"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
Signed & Inscribed
Startling Verse for all the family.
London: Michael Joseph, 1987. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 74. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket. Inscribed by the author to flyleaf: "To Paul | Spike Milligan". Illustrated throughout. Textblock lightly toned, some offsetting to endpapers. Cloth and price clipped wrapper lightly handled..... More
A Book Of Milliganimals.
London, Dennis Dobson. 1968. First edition, SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. 8vo. 88pp. Fine in publisher's gilt titled blue cloth. Clad in a vibrant, elephant adorned purple dustwrapper showing only the slightest hint of wear, it's all very unfaded and lovely. To top it all off, it's inscribed by Mr.Milligan to the..... More
Get in the Q Annual.
London, Micheal Joseph. 1980. SIGNED FIRST EDITION: 4to pp. 95. Publisher's pictorial boards. Prominent signature in black ink to title page. An excellent copy. More
It Ends with Magic. A Milligan Family Story
London, Michael Joseph. Ltd. 1980. First Editon. SIGNED boldly by the author to half title. 4to. pp. 242. Publisher's green boards and original dust wrapper. Signature in black ink to title page. Many monochrome photographic illustrations throughout. Near Fine. More
Sir Nobonk and the Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon.
London: Michael Joseph, 1982. Quarto, pp. 242. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by both author and artist. Publisher's hardcovers in original dust wrapper. Illustrated by Carol Barker. Signatures in a suitably mediaeval style facing the illuminated title page. A lightly handled copy with some gentle age-toning. Near fine. More
Milligan's Ark.
Surrey: M. and J. Hobbs, 1971. SIGNED FIRST EDITION.Quarto. Publisher's illustrated laminated boards, in matching pictorial dust jacket. Signed boldly by Spike Milligan to title page. A bright copy, near fine, in similar wrapper. A collection of cartoons and funny verses about animals, all by famous people, to help the..... More
Cloud Atlas.
London: Sceptre, 2004. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, First Printing. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.529; [1], blank; [1], Acknowledgements; [7], blank. SIGNED by the author to the title page with his usual flourish. Publisher's cloth, illustrated endpapers, pictorial dust jacket with the wraparound promotional band. A fine copy. Shortlisted for..... More
Churchill's Navigator.
London: Grubb Street, 2010. [Second World War] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 216. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, and occasional in-text illustrations. SIGNED by both Mitchell and Feast to the title page. Publisher's green paper-covered boards with silver titles to spine. With the..... More
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The Pythons Autobiography [with Bob McCabe].
New York: St Martin's Press 2003. FIRST US EDITION, SIGNED BY ERIC IDLE. Small folio, pp.340. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs. Bound in blue buckram with silver titles in glossy dust-wrapper. Minor wear; a near fine copy. More
My Word is My Bond.
Michael O'Mara Books, 2008. The UK COLLECTOR'S EDITION, One of 1000 copies in de luxe cloth in slipcase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.336. Black cloth blocked in silver. Titled 'Limited Edition' on half title, not to be confused with the trade or American editions. A fine, unread copy, still..... More
My Word is My Bond.
Michael O'Mara Books, 2008. The UK COLLECTOR'S EDITION, One of 1000 copies in de luxe cloth in slipcase. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.336. Black cloth blocked in silver. Titled 'Limited Edition' on half title, not to be confused with the trade or American editions. A fine, unread copy, slip..... More
Cheshire: The Biography of Leonard Cheshire, VC, OM.
London: Viking, 2000. [Military and Humanitarian Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 530. With 12 black and white photographic plates arranged in three suites. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by..... More
The Desolate Antarctic.
London: Lutterworth Press, 1950. [Antarctic exploration] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION WITH TLS. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 172. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of 12s. 6d. net. Illustrated with photographic plates. Warmly inscribed by the author to W.G. Whincop to the half title..... More
The Sea, The Sea.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1978. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, with a signed card from the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 502 [2]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust-jacket reproducing a detail from a famous Hokusai woodblock print and an uncredited detail from a wall painting..... More
Manuscript letter responding to an editor's request.
London [105 Great Russell Street, WC1] 1972. A brief signed letter, written in black ink, nine lines in total including handwritten address and salutation, declining an offer to contribute material. Single sheet of writing paper (25 x 20cm), folded twice. Near fine, in a grey cloth folder with gilt lettering..... More
The Themis Files. Sleeping Giants, Walking Gods, Only Human.
London: Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016, 2017, 2018. [Science fiction]] FIRST UK EDITIONS, FINAL VOLUME SIGNED. Three volumes, octavo (25 x 17 x 10cm), pp,[6]; 304; [10]; pp.[6]; 324; [6]; pp.[8]; 336; [10]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in gloss black to spines, black endpapers, pictorial dust-jackets. The..... More
Pat Nixon The Untold Story.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1986. [Politics] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.484; [4], blank. Publisher's hardback cloth, printed dust-wrapper priced $19.95. Later printing. With warm presentation note to half-title; "For Sheila MacKellow | with every good wish from | Julie Nixon Eisenhower | July 1988"..... More
Elvis: 10 Years After.
Heanor: Heanor Record Centre, 1986. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small Quarto. pp. iii, 204. With many colour photographic plates and a flexi EP of the 1956 New Orleans interview. Number 1766 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the author and editor to a book plate pasted to the front free end-paper. In..... More
The Real War.
New York, NY: Warner Books, 1980. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.x; 341; [1], blank. Publisher's red cloth with map endpapers, printed dust-wrapper. With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with best wishes | from | Richard Nixon | 1-8-81". Near..... More
RN. The Memoirs of Richard Nixon.
New York, NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. [Politics] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 1120; [2]. Publisher's blue cloth in printed dust-wrapper priced $19.95. Three black and white photographic sections. Third printing. With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with appreciation for her |..... More
Seize The Moment. America's Challenge In a One-Superpower World.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992. [Politics] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.322. In a leather-style binding blocked in gilt, likely by The Easton Press (although unspecified). With warm presentation note to half-title; "To Sheila MacKellow | with appreciation for her | loyal friendship..... More
Sindh Revisited: A Journey in the Footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Burton. 1842-1849: The India Years.
Toronto: Harper Collins, 1996. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto, pp.351; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title-page. Filled with colour illustrations. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Jacket lightly sunned to spine, otherwise very good indeed. More
Acorn.
New York, NY: OR Books, 2013. SIGNED FIRST PRINTING. Very small quarto, unpaginated. SIGNED by the author in black ink to blank page following the title page: 'Love / Yoko / 2013'. With associated programme for 'Future Now', an event staged by the Southbank Centre, London, in June 2013 which..... More
The Honourable Jim
London; Hodder & Stoughton [1924]. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by the Author to title page: 'To William & Ada / de Jongh / With fondest love / from / Emmuska Orczy (flourish)'. 8vo.; pp.320. Publisher's red cloth lightly worn, edges spotted, first gathering foxed, occasional marking throughout. In its pictorial dust..... More
Cricket in the Park. The Life and Times of Lord Sheffield 1832-1909.
London: Methuen, 2009. [Cricket] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xii; 288; [4]. Publisher's black paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. With a foreword by Sir John Major. inscribed by the author to the title page: "To Leonard F. Johnson | Best..... More