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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
For Bond Lovers Only [The Files on that Man].
London: Panther Books, 1965. [James Bond reference] FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED COPY Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.175; [1] advertisement, with 48 full-page plates. A Paperback original, with photographic softcovers. With presentation note by Peter Evans, whose interview with Len Deighton appears within; 'Edward // I am so excited about / your..... More
The Shameful Life of Salvador Dali.
London: Faber and Faber, 1997. [Biography] UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 725 [1]. Publisher's light green typographic softcovers. Some rubbing and light edgewear to covers. Otherwise fine. A notable biography, where the author argues that Dali's whole life was underpinned by shame. This proof copy lacks the..... More
Magnet of Doom.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1955. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.279. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by MB, priced at 9/6. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket, toned to spine with one..... More
Murder on the Orient Express.
London: Book Club Associates, [1934] 1974. [Crime Mystery] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, with red morocco label. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. This hardcover edition..... More
The Art of Modern Cookery Displayed. Consisting of the Most Approved Methods of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary of the Present Time. Translated from 'Les Soupers de la Cour,' ou, 'La Cuisine Reformée;' the Last and Most Complete Practice of Cookery Published in French. To Which are Added, Explanatory Notes and References, Together with the Produce of the London Markets; by the Translator, a Foreigner, who has been Several Years a Clerk of the Kitchen in Noble Families in this Kingdom.
London: Sold by R. Davis, 1767. [French cookery] FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, complete in two volumes. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.xvi [48] 286 [4] 289-588 [2]. Contemporary brown speckled full calf, gilt-rulings to boards and spine, raised bands to spine. Edges speckled red. Some internal woodworm damage, mostly to latter..... More
In Our Time.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. [American Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.248; [2]. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean, some minor toning to edges of text block, exterior as new. A near..... More
The End of the Affair.
London: William Heinemann, 1951. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 237 [1]. Elegantly hand-bound in half black calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Near fine, in an attractive recent leather binding. Basis for the Oscar-nominated Neil Jordan film (1999)..... More
The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits.
London: John Murray, 1881. [Biology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] vii [1] 326 [2], publisher's advertisement to rear. With numerous in-text illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth, boards blind-ruled, gilt titles to spine. Brown endpapers. With a loose photograph included. Minor, infrequent spotting, mostly to front and rear blanks..... More