"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Signed & Inscribed
With Gilbert & George in Moscow.
London: Bloomsbury, 1991. [Art and Russia] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.191 [1]. With frequent black and white and occasional colour photographs. INSCRIBED by Gilbert & George to Michael Barnett in red ink to half-title. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper, and red..... More
The Art of H. Davis Richter.
Benfleet: F. Lewis. 1935; 1944. SIGNED FIRST EDITION subscribers' copy, number 94 of 200 copies, with associated signed first edition of 'Paintings and Poems'. Text by Fell; poems by Lady Sackville. pp. xx, 55, (44 plates in colour and monochrome); 35, (colour plates to each facing page). 'The Art' in..... More
Something Rotten.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. [Alternative History Adventure / Humour] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii, 393 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with publisher's 'Warning! Danish Literature' stamp. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Larry..... More
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Illustrated by John Burningham.
London: Jonathan Cape and Queen Anne Press, 2014. [Children's illustrated] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, one of just 50 sets, accompanied by two prints, measuring 297 x 210mm, SIGNED and numbered by John Burningham. Three volumes plus portfolio, housed in a grey cloth slipcase (34 x 24 x 6cm), pp.48; pp.48; pp.48..... More
From Russia With Love.
London: The Folio Society, 2016. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 259 [1]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
Goldfinger.
London: The Folio Society, 2018. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 274. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the acclaimed illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
Moonraker.
London: The Folio Society, 2017. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 243 [3]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
The Spy Who Loved Me.
London: The Folio Society, 2020. [James Bond] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 154 [2]. With seven colour plates by Dalton, including a frontispiece. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page. Publisher's metallic grey cloth, with silver and bronze titles to spine and upper..... More
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Thriller] SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Fourth impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's dark brown cloth in the original dust-wrapper illustrated by Pat Marriott. With author's presentation note to the flyleaf in blue ink; To / Lou / Whom I must / meet soon!..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1960. FIRST US EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.218. Publisher's yellow and green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at $3.50. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The rest will have / to wait. / x / Ian..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Foyles' Book Club, n.d. [1961]. UK BOOK CLUB EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.192. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Cuthill. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The sixth will have / to wait. / x / Ian. (underlined). A fine copy in a...... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's dark grey cloth-effect paper over boards with silver titles to spine, in original jacket designed by Richard Chopping, priced at 16s. Inscribed by the author to his close friend John Hayward; "To John..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. SIGNED BY IAN FLEMING and additionally INSCRIBED BY THE DEDICATEE 'Sable Basilisk' (Robin de la Lanne Mirrlees). Second Impression. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Housed in a leather-spined clamshell box. Very good indeed, with a little edge-spotting, neat reference number '1M' to flyleaf..... More
You Only Live Twice.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, First State, Binding A. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's black cloth-effect paper ('Excelin') over boards with silver titles to spine and Japanese characters in gilt to upper, bamboo patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Richard Chopping..... More
Licence Renewed. James Bond 007.
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.270; [2], blank. Publisher's black cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper with original printed price (£6.50) to the front flap. With author's presentation note to title page; "To Eugene Spiers..... More
Bond Behind the Iron Curtain.
The Book Collector, 2021. [Literary history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 12cm), pp.125; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. With sixteen illustrations, several in colour. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to backstrip, hammer and sickle device to front board, black endpapers, typographic dust-wrapper. Signed by the author at Firsts London..... More
My Life So Far.
London: Ebury Press, 2005. [Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.599. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-wrapper, SIGNED by the author on the title page. As new, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. A fully illustrated autobiography by the Oscar-wining actress, controversial political activist and groundbreaking fitness guru. Signed..... More
Independence Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. [Modern Literature] SIGNED ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 451 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Carol Devine Carson. Some light marks and bumping to edges. Near fine. A sequel to..... More
Hornblower and The Atropos.
Boston; Little Brown and Company. 1953. FORESTER FAMILY COPY. First US Edition. 8vo. Very good indeed in publisher's sea green cloth titled in gilt to spine, light bumping to spine ends. In an acceptable wrapper with fading to the spine panel, and creasing, chipping and a rectangle of loss to..... More
The Negotiator.
London: Bantam Press, 1989. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.448. With an unusually effusive INSCRIPTION by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For | David and Ruth | Warmest best wishes, | love as ever' dated 04/05/89. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine..... More
Break In.
London: Michael Joseph, 1985. [Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.272. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Chris Yates. Inscribed by the author to the halt-title page: "Hi Arthur! | See you at the | next Breeder Cup at | Santa Anita. | Dick..... More
Field of 13.
London: Michael Joseph, 1998. [Thriller / Suspense] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.253; [5], blank. With the publisher's bookplate signed by the author in blue ink. Bound in brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Photonica, priced at £16.99. Edges of low-grade paper stock..... More
Longshot.
London: Michael Joseph, 1990. [Equestrian Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 277 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by John Slater, priced at £13.99. Edges a little toned and spotted. Light..... More
Flashman on the March. From the Flashman Papers 1867-68.
London: Harper Collins, 2005. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; [2]; 317; [7]. SIGNED by George MacDonald Fraser in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, and with the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Gino D'Achille, priced at..... More
The Light's on At Signpost. Memoirs of the Movies, Among Other Matters.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 338. With two suites of black and white plates. Publisher's brown cloth hardcover, bronze titles, yellow endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autograph of George Fraser in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person..... More