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QuickviewDystopia
First Edition, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsDystopia Limited edition (Gauntlet, 2000). One of 250 copies signed by Matheson, Straab, Koontz and Barker among many others, of which this is number 179. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with only minimal wear to the top edge in places.£250.00 -
QuickviewEast of Eden
First Edition, John Steinbeck, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseEast of Eden By John Steinbeck First edition, first impression and first state with 'bite' for 'bight' on page 281. The title described by the author himself as his magnum opus. Small pinhole to spine with a small and faint stain to bottom for-edge of text block. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a couple of closed tears and small nicks to edges with some shallow chipping to spine foot. Some of the usual toning to spine panel. A very good copy indeed.£1,500.00 -
QuickviewEvita
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsEvita By Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice First edition, first impression. Signed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to the title page. The subject of the 1996 film adaptation and West End and Broadway musicals. Original pictorial boards. A very good or better copy with traces of knocking to corners and the slightest hint of a slant to spine.£750.00 -
QuickviewFairies: The Cottingley Photos and Their Sequel
First Edition, Modern First EditionsFairies: The Cottingley Photos and Their Sequel Gardner, Edward L. First edition, first impression of this important early work on the Cottingley Fairies, published by one of the leading Theosophists of the day. Gardner (1880–1969), General Secretary of the Theosophical Society in England, was instrumental in promoting the photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, and in persuading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of their authenticity. This volume reproduces the famous photographs, including Alice and the Fairies, Fairy Offering a Posy to Elsie, and Frances and the Leaping Fairy, alongside Gardner’s commentary and his defence of their genuineness. The Cottingley Fairy photographs, taken in 1917 and 1920, became one of the most celebrated photographic hoaxes of the 20th century, though they were not fully exposed as fakes until the early 1980s, when both women admitted to having staged them using cardboard cut-outs. At the time, however, they convinced many spiritualists, not least Conan Doyle, who saw in them a vindication of his beliefs in spiritualism and psychic phenomena. Octavo. Original blue cloth-backed boards, titles to upper board in black. With the 5 famous Cottingley Fairy photographs. Bookplate of Jean Corke to front pastedown and front free endpaper, with ownership name to the latter. Some spotting to endpapers and text throughout, more pronounced to preliminaries and plate leaves, boards a little rubbed, spotted and toned, spine ends lightly worn, cracking to binding at p 26, but pages still holding firm. A good copy.£250.00 -
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QuickviewFairy Tales and Legends
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsFairy Tales and Legends By Hans Christian Andersen First Whistler edition, first impression, signed by the illustrator Rex Whistler on the half-title. One of 200 deluxe copies and one of Whistler's most striking book designs, Fairy Tales and Legends was published by Cobden-Sanderson in 1935 and bound by the Leighton-Straker Bookbinding Co. Ltd. The lavish gilt-blocked cloth binding and green patterned endpapers are both by Whistler, who also supplied the suite of exquisite full-page and vignette illustrations throughout the text. Octavo. Original cream cloth elaborately blocked in gilt with an all-over design by Rex Whistler, green patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. A very good copy, the binding still bright, save for some toning to spin, the gilt still vivid. Some dustiness to top edge. Hinge cracked at title, but all holding firm. Endpapers clean, save for a neat ownership name to the front free endpaper. The contents are clean throughout. The book exemplifies Whistler's distinctive neo-Rococo style - light, romantic, and intricately detailed - a beautiful twentieth-century illustrated edition of Andersen's fairy tales.£750.00 -
QuickviewFarmer in the Sky
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionFarmer in the Sky By Robert Heinlein First UK edition, first impression, published by Gollancz in 1962. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Better than very good with a little pushing to spine tips and some foxing to edges, otherwise clean internally. The original and unclipped dust jacket, featuring striking artwork by Alan Breese, has a tiny nick to top edge and traces of mild wear to spine tips with some isolated spotting to rear fold verso, else near fine.£275.00 -
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QuickviewFoundation
First Edition, Isaac Asimov, Modern First Editions, Science FictionFoundation By Isaac Asimov First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953). Published two years after the U.S. Gnome Press first edition (1951), this marks the first British appearance of the opening volume in Asimov's Foundation trilogy. The basis for the ongoing Apple TV adaptation. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. With the pictorial dust jacket printed in lilac, white, and green, priced 10s. 6d. net on the front flap. A Very Good or better copy in a Very Good or better jacket. The cloth clean and square; some toning and spotting to edges, endpapers faintly toned with a small retailer sticker to bottom corner of front paste-down. The dust jacket shows moderate wear to spine ends and corners with a few chips and a couple of short tears; some of the frequently-encountered light soiling to lower panel. The jacket is unclipped and complete. A central work of modern science fiction, introducing the concept of "psychohistory" and Hari Seldon's mathematical vision of empire and decline. The Foundation sequence profoundly influenced the genre's later literary and cinematic landscape, shaping works from Dune to Star Wars and beyond.£1,000.00 -
QuickviewGalahad at Blandings
First Edition, Modern First Editions, P. G. WodehouseGalahad at Blandings By P. G. Wodehouse First edition, first impression (Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1965). Published in the US under the title 'The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood'. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy with some toning to edges and a crease to the top corner of a few pages. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also very good with a few shallow chips and a small closed tear to top edge of lower panel and upper panel fore-edge.£100.00 -
QuickviewGeorge’s Marvellous Medicine
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlGeorge's Marvellous Medicine By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Featuring illustrations by Quentin Blake. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Bump to bottom corner of upper board, else near fine in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with some fading to spine panel, minimal evidence of edge wear and a small area of light staining to bottom of spine panel verso. An excellent example.£285.00 -
QuickviewGorillas in the Mist
First Edition, Modern First EditionsGorillas in the Mist By Dian Fossey First UK edition, first impression. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slightest hint of very faint spotting to top edge, else fine in a fine dust jacket. A fantastic copy.£200.00 -
QuickviewHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Children's Fiction, First Edition, J.K. Rowling, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J.K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Signed by the cover artist, Cliff Wright to the upper board. Publisher's original blue cloth with gold edges, dark blue endpapers and paste-downs and light green ribbon marker with pictorial on-lays and lettering to upper board and spine in gilt. Contents lovely and clean and free from any marks names or inscriptions. There is a barely visible tear to fore-edge of half-title of approximately 5mm in length that has been neatly repaired, fine otherwise.£1,000.00 -
QuickviewHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Children's Fiction, First Edition, J.K. Rowling, Modern First EditionsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets By J. K. Rowling First deluxe edition, first impression. Original blue cloth with pictorial on-lay to upper board featuring artwork by Cliff Wright. Green ribbon marker and lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A minuscule knock half way down the edge of upper board, else a fantastic copy.£350.00