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QuickviewThe Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side
Agatha Christie, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side By Agatha Christie First edition, first impression. A Miss Marple novel and the subject of several TV and film adaptations. Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. Some browning/off-setting to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs with a few spots to edges, mainly to the top. Otherwise very good and clean internally. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear to spine head and a couple of other smaller nicks to edges. A couple of areas light staining to upper and lower panels with a soft vertical crease running along upper panel that is only visible upon inspection of the reverse of the jacket. Very good.£125.00 -
QuickviewThe Naive and Sentimental Lover
First Edition, John Le Carré, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe 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 -
QuickviewThe Odessa File
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Odessa File By Frederick Forsyth First edition, first impression (Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1972). Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The author's third book, adapted into a film of the same name in 1974. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Near fine with a little toning to edges with a few very faint white marks to lower board. The original and unclipped dust jacket is also in near fine condition with a little spotting to verso and a couple of isolated and minor instances of rubbing to top edge. An excellent copy.£525.00 -
QuickviewThe Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway, First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First EditionsThe Old Man and the Sea By Ernest Hemingway First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US a few months earlier in the same year. The novel received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953 and was an important factor in Hemingway being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in dark red and fish and fisherman motif in red to upper board. A fine and clean copy with a couple of small areas of rubbing to the bottom fore-edge of of lower board. The original and unclipped dust jacket features the striking artwork of Hans Tisdall and is the first state without the reviews to verso. A hint of minor rubbing here and there to edges with a few nicks to edges of lower panel and an associated crease to top and bottom edges that are only visible on verso. A superb, bright and near fine copy overall.£450.00 -
QuickviewThe Outward Urge
First Edition, John Wyndham, Modern First Editions, Science FictionThe Outward Urge By John Wyndham First Edition, First Impression (Michael Joseph, 1959). Light toning to edges; dustiness to top edge of text block; spotting to top edge of and rear paste-downs. Original and unclipped dust jacket has a closed tear to top edge of front panel; some abrasion and a small nick to bottom corner; abrasion to top edge of spine panel; light edgewear with some soiling to rear panel.£150.00 -
QuickviewThe Pearl
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, John Steinbeck, Modern First EditionsThe Pearl By John Steinbeck First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US the previous year. Original blue cloth. Edges toned and slightly spotted. Light marking to boards with tape marks to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs, otherwise very good, in the original, price-clipped dust jacket with chipping to head and foot of spine, tape marks to flaps, soft crease to corner of rear flap with some general edge wear and a few small tears to edges. A rare edition.£185.00 -
QuickviewThe Philosopher’s Pupil
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Iris Murdoch, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Philosopher's Pupil By Iris Murdoch First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by the author to the title page for Rolando Pieraccini, artist and publisher: 'For Rolando Pieraccini with all best wishes Iris Murdoch'. Cover art by Cathie Felstead. Rare inscribed. Original dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A touch of toning to edges with small biro mark to top edge, otherwise near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a small nick to top edge of lower panel and a little edge wear. Jacket hinges fit a little loosely on the book£150.00 -
QuickviewThe Player of Games
First Edition, Iain Banks, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Player of Games By Iain M Banks First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The second published novel in the Culture series. Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A few light spots to top edge with extremely faint off-setting to endpapers and a little of the usual rubbing to spine ends and corners, else a near fine copy, in the fine and unclipped dust jacket showing only minimal traces of wear to spine ends.£675.00 -
QuickviewThe Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy: The Three-Body Problem, Death’s End, The Dark Forest
Cixin Liu, First Edition, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy By Cixin Liu A complete set of the books comprising the Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy. Each volume one of 250 numbered copies to be signed (and dated in the year of publication in the case of Vol I) by both the author and translators, Ken Liu and Joel Martinsen. All additionally bearing the matching number 180. The basis of the on-going Netflix TV adaptation. The trilogy originally appeared in Science Fiction World in the Republic of China in 2006. It was first published as a standalone work in 2008 by Chongqing Publishing Group, later appearing in the US in 2014 and in the UK by way of the present edition in 2015. Original blue, red and dark burgundy cloth with lettering to backstrips in silver, white and gilt respectively. A fine, unblemished set, in fine dust jackets.£1,875.00 -
QuickviewThe Satanist
First Edition, Horror, Modern First EditionsThe Satanist By Dennis Wheatley First edition, first impression. Quarter-bound in black cloth with pictorial boards and lettering to spine in red and gilt. some bumping to top corners and spine head with some toning to edges, otherwise very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket, featuring striking cover art by Sax, is also very good with some rubbing, primarily to edges and folds, and tape reinforcement to top of spine panel verso.£100.00 -
QuickviewThe Shadow of the Wind
