"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Signed & Inscribed
Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED TO VOLUME I. Four volumes, octavo (22 x 14 x 7cm) Publisher's black cloth, white dust-wrappers, publisher's white pictorial slipcase. Signed by Hughes, the late Poet Laureate, in Volume 1. Illustrated by Chris Riddell in volume 1 and by Lisa Flather..... More
![The Iron Man [The Iron Giant], together with The Iron Woman. Signed. Ted HUGHES, Pete, TOWNSEND,...](/pictures/thumb/39598.jpg?v=1493310872)
The Iron Man [The Iron Giant], together with The Iron Woman. Signed.
London: Faber and Faber 1985. 1985 and 1993. 2 volumes, FIRST EDITIONS thus: 'The Iron Man' signed and inscribed by both composer Pete Townsend and author Ted Hughes, and the sequel being inscribed by Hughes. Publisher's uniform hardcovers in pictorial jackets. Fine/near fine. 'The Iron Man: The Musical' based on..... More
The Cultured pearl.
London: Hammond, Hammond and Company, 1961. [Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.284; [1] blank; [3] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth, titles in green to spine, striking dust-jacket designed by Sax with printed price of 15s. net. Signed by the author to the title page. Internally fine, some..... More
Cape Town to Clyde.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1932. [Early Flight] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.xii; 91 [1]. With a frontispiece and one further illustrated plate, as well as two folding maps. INSCRIBED in blue ink to flyleaf: 'To Captain Bob Ostler | with the author's | compliments & thanks..... More
The Dwarf's Chamber.
London, Ward Lock. 1896. First edition. 8vo. 386pp + 6pp ads. Publisher's black cloth title in gilt to spine and decorated in white and red to front board. Light edgewear, bumping to head of spine, the book would be catalogued as near fine were it not for an unfortunate centimetre..... More
The Tiger Skin.
London: William Heinemann Limited, 1924. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY. A work from feminist, novelist, and founder of the Women Writers' Suffrage League. Large post octavo, pp.133. Inscription reads 'To "K.K." from Violet Hueffer, nov. 1924'; Violet Hunt lived with author Ford Madox Ford (born Ford Hermann Hueffer) from 1910-1918..... More
Image in the Water.
London: Little, Brown, and Company, 2001. [Political novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, Association copy. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 243; [5]. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket. Signed and dated to the title page. Recent bookplate detailing provenance affixed to flyleaf. Edges of textblock slightly toned. Near fine..... More
The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1976. [Comedy]. SIGNED COPY, the third impression, paperback. Quarto (31 x 24cm), unpaginated. SIGNED by Eric Idle and Neil Innes in blue and black ink to verso of front cover. Full of mad witty nonsense, as expected. Publisher's card covers with false title, 'The Wonderful World of..... More
Sea and Islands.
London: Collins, 1967. [Yachting Travel] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.288. Twelve double-sided photographic plates showing both colour and black and white images, and occasional in-text diagrams and maps. Signed by the author in black ink to the title page. Also inscribed on the flyleaf to a sailor..... More
![The Lord of the Rings [New Line Cinema, 2001]. Signed mounted digital print. J R. R. TOLKIEN, Ian...](/pictures/thumb/39386.jpg?v=1514979840)
The Lord of the Rings [New Line Cinema, 2001]. Signed mounted digital print.
no place, n.d. [ca.2001]. Black and white portrait image of 'Bilbo Baggins' as portrayed by Ian Holm in the Lord of the Rings Film series. Signed by Mr. Holm in silver pen. In an elegant and simple plain mount, ready for framing. Overall dimensions 40 x 34cm. More
Bit of a Blur. The Autobiography.
London: Little, Brown, 2007. [Britpop] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 274 [4]. With 12 double-sided colour photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in thick black marker to title page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper over boards with titles to spine and tan endpapers. With the matching blue dust-jacket..... More
Pages & Co.: Tilly and the Bookwanderers.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.386 [14]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Charmingly illustrated throughout by Escobar. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards. Green patterned endpapers. With the red dust-jacket also illustrated by Escobar, priced at £12.99..... More
The Other House.
London: William Heinemann, 1896. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Two Volumes. Octavo. Publisher's light blue cloth. Light edgewear and scuffing, bumping to spine and some very light rubbing to extremities. Some darkening to the spine but essentially clean, strong and tight. Shows extremely well. Internally clean and fresh, front inner hinge cracked..... More
The Murder Room.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. [Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.371. Publisher's maroon paper boards, titles and publisher's imprint in white to spine, yellow endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ghost with a printed price of £17.99. Autograph of P.D. James in black ink to the title..... More
Only Fools and Stories.
London: Century, 2017. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.326. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, in photographic dust-jacket by Colin Bell. Signed by the author to the title page. Minor bump to foot of spine. Signed sticker to the dust-wrapper. Fine. Sir David Jason follows-up..... 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
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry.
London: Collins, 1973. [Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.180; [8]. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at £2.00 net. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page; "for Gordon Williams | who thinks this is | charming.... | Bryan | 16..... More
Man of War.
London: Heinemann, 2003. [Naval Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.276; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Geoffrey Huband, priced at £16.99. Autographed in black ink to title page. Signature obtained in person upon release. An as new/unread copy..... More
An Aubrey Beardsley Lecture. With an Introduction and Notes by R. A. Walker and some Unpublished Letters and Drawings.
London: R. A. Walker. 1924. [Art criticism] LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.103; [1]. Publisher's blue cloth, black leather title square with gilt to spine. Top edge gilt, others left untrimmed. Number 145 of 500 copies printed, of which 450 were for sale, signed by..... More
Men versus Devils.
London, Sands and Co. 1901. First Edition, INSCRIBED by the author to flyleaf 8vo. Publisher's maroon cloth with blind-stamped decoration to front and back boards. Titles in gilt to spine and front board, top edge gilt. Ownership. Contains 8 full page black and white illustrations by John Hassall, including frontispiece..... More
The Dipsy Chanty And Other Selected Poems.
East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop 1899. Limited Edition to 950 copies of which this is No. 466, SIGNED by Elbert Hubbard. Post octavo, pp.93; [2], blank. Bound in the publisher's limp, green suede boards with yapp edges, embossed gilt to front board, blocked with the image of a tall..... More
Sea and Sussex. Illustrated by Donald Maxwell.
London: MacMillan and Co., 1926. [Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, this being one of 500 Large Paper Copies on hand-made paper. Quarto (296 x 236mm), pp.xvi; 94. With mounted colour plates not included with the pagination. Publisher's quarter vellum' over slate-grey paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Light marking only..... More
The Historian. A Novel.
London: Little, Brown, 2005. [Gothic fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 642; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in blue to spine, endpapers showing a map of Cold War Europe, typographic dust-jacket designed by Duncan Spilling. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine, unread copy..... More
Skulduggery Pleasant: Resurrection.
London: HarperCollins, 2017. [YA fantasy] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (17 x 25cm), pp.424. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Percival. Signed by the author to the limitation page. Limited edition sticker to cover. Fine. The first novel in the second sequence of..... More
Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light
London: HarperCollins, 2014. [YA fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.605. Publisher's black cloth with titles in silver to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Tom Percival. Signed by the author to the title page. Signed by the author sticker to cover. Fine. The final novel in the..... More