"Outside of a dog, man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx
Film & Entertainment
The Seven Year Itch.
New York, Random House. 1953. First US Edition. 8vo. Near fine in publisher's oatmeal cloth with paper onlay label to front board, clean and crisp.In a very good example of the dustwrapper, minor edgewear, very shallow chipping to spine ends, isolated spots of soiling. Top edge green, inscribed by Axelrod... More
Curse of the Undead.
UK, T.P. Ltd. [1959]. An original UK quad for Rank Organisation's cult horror 'Curse of the Undead' starring Eric Fleming and Kathleen Crowley. Folded, condition A (fresh). Approx dimensions 40x30 inches, landscape format, now with loose-backed board stiffener (will be despatched rolled, in tube). A striking and uncommon British poster... More
Crash.
London: Jonathan Cape, 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 blurring of the dividing... More
Another Beatles Christmas Show.
[London]: NEMS Publications, 1964-1965. Quarto. In soft paper covers, with cover illustrations by Lennon, showing various figures exchanging yuletide holly branches. Cover slightly foxed to edges and spine, only intrusive to rear cover. Internally clean. Programme for the second Beatles Christmas show, running 24th December 1964 until 16th January 1965... More
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
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
Psycho.
London, Robert Hale. 1960. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. 185pp. Publisher's black cloth, green and silver titles to spine in jacket. A very good copy with some spine lean, in similar edgeworn jacket. Bloch's classic has been rightly acclaimed as a genre masterpiece which set the pattern for the psychological suspense... More
Psycho.
Simon and Schuster, New York 1959. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. pp.185. Elegantly bound in full red oasis morocco leather with traditional raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, publisher's original boards bound in at the rear. A little browning to the edges as usual, else a fine copy in an... More
Breakfast at Tiffany's.
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1958. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, pp.159. Publisher's red cloth in dustwrapper. Some toning to edges of text block and rear panel, minor soiling to same. No inscriptions or price-clipping. An attractive copy. Everybody has lived somewhere strange with some weird people- this is the story you wish... More
American Prince: My Autobiography.
London: Virgin Books, 2008. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo, pp.xv [3], 364 [2]. With occasional in-text photographic illustrations, and two sections of colour plates (eight double-sided plates in total). SIGNED by the author in blue ink to half-title, and hand-numbered 582 of 1000 copies produced in this special edition. In publisher's... More
Deliverance.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Recent dark green half morocco with gilt titles to spine, publisher's original board titled in green to upper. A fine copy in a lovely binding. Basis for the classic John Boorman movie (1972). More
Walt Disney's Bambi. The Sketch-Book Series. Contributing Editors Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston.
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
The Great Shadow. A Novel.
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1893. FIRST US EDITION. Crown Octavo. pp.[iv]; 218 [2], advertisements, in the second state. In publisher's oatmeal-coloured cloth, blocked in red to spine and upper board. A very good used copy with a few marks and bumps plus some age-related toning. 'The Great Shadow'... More
Rebecca. Autograph contract regarding the movie.
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
Hiroshima Mon Amour and Une Aussi Longue Absence.
London: Calder and Boyars, 1966. First UK Edition. Octavo. Bound in publisher's black cloth, with silver titles to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper, designed by Peter Barrett, shows a still from the film of Hiroshima, Mon Amour with titles to front cover, titles to spine, blurb and publisher's advertisements to rear... More
Real Moments. Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein.
UK: Genesis Publications, 2009. SIGNED LIMITED DELUXE EDITION (green version). Number 48 of 250 copies signed by photographer Feinstein, with an original signed colour photograph by him (a further 250 copies in red leather were issued with a signed printed contact sheet). Folio, bound in full green reen leather with... More
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
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
Travels in Greeneland. The Cinema of Graham Greene.
London: Quartet Books. 1984. First edition. Octavo, pp. x, 229. Association copy owned by John Sutro the film producer and friend of Greene. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and light yellow dustwrapper. A fine copy. More
Murder Off Broadway.
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
The Great Gatsby / The Godfather. Autograph contract regarding the movies, primarily engaging Coppola to produce a screenplay for 'Gatsby'.
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. Near fine. One paragraph refers to an earlier agreement between the same two parties, dated 6th... More
The Adventures of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. A Special Motion-Picture Edition by Albert G.Miller. Adapted from the screenplay based on the Ian Fleming story.
London: Collins. 1968. FIRST EDITION. Slim quarto, pp.60. Hardback in glazed boards, 'Annual' format, illustrated with film stills. A very good, used copy with some edgewear, corners rubbed copy, some thumbing and light marks within, usual sunning to backstrip. A new text, based on the screenplay by Roald Dahl, and... More
James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me.
London, Pan Books 1977. Spy novel, a paperback original; published simultaneously with a hardcover edition. Slim octavo, pictorial card wrappers. Near fine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by James Bond actor Roger Moore to half-title 'Best Wishes | Roger Moore 007'. This is the original story / novel of the 1977 James... More
My Life So Far.
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
The Pleasure-Dome. The Collected Film Criticism 1935-40.
London: Secker and Warburg, 1972. First Edition. Quarto; pp.284. Near Fine in near fine, price clipped dustwrapper frayed to head and foot of spine. R.A Wobbe; Graham Greene-A Bibliography & Guide to Research [A57a]. More
The Quiet American.
Moscow: Foreing Languages Publishing House 1959. FIRST EDITION thus. An unusual format; the title-page and text being printed entirely in English, but with an introduction and notes in Russian. Octavo, pp. 227. Publisher's grey cloth, pictorially blocked in black, red and white, with price blocked to rear. No jacket was... More