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The Beautiful and Damned.
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. [American Literature] FIRST EDITION, second state/printing, with publisher's seal device to copyright page, ads to rear. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.x; 449; [1], blank; [2], ads; [2], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind to upper. Fore-edge untrimmed. Contents..... More
A Time of Gifts. On foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube.
London: John Murray, 1977. [Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.291. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with crane in gilt to front board, titles in gilt to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper depicts Fermor striding past ruins and castles into the sunset, continued to spine, blue rear cover with crane..... More
Hephaestus or the Soul of The Machine.
London: Kegan Pau,l Trench, Trubner & Co., [1925]. FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (17 x 12cm), pp.90; [6], blank; [8], ads. Publisher's brown hardcovers with printed title labels. Contents clean, some rubbing to covers. Very good. A scarce book. Hephaestus is the god of fire, the incarnation of the machine-age of..... More
The Clocks.
London: Collins, 1963. [Detective Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine, typographic dust-wrapper designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 16s. Fine in a very lightly worn jacket. Uncommon in such fresh condition. The son of Superintendent Battle, the long-time partner of..... More
Invasion 1940. An Account of the German Preperations and the British Counter-Measures.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. [Military History] FIRST EDITION, warmly inscribed. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.323; [1]. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographic plates and drawings within the text. Publisher's cloth in photographic dust-wrapper. Author's SIGNED presentation note to J.S. Maywood, head of The Times' Intelligence Department (noted within the..... More
The Fate of Admiral Kolchak.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963. [Russian History] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.253 [3]. With seven double-sided photographic plates and a photographic portrait frontispiece of the subject. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the red and yellow dust-jacket illustrated with a map. Top edge grey. With..... More
Maigret and The Minister. Translated from the French by Moura Budberg.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1969. [Detective novel] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.175; [1]. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Michael Dempsey, priced at 18s. No inscriptions, contents clean, jacket lightly edge worn with a few small rubs to spine ends. Very good..... More
The Glass Cage. Translated from the French by Antonia White.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973. [Psychological thriller] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[iv]; 156. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket designed by Ken Reilly. A clean, fine copy in like jacket. A penetrating study of a psychopath, first published in French in 1971, and released..... More
Invasion 1940. An Account of the German Preperations and the British Counter-Measures.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. [Military History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.323; [1]. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographic plates and drawings within the text. Publisher's black cloth in photographic dust-wrapper. A lightly used copy with some dustiness/spotting, jacket spine moderately sunned, some minor rubs, price-clipped. Very good..... More
Celebrity Cooking For You. Includes 'Scrambled Eggs James Bond'.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1961. [Cookery anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.260. With vignette illustrations within the text. Publisher's green cloth hardcovers in pictorial dust-jacket. A near fine copy of the book in a very good jacket with some small nicks and tears, one larger chip to crown. A...... More
One Shot. 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; 376 [2]. Number 86 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
No Middle Name. The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories.
New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2017. [Thriller Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] viii; 418 [6]. Number 26 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles..... More
You Only Live Twice. In 'Playboy' Magazine. April-June 1964.
Chicago: HMH Publishing Co., Inc., Playboy Building, 232 East Ohio Street, 1964. [Spy novel serialisation] ADVERTISER'S ISSUES. Original Price 75 cents per issue; 3 issues. Magazine format, illustrated. Overall size 30 x 23cm. Some light expected wear and handling, some rubs/tears to spine of 'May' issue (around staple holes). Advertiser..... More
Travels in Tartary. Containing 'One's Company' and 'News from Tartary'.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. [Travel omnibus] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.603; [5], blank. Illustrated with maps and plates. Publisher's hardback cloth binding, top edge red, in illustrated dust-jacket priced 16s. Contents clean, edges and endleaves spotted, jacket is particularly clean and fresh. A fine copy of a scarce..... More
Kuwait and Her Neighbours. Edited for publication by Clifford Witting.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. [Travel / history] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.192. Publisher's orange cloth, title gilt on green plaque to spine, top edge orange, sewn-cloth joints, illustrated dust jacket by Gross-Andre, repriced to 75s. With coloured frontispiece, 27 pages of black & white plates..... More
James Bond in the Cinema.
London: Tantivy Press, 1972. [James Bond Films] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED COPY (UK version - the US Barnes edition is in a larger format). Octavo (21 x 16cm), pp.176. Liberally illustrated with black and white photographs. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Stephan Dreja..... More
The Pass Beyond Kashmir.
London: Collins, 1960. [Adventure Thriller] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Barbara Walton. with the scarce promotional wraparound band. Author's gift note in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf: 'Very best wishes..... More
The Achilles Affair.
London: Collins, 1959. [Spy Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.256. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Rose. Contents clean, edges very gently toned, a few light marks to endpapers, price-clipped jacket with a few small nicks and tears. Near fine. A rare book in..... More
The Christmas Books. Being; A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man.
London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1905-1907. [English literature] FIRST EDITIONS THUS, Illustrations in colour by Charles Brock. Five volumes, octavo (18 x 12 x 15cm). Bound in full festive cranberry red morocco with holly green labels, raised bands, gilt rules, cloth sides, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Housed in a...... More
The Springers.
London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Alan Manham, priced at 21s. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: To all the Wiggingtons / with love from /..... More
Passage of Arms.
London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with exclusive 'Advertising' jacket. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in typographic jacket with promotional blurb and text to front panel only. A fine copy in a near fine jacket..... More
The Night-Comers.
London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric..... More
James Bond, the Authorized Biography of 007. A fictional biography by John Pearson.
London: Granada, 1985. [Fictional biography] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Granada hardback reissue, first thus. Large octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.314. Publisher's tan in glossy dust-wrapper priced at £8.95. With author's non-specific presentation note to the title page; All best wishes, / Apr 89 John Pearson / [underline/flourish]. An excellent copy..... More
Dangling Man.
London: John Lehmann, 1946. [Modern literature] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.191 [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth, brown titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 8s 6d to front flap. Light toning internally. Faint ownership inscription pencilled to front flyleaf. Gentle toning to cloth at..... More
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1867. [Children's illustrated] EARLY PRINTING, the seventh thousand. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[10] 192. With in-text illustrations and a frontispiece by Tenniel. No ads at rear. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt devices to boards. All edges gilt; dark navy endpapers. Bound..... More