Signed & Inscribed
A History of Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells.
Chichester: Phillimore and Co., 2003. [Kent Topography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xii; 484. With black and white illustrations, including a frontispiece map. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, being number 100 of 500 copies thus, hand numbered to a label on the verso..... More
The Sting.
London: HarperCollins, 2019. [Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 435; [3]. Publisher's white cloth, purple titles to spine, purple endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket designed by Claire Ward, printed price £12.99. All textblock edge tinted pink. Signed by the author in black ink to title page. Minor bump to..... More
Sloop Of War.
London: Hutchinson, 1977. [Naval Adventure] INSCRIBED COPY, the third impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.319 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'To Donald James – | with best wishes | Alexander Kent.' Publisher's maroon cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and maps to grey endpapers..... More
Between The Woods and The Water. On Foot to Constantinople from the Hook of Holland: The Middle Danube to The Iron Gates.
London: John Murray, 1986. [European Travel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, an advance or review copy with errata slip. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2] 248 [2]. With a map printed on turquoise paper. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. With a printed errata slip loose to preliminaries. Publisher's..... More
The Short Stories.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST THUS. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 302 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's navy cloth with white titles to spine. With the blue typographic dust-jacket, priced at £9.99. Some spotting to top edge, and just a...... More
All About Bond.
London: Evans Mitchell Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] SIGNED COLLECTORS EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.185 [7]. SIGNED by O'NEILL in black ink to title page. Profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographs by Terry O'Neill. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, gold endpapers, and photographic..... More
The Odessa File.
London: Hutchinson, 1972. [Thriller] INSCRIBED PROOF COPY. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.x; 310. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to dedication page, dated 31.5.72. Publisher's orange card covers titled to spine and upper. Thumbing and spotting to edges. Covers worn, with some chips to spine and corners. Spine slightly..... More
The Dogs of War.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Thriller] INSCRIBED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.384. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to half-title: 'For | David | Mr Chairman, and I | don't mean Mao!! | Freddie Forsyth.' Publisher's orange card covers titled to spine and upper. Light wear to covers; spine..... More
A New Lease of Death. [The Sins of the Fathers].
London: John Long, 1967. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.184. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's dark brown material over boards with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by William Randell, priced at 21s. A lovely crisp, clean copy..... More
The Cement Garden.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. [Modern literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.138. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page 'To Myra'. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and grey endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Ron Bowen, priced at £3.50 net. Some spotting..... More
One Across, Two Down.
London: Hutchinson, 1971. [Psychological Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £1.50. Offsetting to endpapers, and..... More
The Face Of Trespass.
London: Hutchinson, 1974. [Psychological Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.183 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Colin Andrews, priced at £2.00. Some rubbing to jacket edges; spine slightly..... More
On Chesil Beach.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 166 [4]. Number 516 of 1200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's quarter brown cloth with metallic blue titles to spine, and blue and brown paper over boards. With the..... More
Hornblower and The Atropos.
Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1953. [Naval Adventure] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION, from the Forester Family Archive. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 325 [3]. INSCRIBED by Forester in black ink to his wife, Dorothy, on the front flyleaf. Bookplate of the Forester, Troughton-Smith family archive to pastedown. Publisher's green cloth..... More
The Passage Trilogy: The Passage; The Twelve; The City of Mirrors.
London: Orion Books, 2010; 2012; 2016. [Vampire / Zombie Horror] SIGNED COMPLETE FIRST UK EDITIONS. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 766 [10]; pp.[2] xvi; 568 [8]; pp.xviii; 600 [8]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to the title page of volume I, and subsequently to a Goldsboro Books 'Limited..... More
Through the Eyes of Gilbert & George: The Line of Beauty. Shared Vision volume II.
Fyfield: Oak Tree Fine Press, 2004. [First Chapter Book] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.41 [3]. Number 40 of 85 copies thus, from a total limitation of 100, SIGNED by the author, and with an original print SIGNED by Gilbert & George. A colour illustration to preliminaries..... More
Number 11. Or Tales that Witness Madness.
London: Viking, 2015. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 351 [7]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the exclusive signed edition leaf. Purple endpapers. Pictorial paper cover over boards designed by John McNaught. With the half-height paper dust-jacket gummed to paste-down. Priced at £16.99..... More
Dangerous Love.
London: Phoenix House, 1996. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 325 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to the title page. Publisher's blue cloth, silver titles to spine. With an illustrated dust-jacket by Sarah Perkins, printed price of £15.99 to flap. Fine, as new..... More
Oscar and Lucinda.
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED COPY, SECOND IMPRESSION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[16] 512. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's blue cloth, white titles to spine. With the pictorial dust jacket, printed price of £10.95 to flap. Moderate toning to edges..... More
The Girl on the Stairs.
London: John Murray, 2012. [Modern fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 279 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Red end papers. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine. With a photographic dust jacket, printed price of £16.99 to flap. Publisher's 'signed..... More
The Ghost of '66. Martin Peters: The Autobiography.
London: Orion Books, 2006. [Football Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.viii; 312. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. SIGNED by Peters in black ink to title page. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £18.99. A fine copy..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Publisher's hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket. Signature obtained during the book launch event held at our London bookshop. A fine, unread, as-new copy. A James Bond novel;..... More
Dark Destroyer. My Story.
London: Blake Publishing Ltd, 1999. [Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xii; 276. With three suites of four double-sided photographic plates. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'To "Father Derek" | Enjoy the "read" | Nigel Benn'. Publisher's black cloth, silver titles to spine..... More
My Life in Pieces. An Alternative Autobiography.
London: Nick Hern Books, 2010. [Autobiography] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xii; 436. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'Hi, Hayley! | All the very best | Simon Callow'. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket designed by Ned..... More
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. [Indian Colonial History] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xxxvi; 522 [18]. With three suites of eight double-sided colour-illustrated plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's cream cloth, with black titles to spine and red monogrammed endpapers. With the dust-jacket..... More