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Birdsong
History, Modern First EditionsBirdsong By Sebastian Faulks First edition, first impression (Hutchinson, 1993). Publisher's original green cloth with silver lettering to spine and grey endpapers and paste-downs. A fine book, free from names and inscriptions, with just a touch of rubbing to bottom edge, in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with mild wear to top edge and a tiny nick to foot of upper fore-edge. A bright and excellent copy.£235.00 -
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, General Literary Fiction, History, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseFor Whom the Bell Tolls By Ernest Hemingway First edition, first impression in first issue dust jacket. Original publisher's cloth. Some rubbing to label on spine with toning to edges and a small area of browning to edge of of paste-downs and endpapers. Contents beautifully clean throughout otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little soft crease close to fore-edge of upper panel, else in beautiful, fine condition. A fantastic example of one of the author's highlight titles.£3,000.00 -
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Sharpe’s Sword
First Edition, History, Modern First EditionsSharpe's Sword By Bernard Cornwell First edition, first impression. The fourth book in the series to be published in 1983 and generally believed to have had a low initial print run. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A touch of faint spotting to edges in places and to endpapers. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little spotting to flaps and mild traces of edge wear, near fine otherwise.£450.00 -
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Sharpe’s Sword
First Edition, History, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsSharpe's Sword By Bernard Cornwell First edition, first impression (Collins, 1983). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: ‘To Joyce, Who was bored alongside me. Love, Bernard Cornwell’. A uniquely personal inscription. Publisher’s original red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Some pushing to spine ends with a couple of trivial knocks to corners; a little spotting to edges and dustiness to top edge, but better than very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some very moderate edge wear and a touch of fading to the spine panel. A very nicely preserved copy of the fourth novel in the Sharpe series, bearing a unique inscription from the author.£600.00 -
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The Wolf Hall Trilogy
First Edition, History, Modern First EditionsThe Wolf Hall Trilogy By Hilary Mantel A complete set of first editions, first impressions of the books comprising The Wolf Hall Trilogy. Some of the usual toning to edges of vol one with a little faint pencil mark and very faint spotting to fore-edge, else near fine. Vols two and three are in fine, unread condition. The original and unclipped dust jackets are also in excellent condition with just a hint of fading to spine panel and trivial signs of wear to top edge of vol one. An excellent set.£675.00 -
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The Wolf Hall Trilogy – Complete Set of Signed Limited Editions
First Edition, History, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Wolf Hall Trilogy By Hilary Mantel A complete set of signed limited editions of the books comprising the 'Wolf Hall Trilogy' (Fourth Estate, 2009-2020). The first two books won the Booker Prize with the final instalment reaching the Booker Prize longlist. Widely considered to be among the best works of historical fiction. Quarter-bound in black or red cloth, with lettering and motifs to spine and upper boards in gilt with ribbon marker. All as new and in their original seal. A beautiful and attractively produced set.£975.00 -
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Wolf Hall
First Edition, History, Modern First EditionsWolf Hall By Hilary Mantel First edition, first impression published by Fourth Estate in 2009. Winner of the Booker Prize and adapted to TV in 2015. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. A near fine book with some toning to edges and partial toning to fore-edge, in the original and unclipped dust jacket with a soft crease running along upper flap and minor traces of wear to top edge. A near fine copy of the first book in the Wolf Hall Trilogy.£375.00