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First Edition, Haruki Murakami, Modern First Editions1Q84 By Haruki Murakami Two vols. First UK editions, first impressions. Originally published in Japan between 2009 - 2010. Original black cloth with black endpapers and paste-downs with lettering to spine and motif to upper board of each volume in gilt. Some toning to edges, else near fine. The original and unclipped dust jackets are similarly in near fine condition, save for a moderate amount of wear to the top edge of the first volume. An attractive set.£100.00 -
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First Edition, Haruki Murakami, Modern First Editions, Signed First Editions1Q84 By Haruki Murakami Book One and Book Two in one volume. First edition, first impression, published by Harvill Secker in 2011. Signed by the author to a publisher's bookplate affixed to the title page. Originally published in Japan in three volumes in 2009 and 2010. Original black cloth with lettering to spine and motif to upper board in gilt. Near fine with some toning to edges and a tiny nick to spine foot and a few extremely minor and isolated instances of rubbing to top edge. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a touch of very light edge wear in places, but is otherwise near fine or better.£450.00 -
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Arthur C. Clarke, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction2001: A Space Odyssey By Arthur C. Clarke First UK edition, first impression. Published shortly after the iconic Stanley Kubrick 1968 film adaptation whose screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine book with a small Foyles bookseller label to bottom corner of front paste-down, in a near fine dust jacket with just a small mark to upper panel, a couple of isolated spots to verso and a little mild rubbing to corners. An excellent copy of a science fiction highlight.£500.00 -
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Agatha Christie, Crime and Thriller, First Edition, Modern First Editions4.50 from Paddington By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression. Published simultaneously in the US under the title 'What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!', and adapted to film in 1961 as 'Murder, She Said'. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. Faint and isolated spotting to front and rear endpapers with a little toning to edges, else near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some spotting to verso and, less so, to lower panel, but is otherwise near fine.£450.00 -
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Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsA Charlie Brown Christmas By Charles M. Schulz First edition, first impression (The World Publishing Company, 1965). Publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards featuring Schulz's Peanuts characters in red, black, and white; titles in white and gilt to upper cover. In the original pictorial dust jacket repeating the upper board design. Illustrated in colour throughout, adapted from the Bill Melendez television production. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with light rubbing to extremities in places and trace of a moderate bump to spine head. The contents are clean and bright throughout, free of inscriptions. The dust jacket is in fair to good condition, with a few tears and chips to edges and some associated loss to spine foot and upper panel. Colours remain nice and bright. Not price-clipped ($2.50). A charming adaptation of the beloved 1965 animated special in which Charlie Brown searches for the true meaning of Christmas, featuring Linus's now-famous recitation from the Gospel of Luke.£275.00 -
QuickviewA Feast for Crows
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsA Feast for Crows By George R. R. Martin First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The fourth book in the Game of Thrones series. Original red boards with lettering to spine in gilt and black endpapers and paste-downs. A little white marking to fore-edges of boards, else a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.£225.00 -
QuickviewA Handful of Darkness
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Philip K. Dick, Science FictionA Handful of Darkness By Philip K. Dick First edition, first impression. Original second issue red cloth with black lettering to spine. Some off-setting to endpapers and toning to edges with a previous owner name to front endpaper, else very good in a good second issue dust jacket with some chipping and loss to edges.£250.00 -
QuickviewA House for Mr Biswas
First Edition, Modern First EditionsA 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 -
QuickviewA Kestrel for a Knave
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsA Kestrel for a Knave By Barry Hines First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1968). Signed by the author and Ken Loach - who directed the film adaptation - to bookplates affixed to the title page. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with a little toning to edges in a better than very good, unclipped dust jacket that has some rubbing to spine foot and fore-edges.£1,250.00 -
QuickviewA Pale View of Hills
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro, Modern First Editions, Showcase, Signed First EditionsA Pale View of Hills By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author to the title page: "To Charles, all best, Kazuo Ishiguro 7th June '89". Rare inscribed. The author's first book and the winner of the 1982 Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize. Original cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Very faint traces of dustiness to top edge with minor pushing to spine head, else fine, in a near fine or better dust jacket with just a hint of the usual fading to spine panel and one instance of negligible wear to spine head. A superior copy.£4,000.00 -
QuickviewA Scanner Darkly
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Philip K. Dick, Science FictionA Scanner Darkly By Philip K. Dick First UK edition, first impression. Adapted to film in 2006 and one of the author's best-known novels. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some spotting to top edge and toning to text-block, as is common, else clean and near fine. The original and unclipped dust jacket is slightly sunned to the spine panel, but in excellent, near fine or better condition otherwise.£300.00 -
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QuickviewA Short History of Nearly Everything
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Signed First EditionsA Short History of Nearly Everything By Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything; together with A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0 (Fully Revised and Updated). London: Doubleday, published in 2003 and 2025 respectively. Two volumes, both signed by the author to the title page. Comprising: First edition, first impression of the original work (2003). Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, with the white and reddish brown dust jacket priced £20.00. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition of the fully revised and updated edition (A Short History of Nearly Everything 2.0, 2025). Octavo. Original white boards, spine lettered in metallic blue, in the blue dust jacket priced £25.00. Also signed by the author on the title page. A near-fine pair: the 2003 volume showing some toning to the text block and light wear to the jacket edges, primarily to spine ends; the 2025 volume fine throughout in a fine dust jacket. Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything won the Aventis Prize for Science Books (2004) and the European Union Descartes Prize (2005), and remains one of the most successful works of popular science ever published. The 2.0 edition updates the text to reflect recent advances in cosmology, paleontology, and genetics, ensuring its continued relevance for new generations of readers.£350.00