Signed & Inscribed
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
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
Not After Midnight and Other Stories.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1971. [Short Stories] INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, Second Impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.285; [3]. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Flavia Tower. With presentation note on flyleaf, to her best friend and cousin Ursula Pike, together with a lengthy..... More
Trent's Own Case.
London: Constable and Co., 1936. [Crime Mystery] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 314. Publisher's orange cloth with blue titles to spine and upper, top edge blue, in typographic dust-wrapper priced at 7/6. With author's ink inscription to flyleaf; Neil and Alice / With love from..... More
The Scapegoat [with a Typed Letter Signed].
London: Victor Gollancz, [and] Menabilly, Cornwall, 9th March 1957. [Mystery] FIRST EDITION with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.368. Publisher's red cloth titled in gilt to spine. With the yellow typographic dust-jacket, priced at 15s. Together with a typed letter on headed notepaper addressed to Ivor Brown..... More
The Apple Tree [The Birds].
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1952. [Macabre/Strange tales] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.264. Publisher's red cloth in illustrated dust-wrapper designed by Val Biro, priced at 10/6. With author's inscription to the title page: For Roy. With best wishes / from / Daphne du Maurier / 1988..... More
The Best Man to Die.
London: John Long, 1969. [Crime Mystery] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.184. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. A ticket to the Soho Theatre event 'Ruth Rendell and PD James, Head to Head' September 2012, attended by a well-known bookseller, suggests provenance..... More
The Harry Potter Gift Set. Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone [with] Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets.
London: Bloomsbury, [1998]. [Fantasy] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, SIGNED, which comprises early reprints of the first two titles (Stone is 4th with 'Young Wizard' jacket, 'Chamber' is 7th printing) housed in the publisher's illustrated card slipcase, priced at £21.99. Both titles are SIGNED by the author to the flyleaf. Publisher's illustrated..... More
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder And Its Consequences.
New York, NY: Random House, 1965. [True crime] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.[12] 343 [1]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to a tipped-in blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and silver decoration, red endpapers, top edge green, in the first issue dust-jacket, designed by S. Neil Fujita..... More
Galatea. A Novel.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. [Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287; [1]. publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Linda Garland with printed price of £5.75 net. Signed by the author to the title page. Small bump to the top of the..... More
The System of National Finance.
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1915. [Economics] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, ADMIRAL JELLICOE'S COPY. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2]; vii; [3]; 364; [8 of advertisements]. Publisher's dark green ribbed cloth, gilt titles to spine, tail edge untrimmed. Inscribed by the author to the first blank: "Admiral Sir John Jellicoe G.C.B. |..... 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
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 Dead Sea Poems.
London: Faber and Faber, 1995. [Poetry] SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[8] 54 [2]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's blue card covers, titled to upper and priced at £6.99. Clean throughout. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, with a Skoob Books label to..... 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
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]. Number 92 of 125 copies thus, from a total limitation of 157, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear. Printed by letterpress on Velin Arches paper. Publisher's blue card..... More
Memorable Moments in Motor Racing. Legends and Personalities Tell their Stories.
London: Cyan Books, 2005. [Motor Racing] FIRST EDITION, with SIGNED BOOKPLATE. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xvi; 278 [10]. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED by David Coulthard in black marker to a bookplate on the title page. Publisher's back cloth, with silver titles to spine and blue endpapers. With the..... More
Frederick Sandys 1829-1904. A Catalogue Raisonné.
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club in association with Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service, 2001. [Catalogue Raisonné] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.366 [2]. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to title page: 'For Brian & Paula | with..... More
Direadh I, II and III.
Frenich and Foss: Kulgin Duval and Colin H. Hamilton, 1974. [Scottish Poetry] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (31 x 22cm), pp.[2] 52 [4]. Number 22 of just 200 copies SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page at rear, and printed in Dante type on Magnani paper. Publisher's red..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
The BIG-Hearted Book.
London: Hodder Children's Books, 2013. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, paperback. Quarto (24 x 29cm), pp.[32]. Illustrated in colour by the author to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink in a heart, with 'heart-felt wishes', to title page. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £6.99. Including an..... More
Wartime Abstractions: The Paintings of Peter Lanyon.
Penzance: Andrew Lanyon, with St. Ives Printing and Publishing Company, 1996. [Biography and Catalogue] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Large octavo (28 x 21cm), pp.84 [4]. Heavily illustrated throughout with tipped-in plates. Number 200 of 250 copies SIGNED by the author, Andrew Lanyon, in pencil to limitation page. Publisher's black cloth, with..... More
Liverpool Days [and] Golden Dreams.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 1994 and 1996. [Rock photo-documentaries] LIMITED EDITION SET. Two volumes in an exclusive box set. Quarto (29 x 26cm), pp.122; pp.122. Both volumes profusely illustrated on 200gsm matt art paper, and SIGNED by Kirchherr and Scheler, both being number 1026 of 2500 copies of each title. Both..... More
Cordially Invited.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2018. [Cookery and Entertaining] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Small quarto (25 x 20cm), pp.256. Heavily illustrated in colour throughout. SIGNED by the author in black marker to fly-leaf. Publisher's yellow and pink illustrated paper-covered, priced at £20. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover..... More