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Signed & Inscribed
Annals of the Five Senses.
Montrose: Privately published by the author, 1923. [Stream-of-Consciousness] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10] 195 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'To Professor H.J.C. Grierson, | with compliments, | C.M. Grieve, | Oct. 1924.' Publisher's light brown cloth with gilt titles to spine, dark..... More
When the Movies Were Young.
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1925. [Early film] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; [2]; 256; [6]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, textured paper covered boards, paper title labels to spine and upper, fore and tail edge untrimmed. With a photographic frontispiece and fifteen further double sided..... More
Amontarista Plana.
Athens: Gravrielides Books, 2014. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.48. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink 'To Malina, with love' to half-title. Publisher's orange soft covers. Light rubbing to spine. Near fine. The author's second poetry collection. More
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I Piso Pleura tou Kathrephti. [The Rear Side of the Mirror].
Athens: Gravrielides Books, 2012. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.56. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink 'To Malina, from the heart' to half-title. Publisher's grey soft covers. Rubbing to spine and a couple of bumps. Very good. The author's first published..... More
![Simeia twn Kairon. [Signs of the Times]. Roula GRIGORIADOU-CHATZIMINA, born 1946](/pictures/thumb/55980.jpg?v=1591288264)
Simeia twn Kairon. [Signs of the Times].
Athens: Gravrielides Books, 2018. [Greek Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.50 [6]. All text in Greek. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink 'To Malina, with love' to half-title. Publisher's blue soft covers. The lightest of rubbing to spine. Near fine. More
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old.
London: Michael Joseph, 2016. [Diaries] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[4] 376 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Victor Meijer, priced at £12.99. 'Signed Copy' sticker to jacket. A...... More
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED COPY, the twentieth impression. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[8] 272 [8]. INSCRIBED by the author in purple ink to title page: 'To Myra, | best wishes | Mark Haddon.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and burgundy endpapers. With the dust-jacket..... More
William Pitt the Younger.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. [Political Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 15cm), pp.xxvi; 652 [10]. With three suites of four double-sided colour plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page; 'For Roger | with best wishes | William Hague.' Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine..... More
The Mandarin Cypher.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.256. SIGNED by the author ink black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket, designed by Craig Dodd, price-clipped and re-priced at £2.95 by the publisher. Light wear to cloth..... More
Exit West.
London: Hamish Hamilton an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 229; [5]. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £14.99. Signed by the author to a tipped in 'exclusive signed edition' page. Tiny..... More
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Two Stories. The Mare's nest [and] The Long Shadow.
London: E. Lahr, 1931. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.27 [5]. Number 147 of just 250 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear of the volume. In publisher's quarter blue cloth with cream paper-covered boards and black titles to cream paper label on spine. With..... More
Two-And One Over.
London: W. Colins Sons and Co. Ltd., no date [1945]. [Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6]; 342; [4] publisher's advertisements. Publisher's dark blue cloth blocked in red to spine and upper. Inscribed by the author to flyleaf: "With love to K.P.C. | from A.H. | April 1925"..... More
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper.
London: Thames and Hudson, 2010. [Literary Criticism] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.320. With illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Edward — | So good to meet you in | Chichester. Good luck with | the Friends. All my best, | Alex..... More
Gillespie and I.
London: Faber and Faber, 2011. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 504 [10]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Murray— | lovely to meet | you | JH. | 25/8/11'. Publisher's black paper over boards, with silver titles to spine and..... More
The Cross of Lazzaro.
London: Hutchinson, 1965. [Disaster Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.232. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Fawcett. Miss Cond's usual exemplary condition, with a...... More
The Old Trade of Killing.
London: Hutchinson, 1966. [Treasure Hunt Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.236 [4]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro. Miss Cond's..... More
The Spring of Malice.
London: Hutchinson, 1962. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.349 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with silver and red titles to spine, a red device stamped to upper, and grey endpapers. With the..... More
Sunset at Sheba.
London: Hutchinson, 1960. [Colonial Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.223 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf. Publisher's brown cloth with yellow and red titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Mudge Marriott. Miss Cond's usual exemplary..... More
I, In The Membership of My Days. Poems.
New York, NY: Random House, 1973. [Irish Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.135; [1]. Publisher's red cloth, in pictorial dust-wrapper. Dated and inscribed by Richard Harris to flyleaf. Bumped to foot of spine, wrapper a little sunned to spine. Near fine. A collection of poems by..... More
Enigma.
London: Hutchinson, 2006. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.390. Black cloth with silver titles to spine, pictorial endpapers and typographic dust-wrapper. Boldly signed by the author in blue ink to the title page. A little shelf wear, edges of text block toned, top edge dusty/spotted, jacket price-clipped..... More
The Fear Index.
London: Hutchinson, 2011. [Corporate / Cyber thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 323; [5]. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine, diagrammatical black endpapers, dust-jacket with printed price of £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page. Trivial handling; a fine copy. Intrigue concerning artificial intelligence..... More
Munich.
London: Hutchinson, 2017. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 342. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's photographic paper-covered boards, with photographic endpapers and all edges red. With the dust-jacket designed by Glenn O'Neill, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author' sticker..... More
Pompeii.
London: Hutchinson, 2003. [Historical thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.342. Publisher's hardback cloth binding, illustrated map endpapers printed in two colours, pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Edges toned, covers a little bumped, jacket fine. Harris' acclaimed novel about the Roman Empire and..... More
The Naked Eye: Great Photographs of the Nude.
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1987. [Nude Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 26cm), pp.192. Illustrated mainly with black and white, and occasional colour, photographs. SIGNED by David Bailey in white marker to fly-leaf. Publisher's black leatherette with red and silver titles to spine and upper, and a photographic..... More
Peggy and Me.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2016. [Dog Ownership] DOUBLE SIGNED, first edition, tenth printing. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 294 [2]. With in-text illustrations by Meldrum. SIGNED by both author and illustrator, in black ink to title page and half-title respectively. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, and photographic..... More