The Long Walk
The Long Walk
£825.00
The Long Walk
By Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
First edition, first impression (Signet, 1979). Written by the author while at the University of Maine several years before the publication of ‘Carrie’ in 1974.
A few creases here and there to covers with evidence of light rubbing in places and faint pencil marks to lower cover.
A very good copy of a rare title.
The Long Walk
By Richard Bachman (Stephen King)
First Edition
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Master Humphrey’s Clock
Antiquarian, Charles Dickens, First Edition, General Literary Fiction
First edition in book form (London: Chapman & Hall 1840-41). Three volumes bound together in one. Engraved frontispieces with illustrations throughout. Half-calf binding from 1924.
Foxing to preliminaries with occasional foxing throughout; rubbing to corners and board edges and a couple of small areas of rubbing to boards. Small and neat owner inscription to front pastedown.
£350.00
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Doctor Zhivago
First Edition, Modern First Editions
Doctor Zhivago
By Boris Pasternak
First UK edition, first impression (Collins and Harvill Press, 1958).
Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Near fine with a touch of spotting to bottom portion of fore-edge and a couple of isolated spots to front paste-down and endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with an area of abrasion to top of spine panel and a few small nicks to top edge.
£275.00
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A Thin Ghost and Others
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions
A Thin Ghost and Others
By M. R. James
First edition, first impression (London: Edward Arnold, 1919).
Publisher's original dark grey cloth with light grey lettering to spine and spider's web motif, title and author's name in grey to upper board. Owner's name in ink to title page with light browning to endpapers and half-title; mild bumping and rubbing to corners and extremities; top edge a little darkened; some minor cracking to binding at page 16, but all pages still holding firm.
A very good copy indeed of the author's scarce third collection of ghost stories.
£1,750.00
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The Avignon Quintet
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions
The Avignon Quintet
By Lawrence Durrell
A complete set of the five books comprising The Avignon Quintet, all of which are first editions, first impressions and are either signed or signed and inscribed by the author.
A little rubbing in places and a couple of small nicks to the dust jackets of the first two volumes. The remaining volumes are all fine in fine dust jackets. A near fine set overall with attractive jacket illustrations by David Gentleman.
£1,500.00
