The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
By Philip Pullman
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine book in a fine, unclipped dust jacket.
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Categories: First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage
By Philip Pullman
Signed First Edition


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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


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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
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1Q84
First Edition, Haruki Murakami, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
1Q84
By Haruki Murakami
Book One and Book Two in one volume. First edition, first impression, published by Harvill Secker in 2011. Signed by the author to a publisher's bookplate affixed to the title page. Originally published in Japan in three volumes in 2009 and 2010.
Original black cloth with lettering to spine and motif to upper board in gilt. Near fine with some toning to edges and a tiny nick to spine foot and a few extremely minor and isolated instances of rubbing to top edge.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has a touch of very light edge wear in places, but is otherwise near fine or better.
£450.00
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Children's Fiction, First Edition, J.K. Rowling, Modern First Editions
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
By J. K. Rowling
First deluxe edition, first impression. The sixth book in the Harry Potter series.
Original blue cloth with pictorial onlay and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. All edges gold. Green ribbon marker. A fine copy, still sealed in original shrink wrap.
£500.00