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QuickviewUnder Milk Wood
Dylan Thomas, First Edition, Modern First EditionsUnder Milk Wood By Dylan Thomas First edition, first impression. Original light brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. One or two faint spots and slight toning to edges, else near fine in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with signs of light wear to spine ends and a small closed tear to to edge of lower panel. Moderate toning to verso in places. Housed in an attractive blue cloth drop-back box.£500.00 -
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QuickviewA Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, ScienceA Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes By Stephen Hawking First UK edition, first impression, published by Bantam Press in 1988. Among the most famous modern works of popular science. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Minor compression to spine tips and a small knock to one corner, else near fine and internally clean and bright. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate wear to top edge and a little, extremely faint spotting to the bottom portion of verso, else near fine.£600.00 -
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Douglas Adams, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, ShowcaseThe Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy By Douglas Adams First edition, first impression in first issue dust jacket with the 'Capricorn One' advertisement to lower panel. A classic of science fiction comedy and the subject of radio, stage, comic and TV series adaptations. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Very minimal spotting to top edge with mild pushing to spine tips and a couple of knocks to corners, otherwise near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket shows a touch of spotting to verso in places, mild shelf wear to flaps and unobtrusive reinforcement to the front bottom corner verso, but is otherwise near fine and notably bright and free from the often-encountered fading to the spine panel.£2,000.00 -
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First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, ShowcaseA Song of Ice and Fire By George R. R. Martin Five volumes. All first UK editions, first impressions. The basis for the popular TV series with the concluding two volumes to the book series, 'The Winds of Winter' and 'A Dream of Spring' still in production. A Game of Thrones: Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good or better copy with mild rubbing to spine ends and a little of the usual yellowing to edges, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with minor signs of wear to edges. A Clash of Kings: Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt with only mild traces of handling wear and '1171' written in pen, inconspicuously, on the rear paste-down, covered by the lower flap of the dust jacket, else a near fine example. A Storm of Swords: Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good or better copy. The corner of the upper spine has been pushed. A handful of the preliminary pages have a crease to the side text block. A Feast for Crows: Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. A Dance with Dragons: Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A little concavity to the spine due to the size of the volume with a light scuff mark to the edge of the lower flat of the dust jacket and light edge wear. A near fine set, overall.£2,250.00 -
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First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsEvita By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice First edition, first impression. Signed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to the title page. The subject of the 1996 film adaptation and West End and Broadway musicals. Original pictorial boards. A very good or better copy with traces of knocking to corners and the slightest hint of a slant to spine.£750.00 -
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QuickviewA Wrinkle in the Skin
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionA Wrinkle in the Skin By John Christopher First edition, first impression, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1965. A post-apocalyptic novel set in Guernsey and mainland England in which the world has been devastated by earthquakes. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little toning and spotting to edges with a small book seller label to front paste-down, otherwise near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a touch of rubbing in places to extremities and a few small nicks with a fairly inconspicuous repair to head of spine panel verso, otherwise very good or better. A very good example indeed of a rare book.£200.00