Signed & Inscribed
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
Sir Ned and the Nasties.
London: Andersen Press, 2017. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[28]. With colour illustration by David McKee to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to title page, with an additional signature and drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, priced at £11.99. A...... More
Belinda Brown.
London: Andersen Press, 2018. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and with an additional signature and a drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated..... 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
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
Carmen, an Opera in Four Acts. Taken from the story of Prosper Merimee, the original Libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy. New English Version by John and Ada Galsworthy.
London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1932. [Opera Libretto] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.[2] x; 80 [2]. Number 97 of 650 copies, 600 thus, SIGNED by both John and Ada Galsworthy ink black ink to limitation page. Publisher's white quarter cloth, with black titles to spine, and silver..... More
Tropic of Cancer.
London: John Calder, 1963. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 318. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page; possibly a secretarial hand. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Large blue ink ownership to..... More
Frankenstein. According to Spike Milligan.
London: Virgin Books, 1997. [Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiii; [1]; 127; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket designed by Slatter-Anderson. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "Hello | To Jim | Spike Milligan". Slight bump to bottom corners, wrapper price..... 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
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
Streams.
Lindfield: Lemon Publications, 1975. [Poetry] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.145; [1]; unpaginated blanks to rear. Publisher's printed wrappers. Signed and inscribed on the title page: "To Guy | Have a jolly jubilee | mate | Peter | The Bend | Lindfield. 77." With a foreword by Spike..... More
The Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, Volume VI 1921-1943.
London: Leo Cooper, 1971. [Military History] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xviii; 398. With numerous maps, and eight double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by Roger Nixon in blue ink to flyleaf. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and regimental badge to upper. With the..... More
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet.
London: Sceptre, 2010. [Japanese Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 469 [3]. With occasional in-text illustrations reproduced from various works. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Myra | David Mitchell.' Publisher's cream cloth, titled and decorated in black and blue, priced..... More
The Master of the Moon.
London: The Museum Press, 1952. [Science Fiction Adventure] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.223 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'Tony Ashby | with best wishes from | Patrick Moore.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Clothier..... More
Bond On Bond. The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.224. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, with colour limitation leaf inserted between flyeaf and half-title stating "This Limited Edition of Bond on Bond has been personally signed by Sir Roger Moore KBE". Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's black cloth..... More