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    2001: A Space Odyssey

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    2001: A Space Odyssey By Arthur C. Clarke First UK edition, first impression. Published shortly after the iconic Stanley Kubrick 1968 film adaptation whose screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine book with a small Foyles bookseller label to bottom corner of front paste-down, in a near fine dust jacket with just a small mark to upper panel, a couple of isolated spots to verso and a little mild rubbing to corners. An excellent copy of a science fiction highlight.
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    A Bear Called Paddington

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    A Bear Called Paddington By Michael Bond First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1958). Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper: "To Nina, with best wishes, Michael Bond". The dedicatee is Nina Froud who was a personal friend of the author and worked at his literary agency. The first book in the Paddington series where one of the most iconic and beloved British fictional characters first appeared, later going on to form the basis of several ongoing TV and successful film adaptations. Publisher's original red cloth with silver lettering to spine containing illustrations by Peggy Fortnum. A beautiful, fine and pristine book throughout, save for a touch of off-setting to endpapers. Appears unread. The original complete dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in unusually superior condition with a chip to spine head - not affecting any lettering - and a closed tear to top of upper panel fore-edge with a couple of tiny and inconspicuous nicks to the top edge of lower panel. A very rare inscribed presentation copy of a quality and with an association that are very seldom encountered.
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    A Charlie Brown Christmas

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    A Charlie Brown Christmas By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. Original pictorial boards with maroon endpapers and paste-downs. A little rubbing to board edges, else near fine and free from names and inscriptions, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks and shallow chips to edges with some rubbing in places and a crease running down the spine panel. A very good copy indeed. Rare in the dust jacket.
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    A Handful of Darkness

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    A Handful of Darkness By Philip K. Dick First edition, first impression. Original second issue red cloth with black lettering to spine. Some off-setting to endpapers and toning to edges with a previous owner name to front endpaper, else very good in a good second issue dust jacket with some chipping and loss to edges.
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    A House for Mr Biswas

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    A House for Mr Biswas By V.S. Naipaul First American edition, first impression (McGraw-Hill, 1961). Jacket design by Stephen Russ. Original dark green cloth with white lettering to spine. Just a hint of knocking and rubbing to extremities, else fine and internally pristine without names or inscriptions. The original dust jacket is clipped to bottom corner of front flap, but still bears the original '$5.95' price; a few small nicks to spine head with a touch of rubbing here and there. A lovely and bright near fine copy of the author's most iconic work.
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    A Kestrel for a Knave

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    A Kestrel for a Knave By Barry Hines First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1968). Signed by the author and Ken Loach - who directed the film adaptation - to bookplates affixed to the title page. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with a little toning to edges in a better than very good, unclipped dust jacket that has some rubbing to spine foot and fore-edges.
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    A Moveable Feast

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    First UK edition, first impression. The author's memoir published posthumously, three years after his death. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good or better example with a couple of knocks to the top corners of boards and a few small white spots to lower board. The original and price-clipped dust jacket is also very good or better with a few instances of rubbing and a few faint spots with light edge wear in places. Jacket design by Hans Tisdall
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    A Pale View of Hills

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    A Pale View of Hills By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author to the title page: "To Charles, all best, Kazuo Ishiguro 7th June '89". Rare inscribed. The author's first book and the winner of the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Original cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Very faint traces of dustiness to top edge with minor pushing to spine head, else fine, in a near fine or better dust jacket with just a hint of the usual fading to spine panel and one instance of negligible wear to spine head. A superior copy.
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    A Pocket Full of Rye

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    A Pocket Full of Rye By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression. Publisher's original red cloth with black lettering to spine. An excellent copy with some dustiness to top edge, in a very good dust jacket indeed with some chipping to spine head and a few small nicks to edges.
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    A Scanner Darkly

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    A Scanner Darkly By Philip K. Dick First UK edition, first impression. Adapted to film in 2006 and one of the author's best-known novels. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to top edge and toning to text-block, as is common, else clean and near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket is slightly sunned to the spine panel, but in excellent, near fine or better condition otherwise.
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    A Short History of Nearly Everything

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    A Short History of Nearly Everything By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression (Doubleday, 2003). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy, with mild toning to edges, in a fine dust jacket. Rare inscribed.
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    A Small Town in Germany

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    A Small Town in Germany By John le Carré First edition, first impression (William Heinemann, 1968). Original burgundy cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some off-setting to endpapers and a few very small white spots to lower board, near fine otherwise in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with traces of minor rubbing to spine foot and a small nick to bottom edge.
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    A Squash and a Squeeze

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    A Squash and a Squeeze By Julia Donaldson First edition, first impression. The author's first book which, due to the infrequency of its appearance in commerce, is likely to have had a very limited print run. It also marks the first collaboration between the author and illustrator, whose partnership would later go on to create 'The Gruffalo', 'Stick Man', 'Zog' and 'Room on the Broom' among many others. Original pictorial boards with pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. Slight toning to edges and very minor instances of rubbing to corners, else a fine and sharp example, free from any names or inscriptions. No jacket as issued.
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    A Storm of Swords

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    A Storm of Swords By George R. R. Martin A very good copy with some light marks to top edge and upper board and a faint stain to top of rear endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with some edge wear and some creasing in places, primarily to spine panel head and folds. A nice copy of the third book in 'A Song of Ice and Fire'.
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    A Thin Ghost and Others

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    A Thin Ghost and Others By M. R. James First edition, first impression (London: Edward Arnold, 1919). Publisher's original dark grey cloth with light grey lettering to spine and spider's web motif, title and author's name in grey to upper board. Owner's name in ink to title page with light browning to endpapers and half-title; mild bumping and rubbing to corners and extremities; top edge a little darkened; some minor cracking to binding at page 16, but all pages still holding firm. A very good copy indeed of the author's scarce third collection of ghost stories.
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    Absolute Friends

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    Absolute Friends By John le Carré First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine and red ribbon marker. A fine book in a fine dust jacket.
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    After the Funeral

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    After the Funeral By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow). Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A little off-setting/browning to endpapers and usual toning to edges, otherwise excellent in a very good unclipped dust jacket with some chipping to spine head and a few closed tears to edges. A very good copy indeed.
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    Amsterdam

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    Amsterdam By Ian McEwan First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: "To Annie, Best Wishes, Ian McEwan". Winner of the 1998 Booker Prize. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A touch of pushing to spine ends, else near fine in a near fine, first state (without Booker Prize blurb to bottom of upper panel) dust jacket with mild wear to spine ends. An excellent example. Seller
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    An Accidental Man

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    An Accidental Man By Iris Murdoch First Edition and First Impression (Chatto & Windus, 1971). Minor bumping to spine tips. Original and price-clipped dust jacket has some rubbing to corners and extremities; corners and spine tips chipped; spotting to front and rear flaps. A very good copy.
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    Animal Farm

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    Animal Farm By George Orwell First Illustrated edition, first impression. Issued shortly before the releaase of the full-length cartoon film adaptation of the book and illustrated by the same illustrators that made the cartoons, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. Original cloth with lettering and motif to spine and upper board in silver. A very good copy with some dustiness to top edge and a slight spine slant. Clean and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little rubbing and a few small nicks to edges with an associated crease to bottom edge of upper panel and a couple of creases to corners of upper flap and slight fading to spine panel, very good indeed otherwise.
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    At Bertram’s Hotel

