"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Signed & Inscribed
Heart-Shaped Box.
New York, NY: William Morrow, 2007. [Strange Tales] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 376. Signed by the author in red ink to title page, dated 3.31.07. Publisher's quarter black cloth with red titles to spine and grey paper over boards. Red endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by... More about Heart-Shaped Box
High Adventure. With Maps by A. Spark and Sketches by G. Djurkouic.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1955. [Exploration] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224. SIGNED by Edmund Hillary to half title. Illustrated with maps, sketches and photographs. Frontispiece in colour. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust jacket with printed price of 16s net. A clean, bright... More about High Adventure. With Maps by A. Spark and Sketches by G. Djurkouic
Boogie Woogie.
London, Duckworth and Co. 2000. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION (No.119 of 500), 8vo. Publisher's bright red cloth with pale yellow mottled endpapers, spotless pages, a fine copy. Signed by author and on covers by artist Damien Hirst, who designed the wrapper. More about Boogie Woogie
The Haunted House.
London, Lawrence and Bullen. 1896. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's green ribed cloth with cream and gilt blocked decoration to front board. Light rubbing, a pretty copy. All edges gilt. Internally fresh and bright. SIGNED by the illustrator Herbert Railton in florid artistic hand to the half title. A handsome little... More about The Haunted House
31 Songs.
London: Viking, 2003. [Popular Music] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[12]; 196. Illustrated throughout in black and white. SIGNED by the author in thick blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Hatch Show Print, priced at... More about 31 Songs
The House of Silk.
London: Orion Books, 2011. [Detective Fiction] LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.294. One of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author on the half title. As new, in jacket, in titled slipcase, in original shrinkwrap. Anthony Horowitz's first Sherlock Holmes continuation novel, followed up by Moriarty in 2014. More about The House of Silk
Forever and a Day.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2018. [James Bond continuation novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Trade edition. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 287; [9]. Publisher's black hardcovers with boat/bullet design in gilt, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kris Potter. Signed by Anthony Horowitz to the title page. A fine, as new copy. Horowitz's... More about Forever and a Day
Fine Clothes to the Jew.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. [Folk Music/Lyrics/Verse] Third Printing INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.90; [4]. Publisher's purple cloth, lettered in gilt to spine and upper, illustrated dust-wrapper. With presentation note to flyleaf; "For Mrs Holmes- | these songs | and poems - | Sincerely... More about Fine Clothes to the Jew
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 about Collected Animal Poems: The Iron Wolf; What is the Truth?; A March Calf; The Thought-Fox
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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 about The Iron Man [The Iron Giant], together with The Iron Woman. Signed
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 about The Dwarf's Chamber
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 about The Tiger Skin
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 about Image in the Water
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 about The Rutland Dirty Weekend Book
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 about Sea and Islands
My Guru and his Disciple.
London: Eyre Methuen, 1980. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 338; [6]. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket drawn by Don Bachardy. Signed and inscribed on the title page: "For John Hall | Christopher Isherwood | with best wishes". Corners and end-caps slightly bumped... More about My Guru and his Disciple
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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 about The Lord of the Rings [New Line Cinema, 2001]. Signed mounted digital print
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 about Bit of a Blur. The Autobiography
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 about The Other House
The Murder Room.
London: Faber and Faber, 2003. [Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.371. Autograph of P.D. James in black ink to title page. Bound in the publisher's maroon paper boards, titles and publisher's imprint in white to spine, pictorial dust-jacket. Signature obtained in person upon release. An as... More about The Murder Room
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 Milligan. Slightly rubbed to extremities. Very good. More about Streams
Statement Against Corpses. Short Stories by B.S. Johnson and Zulfikar Ghose.
London: Constable, 1964. [Short stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.204. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, typographic dust-jacket designed by Richard Weaver, showing printed price of 21s. net. Inscribed by both authors to the flyleaf: "With best wishes | Bryan Johnson | Zulfikr Ghose". Toned to... More about Statement Against Corpses. Short Stories by B.S. Johnson and Zulfikar Ghose
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 about Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry
Never Greener.
London: Bantam Press, 2018. [Romance] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16 cm), pp.[8]; 403; [5]. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's white cloth with black titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Head Design. Clean and bright copy. Fine/as new. Modern novel exploring the relationships... More about Never Greener
Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin.
London: Hutchinson, 1961. [Politics] GRAHAM GREENE'S COPY, First Edition. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 411; [1]. SIGNED by Greene in blue ink to front free endpaper. Also with Greene's occasional small blue ink marginal notes, and a long list of page references to rear pastedown. Publisher's black cloth with gilt... More about Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin