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Crow
First Edition, Modern First EditionsCrow: From the Life and the Songs of the Crow By Ted Hughes First edition, first impression. Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with some toning to spine panel and small area of soiling to spine foot; a few tiny and barely visible nicks to bottom edge. A fantastic, near fine or better example of one of Hughes' most important works.£250.00 -
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Dark Matter
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsDark Matter By Blake Crouch First edition, first impression. One of 500 numbered copies to be signed by the author to the limitation page, of which this is number 481. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine, sprayed edges, red endpapers and paste-downs and ribbon marker. A fine book in a fine dust jacket.£250.00 -
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Devil May Care
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsDevil 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.£275.00 -
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Philip K. Dick, Science Fiction, ShowcaseDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Philip K. Dick First UK edition, first impression of one of the most influential novels in twentieth-century science fiction, published the year following the American edition (Doubleday, 1968). A notably uncommon edition in truly collectible condition. Set in a post-apocalyptic San Francisco following a nuclear war, Dick’s masterwork explores questions of empathy, identity, and reality through the story of bounty hunter Rick Deckard, charged with “retiring” rogue androids. The novel inspired Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner, a landmark in science fiction cinema that profoundly expanded the book’s cultural legacy. Octavo. Original green cloth with spine lettered in silver. With the original dust jacket designed by Lawrence Edwards. A near fine copy with some off-setting to endpapers and the usual light spotting to edges. Contents otherwise pristine with spotting not encroaching in any way on pages or text. The original and unclipped dust jacket shows a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners with a minuscule chip and nick to spine ends, the latter of which is only visible upon very close inspection, else near fine. [Offered together with:] Blade Runner Sketchbook. San Diego: Blue Dolphin Enterprises, 1982: First edition, first impression. A fascinating production companion to Blade Runner, featuring concept art and designs by Syd Mead, Ridley Scott, Mentor Huebner, Charles Knode, and Michael Kaplan. Includes sketches for the film’s vehicles, architecture, and iconic props, with commentary on the visual development of Scott’s dystopian Los Angeles. Some light creasing to covers but internally bright and clean. The Blade Runner Portfolio. San Diego: Blue Dolphin Enterprises, 1982: First edition. Issued to coincide with the film’s release, this portfolio presents twelve striking colour prints of key scenes featuring Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, suitable for framing. Complete and well preserved; folder with minor handling wear. A compelling trio connecting Philip K. Dick’s visionary novel with its cinematic reimagining — the original British edition of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, accompanied by two uncommon 1982 publications documenting the creation and iconography of Blade Runner.£4,500.00 -
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Dracula
First Edition, Horror, Limited Editions, Modern First EditionsDracula By Bram Stoker Limited edition issued in 2012 to commemorate the one hundred-year anniversary of the author's death. One of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 55. Original yellow cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in red. A few extremely faint spots to spine, else fine in a fine slipcase and housed in the original box.£1,150.00 -
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Dystopia
First Edition, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsDystopia 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.£250.00 -
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East of Eden
First Edition, John Steinbeck, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseEast 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.£1,500.00 -
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Evita
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsEvita By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice First edition, first impression. Signed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to the title page. The subject of the 1996 film adaptation and West End and Broadway musicals. Original pictorial boards. A very good or better copy with traces of knocking to corners and the slightest hint of a slant to spine.£750.00 -
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Fairies: The Cottingley Photos and Their Sequel
First Edition, Modern First EditionsFairies: The Cottingley Photos and Their Sequel Gardner, Edward L. First edition, first impression of this important early work on the Cottingley Fairies, published by one of the leading Theosophists of the day. Gardner (1880–1969), General Secretary of the Theosophical Society in England, was instrumental in promoting the photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, and in persuading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of their authenticity. This volume reproduces the famous photographs, including Alice and the Fairies, Fairy Offering a Posy to Elsie, and Frances and the Leaping Fairy, alongside Gardner’s commentary and his defence of their genuineness. The Cottingley Fairy photographs, taken in 1917 and 1920, became one of the most celebrated photographic hoaxes of the 20th century, though they were not fully exposed as fakes until the early 1980s, when both women admitted to having staged them using cardboard cut-outs. At the time, however, they convinced many spiritualists, not least Conan Doyle, who saw in them a vindication of his beliefs in spiritualism and psychic phenomena. Octavo. Original blue cloth-backed boards, titles to upper board in black. With the 5 famous Cottingley Fairy photographs. Bookplate of Jean Corke to front pastedown and front free endpaper, with ownership name to the latter. Some spotting to endpapers and text throughout, more pronounced to preliminaries and plate leaves, boards a little rubbed, spotted and toned, spine ends lightly worn, cracking to binding at p 26, but pages still holding firm. A good copy.£250.00 -
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Farmer in the Sky
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionFarmer 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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Galahad at Blandings
First Edition, Modern First Editions, P. G. WodehouseGalahad 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.£100.00 -
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George’s Marvellous Medicine
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlGeorge's Marvellous Medicine By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Featuring illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Bump to bottom corner of upper board, else near fine in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with some fading to spine panel, minimal evidence of edge wear and a small area of light staining to bottom of spine panel verso. An excellent example.£285.00