"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon. "
— Bertolt Brecht
Signed & Inscribed
Hurricane Gold (Young James Bond series)
London: Puffin Books, 2008. COLLECTOR'S EDITION, LIMITED to 999 copies SIGNED by the author. Octavo, (20 x 13cm), pp.355, followed by extracts from 'By Royal Command' and the graphic novel 'Silverfin'. Publisher's gold-coloured cloth boards blocked in black to the spine, gold-coloured pictorial jacket, in illustrated yellow slipcase. STILL SEALED..... More
The Fireman.
London: Gollancz, 2016. [Apocalypse] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[14] 752 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and flame-illustrated endpapers. All edges red. With the photographic dust-jacket by Shane Leonard, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by..... More
Heart-Shaped Box.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2007. [Strange Tales] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 376. Signed by the author in red ink to title page, dated 3.31.07. Publisher's quarter black cloth with red titles to spine and grey paper over boards. Red endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by..... More
The Cry of the Icemark.
Frome: The Chicken House, 2005. [Children's] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.494; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth, titles in silver to spine, green endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Gary Blythe and Carol Lawson, matching paper covered slipcase. Number 598 of 1000 hand-numbered copies signed by the author to the..... More
Through Ten English Counties.
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1894. [Holiday Guide] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, presented to the Automobile Club. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 401 [7]. With 16 wood engravings after drawings by the author, and a folding map at rear. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'Presented to: The..... 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
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
Return to the Wood.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1955. [Great War Novel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.253 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'For the Rt Hon C.R. Attlee O.M. | with admiration for his | work for peace; and as | one soldier..... More
31 Songs.
London: Viking, 2003. [Popular Music] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 196. Illustrated throughout in black and white. SIGNED by the author in thick blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Hatch Show Print, priced at..... 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
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.294. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. A fine/as-new copy in jacket, in a silver-titled black cloth slipcase, in the original shrinkwrap. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed..... More
The Word is Murder.
London: Century, 2017. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 390 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and red and black endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, priced at £20.00. 'Signed Copy'..... 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
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, 1927. [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
Dixie O'Day and the Haunted House.
London: The Bodley Head, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12] 115 [1]. Signed in black ink by both author and illustrator to verso of flyleaf. With dichromatic illustrations to every page by Vulliamy. Publisher's illustrated purple paper-covered boards, with red patterned endpapers. With the purple..... More
Dixie O'Day, Up, Up and Away!
London: The Bodley Head, 2015. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12] 124. With dichromatic illustrations by Vulliamy throughout. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to verso of flyleaf. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and red patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Vulliamy, priced..... More
Bye, Bye Birdie.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[4] 25 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Illustrated with line-drawings by the author throughout. Blue endpapers. Publisher's paper-covered boards, priced at £12.99. A few minor marks to boards and rear endpapers. Near..... More
Rhymes for Annie Rose.
London: The Bodley Head, 1995. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (23 x 28cm), pp.[48]. With charming colour illustrations to every page by the author. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards, and pink endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket. Jacket price-clipped, with..... More
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather..... More