The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye
£300.00
The Long Goodbye
By Raymond Chandler
First edition, first impression. The sixth novel to feature Philip Marlowe.
Original burgundy cloth with white lettering to spine. A little spotting to edges, else near fine.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has several nicks, chips and tears to edges with small area of loss half way down upper flap fore-edge, otherwise a good example of a jacket that is often found in worn condition.
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The Long Goodbye
By Raymond Chandler
First Edition
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Blood Meridian
First Edition, Modern First Editions
Blood Meridian
By Cormac McCarthy
First UK edition, first impression. The author's fifth novel, set in the Old West in the mid-19th century, and considered to be among the best works of American literature.
Original red cloth with white lettering to spine. A fine copy with some of the usual toning to edges in a fine dust jacket. A superior example.
£1,250.00
New
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The Shining
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen King
The Shining
By Stephen King
First edition, first impression. King's third published novel with 'First Edition' to copyright page and 'R49' to the gutter of page 447. The basis for the iconic Stanley Kubrick film adaptation in 1980.
Quarter-bound in black cloth with tan boards and lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning and spotting to edges, primarily to fore-edge, with a few very shallow indentations to lower and upper boards, else near fine, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks to top edge and some of the usual toning to verso.
£1,500.00
New
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The Sea, The Sea
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Modern First Editions
The Sea, The Sea
By Iris Murdoch
First edition, first impression. The author's nineteenth novel and winner of the 1978 Booker Prize.
Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Brief gift inscription to front endpaper. Tiny nick to the top of page 245 with a small area of light impact to the fore-edge of a handful of pages, else near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket, with the cover art by Hokusai, has only very minimal traces of wear to spine tips, but is otherwise near fine and sharp.
£150.00
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The Hobbit
First Edition, J. R. R. Tolkien, Modern First Editions, Showcase
The Hobbit
By J.R.R. Tolkien
Second impression (George Allen & Unwin, 1937).
The second impression of The Hobbit was the first to contain coloured illustrations. It appeared three months after the first in December 1937, and was first published in January 1938. The print run consisted of 2,300 copies, but 423 of these were destroyed during the Blitz in 1940.
Original green cloth with lettering and decoration to boards and spine in dark blue. Map endpapers and paste-downs. Top edge green. Some spotting to edges and very light and occasional foxing to opening and closing leaves, else near fine. Housed in a custom-made clamshell box, and accompanied by the correct and original second impression dust jacket, all sections of which are detached with a small portion of the spine remaining and considerable losses to upper and lower panels.
£15,000.00
