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The Avignon Quintet
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Avignon Quintet By Lawrence Durrell A complete set of the five books comprising The Avignon Quintet, all of which are first editions, first impressions and are either signed or signed and inscribed by the author. A little rubbing in places and a couple of small nicks to the dust jackets of the first two volumes. The remaining volumes are all fine in fine dust jackets. A near fine set overall with attractive jacket illustrations by David Gentleman.£1,500.00 -
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The Bell Jar
First Edition, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseThe Bell Jar By Victoria Lucas (Sylvia Plath) Second edition. Originally published the previous year. The poet's only novel written under the "Victoria Lucas" pseudonym. Original green cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with slight knocking to bottom corners and extremely faint and minor spotting to edges. The original dust jacket has some surface rubbing and slight fading to spine panel. An excellent, clean and sharp example.£1,500.00 -
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The Body Snatchers
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Science FictionThe Body Snatchers by Jack Finney First UK edition, first impression. The novel was first published in serial form in Collier's magazine in late 1954 and issued in the US and UK in book form the following year. Adapted to film several times, most notably in 1956 under the title 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A few light marks to boards; rear endpaper a little offset; bookseller label to bottom corner of front paste-down; some toning to textblock edges. The original dust jacket, featuring artwork by Lowen, has been neatly price-clipped and has a closed tear to the top edge of lower panel with an associated tape repair to verso. Red lettering to spine very slightly faded with some faint spotting to verso. An excellent copy of this science fiction horror classic.£1,250.00 -
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Science, Signed First EditionsThe Body: A Guide for Occupants By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of mild wear to top edge.£60.00 -
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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage By Philip Pullman First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a fine, unclipped dust jacket.£100.00 -
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The Book Thief
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Book Thief By Markus Zusak First Adult edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Precedes the 'Children's Edition', which was issued a few weeks later. Adapted to film in 2013. Original black cloth with letter to spine in gilt and marbled endpapers and paste-downs. A very good or better book with a few small white marks to upper board and some spotting to edges, in a fine dust jacket.£375.00 -
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The Boy in the Dress
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Boy in the Dress By David Walliams First edition, first impression (HarperCollins Children's Books, 2008). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. The author's first book. A fine book in a near fine or better dust jacket with a just a touch of fading to the spine panel.£300.00 -
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The Boy in the Dress
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Boy in the Dress By David Walliams First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'To Ronnie Merry Xmas David Walliams'. The author's first book with illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original pictorial boards. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a little fading to spine panel.£300.00 -
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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy First edition, first impression on the Waterstones Limited Edition. Published prior to the first trade edition, which was quarter-bound in blue cloth. Adapted into a popular animated short film in 2022 that later won the Best Animated Short Film Academy Award on 12 March 2023. Quarter-bound in burgundy cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and pictorial cream boards and gold ribbon marker. Small and faint blue mark to upper board, else an excellent, fine copy.£800.00 -
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The Brothers Karamazov
First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Brothers Karamazov By Fyodor Dostoevsky First edition thus, published in 1964 by the Folio Society and featuring sketches by Nigel Lambourne. Original red and black pictorial cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and light blue endpapers, paste-downs and topstain. A near fine example with just a few spots to fore-edge and, even more faintly, to title page, otherwise very nice and clean throughout. Housed in the slipcase, which has a few light marks to top and bottom, but is otherwise in similarly excellent condition.£175.00 -
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The Buried Giant
First Edition, Kazuo Ishiguro, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Buried Giant By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page. Accompanied by the original ticket to the event where the book was signed at Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely on March 9th 2015. Original grey cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A few faint spots to top edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket.£125.00 -
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The Call of the Man-Eater
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-FictionThe Call of the Man-Eater By Kenneth Anderson First edition, first impression. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. With the striking pictorial dust jacket, likely designed by William Randell, depicting two tigers in dense jungle foliage. Illustrated with photographs, including portraits of the author and his family with various animals and scenes of the Indian jungle. A very good copy of Anderson's fourth book, recounting his encounters with the wildlife of South India. Blending natural history with thrilling narratives of hunts for tigers, leopards, and other predators, Anderson continues the tradition of Jim Corbett, though his writing is marked by its own dry humour and intimacy with the forest. Particularly evocative are his depictions of the Indian landscape, and his sympathetic accounts of snakes, elephants, and other creatures beyond the tiger. The present copy is bright and sharp, the cloth binding clean and square, the contents fresh with just a touch of toning to the text block and dustiness to top edge. The dust jacket is complete and unfaded, showing only light wear at extremities and a couple of closed tears, far better preserved than is typically encountered.£200.00