Signed & Inscribed
High Tide This Day.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1966. [Historical fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.184. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the flyleaf: 'To Kate and Geoffrey | with much love, | D. (Dorothy Ison) | Christmas 1966.' Publisher's grey cloth-effect paper, white titles to spine. With the..... More
Life Between the Lines.
London: Umbria Press, 2012. [Journalism Memoirs] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 359 [1]. With occasional in-text black and white photographs. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Wendy | every good wish | Enjoy! | John Izbicki | April 2016'. Publisher's photographic soft..... More
The Lighthouse.
London: Faber and Faber, 2005. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 323 [3]. SIGNED and dated '27 Oct 2005' by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's navy paper over boards, with cream titles to spine and green endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by..... More
The Murder Room.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. [Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.371. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's maroon boards, titles and publisher's imprint in white to spine, yellow endpapers. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ghost with a printed price of..... More
Original Sin.
London: Faber and Faber, 1994. [Crime fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.426. Publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. Autographed in back ink to the title page. Minor toning to text block as usual, else fine in like, fresh..... More
The Skull Beneath the Skin.
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. [Crime fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.384. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the purple illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £7.95. Edges slightly dusty else fine in a clean, fine wrapper. The second Cordelia Gray case. More
The Last.
London: Viking, 2019. [Nuclear Apocalypse Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[10] 392. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's black cloth with titles in blind to spine, and black illustrated endpapers. With the red dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine..... More
The Racing Driver.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1958. [Motor Racing] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.207 [1]. With eight double-sided black and white photographic plates, as well as numerous in-text diagrams. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to verso of half-title: 'Best wishes | to Martin | from..... More
The Early Challenges of the America's Cup (1851-1937).
London: Columbus Books, 1986. [Yacht Racing] SIGNED SPECIAL EDITION. Oblong Quarto (24 x 34cm), pp.160. With fine colour illustrations by Anthony John, and SIGNED by him in black ink to title page. Half-title includes a label stating 'Special Edition in Commemoration of Sir Thomas Sopwith (1887-1989).' Publisher's cream cloth with..... More
Albert Angelo.
London: Constable, 1964. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.180 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'for Keith and Claire | in friendship: | Bryan | 5/7/64.' Publisher's dark brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Philip Thompson..... More
Poems.
London: Constable, 1964. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 12cm), pp.53 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'for Keith and Claire | in friendship | Bryan | 1/2/1964.' Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Light general..... More
Fairy Tales.
New York, NY: Schocken Books, 1982. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.128. With a mixture of full colour plates and black and white vignettes by Foreman. SIGNED by both author and illustrator in black ink, each to a separate bookplate on the verso of..... More
Elia Kazan: A Life.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1988. [Film and Theatre Autobiography] FIRST UK EDITION, with a SIGNED BOOKPLATE. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 848 [8]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to a bookplate tipped in ahead of the half-title. With numerous in-text black and white photographs. Publisher's navy cloth with silver..... More
Music & Light: Ceol and Solas. Irish Traditional Music Photography.
Enniskerry: Silver Spear Press, 2008. [Irish Music Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 25cm), pp.[12], with 130 black and white photographs, each captioned at rear [16]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'To Susan | Forward in all | directions! | much love | Tony..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. With presentation note SIGNED by the author to half-title; To Chris // Hope you enjoy / the book / as much as Amherst's old Type 35! / Best wishes /..... More
The Man Who Supercharged Bond.
Yeovil: Haynes Publishing, 2009. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, inscribed 'with best wishes'. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.352. With two suites of sixteen photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title, together. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced..... More
Sloop Of War.
London: Hutchinson, 1977. [Naval Adventure] INSCRIBED COPY, the third impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.319 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Donald James – | with best wishes | Alexander Kent.' Publisher's maroon cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and maps to grey endpapers..... More
Mister Babadook.
St Surry Hills, NSW: Causeway Films, printed by Insight Editions, 2016. [Horror Film Pop-Up] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (33x 26cm), pp.[54]. A hand-made pop-up book, illustrated throughout in black and white. One of 5000 copies thus, SIGNED by the Director, Jennifer Kent, in black marker to the limitation plate at..... More
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings In English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Willy Pogany.
London: George Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1930. [Illustrated Poetry] LIMITED EDITION, a Presentation Copy, one of 750 copies SIGNED in pencil to the frontispiece by Willy Pogany, numbered 'Artist'. Small Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.175 [1]. With twelve mounted colour plates including a frontispiece, an original etching signed in pencil..... More
An Aubrey Beardsley Lecture. With an Introduction and Notes by R. A. Walker and some Unpublished Letters and Drawings.
London: R. A. Walker. 1924. [Art criticism] LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.103; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, black leather title square with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others left untrimmed. Number 145 of 500 copies printed, of which 450 were for sale, signed by..... More
Joan of Garioch.
London: Duckworth & Co., 1924. [Romantic Novel] INSCRIBED COPY, a re-issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] vi; 350. With eight black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Burke. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'To "The Prices" | with many happy memories | of Bridge..... More
I Owe You One.
London: Bantam Press, 2019. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 374 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's white cloth with gilt titles to spine, and yellow endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Richard Ogle, priced at £20.00. 'Signed Copy' sticker..... More
Shopaholic to the Rescue.
London: Bantam, 2015. [Romantic comedy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.320. Publisher's cloth in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Lucy Truman and designed by Becky Glibbery. Signed by the author to the title-page. Signed sticker to dust-wrapper. Fine. The ninth instalment of the series following the life of Rebecca..... More
The Dipsy Chanty And Other Selected Poems.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop 1899. Limited Edition to 950 copies of which this is No. 466, SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard. Post octavo, pp.93; [2], blank. Bound in the publisher's limp, green suede boards with yapp edges, embossed gilt to front board, blocked with the image of a tall..... More
When We Was Fab.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2003. [Rock and Pop] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio. Number 102 of 750 copies, SIGNED by photographer Astrid Kirchherr, with a foreword by Olivia Harrison. Bound in full blind-stamped black morocco, in a presentation solander box, with a silver gelatin print of George Harrison, signed by Kichherr on..... More