Signed & Inscribed
Two Fables.
Harmondsworth: Viking, 1986. [Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.64. Number 45 of 300 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. With frequent in-text black and white illustrations, and a colour frontispiece, by Dean. Publisher's red quarter calf, with gilt titles to..... More
Dr. No.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Thriller] SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Fourth impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's dark brown cloth in the original dust-wrapper illustrated by Pat Marriott. With author's presentation note to the flyleaf in blue ink; To / Lou / Whom I must / meet soon!..... More
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. SIGNED BY IAN FLEMING and additionally INSCRIBED BY THE DEDICATEE 'Sable Basilisk' (Robin de la Lanne Mirrlees). Second Impression. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Housed in a leather-spined clamshell box. Very good indeed, with a little edge-spotting, neat reference number '1M' to flyleaf..... More
For Your Eyes Only.
London: Foyles' Book Club, n.d. [1961]. UK BOOK CLUB EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.192. Publisher's green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Cuthill. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The sixth will have / to wait. / x / Ian. (underlined). A fine copy in a...... More
For Your Eyes Only.
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1960. FIRST US EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo, pp.218. Publisher's yellow and green cloth in pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Richard Chopping, priced at $3.50. With presentation note to the flyleaf 'The rest will have / to wait. / x / Ian..... More
Sally Lockhart Trilogy: The Ruby In The Smoke, The Shadow in the Plate and The Tiger in the Well.
Oxford University Press and Viking Books 1985, 1986, 1991. [Children's Literature] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS. Three volumes, octavos (23 x 15 x 8cm), the first being SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's hardcovers in illustrated jackets. Autograph of Philip Pullman in blue ink to title page of the first volume. Some expected..... More
Living History.
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003. [American politics] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xi; [3]; 562. Publisher's black quarter cloth over black paper covered boards, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Jackie Seow, with printed price of U.S. $20.00 | Can $44.00. With two suites of..... More
The Downing Street Years.
London: Harper Collins, 1993. [Politics] SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY, FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xiv; 914. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in photographic dust-jacket. Signed by Baroness Thatcher in her characteristic blue pen to a tipped in blank after the half title page, from the library of Lord..... More
The Godwin Sideboard. The second Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1984. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.166 [2]. SIGNED by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, with printed price of £6.95 to flap..... More
Stuff and Nonsense, and So On.
London: Constable & Co., 1927. [Comic Verse] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 110 [2]. With frequent vignette woodcut illustrations by Bold. SIGNED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf, dated February 1934. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Label..... More
The Life and Times of Madame Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin.
Reims: Printed for Champagne Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin by the Curwen Press, 1961. [Champagne] SIGNED FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Large octavo (27 x 18cm), pp.[8] 54 [2]. With frequent black and white illustrations by Drian. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title. Publisher's yellow patterned soft covers, with the original..... More
Tropic of Cancer.
London: John Calder, 1963. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 318. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page; possibly a secretarial hand. Publisher's grey cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the blue dust-jacket, priced at 25s. Large blue ink ownership to..... More
Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats and Joyce.
London: Viking, 2018. [Irish Literary Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 186. With occasional black and white illustrations. SIGNED by the author in black ink to 'Exclusive signed first edition' leaf tipped in ahead of the half-title. Publisher's black paper over boards, with white titles to spine..... More
Storm-Wrack: A Night with the Brontes and Other Poems.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1927. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 103 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf. Publisher's green cloth with printed titles to a plain paper label on spine. Top edge green, others untrimmed. Some toning to edges and..... More
Taken on Trust.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1993. [Hostage Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 370. With two suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and cream endpapers. With the..... More
Laolus and Other Poems.
Aligarh: At The Jamia Press, 1924. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[2] 145 [1]. A limited private press edition of 500 copies, this copy out-of-series. INSCRIBED by the author in black in to half-title: 'To | Margaret Shaw | For her ??? of Arcadia, | with all..... More
The Archer's Craft. A Sheaf of Notes on certain Matters concerning Archers and Archery, the Making of Archer's Tackle and the Art of Hunting with the Bow.
London: Faber and Faber, 1951. [Archery] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.222 [2]. With numerous illustrated plates and diagrams. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To Humphrey Payer, | from his old friend | the author | A.E. Hodgkin | June 1953.' Also with..... More
Notes on Joseph Conrad. With some Unpublished Letters.
London: Myers & Co., 1926. [Literary Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 18cm), pp.38 [4]. With a black and white photographic frontispiece portrait of Conrad. Number 143 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's white quarter buckram, with gilt titles to..... 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
Ludmila. A Story of Liechtenstein.
Liechtenstein: QUICK, 1960. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FOURTH IMPRESSION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.53. Eleven illustrations including frontispiece by Franz Deak. INSCRIBED by Baron von Falz-Fein, father of Ludmila, in blue ink to dedication page. Publishers green cloth, gilt title upper front board. Photographic yellow dust-jacket, not priced. Ownership inscription to..... More
Grass for his Pillow.
London: Macmillan, 2003. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[14] 306. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and black endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £12.99. A fine, as-new copy. The first sequel to 'Across..... More
Blood from a Stone.
London: William Heinemann, 2005. [Crime Fiction] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[8] 276. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's blue cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £15.99. Lightly browned throughout. A fine..... More
The Gwen John Sculpture. The Gwen John Sculpture, The third Tim Simpson adventure.
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1985. [Crime adventure] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [4] 199 [5]. Signed by author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket by Colin Thomas, priced at £7.50 to flap..... More
Red Fox.
London: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, 1979. [Crime fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.308. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, dust-wrapper with printed price £5.50 to flap. Inscription from author on title page. Minor toning to edges of textblock, bumped to top of spine..... More
Lamb.
Belfast: Blackstaff Press; and London: Jonathan Cape, 1980. [Irish Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.152. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket, price at £4.95, and re-priced with a yellow label..... More