Signed & Inscribed
Belinda Brown.
London: Andersen Press, 2018. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 25cm), pp.[26]. With colour illustrations by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, and with an additional signature and a drawing to copyright page. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards, and illustrated..... More
Frankenstein. According to Spike Milligan.
London: Virgin Books, 1997. [Literature] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xiii; [1]; 127; [3]. Publisher's black cloth, titles in silver to spine, dust-jacket designed by Slatter-Anderson. Inscribed by the author to the title page: "Hello | To Jim | Spike Milligan". Slight bump to bottom corners, wrapper price..... More
Bond On Bond. The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.224. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, with colour limitation leaf inserted between flyeaf and half-title stating "This Limited Edition of Bond on Bond has been personally signed by Sir Roger Moore KBE". Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's black cloth..... More
Eragon. Inheritance, Book One.
London: Doubleday, 2004. [Fantasy novel] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[14]; 509; [5]. SIGNED by the author to the title page. Publishers blue cloth hardback, with pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by John Jude Palencar, priced at £12.99. With the original 'Eragon' bookmark loosely inserted. Gentle toning of paper..... More
Carpe Jugulum. A Discworld Novel.
London: Doubleday, 1998. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.285; [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. Publisher's black cloth to boards, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, designed by Josh Kirby, priced at £16.99 to front flap. Red endpapers. Leaves..... More
The Rincewind Trilogy: A Discworld Omnibus. Sourcery; Eric; Interesting Times.
London: Gollancz, 2001. [Fantasy Satire] INSCRIBED FIRST THUS, an omnibus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6] 568 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black marker to title page: 'To Colin | it's still true! | Happy Hogswatch | Terry Pratchett.' Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket..... More
The Theta Syndrome.
London: New English Library, 1977. [Horror] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.205 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Jean-Pierre Trevor, priced at £3.95. Heavy browning to low grade paper. Some..... 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 Energy System of Matter. A deduction from terrestrial energy phenomena.
London; Longman's. 1912. First edition. Octavo. Near fine in publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine, light bumping to spine ends, minor edgewear. Internally clean, newspaper clipping tipped in to pastedown but without offsetting. Inscribed by the author to Dr. William Park on front flyleaf. More
The Night and The Music. The Matthew Scudder Stories.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Telemachus Press, 2011. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Limited to 100 copies. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 237; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new. A collection of cases..... More
American Prince: My Autobiography.
London: Virgin Books, 2008. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xv [3], 364 [2]. With occasional in-text photographic illustrations, and two sections of colour plates (eight double-sided plates in total). SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title, and hand-numbered 582 of 1000 copies produced in this special edition. In publisher's..... More
Bond On Bond. The Ultimate Book on 50 Years of Bond Movies.
London: Michael O'Mara Books, 2012. [James Bond Film Reference] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.224. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's black cloth blocked in silver to spine, with colour-illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £25 to rear panel. A fine, as-new copy. Moore's unique take on..... More
Authors' Ghosts: Seven Poems.
London: Rees & O'Neill Rare Books, 2004. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 19cm), pp.[20]. Number 29 of 30 copies thus, from a total limitation of 56, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear. Printed by letterpress on Velin Arches paper. Publisher's yellow card..... More
Harper and Wilton.
London: Colophon Press, 1996. [Short Story] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 19cm), pp.[2] 17 [5]. Number 59 of 110 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear. Printed by letterpress on Velin Arches paper. Publisher's brown quarter morocco, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Previously.
London: Walker Books, 2007. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small quarto (25 x 28cm), pp.[32]. With colour illustrations by Ingman to every page. SIGNED by the illustrator, with a doodle, in black ink to title page. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and green illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no..... More
The Anti-Death League. A Novel.
London: Victor Gollancz, [1966] 1972. [Modern Literature] SIGNED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at £2.75. One of an unspecified small number of the second printings issued on behalf of the New Fiction Society..... More
In The Potter's Field. and Other New Poems.
London: John Murray, 1936. [Poetry] PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED WITH LETTER. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. [8]; 98; [12]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, embossed ruling to front board with gilt titling, dust-jacket with printed price 5s to flap. Letter attached to front endpaper from Gorell to George..... More
Trackless Winds.
San Francisco: Johnck and Seeger, 1930. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 64; [6]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, grey paper over boards, blue titles to upper. Untrimmed pages. Photogravure frontispiece of Burton by illustrator. Inscribed by author in black ink to frontispiece. Minor spotting throughout, sunning to..... More
Signed Karin Dor and Burt Kwouk Still from the film 'You Only Live Twice' (1967).
[James Bond Films] SIGNED STILL. One colour film still from Lewis Gilbert's 1967 film, SIGNED by Karin Dor (Helga Brandt) in blue marker, and by Burt Kwouk (Spectre 3) in black ink. Mounted on white card ready to frame. Total dimensions 26 x 31cm. More
SilverFin (Young James Bond series).
London: Puffin Books, 2005. [James Bond Spin-Off] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback in dust-wrapper, housed in an illustrated slipcase. One of 999 copies thus, SIGNED by the author. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap. The first episode in the acclaimed 'Young Bond' series..... 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
Djibouti.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop / Harper Collins, 2012. [Crime novel] DELUXE EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Number 98 of 100 copies thus. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 279; [1], blank. Publisher's gilt-stamped blue leather-cloth over marbled paper covered sides, light grey endpapers. Fine / as new. Suspense novel..... More
Wand and Quadrant.
Paris: Collection Merlin, 1953. [Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.62 [2]. Number 277 of 300 copies SIGNED by the author in blue ink to limitation page, and printed on hand-made paper. From a total print run of 600 copies. Publisher's plain card covers, with the textured grey..... More
Cornish Heroic Song for Valda Trevlyn, and Once in a Cornish Garden.
Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1977. [Poetry] DOUBLE SIGNED FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[5] 22 [1]. SIGNED by both MacDiarmid and his wife Valda, one in blue, the other in black ink to flyleaf. With three illustrations by Lorgan, including a frontispiece, and a photograph of Christopher and Valda..... More
The Fire of the Spirit. Two Poems.
Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo pamphlet (26 x 16cm), pp.[2] 13 [1]. Number 166 of 350 copies thus, also SIGNED by the author in blue ink to first blank. Publisher's blue card wraps with white titles, sewn. Some rubbing and handling to covers, with a...... More