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QuickviewRebecca
Daphne du Maurier, First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First Editions, Showcase, Signed First EditionsRebecca By Daphne du Maurier First edition, first impression (Gollancz, 1938). A slip signed, inscribed and dated by the author is loosely laid-in. Adapted on several occasions for stage and television with a further film adaptation due in October 2020. Publisher’s original black cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A very good copy with a little light marking to rear board, usual spotting to edges and, much more occasionally, to contents, primarily to preliminaries and closing pages; free from previous owner names and inscriptions. Some browning to the spine panel of the dust jacket with chipping to head and foot; closed tear to spine head; a little chipping to corners with a couple of small holes to upper panel fore-edge; moderate marginal toning to lower panel. A very good copy of a literary classic.£4,250.00 -
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QuickviewThe Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book
Antiquarian, Children's Fiction, First Edition, ShowcaseThe Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book By Rudyard Kipling First editions, first impressions (Macmillan & Co, 1894 & 1895). Publisher’s original blue cloth with gilt lettering and motifs to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt. The Jungle book has some rubbing to corners and spine ends, as is common; hinges a little tender but all holding firm; previous owner name to front endpaper verso with short gift inscription to opposite page; contents nice and clean otherwise with just the odd faint spot here and there. A very good copy or better. The Second Jungle Book also has some rubbing to corners and spine ends with a very slight spine slant and previous owner name and date to front endpaper verso; some spotting to contents, mainly to preliminaries. Very good.£1,500.00 -
QuickviewBrave New World
Aldous Huxley, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionFirst edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 1932). Half-bound in brown morocco with black labels and gilt lettering. Blue top-stain present; some toning to edges with small areas of soiling to fore-edges of pages 2 and 3; a little faint and very occasional spotting to contents; trivial mark to lower spine visible upon close inspection. A near fine copy overall.£750.00 -
QuickviewNorth
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Poetry, Signed First EditionsNorth By Seamus Heaney First paperback edition, first impression (Faber, 1975). Signed by the author to the front endpaper. A near fine copy with minor traces of rubbing in places and slight fading to spine.£800.00 -
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QuickviewThe Handmaid’s Tale
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Margaret Atwood, Modern First Editions, Showcase, Signed First EditionsThe Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood First Canadian edition, first impression (McClelland and Stewart, 1985). Signed by the author to half-title. True first edition, preceding that of the UK and US. Attractive jacket design by Tad Aronowicz. Winner of the Governor General’s Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1987. Adapted into a successful on-going TV series in 2017. Quarter-bound in maroon cloth with white lettering to spine, cream boards and maroon endpapers and paste-downs. Fine, with the usual rubbing to head and foot of spine. Contents lovely and clean. Very small closed tear to top of lower panel hinge and one further nick to top edge, near fine. A superior copy of a highlight of dystopian fiction.£1,500.00 -
QuickviewA Handful of Darkness
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Philip K. Dick, Science FictionA Handful of Darkness By Philip K. Dick First edition, first impression and first state without ‘World of Chance’ to lower panel and with dark blue boards. Publisher’s original dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Bottom portion of boards faintly marked with some off-setting to endpapers; some toning and spotting to edges, which encroaches a little on text of opening pages. The original dust jacket has some chipping to spine ends and corners with a few small closed tears and some moderate toning to lower panel and to verso in places. A very good copy overall of the rare first issue.£500.00
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