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By J. G. Ballard
First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page at a book launch at Forbidden Planet in London.
Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little pushing to spine foot, else fine in a fine and unclipped dust jacket. A fantastic copy. Rare with such attributes.
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By J. G. Ballard
Inscribed First Edition
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The Sea, The Sea
First Edition, Iris Murdoch, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
The Sea, The Sea
By Iris Murdoch
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1978.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a closed tear to bottom corner of upper flap with associated tape repair to verso and a few fairly faint spot to top of front and rear flaps. Rare signed.
£875.00
New
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Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium
Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Imaginarium
By Paul Kidby
Limited edition in slipcase. One of 2,000 numbered copies to be signed by Kidby, of which this is number 879.
Paul Kidby began working as an illustrator on Pratchett's Discworld series in 1993 and was the main jacket illustrator since 2001 following the passing of Josh Kirby.
A fine book in a near fine slipcase with some superficial scratches to the surface of the back. An attractive production.
£150.00
New
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The Winter of Our Discontent
First Edition, John Steinbeck, Modern First Editions
The Winter of Our Discontent
By John Steinbeck
First UK edition, first impression. The author's last novel, published in 1961.
Original dark purple cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slight bowing to boards with a previous owner name and date to front endpaper. A few peripheral spots to opening leaves and to edges.
The original and unclipped dust jacket shows a little edge wear with a couple of very small nicks and some spotting to verso. A very good example overall.
£50.00
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The Harry Palmer Books: Ipcress File, Horse Under Water, Funeral in Berlin, Billion Dollar Brain
Crime and Thriller, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Showcase, Signed First Editions
The Harry Palmer Books
By Len Deighton
Four Volumes. All first editions, first impressions, published between 1962-1966. Vol I is the correct first issue, without the reviews. Vol II contains the rare crossword competition insert (here blank). Volume I is inscribed by the author to the title page with the note from the author “there are not many copies of this edition!”
Orange, red, black and blue boards, consecutively; lettered in gilt to spines with publisher’s devices to foot; Vol II and III with classification stamp in colour and blind to upper board; Vol IV with white brail design to upper cover, and in the iconic silver dust jacket; all dust jackets unclipped, and designed by Raymond Hawkey; decorative endpapers in all but Vol I; the books generally very good to near-fine, clean, with some mild pushing to spine tips and marking to outer edges of the text block; small stain to p. 11 of Vol I; the wrappers with some darkening to edges and pushing to spine tips; a couple of small creases, nicks and closed tears; front flap of Vol II with paper flaw causing crease and particularly obscuring the price; Vol III a little more rubbed to spine ends, and faint spotting to inside flap; Vol IV a little more creased to the flaps, and lightly rubbed to rear panel.
Deighton’s pinnacle works, and the books which “challenged the nature of British spy fiction”. The series follows protagonist Harry Palmer through a variety of challenges and settings, which include Cold War brainwashing, atomic weapons tests, ice-melting technology, secret plots, murders, and eggs contaminated with a deadly virus.
Inspired by his experiences working for an advertising agency (when he was the only employee not to have been educated at Eton), Deighton wrote a novel based around a gritty, nameless, working-class protagonist who he later named Harry Palmer. The character proved hugely popular with the British public, the success of which the author (modestly) puts down to the fact that The Ipcress File was published in the same year as Fleming’s Dr. No. As well as this series, Palmer also featured in a series of later novels, including An Expensive Place to Die (1967) and Spy Story (1972). Of the present four books, Horse Under Water was the only one not to be adapted to film. The others all starred Michael Caine in the lead role.
Deighton famously avoids book signings, interviews and literary festivals, making signed copies of his works rare indeed.
£2,750.00