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    At Bertram's Hotel By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1965). A near fine book with some dustiness and spotting to edges in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with circular pattern of spotting to verso. An excellent example.
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    At Home

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    At Home By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression (Doubleday, 2010). Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's original black cloth with bronze lettering to spine. A fine copy, with a small area of tanning to bottom edge, in a fine dust jacket. Rare signed.
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    Atonement

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    Atonement By Ian McEwan First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Very good with a slight lean, some traces of toning to edges and a couple of very minor knocks to top corners of boards. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of small nicks to spine head and mild traces of edge wear, otherwise very good.
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    Bachelors Anonymous

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    Bachelors Anonymous By P. G. Wodehouse First edition, first impression (Barrie & Jenkins, 1973). Publisher's original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a previous owner's name and date to front endpaper with some remnants of a removed bookplate. Hint of spotting to top edge. The original and unclipped dust jacket is in excellent, fine condition.
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    Bag of Bones

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    Bag of Bones By Stephen King First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Accompanied by a print out of the flyer from the signing event at the Royal Festival Hall. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in an unclipped dust jacket with a hint of very light wear to spine tips, else a fine, crisp and bright example.
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    Beowulf

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    Beowulf By Seamus Heaney First edition, first impression. Signed by the poet to the title page. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some light white marks to lower board fore-edge, else fine in a beautiful, fine dust jacket bearing the Waterstones 'Signed First Edition' wraparound band. A superior example of one of the poet's highlight titles.
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    Biggles and the Gun Runners

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    Biggles and the Gun Runners By W. E. Johns First edition, first impression. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good copy with a spot to the bottom corner of preliminaries and a small black spot to the rear endpaper/pastedown and final pages. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few chips to corners and some rubbing in places, but very good overall.
    £285.00
    £285.00
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    Blood Meridian

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    Blood Meridian By Cormac McCarthy First UK edition, first impression. Original red cloth with white lettering to spine. A better than very good book with an area of abrasion to front endpaper and a few spots to top edge and front and rear endpapers. Barely visible impression to the top corner of title page where previous price was written in pencil. The original and unclipped dust jacket is near fine with just a hint of wear and a tiny nick to spine head. An excellent example of one of the author's and America's best-known and most iconic novels.
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    Books Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science

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    Books Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science By Richard Dawkins First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a fine dust jacket without flaws. A pristine example.
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    Boy

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    Boy By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1984). Publisher's original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good or better book with some marking to lower board and a previous owner name to the top of title page. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate edge wear, but better than very good overall.
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    Cannery Row

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    Cannery Row By John Steinbeck First UK edition, first impression. Original yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and upper board. A near fine book with just a hint of toning and spotting to top edge, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with a few tears to edges and some chipping and rubbing in places.
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    Cards on the Table

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    Cards on the Table By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression. Original orange cloth with black lettering to spine. A little sunning to spine and, marginally, to boards with some browning to endpapers and spotting to opening leaves. No dust jacket. A very good copy.
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    Carrie

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    Carrie By Stephen King First English edition, first impression published by New English Library in 1974. Featuring the beautiful dust jacket artwork by Ray Feibush. The first US edition was published in April 1974 with a print run of 30,000 copies. The print run of the English edition, published the following month in May 1974, consisted of only 600 to 1000. A number of these were given to libraries, making copies in good condition very scarce. Original purple cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and gilt motif to upper board. Some toning and spotting to edges with a little isolated rubbing to edges of boards in places, but very good indeed otherwise and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little of the often-encountered fading to the spine panel with a couple of shallow chips to edges and isolated instances of rubbing. Closed tear to top corner of upper panel with associated and inconspicuous tape repair to verso and a crease to bottom corner of lower flap, otherwise very good and bearing the correct '£2.50' issue price. An extremely rare and desirable edition of the author's first published novel.
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    Caves of Steel

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    Caves of Steel By Isaac Asimov First UK edition, first impression. Published in the same year as the first US edition and seemingly less common with striking cover art. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine and motif to bottom corner of upper board. Light spotting to top edge and some off-setting to endpapers with a previous owner name to front endpaper and a few ticks in red biro next to some of the titles listed on half-title verso, otherwise very good. The original dust jacket is price-clipped and has some wear and a few tears to top edge with some rubbing and chipping to spine panel, primarily to the top. A good or better copy of an uncommon edition.
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    Corridors of Power

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    Corridors of Power By C. P. Snow First edition, first impression. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting and toning to edges, else near fine in an excellent unclipped dust jacket with moderate traces of edge wear and some rubbing in places.
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    Crime and Punishment

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    Crime and Punishment By Fyodor Dostoevsky First edition thus, first impression (Folio Society, 1957). Featuring illustrations by Van Rossem and the Constance Garnett translation. Original pictorial cloth with red topstain. A fine copy, with the red topstain still bright and beautifully preserved, in a near fine dust jacket with a hint of rubbing to corners and a crease to bottom of lower panel. An excellent example of an early Folio Society production. Uncommon in such good condition.
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    Devil May Care

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    Devil May Care By Sebastian Faulks First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 2008). A James Bond novel published to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming. Housed in a felt, silk-lined box. One of 500 copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 475. A fine copy in a fine box.
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    Doctor Sleep

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    Doctor Sleep By Stephen King First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page with the ticket to the signing event included as provenance. The sequel to 'The Shining' and the basis for the popular 2019 film adaptation. Quarter-bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine and red boards. A near fine book with slight bend to bottom corner of lower board. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little edge wear, but is otherwise near fine, bright and sharp.
    £1,100.00
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    Doctor Zhivago

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    Doctor Zhivago By Boris Pasternak First UK edition, first impression (Collins and Harvill Press, 1958). Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Near fine with a touch of spotting to bottom portion of fore-edge and a couple of isolated spots to front paste-down and endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with an area of abrasion to top of spine panel and a few small nicks to top edge.
    £275.00
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    Down Cemetery Road

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    Down Cemetery Road By Mick Herron First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's first book, of which signed examples are uncommon. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine a near fine or better book with a few very faint spots to endpapers and top edge of text block in a fine dust jacket showing minimal traces of rubbing in places.
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    Dystopia

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    Dystopia Limited edition (Gauntlet, 2000). One of 250 copies signed by Matheson, Straab, Koontz and Barker among many others, of which this is number 179. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with only minimal wear to the top edge in places.
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    East of Eden

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    East of Eden By John Steinbeck First US edition, first impression and first state (The Viking Press, 1952). Green cloth with black lettering to spine and upper board. A better than very good book with a little toning and a couple of spots to edges and a minor knock to bottom corner of upper board. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good with an area of loss to top edge of upper panel and a few nicks and chips to edges that have been repaired with tape to verso. A very good copy.
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    East of Eden

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    East of Eden By John Steinbeck First edition, first impression and first state with 'bite' for 'bight' on page 281. The title described by the author himself as his magnum opus. Small pinhole to spine with a small and faint stain to bottom for-edge of text block. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of closed tears and small nicks to edges with some shallow chipping to spine foot. Some of the usual toning to spine panel. A very good copy indeed.
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    East of Eden: Chapter 34

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    East of Eden: Chapter 34 By John Steinbeck Two variants (no priority) containing Chapter 34 from the novel 'East of Eden', privately printed and limited to only 125 copies. The first ever appearance of an extract from the novel, issued prior to its publication in 1952. These copies were mailed by the author to his nephew-in-law, David Heyler. Both housed in the original envelope signed and addressed by Steinbeck. From the Mary Steinbeck Dekker Family Collection. Very faint traces of soiling to rear cover of one booklet with a little peripheral toning to the covers of the other, else near fine.
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    Enduring Love

