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QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe Cat in the Hat
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Showcase, Signed First EditionsThe Cat in the Hat By Dr. Seuss First UK edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1958). Originally published in the US the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper verso: 'for the children of Battersea with Best Wishes... Dr Seuss'. Rare thus. Publisher's original turquoise pictorial boards. Rubbing to edges and to spine with some bumping to corners; very slight bowing to upper board; contents clean and free from names and inscriptions. A good copy of an edition that is rare to find bearing a unique inscription from the author.£2,500.00 -
QuickviewThe Crow Road
First Edition, Iain Banks, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Crow Road By Iain Banks First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Quarter-bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine and grey boards. Spine slightly cocked with a few marks to top edge, otherwise very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with some signs of wear, primarily to the top edge.£150.00 -
QuickviewThe Dead Zone
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Stephen KingThe Dead Zone By Stephen King First UK edition, first impression. Nominated for the 1980 Locus Award and the first of the author's stories to be set in the fictional town of Castle Rock. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and white endpapers and paste-downs. Some spotting to top edge, a couple of minor knocks to corners and a little rubbing to top edge of boards, otherwise very good indeed. The price-clipped dust jacket has some moderate edge wear and fading to spine panel with a minuscule nick to bottom edge and some spotting to verso, primarily to top edge, else very good. A rare edition.£265.00 -
QuickviewThe Death and Life of Superman
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Death and Life of Superman By Roger Stern First edition, first impression, published by Bantam Press in 1993. Signed, inscribed and dated to the half-title page by Jerry Siegel, the comic book writer who created the Superman character along with his friend Joe Shuster: 'The infant from the planet Krypton who, on earth grew up to become the man of steel! 11-20-94'. The book is additionally inscribed to the front endpaper by Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill and Jack Larson. Kirk Alyn and Noel Neil were the first actors to play 'Superman' and 'Lois Lane' in the characters' first ever live action appearance in the 1948 15 part movie serial from Columbia Pictures. Jack Larson played 'Jimmy Olsen' in the first TV series 'The Adventures of Superman' that ran from 1956-1958. Roger Stern, the author, has also signed the book to the title page. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning to edges with a touch of pushing to spine ends and very minor knocks to corners. Nice and fresh internally and free from writing, aside from the aforementioned inscriptions. The original dust jacket has a tiny nick close to the top of the upper hinge and a small associated crease next to it with some lifting to surface laminate to foot of lower hinge. An excellent copy, bearing a significant set of signatures, including a special and unique inscription from the creator of, arguably, the most popular and iconic comic book character ever created.£1,500.00 -
QuickviewThe Dogs of War
Crime and Thriller, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Dogs of War By Frederick Forsyth First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to a bookplate affixed to the title page. Original black cloth with lettering in gilt and motif in silver to spine. A very good book indeed with some spotting to top edge, browning to front endpaper and a previous owner sticker to bottom corner of front paste-down. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate wear to edges with a crease to top corner of rear flap and a couple of tape repairs to verso.£150.00 -
QuickviewThe Domes of Mars
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionThe Domes of Mars By Patrick Moore First edition, first impression. Accompanied by an envelope signed by the author. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good copy with a stain to lower board and some spotting to edges. The original and unclipped dust jacket, featuring striking cover art by Patricia Cullen, has some chipping to edges and rubbing in places with a few nicks and a relatively small stain to lower panel, very good otherwise. A rare title.£300.00 -
QuickviewThe Double Helix
First Edition, Non-Fiction, ScienceThe Double Helix By James D. Watson First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968). A very good copy with a previous owner's name to front endpaper and isolated instances of very faint spotting to preliminaries and rear paste-down; crease to top corner of page 68. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some rubbing to extremities and a few tiny chips to spine ends. Closed tear to bottom of lower panel fore-edge and to top edge of upper panel with some lifting to laminate on lower panel hinge.£100.00 -
QuickviewThe Dragon in the Sea
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionThe Dragon in the Sea By Frank Herbert First UK edition, first impression, published in 1960. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A couple of moderate knocks to top corners and spotting to edges. Subtle traces of page remnants present following copyright page. All pages are present, however, indicating that this is an uncommon feature of its original production. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little peripheral toning to upper and lower panels and to spine panel with traces of moderate edge wear, shallow chipping and a couple of small nicks. A very good example of the author's first novel issued, in the case of this first UK edition, five years prior to the first appearance of 'Dune' in book form.£250.00 -
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QuickviewThe Earthsea Trilogy
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Ursula Le GuinThe Earthsea Trilogy By Ursula Le Guin Three Volumes. First UK editions, first impressions, published between 1971 to 1973 by Victor Gollancz. A highlight series of high fantasy. A Wizard of Earthsea: Original brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt with green endpapers and paste-downs. A near fine book with light spotting to edges, but contents entirely clean otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also near fine with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel, some marginal toning to verso and a few unobtrusive marks to top fore-edges. The Tombs of Atuan: Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt with pale green endpapers and paste-downs. Light spotting to edges with a few spots to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs, else near fine in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with some very moderate fading to spine panel and marginal toning to verso with a hint of rubbing to spine head, else near fine. The Farthest Shore: Original grey cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and purple map endpapers and paste-downs. Near fine with some spotting to edges in a near fine dust jacket with minor fading to the spine panel and marginal, light spotting to verso. A very attractive and uniquely well-preserved set.£2,250.00
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