Sunset at Blandings
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Sunset at Blandings
By P. G. Wodehouse
First Edition
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The Wings of the Morning
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First Editions
The 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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Notes from a Small Island
Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Signed First Editions
Notes from a Small Island
By Bill Bryson
First edition, first impression (Doubleday, 1995). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page.
Publisher's original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and pictorial endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy in a fine and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of minor instances of edge-wear. An excellent example.
£150.00
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Animal Poems
First Edition, Limited Editions, Poetry, Signed First Editions
Animal Poems
By Ted Hughes
Limited edition (Crediton: Richard Gilbertson, 1967). Signed by Ted Hughes to the front endpaper. One of 100 copies produced. 1-6 were interleaved throughout with blank paper, on which the poet wrote out each of the thirteen poems in full, to face the printed text and were also bound in full dark green levant morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 7-16 were interleaved with three manuscript poems and bound in half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 17-36 contained one poem in manuscript and were bound in decorative covers. The example on offer here is one of the 37-100 copies that were signed by the author.
Original salmon fur-grained covers with lettering to the upper cover in black. Faint marginal soiling to spine with minor wrinkling here and there; top edge of upper cover and opening few pages turned up slightly; area of minor staining to lower cover with a little colour transfer to fore-edge of rear endpaper, contents nice and clean otherwise and firmly bound. A very good example of a rare book.
£400.00
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The Light Fantastic
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions, Terry Pratchett
The Light Fantastic
By Terry Pratchett
First edition, second impression (Colin Smythe, 1987). Originally published the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page.
Publisher s original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book, with the usual toning to edges, and one very small and inconspicuous mark to lower board, otherwise excellent and clean internally and free from any names or inscriptions.
The original dust jacket is also in fine and bright condition with just the slightest trace of wear to spine tips and a minuscule chip to bottom corner of upper panel and original retailer sticker to lower panel.
£1,250.00
