"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
Signed & Inscribed
Flashman on the March. From the Flashman Papers 1867-68.
London: Harper Collins, 2005. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; [2]; 317; [7]. SIGNED by George MacDonald Fraser in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, cartographic endpapers, and with the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Gino D'Achille, priced at..... More
The Light's on At Signpost. Memoirs of the Movies, Among Other Matters.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 338. With two suites of black and white plates. Publisher's brown cloth hardcover, bronze titles, yellow endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autograph of George Fraser in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person..... More
The Reavers.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2007. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 230 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Max Schindler, priced at £18.99. A fine, as-new copy..... More
According to Yes.
London: Michael Joseph, 2015. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[10] 376. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' preliminary leaf. Publisher's white cloth with black and blue titles, priced at £20.00 (no jacket as issued). Blue endpapers. 'Signed Copy' sticker to front..... More
Liberty or Death. India's Journey to Independence and Division.
London: Harper Collins, 1997. [Indian history]. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xxiii; [1]; 467; [5]. Publisher's black cloth, tiles in silver to spine, photographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with two suites of black and white photographs. Signed and inscribed to the title page. Edges slightly toned. Near fine. More
Bearders: My Life in Cricket.
London: Orion Books, 2006. [Cricket Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 322 [4]. With two suites of four double-sided photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink: 'For Jeff Hunt | All good wishes,' to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With..... More
That Was The Week That Was.
London: W.H. Allen, 1963. [Television Comedy] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.156 [4]. With black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. INSCRIBED by the photographer Lewis Morley in black ink to half-title: 'For Edward | Thanks to Frost who didn't realise what a hit he would become Lewis.'..... More
Complete Poems of Robert Frost.
New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, December 1960. [Poetry] INSCRIBED COPY, the eleventh impression thus. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] xxii; 666 [4]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'Robert Frost | to | Edward Godfrey | Bread Loaf 1961.' Publisher's gren cloth with gilt titles..... More
Selected Poems by Robert Frost.
New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, February 1937. [Poetry] SIGNED COPY, third impression thus. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 247 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title: 'Robert Frost | Albany 1937.' Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt facsimile signature to..... More
The Right of the Child: A Chapter in Social History. With a Foreword by Countess Mountbatten of Burma and an Introduction by Captain L.H. Green.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1951. [Humanitarianism] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.159 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to V.H.A. (Violet Attlee) to fly-leaf. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. A new bookplate detailing provenance to front pastedown. Spine sunned with..... More
Death Is Forever.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1992. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.248. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket with no price to front flap- copies without a printed price were intended for export. With presentation note to title page in black ink; "To..... More
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The Secret Families. [Inscribed Typescript with Associated Correspondence].
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT. 437 sheets of type-written A4 paper, with the title leaf INSCRIBED by the author in black ink: 'To Gary, | With all good wishes — | yours | John Gardner.' Also with a separate Compliments leaf on US..... More
Gun Island.
London: John Murray, 2019. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 312 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to spine. Green patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Stephen Johnston, priced at £20. A...... More
Oscar Wilde: A Study.
Oxford: The Holywell Press, 1905. [Literary Biography] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.[12] 110 [2]. From an edition of 500 copies. With five illustrated plates, including a frontispiece caricature of Wilde. Publisher's slate blue paper-covered boards with red and black titles to paper labels on spine and upper. All..... More
Ian Fleming: The Bibliography.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. SIGNED by the author. Royal quarto (33 x 22cm), with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. Fine/new..... More
Undercover Princess.
London: Penguin Books, 2017. [Children's literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 378. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt titles to spine, decorative endpapers, dust-jacket designed by Qing Han with printed price of £12.99. Signed by the author to a tipped in title page. Fine. The first instalment of the..... More
Annabel: An Unconventional Life.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. [Memoirs]. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xi; [3]; 274. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket. Illustrated with three photographic suites. Signed by the author to the title page. Fine. More
Twelve Part Songs. Omnipotent Lord; Little Celandine; Gitanella; Bright Star of Eve; My True Love Hath My Heart; Take Me, Mother Earth; The Farewell; Go, Lovely Rose; The Bell; Far From My Native Mountains; Adam Could Find No Solid Peace; Le Loup et L'Agneau (The Wolf and the Lamb), a Fable from La Fontaine, with French and English Words.
London: Goddard & Co., no date [1872-1873]. [Part-Song Collection] SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS, with two significant associated inscriptions. Two six-part series bound as one volume. Large octavo (27 x 19cm). SIGNED by the composer in blue ink to title page of each Part Song. Additionally INSCRIBED in pencil to the composer's..... More
The Wind in the Willows.
London: Methuen Children's Books, 1971. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST SHEPARD COLOUR EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[4] 262 [2]. Heavily illustrated with Shepard's drawings, produced in colour for the first time. Number 231 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to limitation page. Finely bound..... More
Dogs in Art.
London: Reaktion Books, 2019. [Art history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (26 x 21cm), pp.280. Publisher's grey paper covered boards, titles in yellow to spine, dust-jacket featuring a detail from a painting by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet and a woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige, yellow/green endpapers. With 164 illustrations, 158 in colour..... More
The Great Jowett.
London: Bodley Head, 1981. [Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Slim octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.44; [2], blank. Publisher's reddish orange cloth blocked in black and gilt, grey endpapers, clear plastic jacket. Number 244 of 525 copies signed by the author. Bookseller ticket to pastedown. Slightly sunned to the spine, plastic jacket..... More
Three Plays. The Living Room, The Potting Shed, and The Complaisant Lover.
London: Mercury Books / Heinemann, 1961. [Drama] FIRST OMNIBUS EDITION, GREENE FAMILY COPY, INSCRIBED by the author to his wife. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.237; [2], blank. Publisher's softcovers. With presentation note to flyleaf; For Vivien / with love from / Graham [underlined]. Light handling and soiling, spine toned; near..... More
A Visit To Morin.
London: Heinemann, 1959. LIMITED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Slim octavo (24 x 16cm), green cloth in printed dust-wrapper. Only 250 copies. With hand-written note to flyleaf; For Angus/ with 1960 Christmas wishes / from Graham. Binding is near fine; very good wrapper is toned with a...... More
That Summer.
London: faber and faber, 2000. [Wartime Romance] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 13cm), pp.x; 261 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's photographic soft covers, with the dust-jacket priced at £9.99. A little light handling and some toning to edges and margins. Near fine..... More
Traction Man Meets Turbodog.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2008. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 23cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour to every page by the author. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's glossy colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99. A fine, as-new copy... More