Signed & Inscribed
Incendiary.
London: Chatto and Windus, 2005. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 242; [6]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, dated 17th June 2005, three weeks before the book was published. Number 58 of 500 copies stated on a special tipped in..... More
A Note of Enchantment.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 250 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate to fly-leaf. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Leslie Wood. Miss Cond's usual..... More
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
Middle England.
London: Viking, 2018. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 424. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and red endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £16.99. Promotional stickers to front cover. A fine, as-new..... More
Number 11. Or Tales that Witness Madness.
London: Viking, 2015. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 351 [7]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the exclusive signed edition leaf. Purple endpapers. Pictorial paper cover over boards designed by John McNaught. With the half-height paper dust-jacket gummed to paste-down. Priced at £16.99..... 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
Princess Smartypants and the Missing Princes.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2016. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 130 [6]. Illustrated by the author throughout. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £5.99. A fine, as-new copy. More
Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident.
London: Puffin Books, 2002. [Fantasy Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 288 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the blue metallic-effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Together with a fine copy of 'The Seventh..... More
Artemis Fowl, The Eternity Code.
London: Puffin Books, 2003. [Fantasy adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.329. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with rich yellow endpapers and bright red metallic lettering to spine. With the red metallic effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. Together with a...... More
The Supernaturalist.
London: Puffin Books, 2004. [Children's fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xii; 291 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine and rich yellow endpapers. With the blue metallic-effect dust-jacket, priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy..... More
The Burning Room.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, 2014. [Crime novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 388 [6]. Number 161 of 200 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, with gilt titles to..... More
The Lincoln Lawyer.
London: Orion, 2005. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 404 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with his FULL SIGNATURE, rather than the more familiar initials/hurried autograph. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the..... 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: The Nigger of the Narcissus, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, Lord Jim, Youth, etc.
New York, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1920. [Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Complete in 24 volumes. Octavo (22 x 16cm). Frontispiece photogravure to volume one, vignette 'Sundial' illustration to title page of each volume, which features text printed in two colours. Handsomely bound in half dark blue oasis morocco with..... 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
Gallows Thief.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Historical Fiction/Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 281 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. With a nineteenth century coloured map of London as endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced..... 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. A lovely fine/as new copy. Another instalment in the world-renowned..... 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 in black ink to the title page. Fine. Another episode in the enduring Sharpe saga. "Sharpe's Fury" is based on the real events..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. A...... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For Alan | with all good wishes | Bernard Cornwell.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 277 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced..... More
Vagabond. The Grail Quest.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 371 [1]. With map, vignette illustrations and pictorial endpapers. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and illustrated light pink endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated..... More
Runaway Robot.
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2019. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 272 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black ink, with robot sketch, to preliminary leaf. With frequent in-text illustrations by Lenton. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to spine and black illustration to upper, and..... More
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. A Story of New York by Stephen Crane.
Mount Vernon, NY: printed for The Limited Editions Club by A. Colish, 1974. [American Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 20cm), pp.[2] 105 [5]. With six photogravures from etchings by Abeles, including a frontispiece. Number 1642 of 2000 copies thus, SIGNED in black ink by the illustrator to..... More
Michael Crawford. Parcel Arrived Safely: Tied with String. My Autobiography.
London: Century, 1999. [Performing Arts Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 330. With 12 double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at..... More