Signed & Inscribed
Songs of Enchantment.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 297; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Blue endpapers. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket illustrated by Joe Agis priced at £14.99 to front flap..... More
The Honourable Jim
London; Hodder and 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
Fight Club.
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2014. [Psychological thriller] SIGNED COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[2]; 208. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the limitation page. Grey full morocco over boards, gilt ruling and embellishment to both. Gilt titles, gilt embellishment, and raised bands to spine. Watered silk..... More
Eragon. Inheritance, Book One.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[14]; 509; [5]. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Publishers blue cloth hardback, with pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Jude Palencar, priced at £12.99. With the original 'Eragon' bookmark loosely inserted. Gentle toning of paper..... More
The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Paré. Containing the Voyages made into Divers Places with many of his writings upon Surgery, Edited and with an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.
London: Falcon Educational Books, 1951. [Medicine] FIRST THUS, INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR, with a manuscript letter. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 227 [1]. With four wood-engraved portraits of Pare, including a frontispiece, a vignette 'Wound Man' to the title page, and several in-text woodcut illustrations. INSCRIBED by the editor in..... More
John Steinbeck: A Biography.
London: Heinemann, 1994. [Literary Biography] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 614. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, dated 29.3.94. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
Sisters Under the Skin.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1979. [Photography] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Quarto (32 x 23cm), unpaginated, with numerous photographic portraits of notable women by Parkinson, many with accompanying text or quotations by various authors. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles..... More
Stories We Could Tell.
London: Harper Collins, 2005. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[8] 309 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In publisher's black cloth with white titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. A very fine, unread copy. A novel of sex and love and rock and roll (from..... More
Atomic Adam.
London: Fulham Gallery Ltd., 1967. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Folio (34 x 24cm), one sheet of green paper folded twice, in a grey card jacket, with titles to both. Printed in purple and silver. Folds out to broadly A2 size, with the poem printed again in a larger decorative format..... More
All of This is True.
London: Bloomsbury, 2018. [Young Adult Meta-Novel] SIGNED FIRST UK PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 423 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to publisher's bookplate affixed to half-title. Publisher's soft covers designed by Erin Fitzsimmons, priced at £7.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
East of Croydon.
London: Michael Joseph an imprint of Penguin Books, 2018. [Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 382; [4]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in metallic blue to spine, blue endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Kate Barsby with printed price of £20. Signed by the author to the title page. Slight..... More
A Shropshire Garland: Being a Garland of Sonnets.
Lydbury North: Grail Press, no date [circa 2000]. [Poetry] LIMITED INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), 36 leaves, unpaginated. Wood engravings by Keay to every page. Number 46 of just 200 copies INSCRIBED by both author and illustrator to title page to 'Jo'. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles..... More
The Ghost of '66. Martin Peters: The Autobiography.
London: Orion Books, 2006. [Football Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 312. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. SIGNED by Peters in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £18.99. A fine copy..... More
The Empty Quarter. Being a description of the Great South Desert of Arabia known as Rub' al Khali.
London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1933. [Arabian Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 433 [3]. With a photographic frontispiece, and 32 further black and white plates, as well as three folding maps. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid-green oasis morocco over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments..... More
Ludmila's Broken English.
London: Faber and Faber, 2006. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[8] 318 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's cream paper-covered boards with black titles to spine. Black endpapers. With the orange dust-jacket designed by Ghost. A fine..... More
KP: The Autobiography.
London: Sphere, 2014. [Cricket Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 324 [4]. With four suites of four double-sided colour photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at..... More
Fortress Colony: The Final Act 1945-1964. Vol. I 1945-1954.
Valletta: Studia Editions, 1987. [Maltese History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xx; 444. With occasional black and white in-text illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the title page: 'To Graham | with very best wishes | Jos M. Pirotta.' Publisher's deep red leatherette, with gilt..... More
Fives and Twenty-Fives.
London: Bloomsbury, 2014. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 380 [10]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Murray | Michael Pitre | Edinburgh 2014.' Publisher's tan cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Holly MacDonald, priced..... More
Carpe Jugulum. A Discworld Novel.
London: Doubleday, 1998. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.285; [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth to boards, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, designed by Josh Kirby, priced at £16.99 to front flap. Red endpapers. Leaves..... More
The Rincewind Trilogy: A Discworld Omnibus. Sourcery; Eric; Interesting Times.
London: Gollancz, 2001. [Fantasy Satire] INSCRIBED FIRST THUS, an omnibus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 568 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black marker to title page: 'To Colin | it's still true! | Happy Hogswatch | Terry Pratchett.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket..... More
The Fundamental Pictures.
London: Alexander Roussos, 1997. SIGNED COPY. Oblong, pp.[48]. SIGNED by the artists in black ink to title page. Colour reproductions of art works. In publisher's card covers. A fine copy. Artwork encompassed by the title of the first piece, 'Spunk Blood Piss Shit Spit'. More
Signed Jonathan Pryce Film Still.
[Film] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still showing Pryce in an early role, SIGNED in blue marker. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
The Scarecrow and his Servant.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[8] 230 [2]. With frequent in-text line drawings by Bailey, somewhat in the style of Ardizzone. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'Greetings to Oliver — | Philip Pullman.' Publisher's green cloth with gilt..... More
Galatea. A Novel.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287; [1]. publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Linda Garland with printed price of £5.75 net. Signed by the author to the title page. Small bump to the top of the..... More