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Shadow of the Wind By Carlos Ruiz Zafón First US edition, first impression (Penguin, 2004). Signed by the author to the title page. Precedes the Weidenfeld & Nicolson limited edition, which was published the following year in 2005. Quarter-bound in burgundy cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A touch of pushing to spine ends, else fine in a fine dust jacket. An excellent, crisp copy.£500.00 -
QuickviewThe Shadow of the Wind
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Shadow of the Wind By Carlos Ruiz Zafón First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and orange endpapers and paste-downs. A hint of pushing to spine foot with a very small spot to front endpaper, else near fine or better. The original and unclipped dust jacket, save for a couple of isolated and minimal instances of wear to flap edges, is in excellent, near fine condition.£600.00 -
QuickviewThe Sherlock Holmes Long Stories
Arthur Conan Doyle, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Sherlock Holmes Long Stories By Arthur Conan Doyle First edition, first impression (John Murray, 1929). Publisher's original red cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in gilt. A better than very good book with the usual spotting to edges, preliminaries and final couple of leaves. Red top-stain still nice and bright. Small sticker to bottom corner of front paste-down. The original and unclipped dust jacket is similarly better than very good with a little fading to spine panel and a small area of staining to spine foot. One or two very small nicks and chips to spine ends. An excellent example in significantly better condition than usually encountered.£750.00 -
QuickviewThe Silo Trilogy
First Edition, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Silo Trilogy By Hugh Howey Three volumes. First editions, first impressions, limited to 500 numbered copies to be signed by the author, all of which are number 497. A dystopian science fiction series providing the basis for the on-going Apple TV adaptation. A fine set, presenting as unread, in fine cloth slipcases.£500.00 -
QuickviewThe Sirens of Titan
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionThe Sirens of Titan By Kurt Vonnegut First UK edition, first impression. The author's second novel Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. An excellent book with a slight spine slant and some toning and light spotting to top edge, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with a little spotting to spine panel and a few shallow chips to corners. A superb, near fine example.£1,150.00 -
QuickviewThe Snail and the Whale
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe 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.£950.00 -
QuickviewThe Spy Who Loved Me
First Edition, Ian Fleming, Modern First EditionsThe Spy Who Loved Me By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression. The tenth book in the James Bond series. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine and a blind-stamped dagger to upper board with silver blade. A very good book indeed with some spotting to edges, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of small nicks and one shallow chip to top edge and some spotting to verso. A very good copy.£300.00 -
QuickviewThe Tales of Beedle the Bard
First Edition, J.K. Rowling, Modern First EditionsThe Tales of Beedle the Bard By J. K. Rowling First edition, first impression. A fine copy.£40.00 -
QuickviewThe Testaments
First Edition, Limited Editions, Margaret Atwood, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Testaments By Margaret Atwood First edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 2019). A limited edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition and consisting of only 100 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 22. Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The book is swiss bound in green and white cloth with navy blue endpapers and sprayed green edges with the book title together with the author's name debossed on the upper board. The book is housed in a navy blue cloth clamshell case with a magnetic catch, contains a navy blue ribbon to facilitate removal of the book, and features marbled top and bottom edges and interior. A very attractive production in fine condition and in its original box, which is also in excellent condition.£975.00 -
QuickviewThe Third Man and the Fallen Idol
First Edition, Graham Greene, Modern First EditionsThe Third Man and the Fallen Idol By Graham Greene First edition, first impression, published by William Heinemann in 1950; the year after the release of the film of the same name also written by Graham Greene. Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A few very faint marks to boards with some toning to edges and browning to half-title and rear blank. Nice and clean otherwise and free from names and inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few tears to edges, some chipping and toning to spine panel, otherwise very good.£625.00 -
QuickviewThe Twits
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Roald DahlThe Twits By Roald Dahl First edition, first impression. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a gift inscription to front endpaper, in a near fine or better dust jacket with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel.£325.00 -
QuickviewThe Water-Babies
Antiquarian, Children's Fiction, First EditionThe Water-Babies By Charles Kingsley First edition, first issue (Macmillan & Co, 1863) with l'envoi leaf present, of which there were only believed to be around 200 copies. Housed in an attractive morocco drop-back box with raised bands, blue compartments, gilt lettering and marbled boards. Original green cloth. Spine re-backed using most of the original, only lacking the tips and a small square hole just below the centre. Occasional light foxing and a little rubbing to covers. Hinges neatly reinforced. Free from names and inscriptions. A very good example of a very rare book.£500.00 -
QuickviewThe Wind in the Willows
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First EditionsThe Wind in the Willows By Kenneth Grahame First edition of the first illustrated Arthur Rackham edition published in the United Kingdom, featuring illustrations that originally appeared in the US Limited Edition Club edition in 1940. 97th edition overall. 12 colour plates and 15 line drawings by Rackham. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some fairly light spotting to fore-edge. Contents are lovely and clean and free from names and inscriptions, save for a touch of very faint spotting to endpapers. Very good or better. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few tears to edges with some edge wear and rubbing and fraying, primarily to hinges and folds. A very good copy.£475.00 -
QuickviewThe Wings of the Morning
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe 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