Signed & Inscribed
The Rising Storm.
London: Hutchinson and Co., no date [1949]. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.432. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For | J. Ray | with the best of good wishes | and kind remembrances | from | Dennis Wheatley.' Publisher's black cloth..... More
People of the Veil: Being an Account of the Habits, Organisation and History of the Wandering Tuareg Tribes which inhabit the Mountains of Air or Asben in the Central Sahara.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. [North African Ethnology] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 18cm), pp.xvi; 504. With 51 black and white photographic plates, including a frontispiece, and 11 maps and plans, several folding. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the half title: 'John Loder | 1905-1926 |..... More
A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur.
London: Colophon Press, 2001. [Short Story] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 19cm), pp.[2] 15 [7]. Letter Z of 26 lettered copies thus, from a total limitation of 157, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear, with a holograph quotation from the text. Printed by..... More
Independence Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. [Modern Literature] SIGNED ADVANCE REVIEW COPY. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 451 [5]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's soft covers illustrated by Carol Devine Carson. Some light marks and bumping to edges. Near fine. A sequel to..... More
Shooting Stars.
London: BBC Books, 1996. [Game Show] MULTI-SIGNED COPY, the second printing. Tall octavo (29 x 15cm), pp.120. Illustrated in colour throughout, with audio CD attached to clear plastic pouch on front cover. SIGNED by all five members of the cast in blue marker to title page. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper..... More
Shadowmancer.
Whitby: Mount Publishing, 2002. [Christian Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.252. SIGNED and dated by the author in black ink to title page, October 2002. Publisher's blind stamp also to title page. With a bookmark promoting the 2003 Faber & Faber edition. Publisher's colour-illustrated soft covers..... More
David Attenborough: Life Stories.
London: Collins, 2009. [Natural History] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.224. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'to Lottie | David Attenborough'. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and light green endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
Tears of the Desert. One Woman's True Story of Surviving the Horrors of Darfur.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2008. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xi; [3]; 367; [3]. SIGNED by both authors in black ink to flyleaf. Publisher's red cloth, blue titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £12.99 to front flap. Some very faint foxing to top edge..... More
Never Dream of Dying.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2001. [Spy novel] FIRST EDITION, bibliographer's copy. SIGNED by the author to loose publisher bookplate. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.293; [1], advert. Black hardcovers in illustrated dust-jacket. A clean, fine copy. A James Bond novel. From the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Otto Penzler, purchased by..... More
Peter Blake.
London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1983. [Exhibition Catalogue] INSCRIBED COPY, First edition, second impression. Octavo (21 x 21cm), pp.136. Illustrated in colour and black and white. INSCRIBED by the artist in black ink to half-title: 'For Edward | Peter Blake.' Publisher's black soft covers. Corners lightly bumped; very light wear to..... More
[Archive of Letters and Inscribed Books]. The Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby: Italy 1944; Order of the Day; Countdown to Cassino: The Battle of Mignano Gap, 1943; Pedigree of the Family of Bowlby from 1552 to 1915, Compiled by Charles Cotsford Bowlby and entered in the records of the College of Arms in January, 1915.
London: Leo Cooper, 1915; 1969; 1974; 1995. [Literary Archive] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITIONS AND LETTERS, including an MS letter from LAURIE LEE. Three octavo books (22 x 15cm; 19 x 13cm; 24 x 16cm), a folding family tree (26 x 19cm), and 10 letters addressed to the author, relating to his..... More
Gone Girl.
New York: Crown Publishers, 2012. [Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 419; [3]. SIGNED by the author in silver ink to the title page. With the title page, half-title, and chapter leaves printed in black. Quarter black cloth, black paper over boards. White titles to..... More
Ian Fleming: The Bibliography.
London: Queen Anne Press, 2017. SIGNED by the author. Royal quarto (33 x 22cm), with black and white illustrations throughout plus four suites of eight colour plates. Set in Albertina type and printed in two colours. Elegantly bound in full green cloth with black endpapers, gilt lettering and ornament. Fine/new..... More
Atonement.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2001. [Wartime romance-suspense] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 372 [4]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and black endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £16.99. Near fine. A modern classic of..... 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
Gale Force.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Shipwreck Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 262 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Francis Russell Flint. Blue ink gift inscription to fly-leaf. Spotting to..... More
The Pillars of Midnight.
London: Heinemann, 1957. [Plague Novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 239 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's maroon cloth with silver titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Robin Ray. Toned to edges. Price-clipped jacket worn and chipped to edges..... More
The Man in the Shadows.
London: Rich and Cowan, 1954. [Crime Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.208. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to fly-leaf: 'To | Margaret & Denys | with all my love | Charles "Barker" Bidmead | Charworth | September 1954.' Publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to..... More
The Enemy. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 393 [1]. Number 83 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Nothing to Lose. A Jack Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2016. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 407 [3]. Number 76 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Worth Dying For. A Reacher Novel.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2018. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] xii; 384 [8]. Number 84 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine..... More
Wild Decembers: a Play in Three Acts.
London: William Heinemann, 1932. SIGNED PRODUCTION COPY. Octavo, pp.97. In publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Flyer for the Apollo Theatre production pasted to front paste-down. SIGNED by the author and nineteen members of the cast and crew from the May production of the following..... More
Milligan's Ark.
Surrey: M. and J. Hobbs, 1971. SIGNED FIRST EDITION.Quarto. Publisher's illustrated laminated boards, in matching pictorial dust jacket. Signed boldly by Spike Milligan to title page. A bright copy, near fine, in similar wrapper. A collection of cartoons and funny verses about animals, all by famous people, to help the..... More
Between the Church and the Lighthouse. The History of Burnham and Berrow Golf Club.
Droitwich: Grant Books, 2002. SIGNED SUBSCRIBERS EDITION. Pott Quarto. pp. x, 182. With frequent b/w photographic illustrations. SIGNED by the author and Sir Michael Bonallack to title page. One of just 50 copies. In half green morocco with two raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Gilt titles also to..... More
The Shoot.
London: Heinemann, 1966. [Missile Test Thriller] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[4] 236. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's cyan cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Edward Tan, priced at 18s. Minor light handling. A lovely fine copy..... More