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Signed & Inscribed
This Day's Madness.
London: Jarrolds, 1960. [Zulu Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.224. SIGNED by the author 'with best wishes' in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to blue background on spine, and gilt device to upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Sax. Blue ink..... 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
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
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
![Two Stories. The Mare's nest [and] The Long Shadow. John HAMPSON](/pictures/thumb/48553.jpg?v=1495624739)
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
The Song of The Cotton Picker. With photos by Carl Julien.
Clinton, South Carolina: Jacob's Press. 1942. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Publisher's red rexine, leather effect cloth with onlay photgraphic title label to front board. Bright and sharp, small square of fading to head of spine. In a very good dustwrapper, frayed and chipped to head of spine..... More
A Skinful of Shadows.
London: Macmillan, 2017. [Children's Occult Historical Adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[6] 415 [11]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's dark green paper-covered boards titled and decorated in glossy black, with matching green endpapers and edges. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Aitch..... 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
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
Fatherland.
London: Hutchinson, 1992. [Alternative history] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 372; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, black endpapers, dust-jacket designed by the Senate with printed price of £14.99. Signed by the author to the title page. Very light toning/spotting to edges, cloth lightly bumped..... 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 Tanks. The History of the Royal Tank Regiment and its Predecessors Heavy Branch Machine-Gun Corps, Tank Corps, and Royal Tank Corps 1914-1945. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
London: Cassell, 1959. [Military History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS. Two volumes. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xx; 462 [2]; pp.xiv; 555 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf of volume I: 'For R.W. Thompson, | in appreciation of his own most interesting | and stimulating exploration of war history..... More
Art or Anarchy? How the Extremists and Exploiters Have Reduced the Fine Arts to Chaos and Commercialism.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1964. [Art History and Criticism] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 204. With 20 double-sided black and white plates. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to half-title: 'To [?] Winchester - | next book on music! | Best regards - |..... More
Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-75.
London: William Collins, 2018. [Military History] SIGNED COPY, fourth printing. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxx; 720. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. With four suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and photographic endpapers. With the..... More
Muhammad Ali. His Life and Times.
London: Robson Books, 1991. [Boxing Biography] INSCRIBED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.544. With 12 double-sided black and white photographic plates. INSCRIBED from the author to 'Malcolm' in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the black and white dust-jacket featuring a...... More
The Secret of Lost Things.
London: Fourth Estate, 2007. [Bookshop Novel] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[12] 354 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to first blank. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, and green endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. A fine, as-new copy. A...... More
Music, A Joy for Life.
London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1976. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Square Octavo, pp.204 [4]. With numerous b/w illustrations and a colour plate section. In publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to front free end-paper. A fine copy... More
![Darkmouth, Darkmouth Worlds Explode, [and] Darkmouth Chaos Descends. Shane HEGARTY, James DE LA RUE](/pictures/thumb/54368.jpg?v=1563980723)
Darkmouth, Darkmouth Worlds Explode, [and] Darkmouth Chaos Descends.
London: Harper Collins Children's Books, 2015, 2015, 2016. [Children's fiction] FIRST EDITIONS, SIGNED IN VOLUME ONE. Three volumes, octavo (23 x 15 x 12cm). Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spines, black endpapers, dust-jackets illustrated by James de la Rue. Signed by the author to the title page of..... More
![Catch-22 [typed extract SIGNED]. Joseph HELLER](/pictures/thumb/54088.jpg?v=1561035236)
Catch-22 [typed extract SIGNED].
no place, no date. [Modern literature] Typescript beginning "It was love at first sight", taken from the opening chapter 'The Texan' of the classic war satire 'Catch-22' by Joseph Heller. Comprises 15 lines of text below general title, author's name and chapter heading. Signed at foot in black ink by..... More
Naked Came the Manatee
New York: Putnam, 1996. FIRST EDITION, multi-signed. Octavo, pp.201; [1], blank. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. A fine copy. A mystery parody comprising thirteen chapters, each written by a different Miami-based author writer. This is one of a small number SIGNED BY ALL THIRTEEN CONTRIBUTORS. More