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    Enduring Love By Ian McEwan First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Grey cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with some pushing to spine ends and very slight fading to spine, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with some fading to spine panel and wear to spine ends with a few light marks to lower panel.
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    Equal Rites

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    Equal Rites By Terry Pratchett First edition, first impression (Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Publisher s original dark green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a fine and unclipped dust jacket, showing only minor and isolated traces of wear to spine tips and top edge.
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    Farmer in the Sky

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    Farmer in the Sky By Robert Heinlein First UK edition, first impression, published by Gollancz in 1962. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Better than very good with a little pushing to spine tips and some foxing to edges, otherwise clean internally. The original and unclipped dust jacket, featuring striking artwork by Alan Breese, has a tiny nick to top edge and traces of mild wear to spine tips with some isolated spotting to rear fold verso, else near fine.
    £275.00
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    Ficciones

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    Ficciones By Jorge Luis Borges First UK edition, first impression. Original grey cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning to edges and foxing to top edge, near fine otherwise in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some toning to spine panel, rubbing to edges and a small area of abrasion to bottom corner of lower panel. A very good copy indeed of the author's most famous book.
    £350.00
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    Five Little Pigs

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    Five Little Pigs By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression, published in the US under the title 'Murder in Retrospect'. Signed by David Suchet to the title page, who played Poirot in the TV adaptation of the book. A page seemingly extracted from an autograph book bearing the author's signature is loosely laid in. Original cloth with black lettering to spine. Previous owner name to front endpaper; some sunning to spine and faint soiling to boards in places and rubbing to edges; corners a touch bumped with a small and faint area of soiling to rear endpaper and slight cracking to rear hinge. The original dust jacket is complete and unclipped with a little loss to spine foot, a few tears to edges and some toning to spine panel verso.
    £2,500.00
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    Flush

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    Flush By Virginia Woolf First edition, first impression (Hogarth Press, 1933). Half-bound in green morocco with five raised bands and lettering to spine in gilt and marbled boards. A little toning to edges with some browning to half-title and reverse of final page of text, contents nice and clean throughout otherwise. A near fine copy in a very attractive binding.
    £345.00
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    For Whom the Bell Tolls

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    For 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.
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    Foundation

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    Foundation By Isaac Asimov First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953). Originally published in the US in 1951. The first book in the Foundation series, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series in 1966 and forms the basis for the 2021 Apple TV series. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with some of the usual moderate spotting to edges and off-setting to endpapers and half-title; light pencil impressions to top of front endpaper. The original and price-clipped dust jacket has a little bit of minor rubbing to edges in places and a couple of very tiny chips to corners. A near fine example of a rare edition of an iconic and influential work in the science fiction genre.
    £875.00
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    Galahad at Blandings

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    Galahad at Blandings By P. G. Wodehouse First edition, first impression (Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1965). Published in the US under the title 'The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood'. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy with some toning to edges and a crease to the top corner of a few pages. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with a few shallow chips and a small closed tear to top edge of lower panel and upper panel fore-edge.
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    Ginger & Pickles

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    Ginger & Pickles By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second printing with date to title and copyright page. Gift inscription to half-title. Some darkening and moderate soiling to boards with a little foxing to opening pages and split to bottom portion of upper panel hinge, but binding still nice and firm. Rubbed in places, but still a very good example.
    £325.00
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    God Emperor of Dune

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    God Emperor of Dune By Frank Herbert First UK edition, first impression. The fourth book in the Dune series. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page in the year of publication. Original orange cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a little pushing to spine foot and a couple of very small, faint and inconspicuous marks to upper board. The original dust jacket is in beautifully sharp, fine condition with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel and minor creasing to top corner. Rare in such good condition.
    £1,250.00
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    Goldfinger

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    Goldfinger By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression. The seventh novel in the James Bond series and the basis for the popular third film released in 1964. Cover art by Richard Chopping. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and embossed skull to upper board with gold coins in the eye sockets. A very good copy indeed with a little spotting to edges and to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs. Small area of tape residue to front and, far less conspicuously, rear paste-down. Contents beautifully clean otherwise and free from names or inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket is unusually bright with none of the often seen toning to the spine panel. A few tape marks to verso and mild traces of wear to top edge, otherwise excellent.
    £1,750.00
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    Gorillas in the Mist

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    Gorillas in the Mist By Dian Fossey First UK edition, first impression. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slightest hint of very faint spotting to top edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket. A fantastic copy.
    £200.00
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    Half a King

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    Half a King By Joe Abercrombie First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first book in the Shattered Sea series. A fine book in a fine dust jacket.
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J. K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Original blue cloth with pictorial on-lay to upper board featuring artwork by Cliff Wright. Green ribbon marker and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A minuscule knock half way down the edge of upper board, else a fantastic copy.
    £350.00
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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J.K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Signed by the cover artist, Cliff Wright to the upper board. Publisher's original blue cloth with gold edges, dark blue endpapers and paste-downs and light green ribbon marker with pictorial on-lays and lettering to upper board and spine in gilt. Contents lovely and clean and free from any marks names or inscriptions. There is a barely visible tear to fore-edge of half-title of approximately 5mm in length that has been neatly repaired, fine otherwise.
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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire By J.K. Rowling First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the dedication page: "To Laura and Kat, Who, I hear, are Harry fans - making me like them a lot! J K Rowling". Inscribed copies of this title are exceptionally rare and were usually given to people who were involved in arranging the signing events or had a personal connection with the author. Some fading to the spine of the book and top edge of upper board with tanning to edges and barely visible pencil impression to the front endpaper from a previous retailer. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little fading to spine and a couple of soft creases to spine ends, near fine otherwise.
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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix By J . K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Published simultaneously with the first trade edition in 2003. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'To Betty, Happy 70th!! With love from J. K. Rowling x'. Original burgundy cloth and endpapers with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt, gold page edges, ribbon marker and pictorial onlay to upper board featuring artwork by Jason Cockcroft. A beautiful, fine copy. Very rare signed or inscribed.
    £4,500.00
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone By J. K. Rowling First illustrated edition, first impression (Bloomsbury, 2016). Illustrated by Jim Kay and signed and inscribed by him to the title page: 'For Martin, Thank you for coming along! Best Wishes, Jim Kay'. The first ever illustrated edition. Rare inscribed. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt, pictorial endpapers and paste-downs with a red ribbon marker. A fine book with a very minor and inconspicuous knock to spine in a fine dust jacket.
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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

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    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone By J. K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. One of 4,869 copies issued in the initial print run. Original red cloth and red endpapers. Lettering to spine in gilt. Gold edges and ribbon marker with pictorial on-lay to upper board featuring artwork by Thomas Taylor. An excellent, fine example.
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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By J. K. Rowling First edition first impression and first state with 'Joanne Rowling' to the copyright page and dropped text on page 7. It has been confirmed by the publisher that all states of the first impression consisted of 5,150 copies in total, of which - it is generally believed - 2,500 pertained to the first state. Original pictorial boards. A fine book with the slightest hint of spotting to top edge in a beautiful fine dust jacket without flaws. Rare in such superior condition.
    £7,500.00
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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By J. K. Rowling First edition, first impression and second state with 'J. K. Rowling to copyright page, dropped text corrected on page 7 and no advertisements to rear. Original pictorial boards. Some toning to edges and a slight spine slant with a brief inscription to top of front endpaper and round price sticker to front paste-down, very good or better otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some fading to spine panel, else near fine.
    £1,000.00
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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban By J. K. Rowling First deluxe edition, eighth impression (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 1999). Signed and inscribed by the illustrator with a sketch to the dedication page. Publisher's original green cloth with green endpapers and paste-downs, ribbon marker and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt with pictorial on-lay featuring artwork by Cliff Wright. A fine copy with the slightest traces of rubbing and pushing to corners. Rarely found with a personal inscription and sketch from the illustrator whose artwork played an important role in the visual conceptualisation of the Harry Potter world as it came to be known.
    £900.00
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    He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown!

