"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
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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 With an Introduction and Notes by R. A. Walker and some Unpublished Letters and Drawings.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
Oriental Assembly.
London: Williams and Norgate Ltd., 1939. [Travel / Adventure] FIRST EDITION, publisher's file copy edited by A.W. Lawrence, with his SIGNED notes for a later printing. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xii; 291. With four illustrations including frontispiece, as well as 111 photographic images on plates. In publisher's brown cloth with..... More
Absolute Friends.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2004. [Intrigue] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.383; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, purple endpapers, purple dust-wrapper with red and white titles, priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine/as new copy. A theatrical masterstroke..... More
A Delicate Truth.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. [Spy novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, navy blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Signed by the author to 'Exclusive Signed Edition' leaf, and with..... More
A Delicate Truth.
London: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2013. [Spy novel] LIMITED EDITION PROOF COPY, SIGNED. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.310; [1], Acknowledgements; [1], blank. Publisher's softcovers with publication details to foot of upper and lower panels. A lovely fine unread copy, SIGNED by the author directly to the title page..... More
The Little Drummer Girl.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.430. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, top edge tinted brown, in bronze-effect dust-jacket priced at £8.95. With author's signature in black ink to title page (not dated or dedicated). A fine copy of the book..... More
The Looking-Glass War.
London: Heinemann, 1965. [Cold War thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Post-octavo (20 x14cm), pp.[x]; 246. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. With autograph in ballpoint to flyleaf. A fine copy of the book in rich red jacket, entirely free of fading. Price-clipped with minor laminate shrink else a crisp fine example. Simply stunning-..... More
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[Manuscript Letter Signed].
no place: no publisher, 31st March 1997. [Letter] MANUSCRIPT LETTER. Handwritten letter on headed with printed addresses of the author's London and Cornish homes (29 x 20cm), mounted in a smart grey cloth hardcover wallet, lettered in gilt to the spine. The letter reads: "Dear Mr Snell, | Thank you..... More
A Legacy of Spies.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[8]; 264; [2]. Exclusive signed edition: Signed by the author in black ink to a tipped in leaf preceding half title. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket..... More
The Little Drummer Girl.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. [Spy Novel] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 19cm), pp.[14] 430 [4]. Number 419 of just 1048 copies specially produced for the Book-of-the-Month Club, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's tan quarter buckram with green cloth over..... More
The Mission Song.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 339; [6]. With a map of Africa at rear. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine, russett-coloured endpapers pictorial dust-jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine, unread copy. A naive young interpreter..... More
The Pigeon Tunnel. Stories from My Life.
London: Viking an imprint of Penguin Books, 2016. [Memoirs] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.viii; 310; [2]. Exclusive signed edition: Signed by the author in black ink to a tipped in leaf preceding half title. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, dark red endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed..... More
The Russia House.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.344; [8]. Publisher's grey cloth, blue titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £12.95. Signed by the author directly to the title page. A near fine copy in like wrapper. Cold War espionage novel and..... More
Single and Single.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. [Legal thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.351. The true UK first edition, issued as a promotional release before the standard trade edition appeared in the usual larger format, which was entirely reset. Signed by the author in black ink to the title..... More
A Small Town In Germany.
London: Heinemann, 1968. [Spy thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.306; [2], blank. Publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30s. Autograph of John Le Carre in black ballpoint directly to title page. Discreet bookplate to flyleaf else a crisp, fine copy. 'A Small..... More
Smiley's People.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980 [November 1979]. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.327; [1], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, plain endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. With author's signature in black ink to title page, contemporary to publication but without date or dedication. A lightly handled copy in similar price-clipped..... More
The Stretton Street Affair.
London: Cassell and Co., 1924. [Spy fiction] ASSOCIATION COPY. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in black to spine and front board. Gift inscription to title page: "To Enid Agabeg | from Uncle | William Le Queux ". Internally clean, very light spoting to page..... More
The Champington Mystery.
London: Digby, Long and Co., 1900. First edition. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.308; 16, publishers advertisements dated October 1900. Publisher's burgundy cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Inscribed boldly to Hugh Sartoris on the front pastedown by the author. Internally clean, with an unfortunate shallow..... More
Jimmy Page. A Photographic Autobiography.
Guildford: Genesis Publications Limited, 2010. [Rock music] FIRST EDITION. Folio, with 650 photographic illustrations. Limited edition, number 902 of 2500 copies SIGNED by Jimmy Page. Quarter bound in black morocco leather over unique perspex covers with screen-printed photograph portraits, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In a leather and silk slipcase..... More