Signed & Inscribed
Looking Ahead! A Tale of Adventure.
London: Henry & Co., no date [1892]. [Dystopia] INSCRIBED SECOND EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.viii; 264 [4]. With occasional in-text illustrations. INSCRIBED in black ink to the half-title: 'with the author's | kind regards.' Publisher's plain paper covers, illustrated and titled in red, priced at 1s. Quite well-handled, with..... More
Aphrodite's Tears.
London: London Wall Publishing, 2018. [Romance] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxvi; 561 [5]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To dear Takar | with best wishes | and much love, | Hannah Fielding.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the..... More
The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Paré. Containing the Voyages made into Divers Places with many of his writings upon Surgery, Edited and with an Introduction by Geoffrey Keynes.
London: Falcon Educational Books, 1951. [Medicine] FIRST THUS, INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR, with a manuscript letter. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.xxiv; 227 [1]. With four wood-engraved portraits of Pare, including a frontispiece, a vignette 'Wound Man' to the title page, and several in-text woodcut illustrations. INSCRIBED by the editor in..... More
Dangerous Assignment. An Adventure Story.
London: Hennel Locke, 1950. [Children's Adventure] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. With a colour-illustrated frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to front pastedown: 'For Doreen Stevens | —who typed it— | from, | 'Peter Blythe' | —who wrote it—'. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles..... More
Mervyn Peake / Oscar Wilde. Extracts from the Poems of Oscar Wilde with Sixteen Illustrations by Mervyn Peake and a Foreword by Maeve Gilmore.
London: Gordon Spilstead, 1980. [Illustrated Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.47 [1]. With a black and white illustration by Peake facing every poem. Number 158 of 200 copies SIGNED by the illustrator's wife, Maeve Gilmore, in the publilsher's pink silk-covered boards with gilt titles to spine and..... More
I am Legion.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] 380 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in green ink to title page: 'John R. Cronland | with all kind thoughts | from Neil Bell | Brixham | June, 1950.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles..... More
Joan of Garioch.
London: Duckworth & Co., 1924. [Romantic Novel] INSCRIBED COPY, a re-issue. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] vi; 350. With eight black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece, by Burke. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'To "The Prices" | with many happy memories | of Bridge..... More
Kate Fennigate.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. [American Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 359 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: 'For | Captain John Booth | from | Elizabeth Trotter | and inscribed, most | affectionately and | admiringly | by..... More
The Fighting Littles.
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1941. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8]; 304. Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in white to spine, without jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR to flyleaf and warmly inscribed to John Booth on behalf of Elizabeth Trotter Jr (Betty Trotter). Slight lean, minor..... More
Slam.
London: Penguin Books, 2007. [Young Adult Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[8] 293 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and orange endpapers. With black and white illustrated dust-jacket, titled in orange, priced at £12.99..... More
Killer T.
London: Hot Key Books, 2018. [Young Adult Science Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6] 461 [13]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's white cloth with red metallic titles to spine, and illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Cherie Chapman and Chris..... More
T.O.T.A. '75: The Rolling Stones Tour of the Americas, 1975.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2006. [Rock & Roll] SIGNED LIMITED 'STARSHIP' EDITION. Folio (total dimensions 52 x 34 x 11cm), pp.416. Containing 620 images. Number 46 of 350 copies thus, from a total limitation of 2500, SIGNED by Sykes and Rudge to limitation page. Full black leather with embroidered eagle patch..... More
Augustus: The Memoirs of the Emperor.
London: The Bodley Head, 1986. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 339 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to flyleaf. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket. A crisp, unread copy, showing just a touch of handling and a...... More
Washington Black.
London: Serpent's Tail, 2018. [Historical Adventure] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[10] 419 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's burgundy cloth, with gilt titles to spine and green illustrated endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Joe Wilson, priced at £14.99. A...... 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
Fives and Twenty-Fives.
London: Bloomsbury, 2014. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 380 [10]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To Murray | Michael Pitre | Edinburgh 2014.' Publisher's tan cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Holly MacDonald, priced..... More
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet.
London: Sceptre, 2010. [Japanese Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 469 [3]. With occasional in-text illustrations reproduced from various works. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Myra | David Mitchell.' Publisher's cream cloth, titled and decorated in black and blue, priced..... More
A Natural Curiosity.
London: Viking, 1989. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 309 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by John Caple, priced at £12.95. Jacket spine sunned, otherwise a crisp, near..... More
The Spa Decameron.
London: Quercus, 2007. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 329 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Myra | with best wishes | Fay Weldon | August 2007.' Publisher's green paper over boards, with silver titles to spine and orange endpapers..... More
The Gravedigger's Daughter.
London: Fourth Estate, 2007. [American Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 582 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the title page: 'to Myra and Murray | Joyce Carol Oates.' Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £18.99..... More
The Passage.
London: Orion Books, 2010. [Vampire / Zombie Horror] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 766 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to 'Limited Signed First Edition' leaf tipped in ahead of the title page. Publisher's dark grey cloth with silver titles to spine and black..... More
Apocalypso.
London: Doubleday, 1998. [Humour / Science Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.271 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Thomas | from your friend and mine. | Robert Rankin.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket showing..... More
The Triumph of the Sun.
London: Macmillan, 2005. [Adventure novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.x; 501 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Illustrated with cartographic endpapers in colour, and frontispiece map in black and white. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket..... More
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. A Story of New York by Stephen Crane.
Mount Vernon, NY: printed for The Limited Editions Club by A. Colish, 1974. [American Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 20cm), pp.[2] 105 [5]. With six photogravures from etchings by Abeles, including a frontispiece. Number 1642 of 2000 copies thus, SIGNED in black ink by the illustrator to..... More
An Explanatory Pronouncing Dictionary of the French Language, (in French and Englilsh); Wherein the exact Sound and Articulation of every Syllable are distinctly marked (according to the Method adopted by Mr. Walker, in his Pronouncing Dictionary.) To which are prefixed, the Principles of the French Pronunciation; Prefatory Directions for using the Spelling Representative of every Sound; and The Conjugation of the Verbs, Regular, Irregular, and Defective, with their true Pronunciation.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. [French-to-English Dictionary] EX LIBRIS JANE CARLYLE, INSCRIBED BY THOMAS CARLYLE, with an autograph letter from Alexander Carlyle tracing the provenance. A New, Revised edition. Duodecimo in half-sheets (17 x 11cm), pp.[2] 40 [unpaginated]. Black ink ownership of Jane Ballie Welsh..... More