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    He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown! By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. A little rubbing to spine ends and board corners. A little peripheral browning to paste-down and half-title, otherwise excellent.
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    Henry and Cato

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    Henry and Cato By Iris Murdoch First edition, first impression. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with some fading to spine panel.
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    I Am Legend

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    I Am Legend By Richard Matheson First paperback edition, first impression, published by Gold Medal Books in August 1954 and featuring cover art by Stan Melzoff. Uniquely signed, inscribed and dated by the author to the title page: "I was 26 when I wrote this ______ when I signed it! Richard Matheson. The true first edition of the novel, published some 16 years prior to the first hardcover edition that was issued in 1970. A hugely influential work that was instrumental in the modern development and popularisation of both cinematic and literary works depicting zombies and vampires, as well as the more general concept of disease leading to dystopian, apocalyptic circumstances. The novel was cited by George Romero as a key influence in the creation of the film 'Night of the Living Dead' (1968) and famously had its own film adaptations in 1964 under the title 'The Last Man on Earth', in 1971 as 'The Omega Man', and most recently in 2007 as 'I Am Legend'. A little yellowing to spine and to the top of lower cover with one or two slight creases and areas of minor rubbing. Very small and shallow indentation halfway down the spine. A very good example indeed of the first appearance of a classic and impactive work, uniquely inscribed by the author. Very rare thus.
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    It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown

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    It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown By Charles Schulz First edition, first impression. Tear to half-title with associated tape repair. Some rubbing to board edges, otherwise excellent. No jacket.
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    It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

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    It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown First edition, first impression. Some rubbing to spine ends and a little marginal browning to front and rear paste-downs, otherwise near fine. No jacket.
    £75.00
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    Jaws

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    Jaws By Peter Benchley First UK edition, first impression. The basis for the 1975 film adaptation. Striking cover design by Tom Simmonds. Original cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A couple of spots to the bottom edge of text-block that encroach slightly on the bottom edge of the opening 20 or so pages, near fine otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with a soft crease to the spine panel and some toning to top edge of verso. Spine lettering still bright and unfaded.
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    Jurassic Park

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    Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton First UK edition, first impression (Random Century Group, 1991). Publisher's original white cloth with black lettering to spine and white endpapers and paste-downs. Some toning to edges, as is common with a very minor knock to bottom corner of lower board. Boards lovely and clean, as are contents without any previous owner names or inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket is in near fine condition with a very small nick to bottom edge of upper panel and an unobtrusive crease to bottom corner of upper flap. An excellent, near fine copy.
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    Just So Stories

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    Just So Stories By Rudyard Kipling First edition, first impression (Macmillan & Co, 1902). Some fading to spine with a bit of rubbing in places and some spotting to endpapers, contents very nice and clean otherwise. A very good example.
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    Keeping On Keeping On

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    Keeping On Keeping On By Alan Bennett First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author to the title page. The book will be wrapped with care and shipped securely to ensure safe delivery.
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    Lewis Carroll Photographer

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    Lewis Carroll Photographer By Helmut Gernsheim First edition, first impression. Original orange cloth with lettering to spine and motif to upper board in gilt. A near fine and internally clean book with some pushing to spine tips, in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear, primarily to spine tips; a little rubbing in places; toning to verso; top corner of upper flap clipped, but price intact.
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    Life & Times of Michael K

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    Life and Times of Michael K By J. M. Coetzee First edition, first impression (Secker & Warburg, 1983). Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 1983 Booker Prize. Publisher's original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. A few small and unobtrusive marks to upper board with a contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, a little dustiness to top edge, near fine otherwise in the original and unclipped dust jacket, complete with the red wraparound band. Small area of abrasion to top corner of lower panel and a hint of fading to bottom portion of spine panel; minor and occasional traces of edge wear; crease to rear flap; a few tears to wraparound band. An excellent, near fine copy overall. Uncommon with the band.
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    Life on Earth

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    Life on Earth By David Attenborough First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page. Original tan cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a fairly faint band of thin purple lines running across the jacket and a little wear to bottom edge, otherwise beautifully bright and without any of the usual fading to the spine panel.
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    Life, the Universe and Everything

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    Life, the Universe and Everything By Douglas Adams First hardback edition, first impression. Original dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A very good copy with a little dustiness to top edge of text-block and a few marks to boards. The original and unpriced (as issued) dust jacket has a little light edge wear and toning to spine panel with an area of staining to top corner of lower panel, otherwise very good.
    £250.00
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    Light in August

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    Light in August By William Faulkner First edition, first impression. A 20th century literary highlight and one of the author's most highly regarded works. Original cloth with blue lettering to spine and orange lettering to upper board. A near fine book with traces of off-setting to endpapers, very slight knocking to corners and toning to edges, excellent otherwise with the orange top-stain remaining bright and nicely preserved. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some chipping and areas of minor loss with a few small nicks and tears to the extremities. A little rubbing in places to fore-edge and upper panel, but otherwise a good or better example.
    £1,350.00
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    Look Homeward, Angel

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    Look Homeward, Angel By Thomas Wolfe First UK edition, first impression (William Heinemann Ltd, 1930). Originally published in the US the previous year. The author's first novel. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A better than near fine copy with just a little off-setting to endpapers, contents lovely and clean otherwise. The original dust jacket is similarly in near fine condition with some of the usual fading to the spine panel that the colour of the jacket makes it especially prone to. A fantastic copy, not easily found in such good condition.
    £1,050.00
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    Lost Horizon

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    Lost Horizon By James Hilton First US edition, first impression in later issue dust jacket with 'Hawthornden Prize Edition' to spine panel. Adapted to film in 1937 and the origin of Shangri-La. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good book with some rubbing to spine ends and previous owner name to front endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some chipping to spine ends and corners and a couple of tears to top of flap folds. Evidence of tape reinforcement to spine verso. A nice example of a rare edition.
    £800.00
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    Matilda

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    Matilda By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression published by Jonathan Cape in 1988 and featuring illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A few marks to boards and edges with some rubbing to board edges and a few isolated superficial indentations, otherwise very good and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some of the usual fading to the spine panel, a little spotting to flaps and a small chip to top corner of lower panel, better than very good otherwise.
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    Michael Bond’s Book of Mice

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    Michael Bond's Book of Mice By Michael Bond First edition, first impression. Presentation copy. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper verso. A little rubbing to board edges and small area of fading to spine head, else very good or better and internally clean. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some slight fading to spine panel and a small area of loss to spine head, otherwise very good.
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    Misery

