The Sheep-Pig
The Sheep-Pig
£600.00
The Sheep-Pig
By Dick King-Smith
First edition, first impression published by Gollancz in 1983. Illustrations and dust jacket art by Mary Rayner. Famously adapted to cinema in 1995 under the title ‘Babe’.
Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a very good or better dust jacket with a couple of small tears to bottom edge and one very small nick to spine head. A lovely, bright example.
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The Sheep-Pig
By Dick King-Smith
First Edition
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A House for Mr Biswas
First Edition, Modern First Editions
A House for Mr Biswas
By V.S. Naipaul
First American edition, first impression (McGraw-Hill, 1961). Jacket design by Stephen Russ.
Original dark green cloth with white lettering to spine. Just a hint of knocking and rubbing to extremities, else fine and internally pristine without names or inscriptions. The original dust jacket is clipped to bottom corner of front flap, but still bears the original '$5.95' price; a few small nicks to spine head with a touch of rubbing here and there. A lovely and bright near fine copy of the author's most iconic work.
£1,000.00
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Now We Are Six
A A Milne, Children's Fiction, Modern First Editions
Now We Are Six
By A. A. Milne
First edition, first impression (Methuen & Co, 1927). Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Publisher's original maroon cloth; top edge gilt. A hint of rubbing to spine tips; previous owner name and browning to half-title; contents nice and clean otherwise. Some browning to spine panel of dust jacket with some loss and small tear to spine head; a couple of small closed tears to lower panel with small stain to fore-edge; some general edge wear to top. A very good copy.
£600.00
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A Storm of Swords
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction
A Storm of Swords
By George R. R. Martin
A very good copy with some light marks to top edge and upper board and a faint stain to top of rear endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with some edge wear and some creasing in places, primarily to spine panel head and folds.
A nice copy of the third book in 'A Song of Ice and Fire'.
£300.00
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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
