Signed & Inscribed
Madoc. A Mystery.
London: Faber and Faber, 1990. [Poetry] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[10]; 261; [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth to boards, silver titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by George Catlin priced at £14.99 to front flap..... More
The Astronomy of Love.
London: Oxford University Press, 1961. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.viii; 55; [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to flyleaf: 'Jon Stallworthy | Sligo, August 1968.' Publisher's navy cloth to boards, bronze titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, price clipped to front flap. Interior..... More
Thunderball.
Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, first impression, presentation copy. Octavo. Original dark grey boards, spine lettered in gilt, skeletal hand motif blocked on the front cover in blind (Gilbert's A binding). With first issue dust jacket (priced at 15s.) Head and foot of spine very slightly bumped; a fine copy..... More
Mirthful Haven.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. [Modern literature] PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 319 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author to half-title; 'To John Sebastian Booth | From the Floats known | in Mirthful Haven as | "Pelfers" | June, 1935.' Gifted to John Booth on behalf of..... More
Measures of Poison.
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2002. [Noir Anthology] MULTI-SIGNED FIRST EDITION, an inscribed out-of-series copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 710. SIGNED in various inks by most (over 20 of 26) the contributors and the editor to limitation leaf tipped onto the half-title, INSCRIBED 'For Thalia—lover of books & wild..... More
The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. [Film Reference] INSCRIBED BY PETER JACKSON, First Edition. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.120. INSCRIBED by the film director Peter Jackson to title, once in white ink and once in black ink, both to the title page: 'Hi Cameron! | Best wishes | Peter Jackson.' With photographic illustrations..... More
To the Farthest Ends of the Earth. 150 Years of World Exploration. Forewords by David Attenborough and John Hunt.
London: Macdonald, 1980. [Geographical History] FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY ATTENBOROUGH. Octavo (27 x 20cm), pp.288. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine, illustrations throughout including frontispiece and endpapers. In a pictorial dust-jacket designed by Anne Davison, price-clipped. INSCRIBED by David Attenborough in blue ink to title page, reading 'To Sarah..... More
Princess Daisy.
New York, NY: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980. [Modern Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12]; 464; [4]. Quarter bound in cream cloth with green paper over boards, green titles to spine. Photographic dust-jacket by Dan Wynn. Daisy flower-illustrated endpapers. Inscribed by the author in brown ink to flyleaf..... More
The Brontës came here.
Halifax: Fawcett Greenwood & Co. Ltd., no date [1963]. [Guide Book] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[x];178. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine, dust-jacket with printed price of 15s to flap. SIGNED by author to flyleaf. Preface by Donald Hopewell. Illustrations by A. E. Whitehead. Minor..... More
Kingfisher.
London: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, 1977. [Espionage fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.286; [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bill Maybain, printed price of £4.50..... More
Snobs.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 265 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's pink mottled paper over boards, with black titles to spine and black endpapers. With the pink and black illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
A Pictorial Autobiography.
Bath: Adams & Dart, 1970. [Sculptor Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.128. Heavily illustrated with in-text black and white photographs. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to half-title: 'For Bruce with love | January 10th | Barbara.' Publisher's orange cloth, with gilt titles to spine and..... More
Sumer is icumen in.
London: Novello and Company, 1914. [English Music] INSCRIBED SECOND EDITION. Quarto (27 x 19cm), pp.53 [3]. With a chromolithographic frontispiece facsimile of the original manuscript, and a transcript of the whole score in modern notation. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to fly-leaf: 'E. Board | with the author's..... More
The Octocentenary of Reading Abbey, A.D.1121—A.D.1921.
London: Elliot Stock, 1921. [Monastic History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 19cm), pp.x; 92 [2]. With 10 black and white illustrated plates, including a large folding frontispiece impression of the Abbey at its peak. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'E. Board Esq. | with the..... More
The Light's on At Signpost. Memoirs of the Movies, Among Other Matters.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxiv; 338. With two suites of black and white plates. Publisher's brown cloth hardcover, bronze titles, yellow endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper priced at £18.99. Autograph of George Fraser in black ink to the title page. Signature obtained in person..... More
The Light of Day.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2003. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 244 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at £16.99. A fine, as-new copy. Graham Swift was awarded the..... More
Drive.
Harpenden: No Exit Press, 2006. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.189 [3]. Number 233 of just 500 copies signed in black ink to the flyleaf by the author. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. Photographic endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £12. A...... More
Illusion: 1915.
London: William Heinemann, 1929. [Great War Short Story] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[6] 34 [4]. Number 294 of 525 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to the limitation page. Additionally INSCRIBED in black ink to half title: 'For Carlow, | after a talk with him..... More
Some Old Portraits. A Book About Art and Human Beings.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1939. [Portraiture] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xx; 249 [3]. With 12 colour plates, each reproducing one of the paintings discussed. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For | John Booth | from | Elizabeth Stanley Trotter..... More
The Hanging Garden.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 1998. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, the author's own copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 335 [7]. Copy number 1 of 90 copies thus, in a special binding and SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation leaf. Including 'An Appreciation of Ian Rankin' by Andrew..... More
Fleshmarket Close.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 2004. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, the author's own copy. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[16] 399 [5]. Copy number 1 of 90 copies thus, in a special binding and SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation leaf. Including 'An Appreciation of Ian Rankin' by Lee..... More
The Chymical Wedding. A Romance.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. 542 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at £12.95 to flap. Light toning to leaves and spotting to..... More
The Secret Pilgrim.
London: Penguin Books, 2011. [Spy Thriller] SIGNED COPY, first thus. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 423 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced at £7.99. A fine, as-new copy. An espionage novel with George Smiley in a supporting role. More
[Woburn Books Collection]. A Wedding Morn; Portrait of The Misses Harlowe; The Apple Disdained; The Man who Missed the Bus; The Male Impersonator; Alice and the Lost Novel; Fame; The Goldfish Under the Ice; A Ghost in the Isle of Wight; Triall by Armes.
London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1928-1929. [Collection of Short Stories] SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Ten volumes. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.50 [2]; [2] 26 [2]; 31 [1]; 32; 28 [4]; [2] 27 [3]; 40; [2] 26 [4]; 30 [2]; 30 [2]. Publisher's paper to boards, titles and illustrations in various colours..... More
Roger Moore.
London: W.H. Allen, 1983. [Film Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, ex libris Peter Cotes, with associated material relating to a Dorothy Squires legal action, including letters to and from the author. Quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.224. Generously illustrated with many black and white photographs. SIGNED in black ink by Roger Moore..... More