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    Misery By Stephen King First US edition, first impression. Adapted to film in 1990 and winner of the Bram Stoker Award in 1987. Quarter-bound in black cloth with red lettering to spine and grey boards. A very good book with a couple of areas of rubbing to spine and a couple of dings to bottom edge of boards, in a very good or better dust jacket with a very small nick to top edge and a hint of edge wear in places.
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    Mockingbird

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    Mockingbird By Walter Tevis First UK edition, first impression. Nominated for a Nebula Award in 1980. Original brown cloth with letting to spine in gilt. Some dustiness to top edge, but otherwise excellent, in the original dust jacket with a couple of tears to edges that have caused a couple of associated creases to bottom edge of upper panel and top of lower panel; a little abrasion to rear flap fold and general moderate edge wear in places, otherwise very good.
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    Mort

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    Mort By Terry Pratchett First UK edition, first impression. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication to the title page, shortly before the general release on November 12th 1987. The popular fourth Discworld novel, and the first to feature 'Death' as its protagonist. Dust jacket art by Josh Kirby. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. a fine book in a near fine dust jacket with some fading to spine panel.
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    Murder in the Cathedral

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    Murder in the Cathedral By T.S. Eliot First Canterbury Cathedral Edition (Canterbury H. J. Goulden Limited, 1935). One of 750 copies printed for the orginal performance at Canterbury Cathedral. The present copy bears and inscription from Miss Margaret Babington: 'With much gratitude from the friends of Canterbury Cathedral & their steward & treasurer, M. A. Babington'. Original printed wrappers. Small chip to spine foot; small tears to head and foot of spine hinge of front cover; a little sunning to edges of wrappers; discreet gift inscription on verso of front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.
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    Never Let Me Go

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    Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Adapted to film in 2005 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book that is seemingly unread, in the original and unclipped dust jacket with one instance of mild wear to the top edge of upper panel, else fine. An excellent, bright and sharp example.
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    Nightmares and Dreamscapes

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    Nightmares and Dreamscapes By Stephen King Limited edition with facsimile of authors' signature on bookplate affixed to half-title. Housed in a green cloth slipcase. A fine book in a near fine slipcase with small area of inside top corner where cloth has detached, otherwise excellent.
    £225.00
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    Nineteen Eighty-Four

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    Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell First edition, first impression (Secker & Warburg, 1949). A classic of dystopian political fiction. Publisher's original green cloth with red lettering to spine and red top-stain. Some marking to upper board, a slight spine slant and small sticker to bottom corner of front paste-down, otherwise a very good copy.
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    Norwegian Wood

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    Norwegian Wood By Haruki Murakami First UK edition, first impression, published by The Harvill Press in 2000. Some light marking and a few minor knocks to edges of the box, but otherwise very good indeed. A few very slight signs of rubbing to covers of volume 2, else near fine.
    £325.00
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    Notes from a Small Island

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    Notes from a Small Island By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression (Doubleday, 1995). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Publisher's original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy in a fine and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of minor instances of edge-wear. An excellent example.
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    Now We Are Six

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    Now We Are Six By A. A. Milne First edition, first impression (Methuen & Co, 1927). Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Publisher's original maroon cloth; top edge gilt. A hint of rubbing to spine tips; previous owner name and browning to half-title; contents nice and clean otherwise. Some browning to spine panel of dust jacket with some loss and small tear to spine head; a couple of small closed tears to lower panel with small stain to fore-edge; some general edge wear to top. A very good copy.
    £600.00
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    Octopussy and the Living Daylights

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    Octopussy and the Living Daylights By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1966). Publisher's black cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A beautiful, fine and seemingly unread copy in a fine dust jacket. A fantastic example.
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    Odds Against

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    Odds Against By Dick Francis First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1965). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: 'Best Wishes, Dick Francis'. Original publisher's brown cloth with gold lettering to spine. Previous owner name to front endpaper with some toning and occasional foxing to edges; contents nice and clean otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket is in excellent, fine condition with just the mildest traces of toning to spine panel verso. An excellent, near fine copy of the author's fifth novel.
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    Of Mice and Men

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    Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck First UK edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1937). Bound in full green morocco by the Cottage Bindery of Bath. Top edge gilt; raised bands with gilt compartments; gilt borders to upper and lower covers with a pictorial on-lay to the upper cover replicating the original illustration from the UK first edition dust jacket in colour. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. A fine example with a little very light and isolated spotting to preliminaries. A beautiful example of a rare edition in an extremely attractive, well-executed and unique binding.
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    On Chesil Beach

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    On Chesil Beach By Ian McEwan First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 2007). Signed and dedicated by the author: 'To Allan, Ian McEwan'. Copies that have been signed and dedicated are considerably less numerous that those that have just been signed. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2007 and recently adapted to film in 2017. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

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    On Her Majesty's Secret Service By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1963). Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little spotting to top edge, but a lovely and clean near fine book otherwise, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing in places to extremities and a little toning to spine panel. An excellent example.
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    One Hundred Years of Solitude

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    One Hundred Years of Solitude By Gabriel García Márquez First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in Spanish in Buenos Aires in 1967. One of the most significant works in world literature. Original cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A better than very good book with some tape marks to front paste-down, in a very good and unclipped dust jacket with some wear and a few nicks to top edge. Small hole to lower panel fore-edge with a touch of fading in places and a faint and small area of damp marking to bottom edge of dust jacket verso. A very good copy.
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    One Hundred Years of Solitude

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    One Hundred Years of Solitude By Gabriel García Márquez First US edition, first impression (Harper & Row, 1970) in first state dust jacket with the exclamation mark after 'Latin America' on upper flap. Originally published in Spanish in 1967. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and green endpapers and paste-downs. A small area of light browning to front endpaper with very minor traces of rubbing to spine tips, near fine otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has very mild traces of edge wear in places with a very small chip to bottom of lower panel, a couple of tiny nicks to edges and a price fairly inconspicuously pencilled under the original jacket price. A beautiful copy of the novel's first appearance in English, housed in an attractive drop-back box.
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    Paddington on Top

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    First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper: 'For Richard, All good wishes, Michael Bond'. Original red cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with very slight toning to edges, in a very good clipped and re-priced dust jacket with moderate wear to top edge and a couple of small tears. Rare signed or inscribed.
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    Psycho

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    Psycho By Robert Bloch First edition, first impression (Simon and Schuster, 1959). Adapted into the famous Alfred Hitchcock film in 1960. Quarter-bound in cream cloth with black boards. Toning to edges with a chip to fore-edge of opening page of Chapter One and small closed tear to fore-edge of pages 5-9. Free from previous owner names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket is slightly smaller than the book, suggesting that it may have been trimmed; moderate rubbing and chipping in places with a tear to spine foot and to lower panel fore-edge, but still a very good copy overall.
    £750.00
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    Quite Early One Morning

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    Quite Early One Morning By Dylan Thomas First edition, first impression. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Very good with some spotting to edges and to front endpaper. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with a few nicks to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Bookseller label to bottom corner of upper flap with a touch of spotting and a small abraded area to lower panel.
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    Reaper Man

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    Reaper Man By Terry Pratchett First edition, first impression (Victor Gollancz, 1991). Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book, with just one small spot to top edge, in a fine dust jacket. An excellent copy.
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    Revival

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    Revival By Stephen King First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Quarter-bound in black cloth with blue boards and silver lettering to spine. Tiny crease to bottom corner of page 319 and very slight evidence of pushing to spine ends, else beautifully clean and sharp, in the original and unclipped dust jacket showing extremely mild instances of wear to spine head. A lovely, very near fine copy.
    £750.00
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    Rhyme Stew

