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QuickviewSalem’s Lot
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSalem's Lot By Stephen King First English paperback edition, first impression (NEL, 1977). Originally published in the US in 1975 and in the UK in 1976. Some creasing to spine and rubbing here and there to hinges with some moderate toning to edges, but a very good copy.£75.00 -
QuickviewSalem’s Lot
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSalem's Lot By Stephen King First illustrated edition, first impression. Original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine book. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a barcode sticker to verso, else fine and sharp.£150.00 -
QuickviewSalem’s Lot
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSalem's Lot By Stephen King First UK edition, first impression. Adapted into mini-series in 1979 and 2004 with a film adaptation released in late 2024. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Faint off-setting to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs. A few light spots to opening few pages with the usual toning to edges. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with the publisher's reprice sticker to the top corner of upper flap and some spotting to verso. Spine panel lettering very slightly faded. A very good or better example of an uncommon edition of the author's second published novel.£750.00 -
QuickviewSaturday
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Ian McEwan, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsSaturday By Ian McEwan First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 2005). One of 1500 numbered slipcased copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 1052. Fine, with a very small knock to spine foot, in a fine slipcase.£60.00 -
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QuickviewSchindler’s Ark
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsSchindler's Ark By Thomas Keneally First edition, first impression, signed and dated by the author to the title page in the year of publication: "Best wishes Tom Keneally 1982". Winner of the 1982 Booker Prize and the basis for Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), one of the defining works of late twentieth-century Holocaust representation. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; white endpapers. In the original dust jacket designed by Steve and Julie Ridgeway, publisher's £7.95 price sticker to bottom corner of upper flap. Jacket bright and clean with only the faintest wear to extremities; extremely minimal, if any, fading and free from chips, or tears; price unclipped. Cloth exceptionally clean; spine gilt with a hint of rubbing; corners sharp. A little spotting to top edge and one or two isolated spots to fore-edge; bottom edge clean. Internally fresh and unmarked apart from the author's contemporary signature. Square, tight binding. Near fine, in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example, much cleaner and sharper than commonly encountered.£750.00 -
QuickviewSkeleton Crew
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSkeleton Crew By Stephen King First UK edition, first impression. King's second short story collection following 'Night Shift' featuring 23 tales such as 'The Raft', 'The Mist', 'The Jaunt' and 'The Monkey' among others. Original brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and white endpapers and paste-downs. Binding square and tight, cloth clean and unfaded, save for a small and faint mark to lower board, gilt lettering bright. Contents clean and fresh throughout, with no inscriptions, marks, or foxing. A fine copy. The original, price-clipped dust jacket shows only the very lightest traces of wear to the spine tips, retaining strong, unfaded colours with one crease to bottom corner of lower panel, else near fine.£100.00 -
QuickviewSpartacus
First Edition, Modern First EditionsSpartacus By Howard Fast First edition, first impression, published The Bodley Head in 1952 and the basis for the classic 1960 film adaptation. Original coral cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good book with a hint of spotting and dustiness to edges, in a very good, unclipped dust jacket featuring striking cover art by James Boswell. A few tears to edges with moderate edge wear and light soiling in places, primarily to lower panel, otherwise very good.£275.00 -
QuickviewStar Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsStar Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker By Alan Dean Foster (Credited to George Lucas) First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated to the title page by ghostwriter, Alan Dean Foster, author of a number of movie novelisations including 'Alien' and 'Star Trek' before eventually returning to the 'Star Wars' franchise to write 'The Force Awakens' in 2015. Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker, a novelization of the 1977 film Star Wars, was published months before the film’s release. Credited to George Lucas, this book provides a detailed backstory, including references to Palpatine’s rise to power, which would later be explored in subsequent films. In later years, the book was retitled Star Wars: A New Hope to align with the subsequent addition of the film’s subtitle in 1981. A very good or better copy with some reading wear to hinge of upper cover with a fairly inconspicuous tape repair to bottom corner, some mild rubbing in places and a couple of creases.£500.00 -
QuickviewStiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
First Edition, Modern First Editions, P. G. WodehouseStiff Upper Lip, Jeeves By P.G. Wodehouse First edition, first impression. The ninth of a total of eleven novels to feature Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to edges, primarily to top, otherwise clean internally. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few very small nicks and chips to edges, otherwise very good or better.£150.00 -
QuickviewStrangers on a Train
Crime and Thriller, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsStrangers on a Train By Patricia Highsmith First UK edition, first impression with the author's cut signature affixed to title. Famously adapted to film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951. Re-bound in black leather with raised bands to spine, which is lettered and tooled in gilt. Title and decorative image to upper board in gilt. Marbled endpapers and paste-downs. Top edge gilt. A few small areas of minor staining to edges of opening couple of pages, else near fine or better. The author's first novel, further enhanced by the unique and attractive binding and the presence of her signature.£800.00 -
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QuickviewTender Is the Night
First Edition, Modern First EditionsTender Is the Night By F. Scott Fitzgerald First UK revised edition, first impression, published by The Grey Walls Press in 1953. Originally published in 1934. The final version of the author's last novel with his own annotated copy as its source. Grey Walls first published the uncorrected text in 1948, making this their second edition overall. Original light brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some offsetting to endpapers, but otherwise fine and clean throughout. The original and unclipped dust jacket, with striking cover art by Edward Pagram, shows a minimal amount of rubbing to extremities in places, else fine.£375.00 -
QuickviewTennyson: The Unquiet Heart – A Biography – Graham Greene’s Personal Copy
First Edition, Graham Greene, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsTennyson: The Unquiet Heart - A Biography By Robert Bernard Martin First edition, first impression (Oxford University Press, 1980). From the personal library of the author Graham Greene with his ownership signature to front endpaper. Top of spine slightly concave with some rubbing to extremities; small knock to bottom corner of lower board. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some light wear to spine ends and a crease to bottom corner of front flap; one very small nick and a closed tear to spine head. A very good copy or better.£500.00 -
QuickviewThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle, First Edition, ShowcaseThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle First edition, first impression with 'violent' for violet on p. 317, and no name on the street sign on the upper board. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. Some light spotting, floral endpapers, publisher's light blue cloth with gilt edges. Spine ends repaired with some of the often-seen rubbing and soiling to the boards and spine and previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down.£2,000.00 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
QuickviewThe 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 -
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 (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 -
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 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 -
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
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