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QuickviewThe Shadow of the Wind
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe 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.£600.00 -
QuickviewThe Sheep-Pig
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe 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.£600.00 -
QuickviewThe Sherlock Holmes Long Stories
Arthur Conan Doyle, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe 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 -
QuickviewThe Sirens of Titan
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionThe 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 a slight spine slant and 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 -
QuickviewThe Snail and the Whale
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Snail and the Whale By Julia Donaldson First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author and illustrator to the title page with a small sketch of a snail. Original pictorial boards. A hint of rubbing to corners, else near fine, in a very good or better unclipped dust jacket with moderate edge wear to the top and a couple of nicks to edges with some associated creasing to lower panel. Rarely found double-signed.£950.00 -
QuickviewThe Spy Who Loved Me
First Edition, Ian Fleming, Modern First EditionsThe Spy Who Loved Me By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression. The tenth book in the James Bond series. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine and a blind-stamped dagger to upper board with silver blade. A very good book indeed with some spotting to edges, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks and one shallow chip to top edge and some spotting to verso. A very good copy.£300.00 -
QuickviewThe Tales of Beedle the Bard
First Edition, J.K. Rowling, Modern First EditionsThe Tales of Beedle the Bard By J. K. Rowling First edition, first impression. A fine copy.£40.00 -
QuickviewThe Testaments
First Edition, Limited Editions, Margaret Atwood, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe 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 -
QuickviewThe Third Man and the Fallen Idol
First Edition, Graham Greene, Modern First EditionsThe 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 -
QuickviewThe Twits
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlThe Twits By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a gift inscription to front endpaper, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel.£325.00 -
QuickviewThe Unconsoled
First Edition, Kazuo Ishiguro, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Unconsoled By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original cloth with silver lettering to spine. A couple of very small and inconspicuous indentations to spine and upper board, else fine in a very good or better dust jacket with some wear to edges, primarily to spine head, an area of fading to upper panel and a couple of superficial indentations to spine and upper panel.£150.00 -
QuickviewThe Wind in the Willows
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame First edition of the first illustrated Arthur Rackham edition published in the United Kingdom, featuring illustrations that originally appeared in the US Limited Edition Club edition in 1940. 97th edition overall. 12 colour plates and 15 line drawings by Rackham. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some fairly light spotting to fore-edge. Contents are lovely and clean and free from names and inscriptions, save for a touch of very faint spotting to endpapers. Very good or better. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few tears to edges with some edge wear and rubbing and fraying, primarily to hinges and folds. A very good copy.£475.00
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