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    Rhyme Stew By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. Dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little knocking to corners with often-seen ghosting of the author's signature to front paste-down, near fine otherwise in a near fine dust jacket with some creasing to top edge of upper panel.
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    Rodney Stone

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    Rodney Stone By Arthur Conan Doyle First edition, first impression (London: Smith Elder & Co, 1896) with advertisements to rear. Quarter bound in brown leather with five raised bands, black labels and gilt lettering with marbled boards. A fine copy with just a touch of toning to edges.
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    Rose Madder

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    Rose Madder By Stephen King First US edition, first impression. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. Quarter-bound in black cloth with black boards. Lettering and motif to spine and upper board in red with orange endpapers and paste-downs. A fine book in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket showing light traces of wear to top edge.
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    Salem’s Lot

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    Salem'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.
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    Saturday

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    Saturday 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.
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    Sharpe’s Sword

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    Sharpe'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.
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    Sharpe’s Sword

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    Sharpe'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.
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    Small Gods

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    Small Gods By Terry Pratchett First edition, first impression (Victor Gollancz, 1992). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: 'To Colin Hi! Terry Pratchett'. Original light brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a fine dust jacket, with only very mild traces of wear to top edge and none of the often-encountered fading to the spine panel. An excellent example of the popular thirteenth Discworld novel.
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    Sourcery

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    Sourcery By Terry Pratchett First edition, first impression (Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1988). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Publisher s original yellow cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book, with a minor bump to top edge and a few small and inconspicuous indentations to lower board, otherwise nice and clean and free from any previous owner names or inscriptions. The original and clipped dust jacket is also near fine with only very mild traces of wear to the top edge.
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    Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

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    Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back By Donald F. Glut First paperback edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Featuring cover art from the original iconic movie poster by Roger Kastel and published in May 1980, shortly before the film release. Crease to spine and a couple of small creases to upper cover with rubbing here and there. Small nick to fore-edge of one of the final leaves, otherwise a very good copy.
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    Tales of the Unexpected

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    Tales of the Unexpected By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression published by Michael Joseph in 1979. Adapted into a BBC TV series that ran between 1979 and 1988. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A very good book with some white marking to boards and a couple of knocks to top corners with light toning to edges. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some light edge wear and a couple of small nicks to edges with some fading to spine lettering, otherwise very good.
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    Tennyson: The Unquiet Heart – A Biography – Graham Greene’s Personal Copy

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    Tennyson: 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.
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    The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell

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    The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell By Bertrand Russell Three volumes. All first edition, first impressions (George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1967-1969). Volume I: A near fine book with some spotting to edges and free from any bookplates, previous owner names and inscriptions in a very good or better unclipped dust jacket with a little spotting to verso, minor edge wear and some lifting to laminate on upper panel hinge. Volume II: A very good book with some spotting to edges and just a hint of mild and marginal discolouration to boards, but free from and bookplates, previous owner names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with minor edge wear and a couple of small nicks to edges. Volume III: A near fine book with some spotting to edges. Free from any internal marks, bookplates, previous owner names and inscriptions, The original and unclipped dust jacket has some areas lifting to laminate on upper and lower panel hinges, but laminate remains completely intact and unbroken. A touch of rubbing to spine foot and spotting to lower panel fore-edge, near fine otherwise. A very good set indeed.
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    The Avignon Quintet

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    The 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.
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    The Bell Jar

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    The 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.
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    The Book Thief

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    The Book Thief By Markus Zusak First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Precedes the first children's edition published by Bodley Head. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very small and unobtrusive ding to head and foot of spine, else fine in a fine dust jacket. A fantastic example.
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    The Boy in the Dress

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    The 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.
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    The Boy in the Dress

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    The 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.
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    The Cat in the Hat

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    The 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.
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    The Clocks

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    The Clocks By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1963). Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A very good book indeed with some spotting to edges and 'Xmas 1963' written in biro on front paste-down, but concealed by the upper flap of the dust jacket. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with a few tears to edges and one to spine head, where there is an associated crease to top edge of lower panel. A very good copy indeed.
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    The Crow Road

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    The 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.
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    The Death and Life of Superman

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    The 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.
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    The Dogs of War

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    The 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.
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    The Domes of Mars

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    The 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.
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    The Giant Who Stole the World

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    The Giant Who Stole the World By John Cunliffe First edition, first impression with illustrations by Faith Jacques. Presentation copy. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication. As well as being a Children's book author, John Cunliffe was known as a television presenter and was the creator of 'Postman Pat' and 'Rosie and Jim'. Original pictorial boards. A little rubbing in places to board edges, primarily to spine tips with some moderate damage to spine foot, otherwise very good indeed in a fine and unclipped dust jacket. Uncommon, especially so signed or inscribed by the author.
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    The Great Dune Trilogy

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    The Great Dune Trilogy By Frank Herbert First edition, first impression, featuring one of the most important and influential works of science fiction. Original red imitation leather binding with lettering to spine in gilt and decorative map endpapers and paste-downs. Some spotting to top edge and, far more faintly, to fore-edge with a couple of knocks to corners and upper spine hinge, otherwise very good in a very good, unpriced dust jacket (intended for export), featuring striking artwork by Terry Oaks, with some moderate wear to edges and minor colour transfer to spine foot verso.
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    The Handmaid’s Tale

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    The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood First Canadian edition, first impression (McClelland and Stewart, 1985). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'For Nancy - Best Wishes - Margaret Atwood'. Featuring striking dust jacket artwork by Tad Aronowicz. The true first edition, preceding that of the UK and the US. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and more recently adapted into a successful TV series. Quarter-bound in maroon cloth with cream boards and white lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy with some of the seemingly always present rubbing to the spine ends. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a nick to spine foot, but is otherwise beautifully crisp and sharp. A uniquely superior example of a classic of dystopian fiction.
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    The Harry Potter Books: A Complete Set of First Adult Editions

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    The Harry Potter Books By J.K. Rowling A complete set of first adult editions, first impressions of The Harry Potter books, published between 2003-2007. The last three books in this edition from 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' onwards were published simultaneously with the first trade editions. All volumes bound in black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little toning to edges of vol five and a touch of pushing to spine ends of vol seven, else fine, in fine, or near fine, unclipped dust jackets with minor wear in places, primarily to spine head, of the final three titles. Rarely found as a complete set in such good condition.
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    The Human Factor

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    The Human Factor By Graham Greene First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: "For Mrs Simpson, Graham Greene". The basis for the film adaptation of the same name released in 1979. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slight toning to edges and dustiness to top edge, else near fine or better, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with very minor traces of isolated wear to edges. Rare inscribed.
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    The Ice Dragon

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    The Ice Dragon By George R. R. Martin First Tor Teen edition, first impression, published in 2014. Originally published in 2006. Signed by the author to the title page. Illustrations by Luis Royo. A fine book in a fine dust jacket.
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    The Idiot

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    The Idiot By Fyodor Dostoevsky First Folio Society edition, first impression. Featuring the translation by David Magarshack and illustrations by Charles Keeping. Original pictorial boards. A touch of rubbing to spine, else near fine in a very good slipcase with some rubbing and a few superficial and inconspicuous splits to edges. An attractive edition of one of the author's most popular works.
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    The John Wyndham Omnibus

