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— Marcel Proust
Signed & Inscribed
London. The Biography.
London: Chatto and Windus, 2000. [History] FIRST EDITION. Thick octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.822; [2], blank, with four suites of plates, illustrated endpapers. Hardcover in photographic dust-jacket priced at £25.00. An unread, fine copy in like jacket. This acclaimed work by the multi award-winning author has been described by Ackroyd... More about London. The Biography
Poems.
London: The Faun Press, 1950. INSCRIBED. Small octavo, pp.[2] 25 [1]. One of just 250 copies. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to the recto of the first leaf: 'To Chloe, remembering in / friendliness and gratitude / many occasions, and the / once that told us that /... More about Poems
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 about Arctic Island Hunter
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 about The White Tiger
Roads to Glory.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Demy Octavo. pp. 278. no. 199 of 360 copies, signed by the author to limitation page. With original glassine jacket. In quarter blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and orange / white patterned paper-covered boards. All edges untrimmed. Near-fine with... More about Roads to Glory
Contes.
no place no date [circa 1960]. [Inscribed illustrations] TWO SIGNED PUBLISHER'S PROOF PLATES. One page of text and two publisher's proof plates mounted, framed and glazed. Both plates warmly inscribed and signed by Alexeieff to Max Begg. Overall size (71 x 41cm). Fine. More about Contes
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. Fine. More about Alentejo Blue
The Care of Time.
New York, NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 277 [1]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'With best wishes from | an ever-grateful patient | Eric Ambler | London 14 May 82'. Publisher's purple quarter cloth... More about The Care of Time
The Mask Of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel. Octavo, pp.320. Publisher's cloth, lightly worn with a few small marks, spine sunned. A very good copy. With an important presentation note to the title-page; Roy Baker / from Eric Ambler / 16 August 46... More about The Mask Of Dimitrios
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 about The James Bond Dossier
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 about The Anti-Death League. A Novel
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 about The Talking Horse and Other Stories
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 about The Country Cousin
The Embezzler.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966. SIGNED First Edition. Octavo. pp. 277. In publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board. Top edge red. With original dust jacket in grey, featuring printed numbers and a graph. Titles in red and black to spine and front cover. Inscribed... More about The Embezzler
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 about Birds And Beasts In Africa, and The Angler In South Africa
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 about Mixed moments
Arthur and George.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[6]; 360; [2]. Signature of Julian Barnes to the title page. In publisher's olive cloth decorated in black and titled in white to spine and upper. With the original printed paper band to rear board, issued in place of... More about Arthur and George
Time Exposure.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1946. INSCRIBED COPY. Second edition. Octavo, pp. viii, 136. A collection of photographs produced between 1923 and 1945. Association copy, inscribed by Beaton to actress Harriette Johns, who had starred in Alexander Korda's 1947 movie 'An Ideal Husband' for which beaton designed the costumes. Red... More about Time Exposure
Whoroscope.
Paris: The Hours Press, 1930. FIRST EDITION of the author's first separately published work, EX LIBRIS DENNIS HEALEY. pp.[ii]; 4; [2], notes. Number 37 of 100 copies SIGNED by the author. Original russet-coloured printed card covers with wraparound paper band, announcing the young author as prize-winner of a contest sponsored... More about Whoroscope
David Beckham: My World.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. [Football] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Small quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[2]; 224. A large collection of colour and black and white photographs by Dean Freeman, with accompanying text by Beckham (assisted by Cripps and Dickinson). Number 604 of 1500 copies Signed in black ink to limitation... More about David Beckham: My World
Years of Hope: Diaries, Letters and Papers 1940-1962.
London: Hutchinson, 1994. [Politics] INSCRIBED COPY, third impression. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.xvi; 442 [6]. With a suite of four double-sided black and white plates. INSCRIBED by Benn in red ink to title page: 'For Lys + James | in unity | Tony Benn.' Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles... More about Years of Hope: Diaries, Letters and Papers 1940-1962
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. Octavo (24 x 16cm). The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Publisher's hardcovers, autographed to the dust-wrapper in silver marker. The signature was obtained privately by us- the author did not appear in the UK to promote this, his... More about Die Another Day
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. FIRST EDITION. The novelisation of the Bond movie. SIGNED by the author to the title page. The signature was obtained during one of the author's many book launch events held at our shop. Hardcover in photographic dust-wrapper. Absolutely fine throughout, being carefully dark stored by... More about The World is Not Enough
The World is Not Enough.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1999. FIRST EDITION. The novelisation of the Bond movie. SIGNED by the author to the title page and. The signature was obtained during one of the author's many book launch events held at our shop and was subsequently SIGNED by actress Dame Judi Dench who played... More about The World is Not Enough
Die Another Day.
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 2002. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by the author. The novelisation of the James Bond movie. Both the book and the dust-wrapper are absolutely fine /as new. A lovely copy, signed to the title-page. The signature was obtained privately by us-the author did not appear in the UK... More about Die Another Day