Sunset at Blandings
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Sunset at Blandings
By P. G. Wodehouse
First Edition
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Tender Is the Night
First Edition, Modern First Editions
Tender Is the Night
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
First UK revised edition, first impression, published by The Grey Walls Press in 1953. Originally published in 1934. The final version of the author's last novel with his own annotated copy as its source. Grey Walls first published the uncorrected text in 1948, making this their second edition overall.
Original light brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some offsetting to endpapers, but otherwise fine and clean throughout. The original and unclipped dust jacket, with striking cover art by Edward Pagram, shows a minimal amount of rubbing to extremities in places, else fine.
£375.00
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The Dead Zone
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Stephen King
The Dead Zone
By Stephen King
First UK edition, first impression. Nominated for the 1980 Locus Award and the first of the author's stories to be set in the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and white endpapers and paste-downs. Some spotting to top edge, a couple of minor knocks to corners and a little rubbing to top edge of boards, otherwise very good indeed.
The price-clipped dust jacket has some moderate edge wear and fading to spine panel with a minuscule nick to bottom edge and some spotting to verso, primarily to top edge, else very good. A rare edition.
£265.00
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The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis, Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Showcase
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
By C. S. Lewis
First edition, first impression. The first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series, illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Original green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Some of the often-encountered ghosting to boards. Gift and previous owner inscriptions to front endpaper, slight spine slant, otherwise very good.
The unclipped dust jacket - which is frequently found heavily restored - is completely original with no restoration. Some losses, primarily to upper panel. A few chips and tears to edges with some browning to verso.
£5,000.00
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On the Beach
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Nevil Shute
On the Beach
By Nevil Shute
First edition, first impression, published by Heinemann in 1957. Adapted to film twice in 1959 and 2000. Cover art by John Rowland.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some white spotting to boards with foxing to top edge and a previous owner name and date to front paste-down, otherwise very good.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some light edge wear with a little toning to spine panel and spine panel verso, otherwise very good.
£70.00
