Signed & Inscribed
Venice and Hospitaller Malta 1530-1798: Aspects of a Relationship.
Malta: Publishers Enterprises Group, 1992. [Maltese History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xxii; 366. With 14 illustrations, including occasional maps and four double-sided colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Mr Graham Archer | with compliments & all good | wishes |..... More
An Act of Courage.
London: Bantam Press, 2005. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 366 [4]. SIGNED by the author in brown ink to title page. Publisher's deep purple cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Chris Collingwood, priced at £16.99. A...... 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
On His Majesty's Service.
London: Bantam Press, 2011. [Historical adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 317; [3], blank. SIGNED by the author in brown ink to the title page. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Robert Papp, priced at..... More
A Regimental Affair.
London: Bantam Press, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[x]; 326. Publisher's red cloth hardcovers, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper priced at £16.99. Autograph of Allan Mallinson in black ink to title page. Signature obtained in person upon release. Some toning to edges otherwise a fine/unread..... 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 Mirror and the Light.
London: Fourth Estate, 2020. [Historical fiction] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm). Publisher's cloth, with the specially-designed dust-jacket, housed in the black cloth-covered slipcase. One of 500 copies thus. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap. The final part of the 'Wolf Hall' trilogy, charting the rapid..... More
Wolf Hall Trilogy: Wolf Hall; Bring Up the Bodies; The Mirror and the Light.
London: Fourth Estate, 2009; 2012; 2020. [Historical fiction] COMPLETE SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16 x 15cm). Publisher's quarter black cloth over red cloth sides, decorated in gilt to spines and uppers; coloured flipped for 'Bring Up the Bodies'. Each SIGNED by Hilary Mantel, priced at £30, £35, and..... More
The Haunted Realm. Echoes from Beyond the Tomb.
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. [Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS, the revised edition. Slim quarto (29 x 24cm), pp.128. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. Signed by Simon Marsden to half title page. Uncommon signed. A fine/as new copy... More
The Twilight Hour. Celtic Visions from the Past.
London: Little, Brown, 2003. [Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Slim quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.128. SIGNED by the author in black ink to p.5. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, not priced. A fine, as-new copy. More
Augustus: The Memoirs of the Emperor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1986. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 339 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to flyleaf. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket. A crisp, unread copy, showing just a touch of handling and a...... More
Lee: A Dramatic Poem.
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1926. [American Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[12] 139 [3]. Number 149 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to the limitation page. Printed on fine, handmade paper. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and..... More
The Break in the Line.
London: Collins, 1970. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.254 [2]. With a sketch-map to preliminaries. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf: 'To another "sucker | for mountains" with the author's | thanks and good | wishes |..... More
The Far Eastern Trilogy: The Pagoda Tree; The Midnight Gun; Hour of the Dog.
London: Collins, 1979; 1981; 1982. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS WITH LETTERS. Three volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.322; pp.336; pp.346. Volume I signed by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf, and with a loose autograph letter signed by the author on headed..... More
The White Dacoit.
London: Collins, 1974. [Crime Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.384. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on flyleaf: 'For Miss Eileen Cond | with the author's | gratitude and pride | in being included | in her formidable | collection of | contemporary..... More
With Extreme Prejudice.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 246 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to distinctive bookplate on verso of flyleaf: 'Miss Eileen Cond | — my most faithful | fan | Berkely Mather | 19 November 1975 | Brede Sussex.' Publisher's..... More
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
Operamania.
Wimbledon: Vernon & Yates, no date [1966]. [Opera Appreciation] FIRST EDITION, with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the author. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[8] 92 [4]. With occasional black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's cyan paper over boards, with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket. Also with a...... 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
Atonement.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. [Wartime romance-suspense] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 372 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and black endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.99. Near fine. A modern classic of..... More
The Cement Garden.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. [Modern literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.138. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page 'To Myra'. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Ron Bowen, priced at £3.50 net. Some spotting..... More
The Innocent.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1990. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 231; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Blue endpapers. Blue publisher's cloth to boards, silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Robin Cracknell priced at £12.95 to..... 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
On Chesil Beach.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 166 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page 'to Myra'. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy..... More
The Short Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 302 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with white titles to spine. With the blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at £9.99. Some spotting to top edge, and just a...... More