyleaf. Jacket..... More
Signed Karin Dor and Mie Hama Title Card for the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED TITLE CARD. One colour title card for Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Karin Dor (Helga Brandt) and Mie Hama (Kissy) in black marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
Signed Karin Dor and Burt Kwouk Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Karin Dor (Helga Brandt) in blue marker, and by Burt Kwouk (Spectre 3) in black ink. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
Signed Karin Dor Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Karin Dor (Helga Brandt) in black marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
Three Women of Herat.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1988. [Middle East Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, with personal letters. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 225 [3]. With illustrated head pieces by the author, and six double-sided colour photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'Teo Best wishes | love Veronica. | October..... More
Apple Tree Yard.
London: Faber and Faber, 2013. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 348 [12]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Edges very slightly toned, with a promotional sticker..... More
Micah Clarke. His Statement.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.vi; 421; [1]; [16 of advertisements]. Publisher's blue cloth blocked in gilt to spine and upper, patterned endpapers. With a card inscribed and signed by Conan Doyle affixed to the pastedown: "R. Hemingsley. | from..... More
Complete Universal Horror Library. The Werewolf of London; Creature from the Black Lagoon; The Wolfman; Dracula's Daughter; The Bride of Frankenstein; The Mummy.
New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1977. [Classic Horror Film Novelisations] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS. Complete in six volumes, all being paperbacks in a uniform cover design. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.xii; 194; pp.xii; 194 [2]; pp.xii; 212; pp.xii; 212; pp.xiv; 210; pp.x; 166. All featuring frequent images from the black..... More
The Collected Poems of John Drinkwater. 1908-1922.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1923. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Octavo (24 x 18cm), pp.xiv; 234 [6]; pp.[2] xii; 240. Number 49 of 230 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to preface. Printed on fine handmade paper. Publisher's cream buckram with gilt titles to..... More
![The Apple Tree [The Birds]. Daphne DU MAURIER, 1907–1989, Dame](/pictures/thumb/60774.jpg?v=1651674207)
The Apple Tree [The Birds].
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. [Macabre/Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Val Biro, priced at 10/6. With author's inscription to the title page: For Roy. With best wishes / from / Daphne du Maurier / 1988..... More
![An Archive of Books and Letters Inscribed to her agent John Reece]. The Daphne du Maurier Tandem...](/pictures/thumb/59788.jpg?v=1621356487)
[An Archive of Books and Letters Inscribed to her agent John Reece]. The Daphne du Maurier Tandem (My Cousin Rachel and Mary Anne); The Scapegoat; The Flight of the Falcon; The House on the Strand; Vanishing Cornwall; The Apple Tree; The Breaking Point; Not After Midnight; The Progress of Julius; Golden Lads; The Winding Stair; Growing Pains.
London: Victor Gollancz; [and] Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company; [and] New York, NY: Avon Books; [and] Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1964;. [Modern Literature and Biography] INSCRIBED BOOKS AND LETTERS. Thirteen books, one autograph postcard, and one typed letter signed: 1) The Daphne du Maurier Tandem, comprising Mary Anne..... More
![The Scapegoat [with a Typed Letter Signed]. Daphne DU MAURIER, 1907–1989, Dame](/images/noimage.png)
The Scapegoat [with a Typed Letter Signed].
London: Victor Gollancz, [and] Menabilly, Cornwall, 9th March 1957. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.368. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to spine. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Together with a typed letter on headed notepaper addressed to Ivor Brown..... More
Social Security No. 438-10-1408.
New York, NY: A Milestone Book, Comet Press Books, 1958. [Psychological memoir]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 73 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page, dated 24th November 1959. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Green endpapers. With original cream..... More
Life's Not a Rehearsal. The Autobiography of Margaret Durdant-Hollamby, MBE, Founder of the Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks.
Sevenoaks: Durdant-Hollamby, 1998. [Theatre] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 239 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, and architect's drawings to endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced..... More
The Pattern.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1937. [Crime Mystery] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[12] 290 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author 'with thanks' in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Top edge red; fore-edge untrimmed. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
Huntsmen Past and Present. Illustrated from contemporary prints and from original watercolour drawings by the Author.
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Quarto, with 21 plates in colour and black and white, pp. [14], 91. Publisher's vellum spine with buckram boards, t.e.g. Fine. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Limited Edition of only 150 copies of which this is no.45. More
Agraffes and Bronze Animals: Ancient Chinese Ornaments. The Symbols of the bronze cultures at ancient times on the Eurasian Continent. The dialogues between China and Greece via Scythians.
Tokyo: Ribun Shuppan Co., no date [1994]. [Artefact Catalogue] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.[2] 138 [2]. With a title page and summary of contents in English, a series of essays in Japanese at rear, and references given in both languages. With very fine colour photographic images of..... More
Ved Vejs Ende. The Elder Statesman.
Herning: Poul Kristensen, 1965. [Drama in Translation] INSCRIBED FIRST DANISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.114 [6]. All text in Danish. INSCRIBED by the translator in black ink to the first blank, dated October 1965, with a longer message written onto the back of a business card. Publisher's grey soft..... More
The Beats: From Kerouac to Kesey, an Illustrated Journey through the Beat Generation.
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2007. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. SIGNED by the author in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered boards with light blue endpapers and matching dust-jacket. Some minor creasing to the top and..... More
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog.
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). Some minor..... More
$1,000 a Week. And 16 Other New Short Stories.
New York, NY: The Vanguard Press, 1942. [Short stories] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, Second printing. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.226. Publisher's grey cloth titled in red, top edge tinted red, dust-jacket. Inscribed by the author to flyleaf. Some toning to edges, cloth sunned to endcaps. Wrapper lightly worn to edges..... More
Young Lonigan.
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1943. Octavo, pp. 201. red cloth with black titles to spine, in pictorial dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper. War economy standard paper is quite brittle with uneven browning. Some closed tears, wear and some small areas of loss to the..... More