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Children In Prison and Other Cruelties of Prison Life.
London: Murdoch and Co., 1898. FIRST EDITION in book-form. Pamphlet, pp.16, printed wrappers. Trivial toning. A fine copy, but for the rust-through from the single staple at fold. The text of Wilde's celebrated letter to the Daily Chronicle, appearing on 28th May 1897, which concerned the affair of Warder T...... More
Churchill Christmas Greetings card.
London and Tunbridge Wells: Printed by Photocrom, n.d. [circa 1945]. Card-backed cut-out photographic print of Winston Churchill, with "The Prime Minister Faces Facts and Gives Facts", printed on the front. Sent out as a greetings card by A. Cohen and Co. of Great Dover Street, London with the text reading..... More
Work Suspended.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1942. [Modern literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown octavo, pp.150. Limited to 500 copies only. Publisher's burgundy cloth in original dust-wrapper. With Waugh's black ink signature to flyleaf, dated in his hand (Dec.1942). Pencil ownership of Vivien Borthwick (died 2010), later Baroness Campbell of Alloway..... More
Six Modern One-Act Plays.
London: University of London Press, 1950. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, thus. Octavo, pp.160. Publisher's softcovers. SIGNED BY JOHN LENNON. An interesting school text-book borrowed by Lennon whilst a student at Quarry Bank School, Liverpool. Lennon has signed the lending stamp to the inside cover 'J[ohn] W[inston] Lennon, IVC', and dated this..... More
The Cat in the Hat.
New York, NY: Random House, 1957. [Children's reading book] FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with all points present. Quarto (23 x 17cm), pp.62. Illustrated throughout. Bound in publisher's pictorial blue boards, in illustrated dust-jacket repeating the cover design. Some wear to extremities, corners lightly bumped, very light discolouration to front board..... More
Seven Years in Tibet.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1953. [Central Asian Travel] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (without 'The Book Society' to imprint). Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 288. With 12 double-sided black and white photographic plates, a double-page sketch-map, and a colour photographic frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge red..... More
The Silmarillion. [Lord of the Rings].
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1977. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365 [1]. Folding map to rear. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge blue. With the dust-jacket illustrated with drawings by Tolkien, priced at £4.95..... More
A Ship of the Line.
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [1], advert; [3], blank. Second issue; sheets bound up later in the orange cloth (rather than blue), blocked in black to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Rowland Hilder, clipped and priced down to 3/6..... More
Thou Shell of Death.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, [1937]. [Crime Mystery] VINTAGE REPRINT. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.288. Publisher's brick red cloth with black titles to spine. An undated early printing (almost certainly the second) in exactly the same format as the dated first edition (1935); the list of other..... More
Poems & Translations 1850-1870. Together With the Prose Story 'Hand and Soul.'
London, Edinburgh etc.: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1919. [Poetry] OXFORD EDITION, with interesting provenance. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xvii [3] 482 [2]. With a halftone frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt motif to upper board and gilt titles to spine. Boards blind-ruled. Contains a loose letter and..... More
Stopover Tokyo.
London: Collins, 1957. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.254. Publisher's blue cloth in original pictorial dust wrapper priced at 12/6. Contents clean, edges slightly toned. Near fine in similar jacket with one small chip to lower edge of rear. Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan was a...... More
The Strand Magazine, volumes I to XII. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]
London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1896. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 12 volumes. Large octavo (25 x 17 x 50cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. In contemporary green half calf, with gilt titles to red labels, gilt and blind ruling to spines, and matching textured..... More
The Lincoln Lawyer.
London: Orion, 2005. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 404 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with his FULL SIGNATURE, rather than the more familiar initials/hurried autograph. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the..... More
'My Name's Bond' - an anthology from the Fiction of Ian Fleming.
London: Allen Lane, 2000. [James Bond] FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Illustrated quarto (23 x 17cm), pp.150. With black and white photographs. Publisher's grey cloth hardback blocked in silver to spine, blind-stamped '007' motif to front cover, photographic dust-jacket priced at £9.99 / $24.99 (Canada). Contents clean, publisher's dated..... More
The Passion Flower Hotel.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Erotic comic novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge green, dust-jacket priced at 15s. Contents clean, small splash to fore-edge else fine in a clean, fine wrapper, lightly worn to crown. Now a...... More
The Fourth of June.
New York: Dutton, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced $3.95. With presentation note in ink to f.e.p.; For Maria, / A far better cook / than I'll..... More
The Fourth of June.
London: Anthony Blond, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced 18s. Text block clean, no inscriptions. Some historic creases to wrapper else a clean, bright example in fine condition. The author's debut novel set in..... More
The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe. Auction Catalogue.
New York: Christie's Auctioneers, 1999. [Film Memorabilia] Glossy catalogue for the Marilyn Monroe sale, 27-28th October 1999, held at Rockefeller Plaza sale room. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.416. Publisher's hardcovers in photographic dust-jacket, illustrated throughout. Some minor handling else fine. The personal effects of film icon Marilyn Monroe, including evening..... More
Biggles in the Underworld.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, clipped and repriced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright showing some..... More
Biggles and the Noble Lord.
Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1969. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.152. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright with some trivial rubbing to crown. A...... More
Biggles & The Penitent Thief.
London: Brockhampton Press, 1967. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.151; [1], advertisement. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, clipped and re-priced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions. Jacket is clean and bright with minor rubbing to crown..... More
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
London: Bloomsbury, Printed by Clays Ltd, St. Ives, 2000. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636. Publisher's pictorial hardback illustrated by Giles Greenfield. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. SIGNED by the author on the dedication page, together with the 'Golden ticket' from the..... More
The Golf Book.
New York: Arbor House, 1980. [Golfing omnibus] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (27 x 21cm), pp.282. Publisher's green hardcovers in photographic dust-wrapper. Fine in a near fine jacket with a few short tears. An Anthology of Golf Writing. Includes 'All to Play For/The Cup and The Lip' being the famous showdown..... More
Berlin Escape [The Living Daylights] contained within 'Intrigue Magazine' November 1965, volume 1, number 2.
New York, NY: Pamar Enterprises, 1965. [James Bond] Bibliographer's copy. Digest magazine format (20 x 14cm), pp.143; [1] advertisement, priced at 50c. Illustrated. American pre book-form appearance of this James Bond novellette, published as 'The Living Daylights' in 1966. The story was published in periodical form in the UK in..... More
Bond in Motion.
London: London Film Museum, Covent Garden, 2014. [Film reference] ORIGINAL CATALOGUE. Publisher's grey softcovers (28 x 22cm), illustrated throughout. Small bump to spine. A fine copy. The official catalogue for the exhibition held in London, in the summer of 2014. "Bond in Motion" is the official exhibition of James Bond..... More