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    The John Wyndham Omnibus By John Wyndham First edition, first impression of the Omnibus edition containing the author's first three novels written under his 'John Wyndham' pseudonym. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to edges and to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs with '1.00' written on front endpaper in biro. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good with light wear and marginal spotting to edges. A very good copy.
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    The Last Battle

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    The Last Battle By C. S. Lewis First edition, first impression (The Bodley Head, 1956). Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Small area of sunning to spine head with an owner name and date to endpaper verso and some spotting to front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, otherwise contents clean throughout. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with some chipping to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Foxing to lower panel, flaps and verso. A very good example.
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    The Last Voice You Hear

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    The Last Voice You Hear By Mick Herron First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine copy with a couple of very faint marks to fore-edge, in a near fine or better dust jacket with a very small nick to the left of the spine hinge. An excellent example of the author's second book that is increasingly hard to find signed.
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    The Light Fantastic

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    The Light Fantastic By Terry Pratchett First edition, second impression (Colin Smythe, 1987). Originally published the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page. Publisher s original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book, with the usual toning to edges, and one very small and inconspicuous mark to lower board, otherwise excellent and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions. The original dust jacket is also in fine and bright condition with just the slightest trace of wear to spine tips and a minuscule chip to bottom corner of upper panel and original retailer sticker to lower panel.
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    The Living Planet

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    The Living Planet By David Attenborough First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title in the year of publication: "To Martine with best wishes David Attenborough Christmas 1984". Original olive green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A couple of small white marks to upper board, else near fine or better in a fine and unclipped dust jacket.
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    The Long Goodbye

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    The Long Goodbye By Raymond Chandler First edition, first impression. The sixth novel to feature Philip Marlowe. Original burgundy cloth with white lettering to spine. A little spotting to edges, else near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket has several nicks, chips and tears to edges with small area of loss half way down upper flap fore-edge, otherwise a good example of a jacket that is often found in worn condition.
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    The Long Walk

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    The Long Walk By Richard Bachman (Stephen King) First edition, first impression (Signet, 1979). Written by the author while at the University of Maine several years before the publication of 'Carrie' in 1974. A few creases here and there to covers with evidence of light rubbing in places and faint pencil marks to lower cover. A very good copy of a rare title.
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    The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire, The Girl who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest

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    The Millennium Trilogy By Stieg Larsson A complete set of three volumes comprising The Millennium Trilogy (Maclehose Press 2008-09). All books are in beautiful, fine condition in fine and unclipped dust jackets. A superb set.
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    The Mockery Bird

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    The Mockery Bird By Gerald Durrell First edition, first impression (Collins, 1981). Signed by the author to the dedication page with a heart drawn around the name 'Lee' in the author's hand. Lee McGeorge Durrell is the author's second wife who, in addition to co-authoring books with her husband, is also a naturalist, zookeeper, and television presenter. Publisher's original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Boards are lovely, clean and well-preserved, as are the contents with just a little faint dustiness to top edge. The original and unclipped dust jacket has slight fading to the spine panel with one instance of creasing to spine head and tiny area of abrasion to spine foot. An excellent, near fine copy overall.
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    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat

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    The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat By Enid Blyton First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'Bryan, Love from Enid Blyton'. A rare inscribed example of the second book in the Five Find Outers series of children's mystery novels. Original green cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. Very good indeed with some fading to spine and top edges of boards and spotting to endpapers. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little rubbing in places with a few tears and shallow chips to edges.
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    The Naive and Sentimental Lover

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    The Naive and Sentimental Lover By John le Carré First edition, first impression (Hodder & Stoughton, 1971). Signed by the author to the title page. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and author's signature to upper board in gilt. A fine copy with a few marks to top edge; purple top-stain still nice and bright in a fine dust jacket with minimal fading to spine panel. A beautiful, crisp copy of the author's sixth novel.
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    The Odessa File

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    The Odessa File By Frederick Forsyth First edition, first impression (Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1972). Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The author's third book, adapted into a film of the same name in 1974. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Near fine with a little toning to edges with a few very faint white marks to lower board. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also in near fine condition with a little spotting to verso and a couple of isolated and minor instances of rubbing to top edge. An excellent copy.
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    The Old Man and the Sea

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    The Old Man and the Sea By Ernest Hemingway First UK edition, first impression in first state dust jacket without reviews to verso. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the last of the author's novels to be published in his lifetime. Original blue cloth with dark red lettering to spine and upper board. A near fine book with the slightest hint of fading to spine. Beautifully clean and bright internally with no previous owner names or inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket - featuring striking artwork by Hans Tisdall - has some chipping to corners and spine tips with some rubbing and the usual sunning to spine panel. A lovely example.
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    The Outward Urge

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    The Outward Urge By John Wyndham First Edition, First Impression (Michael Joseph, 1959). Light toning to edges; dustiness to top edge of text block; spotting to top edge of and rear paste-downs. Original and unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear to top edge of front panel; some abrasion and a small nick to bottom corner; abrasion to top edge of spine panel; light edgewear with some soiling to rear panel.
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    The Philosopher’s Pupil

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    The Philosopher's Pupil By Iris Murdoch First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the title page for Rolando Pieraccini, artist and publisher: 'For Rolando Pieraccini with all best wishes Iris Murdoch'. Cover art by Cathie Felstead. Rare inscribed. Original dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A touch of toning to edges with small biro mark to top edge, otherwise near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a small nick to top edge of lower panel and a little edge wear. Jacket hinges fit a little loosely on the book
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    The Player of Games

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    The Player of Games By Iain M. Banks First edition, first impression. Signed and dated by the author in the year and month of publication. Rare thus. Cover art by Richard Hopkinson. The popular second book in the Culture series. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Just a hint of the usual rubbing to spine tips, else fine, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of spine fade and one isolated and very minor instance of wear to spine head. A fantastic example, seldom encountered with such attributes.
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    The Player of Games

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    The Player of Games By Iain M. Banks Limited edition. One of 201 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 178. Housed in accompanying cloth slipcase. A beautiful, fine book in a fine slipcase with a little rubbing in places, primarily to the corners and back.
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    The Rise of Gerry Logan

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    The Rise of Gerry Logan By Brian Glanville First edition, first impression. An excellent, near fine example with some spotting to edges.
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    The Road to Little Dribbling

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    The Road to Little Dribbling By Bill Bryson First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning to edges, else fine, in a near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear to spine head.
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    The Running Man

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    The Running Man By Richard Bachman First UK edition, first impression published by New English Library in 1983. The basis for the 1987 film adaptation of the same name. Faint evidence of reading to lower portion of spine with a small crease to top of upper cover, otherwise near fine and internally clean.
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    The Second Jungle Book

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    The Second Jungle Book By Rudyard Kipling First edition, first impression. Illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling. Blue cloth with motifs and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. All edges gilt. Some occasional spotting to first 32 or so pages, primarily to preliminaries, otherwise clean and free from any names or inscriptions. A few light marks to cloth and a touch of the usual rubbing to spine ends. Gilt lettering and snake and spine motifs still beautifully preserved. A beautiful copy.
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    The Secret Seven: Complete Set

