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: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. FIRST EDITION. 8vo; pp. 45. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth, upper with red line drawing of two men on rollerskates, in pictorial dustwrapper. Minor soiling, spine a little darkened and nicked at ends. Very good indeed. A presentable copy of a book that too... More

no place, 1972. An autograph film contract relating to 'The Great Gatsby', dated 17th February 1972, between Paramount Pictures and Coppola as script writer. Six mimeographed pages, signed twice by Coppola, twin hole punched and stapled. One paragraph refers to an earlier agreement between the same two parties, dated 6th... 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