"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Signed & Inscribed
Ian Fleming.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995. [Literary biography] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.x; 486. With photographic plates. Publisher's brown cloth blocked in gilt to spine, beige endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £20 net. With author's presentation note to the title page, inscribed at Bletchley Park [the..... More
Rotten. No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. [Sex Pistols] SIGNED. First edition, second impression, octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.viii; [2]; 342. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. photographic dust-jacket priced at £14.99, photographic endpapers. Illustrated with two suites of black and white images. Signed by the Sex Pistols frontman in red..... More
Empire of Storms.
London: Bloomsbury, 2016. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 693 [3]. SIGNED by the author in green marker to branded bookplate laid over half-title. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Talexi, priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy..... More
The Pearl Seekers. A Tale of the Southern Seas. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
London/Glasgow: Blackie and Son, n.d. The INSCRIBED later printing, with fantastic full page illustrated plates by Hodgson. Octavo, pp.ix; 363. Bound in publisher's pictorial blue cloth, with striking shipwreck design blocked in black, mint green, and orange. Additional illustration showing man with gun blocked in like to spine. Titles in..... More
![Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955;...](/pictures/thumb/54629.jpg?v=1567177114)
[Memoirs] Winds of Change, 1914-1939; The Blast of War, 1939-1945; Tides of Fortune, 1945-1955; Riding the Storm, 1956-1959; Pointing the Way, 1959-1961; At the End of the Day, 1961-1963 [together with] The Middle Way.
London: Macmillan, 1938, 1966-1973. [Politics] A six-volume memoir, each being a SIGNED FIRST EDITION, accompanied by a scarce early work of political philosophy 'The Middle Way'. Seven volumes, octavo (22 x 15 x 28cm). Publisher's hardcovers in dust-wrappers. A clean, near fine collection with a little wear to jackets; the..... More
Man of War.
London: Bantam Press, 2007. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 349; [1], blank; [1], Roll of Honour; [5], blank. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in brown ink to title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth hardcovers lettered in gilt to the spine, illustrated Battleship endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced..... More
Faceless Killers.
London: Harvill Press, 2000. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 280; [2]. With a map. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. Navy endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Dyer, priced at..... More
The White Lioness.
London: Harvill Press, 2003. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 440. With Maps. Signed by the author in blue ink to title page. Navy endpapers. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Peter Dyer, priced at £14.99. A...... More
Fire and Blood. A History of the Targaryen Kings from Aegon the Conqueror to Aegon III.
London: HarperVoyager, 2018. [Fantasy worldbuilding] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.719. Illustrated throughout by Doug Wheatley. Publisher's black cloth with titles in gold to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claire Ward and illustrated by Larry Rostant. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine. As fans..... More
Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War.
Chichester: Pallant House Gallery, 2014. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.160. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the author and curator in black ink to title page: 'For Edward | with all good | wishes, | Simon Martin.' Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers..... More
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The Most Famous Car in the World [the James Bond Aston Martin DB5].
UK, 1991. [Bondiana] limited edition ART print after Stephen Massey, limited to 850 copies SIGNED and numbered by the artist, depicting the 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin DB5. Approximate total dimensions 56 x 48cm, image size approximately 35 x 24cm. Presented in an elegant archival window mount, professionally glazed with 2mm float..... More
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The Book-Bag [Book Bag].
Florence: G. Orioli, 1932. [Modern Literature] LIMITED EDITION. First separate edition. SIGNED by the author, beneath portrait frontispiece. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.109; [3], blank. Printed on handmade paper. Publisher's ivory cloth over pale blue paper-covered boards, edges untrimmed. striking two-tone dust-wrapper. Some minor dustiness and handling, bookplate of Norman..... More
The Bread-Winner. A Comedy in One Act.
London: Heinemann, 1930. First Edition, Second Issue, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR Octavo, pp.[x]; 188. Publisher's red buckram stamped in gilt. Some minor wear and dustiness otherwise fine. With Maugham's autograph to flyleaf and marginal ownership signature of writer, historian and Man of Letters de V. Payen-Payne. More
Doctor Who: Molten heart.
London: BBC Books / Penguin Random House, Ebury Publishing, 2018. [Children's Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[4] 195 [9]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards with Forbidden Planet 'Signed' sticker to upper board, and barcode sticker to lower..... More
The Member of the Wedding.
New York, NY: James Laughlin, 1951. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp. [6] 118. With a black and white frontispiece illustration. Inscribed by the author in black ink to front free end-paper: 'For Monique and Valentin with enduring love always, Carson.' In publisher's orange cloth with orange titles to spine. With..... More
On Chesil Beach.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 166 [4]. Number 516 of 1200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's quarter brown cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue and brown paper over boards. With the..... More
Saturday.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.279; [1] acknowledgements. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, photographic dust-wrapper with printed price of £17.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine copy. Signed by the author upon release and carefully stored..... More
Sonia Married.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1919]. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.335 [25]. INSCRIBED: 'For | Mrs. Cleveland-Stevens | with every good wish from | author | Stephen McKenna | 29 November 1919.' in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's pink cloth with black titles to..... More
Far, Far From Home.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954. SIGNED First Edition. Octavo, pp. 199. Inscribed 'Lots of love Ruth' to publisher's compliments slip, loose. In publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With original light green pictorial dust jacket featuring a bemused family carrying baggage near an exit. Reading lean, and light even..... More
Detonator.
London: Bantam Press, 2015. [Espionage thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.348; [1],Note; [3], blank. Publisher's black cloth blocked in gilt, red endpapers, photographic dust-jacket priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page with 'Signed at Waterstones' label to upper panel. Absolutely fine/as new. A...... More
Preliminary Studies for H. M. Factory, Gretna, and, Study for an Installation of Phosgene Manufacture.
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, no date [1920]. [Munitions Factory Plans] SIGNED BY KENNETH BINGHAM QUINAN, one of just 1000 copies. Large octavo (28 x 19cm), pp.xvi; 145 [1]. With 24 large folding plans and diagrams. SIGNED and dated 3rd November 1920 by Quinan in black ink to front pastedown..... More
World's Children. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903, First and Limited Edition to 500 of which this is No 82, SIGNED by the Artist. Late 20th century full grey morocco with twin brown title labels and extra gilt to spine, gilt border to boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, marbled end papers..... More
Spike Milligan with Jeremy Taylor in "For Two Nights Only".
Nottingham: Theatre Royal, 1975. [Comedy] SIGNED BY MILLIGAN AND TAYLOR. Poster advertising a performance by Spike Milligan and Jeremy Taylor, signed by Milligan and inscribed by Taylor; "To Eddie | Best wishes from | Jeremy Taylor". Mounted and displayed in a simple painted wooden frame behind perspex. Overall size 44..... More
More Goon Cartoons.
London: M. and J. Hobbs, in association with Michael Joseph, 1983. INSCRIBED First edition. Illustrated by Michael Clarke. Quarto. Publisher's illustrated boards. Inscribed by Milligan to copyright page with a charming doodle of a flower. Near fine, very minor edgewear. Internally clean. More
Goodbye Soldier. War Biography Vol. 6.
London: Michael Joseph, 1986. [War Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6]; 250. With black and white illustrations. SIGNED by the author in black marker to flyleaf. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £9.95. Case upside-down (possibly as intended). Minor..... More