"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
Signed & Inscribed
State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945.
London: Faber and Faber, 2007. [Theatre] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 435; [5]. With a suite of four double-sided colour photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: "For Edward | Best Wishes | Michael Billington | 19th November 2007". Publisher's orange cloth... More
The Debt We Owe: The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund 1919-1989.
Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing, 1989. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[8], 216. With a colour frontispiece portrait of Viscount Trenchard, and 12 double-sided black and white plates. INSCRIBED by the author to Guy Huntrods, a prominent Tunbridge Wells based veteran, for his 75th birthday, in bright blue ink to title page. Also... More
The Romance of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1933. [Architecture]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.78 [2]. With 12 photogravure illustrations and a chromolithographic frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front free endpaper: 'F. M. Bridge / from / H. W. Blackburne. / august 1933.' Publisher's blue cloth... More
Peter Blake.
London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1983. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED COPY, First edition, second impression. Octavo (21 x 21cm), pp.136. Illustrated in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the artist in black ink to half-title: 'For Edward | Peter Blake.' Publisher's black soft covers. Corners lightly bumped; very light wear to... More
My Mother was a Bank Robber, and Other Stories.
London: Revolver, 1998. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.64. No. 34 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. In original lilac card covers with a colour / black and white photo montage pasted to the front cover. Original price label (£14.99) to back cover... More
Picabia.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1985. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, with a TLS from the Henry Moore Foundation. Quarto (30 x 26cm), pp.549; [3]. With a mixture of colour and black and white illustrations. With a typed letter on Henry Moore Foundation headed paper, dated 30th May 1986, dictated... More
Ian Botham: My Illustrated Life.
London: Cassell Illustrated, 2007. [Cricket]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.256. Illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author 'To Max', in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered illustrated boards with matching dust-jacket. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. More
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2002. [Rock/pop] SIGNED BY BOWIE AND ROCK. Deluxe Edition, number 171 of 350 copies bound in full leather, with additional photographic print, from a total run of 2500 copies. Folio (38 x 28cm), pp.346. Printed on fourteen different paper stocks, including clear acetate, trace leaves and a.... More
Portrait Photograph of David Bowie.
no place, [2001]. Original hand-printed colour photograph. Numbered 16 of just 100 prints, SIGNED in pencil by both the subject David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock to lower margin. In an elegant mount, perspex, and simple moulded frame. Overall dimensions 60 x 45 cm. Often referred to as "The Man... More
David Bowie - The Jean Genie.
(Brighton): Self-published, 2006. SIGNED by the photographer. From Ian Dickson's 'Collector's Series'; a range of handmade box sets, each title containing seven hand-printed images in signed mounts; offered in Standard, Digital or DeLuxe (best) edition. The Jean Genie comprises six silver gelatine prints and one colour digital print of David... More
Varied Verse.
London and Tunbridge Wells: The Reliance Press, no date [1925]. [Kent and Sussex Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.63 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Major Heron, with the author's | kindred regards & in remembrance | of many a hearty... More
A Woman of Substance.
St Albans: Granada, 1980. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.636 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the flyleaf: 'With best wishes — | Barbara Taylor Bradford.' Publisher's brown leather-effect cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket. Low grade paper... More
The Dead Side of the Mike.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1980. [Crime thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.176. Publisher's red cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of £4.95 net. Inscribed by the author to the copyright page: "with love | from | Simon | 11th June 1980". Cloth sunned... More
Ethel and Ernest. A True Story.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. [Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.103; [1]. Publisher's illustrated laminated boards, light green endpapers. Illustrated throughout in cartoon strip style. Signed by the author to the title page. Ottakar's signed copy sticker to upper board. The reissue of Briggs' award winning illustrated... More
Tintagel and the Arthurian Mythos.
Launceston: Pendragon Press, 1995. [Mythology] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.203; [1]. Number 992 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page. With eleven colour photographic plates and frequent monochrome in-text illustrations. Publisher's colour illustrated card covers. Reading crease to spine; some light edge wear. Very good. More
Nature Notes.
Tunbridge Wells: The Foundling Press, 1997. FINELY BOUND SIGNED EDITION. Oblong (22 x 27cm), pp.111. With colour illustrations to recto of every leaf, and captions to verso. Number 76 of just 100 copies SIGNED BY THE ARTIST in blue ink to limitation page. In contemporary full green morocco with gilt... More
A Friend From England.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.205; [3] blank. Publisher's light brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper showing "The Tempest" by Giorgione on a smart green background. Signed by the author to the title page. Textblock slightly toned, dust-jacket price clipped, slight... More
Sonnets from the Portuguese, by E.B. Browning. To which is prefaced a 'Little Journey' to the Home of the Author, written by E. Hubbard.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1898. Limited Edition to 480 copies of which this is No.217. SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard. Publisher's quarter white cloth with gilt titles to upper, grey paper boards and end papers; edges untrimmed. Hand coloured stylised capitals throughout the text; superb printing on thick pages... More
The Wrong End of Time.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. [Science Fiction]. SIGNED UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4]; 185; [1]. Publisher's green cloth, light green titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed and inscribed on the title page: "For Frank | John Brunner | 1988 [peace sign]". Some light spotting to edges and to... More
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The Island of Sheep. [A Richard Hannay Novel].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.318. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Illustrated maps to front endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket by Chesterman, priced at 7/6. Rear flyleaf removed... More
The Children's Book.
London: Chatto and Windus, 2009. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 617 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephen Parker. Some marks and rubbing to boards. Jacket priced-clipped. Near fine. More
Molly Moon Stops the World.
London, Macmillan 2003. FIRST EDITION, 8vo. Fine in like dust-jacket. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page. More
His Illegal Self.
London: Faber and Faber, 2008. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 272; [10]. Publisher's grey paper covered boards, titles in black to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of £16.99, dark green endpapers. Signed by the author to the title page. With a Hatchards bookmark loosely inserted. Fine. More
A Screw Loose: My story so far.
London: B and T Publishers, 1977. Signed First Edition. Octavo. Bound in wine cloth with gilt titles to spine. Red dust wrapper bears titles in red and white to spine and front and rear covers. The binding is tight. The text is clean, and shows no signs of spotting. The... More