The Tales of Beedle the Bard
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
£40.00
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
By J. K. Rowling
First edition, first impression.
A fine copy.
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard
By J. K. Rowling
First Edition
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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
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Animal Poems
First Edition, Limited Editions, Poetry, Signed First Editions
Animal Poems
By Ted Hughes
Limited edition (Crediton: Richard Gilbertson, 1967). Signed by Ted Hughes to the front endpaper. One of 100 copies produced. 1-6 were interleaved throughout with blank paper, on which the poet wrote out each of the thirteen poems in full, to face the printed text and were also bound in full dark green levant morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 7-16 were interleaved with three manuscript poems and bound in half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 17-36 contained one poem in manuscript and were bound in decorative covers. The example on offer here is one of the 37-100 copies that were signed by the author.
Original salmon fur-grained covers with lettering to the upper cover in black. Faint marginal soiling to spine with minor wrinkling here and there; top edge of upper cover and opening few pages turned up slightly; area of minor staining to lower cover with a little colour transfer to fore-edge of rear endpaper, contents nice and clean otherwise and firmly bound. A very good example of a rare book.
£400.00
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The Wings of the Morning
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First Editions
The Wings of the Morning
By Edward S Hyams
First edition, first impression (Duckworth, 1939). Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper. The author's first novel.
Publisher's original cloth with red lettering to spine. Some soiling and light browning to boards with some spotting to fore-edge and to opening and final couple of pages. Contents nice and clean otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some loss to upper panel and to spine panel head with a few tears, some chipping and rubbing; light soiling to lower panel.
A very rare book, especially so inscribed by the author.
£300.00
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An Accidental Man
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Modern First Editions
An Accidental Man
By Iris Murdoch
First Edition and First Impression (Chatto & Windus, 1971). Minor bumping to spine tips. Original and price-clipped dust jacket has some rubbing to corners and extremities; corners and spine tips chipped; spotting to front and rear flaps. A very good copy.
£30.00
