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QuickviewAt Home
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Signed First EditionsAt 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.£150.00 -
QuickviewAutumn
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsAutumn By Ali Smith First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first book in the 'Seasonal Quartet'. Original brown cloth with endpaper artwork by Pauline Boty. A fine book in a fine dust jacket, featuring artwork by David Hockney. A pristine copy.£375.00 -
QuickviewBachelors Anonymous
First Edition, Modern First Editions, P. G. WodehouseBachelors 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.£35.00 -
QuickviewBiggles and the Gun Runners
First Edition, Modern First EditionsBiggles 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 -
QuickviewBlockade Billy
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingBlockade Billy By Stephen King First edition, first impression in slipcase, published by Cemetery Dance in 2010. Quarter-bound in blue cloth over blue boards with silver lettering to spine and red endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase.£135.00 -
QuickviewBooks Do Furnish a Life: Reading and Writing Science
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Science, Signed First EditionsBooks 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.£70.00 -
QuickviewBoy
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlBoy 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.£80.00 -
QuickviewCannery Row
First Edition, John Steinbeck, Modern First EditionsCannery 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.£300.00 -
QuickviewCatch-22
First Edition, Joseph Heller, Modern First EditionsCatch-22 By Joseph Heller First edition, first impression in second issue dust jacket with the five reviews to the lower panel. Originally published in the US in October of the previous year. A 20th century highlight and the basis for the 1970 and 2019 film and TV series adaptations. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little spotting to edges, mainly to the top, encroaching slightly onto a few opening pages with a small previous owner inscription to front endpaper verso. Otherwise very good or better with nice clean cloth boards. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few very shallow chips to edges with a few isolated instances of rubbing and light soiling to lower panel. A very good example indeed.£400.00 -
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QuickviewChildhood’s End
Arthur C. Clarke, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionChildhood's End By Arthur C. Clarke First UK edition, first impression, published in 1954; the year after the American edition (Ballantine Books, August 1953) . A landmark of modern science fiction and one of Clarke’s most enduring works, 'Childhood’s End' explores the transformation of humankind under the guidance of the enigmatic “Overlords”. Expanded from Clarke’s short story “Guardian Angel” (1950), the novel established his reputation as a writer of rare intellectual and imaginative depth. Octavo. Original light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With the original dust jacket designed by Deborah Jones, reproducing her oil painting exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists in 1953. Light fading to spine base, some offsetting to paste-downs and browning to rear endpaper. The jacket shows light rubbing and small chips to extremities, a few short closed tears, but remains bright and unrestored, the spine only slightly toned. Price “10s. 6d. net” intact on the front flap. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.£400.00 -
QuickviewCorridors of Power
Crime and Thriller, First Edition, Modern First EditionsCorridors 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.£45.00 -
QuickviewCreepshow
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingCreepshow By Stephen King First edition, first impression. Art by Berni Wrightson and Michele Wrightson with cover art by Jack Kamen. The basis for the George Romero film adaptation of the same name. A couple of soft creases to covers with some wear to spine, otherwise very good indeed and nice and clean internally.£150.00
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