Sunset at Blandings
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Sunset at Blandings
By P. G. Wodehouse
First Edition
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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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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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The Naive and Sentimental Lover
First Edition, John Le Carré, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
The Naive and Sentimental Lover
By John le Carré
First edition, first impression (Hodder & Stoughton, 1971). Signed by the author to the title page.
Publisher's original black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and author's signature to upper board in gilt. A fine copy with a few marks to top edge; purple top-stain still nice and bright in a fine dust jacket with minimal fading to spine panel.
A beautiful, crisp copy of the author's sixth novel.
£800.00
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The Double Helix
First Edition, Non-Fiction, Science
The Double Helix
By James D. Watson
First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968).
A very good copy with a previous owner's name to front endpaper and isolated instances of very faint spotting to preliminaries and rear paste-down; crease to top corner of page 68.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some rubbing to extremities and a few tiny chips to spine ends. Closed tear to bottom of lower panel fore-edge and to top edge of upper panel with some lifting to laminate on lower panel hinge.
£100.00