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    The Secret Seven By Enid Blyton A complete set of first editions, first impressions.'Puzzle for the Secret Seven' has been signed by the author to an adhesive label bearing her photograph affixed to the reverse of the front endpaper. All books and dust jackets are very good, or better than very good in some cases. 'The Secret Seven' has some spotting and dust jacket is price-clipped, as is the dust jacket of 'Good Work Secret Seven'. 'Well Done Secret Seven' and 'Fun for the Secret Seven' have gift inscriptions to the front paste-down and front endpaper verso respectively. The 'This Book Belongs to' label present on the half-title pages has been filled in in the cases of 'Secret Seven Mystery', 'Fun for the Secret Seven', and 'Puzzle for the Secret Seven'. 'Go Ahead Secret Seven' has an owner label to front endpaper and some brown tape reinforcement to edges of dust jacket verso. A very good set indeed. Rare in such good condition as a complete set with the additional appeal of the author's signature to one of the volumes.
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    The Shadow of the Wind

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    The Shadow of the Wind By Carlos Ruiz Zafón First US edition, first impression (Penguin, 2004). Signed by the author to the title page. Precedes the Weidenfeld & Nicolson limited edition, which was published the following year in 2005. Quarter-bound in burgundy cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A touch of pushing to spine ends, else fine in a fine dust jacket. An excellent, crisp copy.
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    The Shadow of the Wind

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    The Shadow of the Wind By Carlos Ruiz Zafón First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and orange endpapers and paste-downs. A hint of pushing to spine foot with a very small spot to front endpaper, else near fine or better. The original and unclipped dust jacket, save for a couple of isolated and minimal instances of wear to flap edges, is in excellent, near fine condition.
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    The Sheep-Pig

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    The Sheep-Pig By Dick King-Smith First edition, first impression published by Gollancz in 1983. Illustrations and dust jacket art by Mary Rayner. Famously adapted to cinema in 1995 under the title 'Babe'. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a very good or better dust jacket with a couple of small tears to bottom edge and one very small nick to spine head. A lovely, bright example.
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    The Sherlock Holmes Long Stories

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    The Sherlock Holmes Long Stories By Arthur Conan Doyle First edition, first impression (John Murray, 1929). Publisher's original red cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A better than very good book with the usual spotting to edges, preliminaries and final couple of leaves. Red top-stain still nice and bright. Small sticker to bottom corner of front paste-down. The original and unclipped dust jacket is similarly better than very good with a little fading to spine panel and a small area of staining to spine foot. One or two very small nicks and chips to spine ends. An excellent example in significantly better condition than usually encountered.
    £750.00
    £750.00
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    The Sirens of Titan

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    The Sirens of Titan By Kurt Vonnegut First UK edition, first impression. The author's second novel Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. An excellent book with some toning and light spotting to top edge in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with a little spotting to spine panel and a few shallow chips to corners. A superb, near fine example.
    £1,150.00
    £1,150.00
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    The Snowman

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    The Snowman By Raymond Briggs First edition, first impression (Hamish Hamilton, 1978). A beautiful fine copy with a little of the usual yellowing to the boards in places. Contents are lovely and clean and free from any names or inscriptions. Uncommon in such good condition.
    £250.00
    £250.00
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    The Spire

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    The Spire By William Golding First edition, first impression. Original maroon cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with minor rubbing to corners and a little colour transfer to spine panel verso. An excellent copy.
    £150.00
    £150.00
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    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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    The Spy Who Came in from the Cold By John le Carré First edition, first impression of the fiftieth anniversary edition published in 2013. Signed by the author to the title page. Original grey cloth with red lettering to spine. A couple of small knocks to bottom corners of boards, else fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the bottom corner of upper panel.
    £285.00
    £285.00
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    The Stand

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    The Stand By Stephen King Deluxe Limited Edition. Bound in full black morocco, title in gilt on spine with raised bands and decorative red title on front cover. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. All edges gilt, sewn in silk bookmark. Red silk endpapers. Illustrated by Bernie Wrightson. Includes the scarce glassine tissue cover. Housed in a black wooden box lined with red satin. One of 1,250 copies signed by the author and illustrator, of which this is number 370. A stunning production the size of a family bible, this is widely considered to be the both the most beautiful and among the most desirable books bearing the author's name. A very good wrapper with some edgewear, a tear and couple of tiny nicks to bottom edge. The book is in pristine, fine condition.
    £5,500.00
    £5,500.00
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    The Starlight Barking

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    The Starlight Barking By Dodie Smith First edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1967). Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front blank: 'To Cicely Courtneidge, from Dodie Smith "Dear Octopus", Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967'. The inscription refers to Smith's play 'Dear Octopus', which was revived in 1967 for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the comedy actors Dame Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hubert. Dodie Smith's married name, 'Mrs Beesley', Dodie Smith's married name is also written in ink in another hand to the front flap of the dust jacket. Additionally a postcard from the author is loosely inserted: 'Dearest Cis, Here is "The Starlight Barking" as a tiny first night present. It's also intended as a get well present to your dear poodle - I trust you'll be able to use Bill's line and say "The dog liked it". Bless you and thank you for your lovable, funny and altogether admirable performance as "Dora". Much love as ever, Dodie". 8vo, publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial decorative endpapers. fine with just a little pushing to spine ends in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with slight edge-wear in places and a couple of spots to upper panel. A near fine example of the sequel to 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians'.
    £1,750.00
    £1,750.00
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    The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher

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    The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second impression (Frederick Warne & Co, 1906). A very good copy with some areas of unobtrusive rubbing to board surface and corners and a very small retailer sticker to bottom corner of rear paste-down. Some cracking to binding at page 30-31, but all pages still holding firm throughout. Contents very nice and clean and free from any previous owner names or inscriptions.
    £1,000.00
    £1,000.00
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    The Tale of Mr Tod

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    The Tale of Mr Tod By Beatrix Potter First edition, first or second printing with date on title and copyright (Frederick Warne & Co, 1912). Some rubbing in places - mainly to corners - with a chip to spine head and abrasion to foot. A few instances of faint soiling to boards, and a few spots to edges and opening few pages, but otherwise very nice and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions. A very good copy.
    £325.00
    £325.00
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    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

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    The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin By Beatrix Potter First edition, later printing with 'Author of 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' to title page (Frederick Warne & Co, 1903). 16mo, original dark grey boards with circular squirrel motif to upper cover, rebacked with later spine in black paper, hinges repaired and endpapers relaid, a little internal soiling and external rubbing, in black custom-made clamshell box.
    £600.00
    £600.00
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    The Tales of Beedle the Bard

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    The Tales of Beedle the Bard By J. K. Rowling First edition, first impression. A fine copy.
    £40.00
    £40.00
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    The Testaments

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    The Testaments By Margaret Atwood First edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 2019). A limited edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition and consisting of only 100 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 22. Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The book is swiss bound in green and white cloth with navy blue endpapers and sprayed green edges with the book title together with the author's name debossed on the upper board. The book is housed in a navy blue cloth clamshell case with a magnetic catch, contains a navy blue ribbon to facilitate removal of the book, and features marbled top and bottom edges and interior. A very attractive production in fine condition and in its original box, which is also in excellent condition.
    £975.00
    £975.00
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    The Third Man and the Fallen Idol

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    The Third Man and the Fallen Idol By Graham Greene First edition, first impression, published by William Heinemann in 1950; the year after the release of the film of the same name also written by Graham Greene. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A few very faint marks to boards with some toning to edges and browning to half-title and rear blank. Nice and clean otherwise and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few tears to edges, some chipping and toning to spine panel, otherwise very good.
    £625.00
    £625.00