"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
Signed & Inscribed
Journal of a Residence in China, and the Neighboring Countries; with a Preliminary Essay on the Commencement and Progress of Missions in the World.
New York, NY: J. Abeel Williamson, 1836. [Christianity in China] INSCRIBED SECOND EDITION. Octavo (19 x 12cm), pp.[8] 378 [2]. INSCRIBED by the author in black ink to second blank: 'Robert Diggles, Esq. | with the author's most | affectionate regards, | New York | Oct. 11th 1837.' Re-bound in..... More
Arctic Island Hunter.
London: George Ronald, 1961. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.136. With 12 black and white photographic plates and two maps. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to front free endpaper: 'To Mary, / with the warmest Baha'; / greetings / Paul Adams'. In publisher's light blue cloth with red..... More
The White Tiger.
London: Atlantic Books, 2008. [Modern Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.[6] 321 [1]. Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, red endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by gray318, priced at £12.99. A fine copy. More
Roar. Thirty Women. Thirty Stories.
London: HarperCollins, 2018. [Short Stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.[10] 337 [5]. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. Orange endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Ellie Game, priced at £12.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. More
Alentejo Blue.
London: Doubleday, 2006. [Modern fiction]. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles, without dust-jacket as issued, blue cloth slipcase with gilt titles. Still in the original shrink wrap with "Signed by the Author at Waterstone's" label. Some tears and loss to the shrink wrap..... More
My Thoughts Exactly.
London: Blink, 2018. [Memoir] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 344. SIGNED by the author in black ink to 'Special Signed Edition' leaf. With a suite of eight double-sided colour photographic plates at rear. Publisher's yellow cloth with black titles to spine and upper, priced at £20.00 (no..... More
The Savage.
London: Walker Books, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 17cm), pp.79 [1]. Generously illustrated by McKean throughout. SIGNED by both author and illustrator in black marker to title page. Publisher's soft covers, priced at £5.99. Light handling with some rubbing and marks to rear cover. Near..... More
The Potion Diaries: Royal Tour.
London: Simon and Schuster, 2016. [Young Adult Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[6] 368 [10]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's illustrated soft covers, priced at £7.99. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. A fine, as-new copy. A sequel..... More
The Light of Day.
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. [Crime Thriller] SIGNED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[6] 243 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to half-title. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and green decoration to spine, a gilt EA monogram to upper, top edge red, fore-edge..... More
The James Bond Dossier
London: Jonathan Cape. 1965. FIRST EDITION. THE AUTHOR'S COPY, in a bespoke quarter leather binding of half red morocco, gilt, commissioned by the publisher for presentation to Amis. Obviously a unique copy, this was likely bound by Ian Fleming's own binder Arthur Last, the style matching closely the author's copies..... More
The Anti-Death League. A Novel.
London: Victor Gollancz, [1966] 1972. [Modern Literature] SIGNED EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.352. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Raymond Hawkey, priced at £2.75. One of an unspecified small number of the second printings issued on behalf of the New Fiction Society..... More
Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. [Fairy tales] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED deluxe issue. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.288. With twelve full-page coloured plates with tissue guards and many full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's gilt-stamped parchment over boards, top edge gilt, others..... More
The House With Chicken Legs.
London: Usborne, 2018. [Children's fiction] SIGNED FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.337; [15]. Publisher's softcovers. Signed by the author to the title page. 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front cover. Uncommon signed. A fine/as new copy. More
The Talking Horse and Other Stories.
London: Smith, Elder, and co., 1893. Presentation Copy, "New Edition". Octavo. Bound in publisher's red cloth, with panelling embossed in black to boards, titles to front board, and titles in gilt to spine. Binding is rubbed, with noticable fading to spine; somewhat shaken, linen visible in joint at p.1, and..... More
Heads You Win.
London: Macmillan, 2018. [Political thirller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.470. Publisher's cream cloth with red titles to spine, in typographic dust-jacket. Signed by the author to the limitation page. Minor spot of ink transfer to front edge of textblock. Signed copy sticker to front of jacket. Fine..... More
Tell Tale.
London: Macmillan, 2017. [Short Stories] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[12] 233 [3]; 39 [3]. With an excerpt from 'Heads You Win' (2018) at rear. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary leaf. Publisher's burgundy cloth with blue metallic titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket..... More
The Country Cousin.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978. SIGNED First Edition. Octavo. pp. 239. In publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original dust jacket featuring a very light monochrome image of a man sitting at a desk next to closed blinds. Brown and red titles. Inscribed to recto of front..... More
Avedon: Photographs 1947-1977.
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. [Fashion Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (37 x 28cm), unpaginated, with 162 black and white photographs. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by the photographer in black ink to title page. Publisher's glossy photographic paper-covered boards. With the original clear..... More
War Storm.
London: Orion, 2018. [Young Adult Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 662 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary leaf. Publisher's navy cloth with metallic blue titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Sarah Nichole Kaufman, priced at £12.99. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Head Kid.
London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2018. [Children's Humour] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.[2] 384. SIGNED by the author in black ink to preliminary signature leaf. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Blue patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Lenton, priced at £12.99. A fine..... More
Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa.
London: Macmillan and Co, and Johannesburg: Hortors Ltd, 1938 and 1923. Pair of Baden-Powell association copies, with a letter of authenticity from the scout association: 1) The Angler In South Africa. Inscribed "To The Chief Scout" by H.V. Marsh, the Assistant Commissioner of Natal during Baden-Powell's trip to South Africa..... More
A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars.
London: Zephyr, 2017. [Children's Literature] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 309 [3]. With occasional marginal illustrations by Leo Nickolls. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine. Black endpapers. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Nickolls, priced..... More
Mixed moments.
London: David Bailey/Olympus Optical Co., 1976. [Photography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Folio (30x21cm), pp.142. With 160 images, being human studies, portraits and nudes. Hardcover in jacket. Photographer's pencilled autograph to flyleaf. A little bumping, top of spine slightly bumped and soiled, minor wear. Near fine. More