The Snail and the Whale
The Snail and the Whale
£950.00
The Snail and the Whale
By Julia Donaldson
First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author and illustrator to the title page with a small sketch of a snail. Original pictorial boards. A hint of rubbing to corners, else near fine, in a very good or better unclipped dust jacket with moderate edge wear to the top and a couple of nicks to edges with some associated creasing to lower panel. Rarely found double-signed.
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The Snail and the Whale
By Julia Donaldson
Double-signed First Edition
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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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Look to Windward
First Edition, Iain Banks, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First Editions
Look to Windward
By Iain M. Banks
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The sixth novel in the Culture series.
Original black cloth with bronze lettering to spine. Some toning to edges. Very slight wear to top edge of the original and unclipped dust jacket with some fading to spine panel, otherwise near fine with a round retailer sticker to upper panel.
£150.00
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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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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
