London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. [Haycraft-Queen cornerstone novel]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.287; [1], advertisement. Bound by the W.H. Smith and Son bindery in green cloth, titled in gilt to the spine. Some spotting and toning to page edges, cloth a little rubbed and darkened to extremities. Very... More

(US) [1961]. FIRST PRINTING, with NSS (National Screen Service) no. at bottom edge. A rare original US one-sheet poster for the 1960 MGM Pictures film, a B-movie classic. Folded, condition B (some pinholes). Approx dimensions 41x27 inches, portrait format. (Will be despatched rolled, in tube). Gorgo is a 1961 British... More

New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. FIRST US EDITION. Octavo, pp.224. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Trivial handling. A fine copy of Ballard's rare and influential cult novel, a provocative exploration of some of the darkest recesses of the human condition and a momentous... More

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

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

no place [London]. no date [circa 1953]. [Playscript] MILTON ROSMER'S COPY. Printed typescript, octavo (26 x 21cm), unpaginated. Stapled, red card printed wraps, black cloth spine. Milton Rosmer's working copy with his address to the title page and extensive pen and pencil notes and annotations, as well as taped in... More

Bedford, Massachusetts: Applewood Books, 1997. Collector's Edition. Inserted are a limitation slip, stating Limited Edition to 3000 copies of which this is No. 191, the early numbers including a loose extra illustrated title page SIGNED by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, two of the artists involved with the feature film... More

1945. An autograph film contract relating to 'Rebecca', dated 15th May 1945, between Vanguard Films and David O'Selznick (and party). Six typewritten pages, signed by all named persons including Oscar winning Producer O'Selznick. Fine. The agreement relates to the photoplay edition of the novel, and refers to earlier agreements involving... More

London, John Hamilton Ltd. c 1930. 8vo. Publisher's bright orange cloth, lettered in black, in pictorial dust jacket. Minor bumping to extremities with slight fading to spine, trivial spotting to page edges, dust to top edge, very good. Attractive, rather fragile dust jacket with some chips and small losses, including... More

London: Ebury Press. 2005. Autobiography. FIRST UK EDITION, 8vo., pp.599. A very fine copy in dustwrapper, SIGNED by the author on the title page. More

New York: Harper and Brothers 1953. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.273 + [5]. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket. Book is clean but for an area of residue to pastedown (likely from a bookplate) hidden beneath flap. Jacket showing some rubbing to folds and a couple of small chips, price-clipped... More

New York; Random House. 1973. First US edition. 8vo. A fine copy in publisher's red cloth, in a fine dustwrapper. Dated and inscribed by Richard Harris to front flyleaf. A lovely copy of a collection of poems by Dumbledore himself. More

London: Harper Collins, 1995. [Cinema]. SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.259. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, in photographic dust-jacket designed by Jackie Seow. Inscribed by the author to the title page "To John... who | knows the arena | well | as ever | Charlton"... More