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QuickviewThe Philosopher’s Pupil
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe 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£150.00 -
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QuickviewThe Pigeon Tunnel
First Edition, John Le Carré, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Pigeon Tunnel By John le Carré First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's memoir and first and only extensive work of non-fiction. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and dark red endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.£175.00 -
QuickviewThe Player of Games
First Edition, Iain Banks, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Player of Games By Iain M Banks First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The second published novel in the Culture series. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A few light spots to top edge with extremely faint off-setting to endpapers and a little of the usual rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a near fine copy, in the fine and unclipped dust jacket showing only minimal traces of wear to spine ends.£675.00 -
QuickviewThe Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy: The Three-Body Problem, Death’s End, The Dark Forest
Cixin Liu, First Edition, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy By Cixin Liu A complete set of the books comprising the Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy. Each volume one of 250 numbered copies to be signed (and dated in the year of publication in the case of Vol I) by both the author and translators, Ken Liu and Joel Martinsen. All additionally bearing the matching number 180. The basis of the on-going Netflix TV adaptation. The trilogy originally appeared in Science Fiction World in the Republic of China in 2006. It was first published as a standalone work in 2008 by Chongqing Publishing Group, later appearing in the US in 2014 and in the UK by way of the present edition in 2015. Original blue, red and dark burgundy cloth with lettering to backstrips in silver, white and gilt respectively. A fine, unblemished set, in fine dust jackets.£1,875.00 -
QuickviewThe Shadow of the Wind
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe 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.£500.00 -
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 Silo Trilogy
First Edition, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Silo Trilogy By Hugh Howey Three volumes. First editions, first impressions, limited to 500 numbered copies to be signed by the author, all of which are number 497. A dystopian science fiction series providing the basis for the on-going Apple TV adaptation. A fine set, presenting as unread, in fine cloth slipcases.£500.00 -
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 -
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QuickviewThe Snowman
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Raymond Briggs, Showcase, Signed First EditionsThe Snowman By Raymond Briggs First edition, first impression. Double-signed and dated by the author to the title page, the first time being in the year of publication, and the second being at a book signing in Lewes in 2003. Accompanied by a Christmas card with a note from Briggs: 'Thanks for the tickets. Phoned 428 times! No buggering answer service!!! Couldn’t go. Bum. Happy Blooming Christmas. Raymond’ Original pictorial boards. A few superficial and inconspicuous scratches to covers with a couple of knocks to edges and some of the usual yellowing to boards and offsetting to front endpaper and paste-down, otherwise a very good copy indeed of a book that is uncommon signed.£1,500.00 -
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 -
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QuickviewThe White Book
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe White Book By Han Kang First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author in English and Korean, and, additionally, by the translator to the title page. Short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize in 2018. Han Kang won the International Booker Prize for 'Vegetarian' in 2016 and became the first Korean and Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024. Original white cloth with lettering to spine in black and black endpapers and paste-downs. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with no flaws to note. Seemingly rare to find signed by both the author and translator.£450.00 -
QuickviewThe Wings of the Morning
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Wings of the Morning By Edward S Hyams First edition, first impression (Duckworth, 1939). Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper. The author's first novel. Publisher's original cloth with red lettering to spine. Some soiling and light browning to boards with some spotting to fore-edge and to opening and final couple of pages. Contents nice and clean otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some loss to upper panel and to spine panel head with a few tears, some chipping and rubbing; light soiling to lower panel. A very rare book, especially so inscribed by the author.£300.00
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