"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Signed & Inscribed
Living History.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003. [American politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xi; [3]; 562. Publisher's black quarter cloth over black paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Jackie Seow, with printed price of U.S. $20.00 | Can $44.00. With two suites of..... More
Mummy Never Told Me.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author throughout. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £10.99, SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, light grey endpapers. Autograph obtained at an event at Illustration..... More
Truelove.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (25 x 26cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author throughout. Pink endpapers. Publisher's illustrated glossy paper-covered boards, priced at £9.99. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Autograph obtained at an event at Illustration Cupboard..... More
Doctor Who: Combat Magicks.
London: BBC Books / Penguin Random House, Ebury Publishing, 2018. [Children's Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.[6] 264 [2]. 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
The Supernaturalist.
London: Puffin Books, 2004. [Fantasy adventure] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 291; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with rich yellow endpapers in a metallic effect dust-jacket. Fine/as new. More
Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident.
London: Puffin Books, 2002. [Fantasy Adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 288; [4], blank. Publisher's black cloth in a metallic effect dust-jacket. A fine/as new copy. This sequel to "Artemis Fowl" finds old enemies Holly Short and Artemis Fowl working together for the first time. A bold and..... More
Laughing Anne.
London: Printed at The Morland Press, 1923. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.67; [5], blank. Hand-printed in two colours on Kelmscott hand-made paper Publisher's full limp vellum, lettered in gilt to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Number 164 of 175 copies for sale, signed..... More
The Works of Joseph Conrad. Including: Almayer's Folly, Tales of Unrest, Typhoon, Nostromo, Lord Jim, An Outcast of the Islands, The Secret Agent, Under Western Eyes, Chance, Allmayer's Folly, Victory, The Rescue, The Inheritors, Romance, The Mirror of the Sea, The Arrow of Gold, The Shadow Line, etc.
London: William Heinemann, 1921. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 20 volumes. Octavo. Edition Limited to 780 sets of which this is No. 541, SIGNED by the author. Handsomely bound in half dark blue oasis morocco with gilt titles and gilt raised bands to spines, blue cloth boards, untrimmed edges, top edge gilt..... More
Lionboy: The Chase.
London: Puffin, 2004. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 320; [6]. With occasional illustrated maps and diagrams by Fred van Deelen. SIGNED by the author/s in black ink to the title page. Publisher's green cloth with red titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated..... More
The Iron Ship. The History and Significance of Brunel's Great Britain.
Bradford-on-Avon: Moonraker Press, 1975. [Maritime History and Engineering] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.[6], 253; [1]. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, black and white photographs, and very occasional colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'To Jaqueline Iversen / with my thanks /..... More
Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810.
London: Harper Collins, 2004. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 351; [7], blank. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title-page. Some marking to board edges else fine. Another instalment in..... More
Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810.
London: Harper Collins, 2004. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 351; [7], blank. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title-page. Some marking to board edges else fine. Another instalment in..... More
Sharpe's Fury.
London: Harper Collins, 2006. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 407; [3]. Publisher's cloth, pale blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Autograph obtained in person upon release. An as new/unread copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Another episode in..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 261; [3], blank. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine/as new. Another instalment in the bestselling military saga, set during the Napoleonic era. In..... More
Of the Burning and Repair of the Church of Canterbury in the Year 1174. From the Latin of Gervase, a Monk of the Priory of Christ Church, Canterbury. The Pilgrim Players 1949, in Commemoration of the Festival Play 'The Zeal of Thy House' by Dorothy L. Sayers.
Canterbury: Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, 1938 [1949]. [English History]. SIGNED COMMEMORATIVE EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (22 x 15cm), pp.21 [3]. SIGNED by Dorothy Sayers lightly in pencil to front cover. With six plates in photogravure. Publisher's blue card covers with titles to front cover. Also with special cream dust-jacket celebrating the..... More
The winter of the Birds.
London: Faber and Faber, 1975. [Children's fiction]. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anthony Maitland. Signed and inscribed to flyleaf: "For Caroline | with very best | wishes | Helen Cresswell | Old Church Farm | 1978"..... More
American Prince: My Autobiography.
London: Virgin Books, 2008. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xv [3], 364 [2]. With occasional in-text photographic illustrations, and two sections of colour plates (eight double-sided plates in total). SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title, and hand-numbered 582 of 1000 copies produced in this special edition. In publisher's..... More
Revolting Rhymes. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. [Children's classic] SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Slim octavo (27 x 21cm), unpaginated. With full colour illustrations by Quentin Blake. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards, without wrapper as issued, with publisher's price label (£3.95) to rear cover. An early printing, INSCRIBED by the author in thick blue..... More
Two Fables.
London, Viking Ltd. 1986. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Number 225 of 300 copies. Octavo, pp.[64]. Quarter red leather over black cloth boards, gilt titles to spine and upper board. Signed by Dahl on the limitation page. Illustrations by Graham Dean, including one colour print, as frontispiece. Slightest shelf wear, near fine..... More
The Enormous Crocodile With Pictures by Quentin Blake
London: Jonathan Cape 1978. INSCRIBED, Second Impression. Publisher's glossy pictorial boards; INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR facing title page: "To / TIMOTHY / WITH LOVE / Roald Dahl / 1981" [underlined]. Some edgewear, extremities a little pushed, very good. Roald Dahl received the World Fantasy Award [Lifetime Achievement] in 1983. Book..... More
Wild Decembers: a Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1932. SIGNED PRODUCTION COPY. Octavo, pp.97. In publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Flyer for the Apollo Theatre production pasted to front paste-down. SIGNED by the author and nineteen members of the cast and crew from the May production of the following..... More
![The Saville Club 1868-1968. [a souvenir booklet]. Monja DANISCHEWSKY, Stephen WATTS, John LE...](/pictures/thumb/55414.jpg?v=1579102566)
The Saville Club 1868-1968. [a souvenir booklet].
London: the Saville Club, 1968. [London Gentlemen's Club Centenary Booklet] SIGNED BY CONTRIBUTORS. Small quarto (24 x 19cm), pp.31 [1]. Also with the Centenary Dinner menu loose at rear. Liberally SIGNED by various contributors and club members, including Stephen Potter, John Pudney, Winston Graham, Ralph Richardson, Eric Linklater, as well..... More
Terence Rattigan: The Man and His Work.
London: Quartet Books, 2010. [Literary Biography] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, revised third edition. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.[2] 534. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Edward | with best wishes | Michael Darlow | 1st August 2011. Publisher's soft covers priced at £22.50. Light wear..... More
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club: Some New Bibliographical Discoveries.
London: Marks, 1928. ORIGINAL PAMPHLET WITH INSCRIBED LETTER. Octavo. pp. 20. In publisher's green paper covers with black titles. With contemporary newspaper article pasted to inside cover and a manuscript letter from the publishers pasted to page one. Black ink 'with compliments' to front cover. Light wear, otherwise very good..... More
How I Play Snooker.
London: Country Life, 1949. [Snooker]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.176; [2]. Publisher's green cloth titled in white to spine and upper board, blind stamped design of a snooker table to upper board, photographic dust-jacket. Inscribed by the author to the flyleaf: "To Denny Christopherson | with best..... More