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QuickviewThe Maul and The Pear Tree
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Maul and The Pear Tree by P. D. James First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: 'To a devoted fan P.D. James'. Original brown cloth with silver lettering to spine and decorative map endpapers and paste-downs. Slight pushing to spine ends, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with some fading to spine panel and light wear to edges.£250.00 -
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 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 Pigeon Tunnel
First Edition, John Le Carré, Modern First Editions, Non-Fiction, Signed First EditionsThe Pigeon Tunnel By John le Carré First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's memoir and first and only extensive work of non-fiction. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and dark red endpapers and paste-downs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.£175.00 -
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 Remains of the Day
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Kazuo Ishiguro, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe Remains of the Day By Kazuo Ishiguro First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page. A superb copy of Ishiguro’s Booker Prize–winning novel, the work which confirmed his reputation as one of the foremost writers of his generation. Original black cloth, spine lettered in white. With the original dust jacket designed with a photograph of a pocket watch by Sam McConnell. A fine copy: the binding square, with bright white spine lettering; contents clean throughout. The jacket is notably well-preserved, showing only faint rubbing at the extremities and a little fading to the spine panel, but less than usual for this title, with a sticker to upper flap, else near fine or better. The Remains of the Day was awarded the Booker Prize in 1989 and remains Ishiguro’s most celebrated work, adapted into the acclaimed 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.£750.00 -
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 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 Snowman
Children's Fiction, First Edition, Modern First Editions, Raymond Briggs, Showcase, Signed First EditionsThe Snowman By Raymond Briggs First edition, first impression. Double-signed and dated by the author to the title page, the first time being in the year of publication, and the second being at a book signing in Lewes in 2003. Accompanied by a Christmas card with a note from Briggs: 'Thanks for the tickets. Phoned 428 times! No buggering answer service!!! Couldn’t go. Bum. Happy Blooming Christmas. Raymond’, and a rare print colour print from the film showing James an the Snowman flying over the town, which has been signed and incribed by Raymond Briggs and algo by composer Howard Blake and choirboy singer, Peter Auty. In the haste to complete the film for its Christmas 1982 release, Auty’s name was regrettably omitted from the credits. The following year, EMI issued a cover version of Walking in the Air, performed by their newly signed choirboy Aled Jones. Promoted extensively, Jones’s rendition became a seasonal staple and, over time, gave rise to the enduring misconception that he had been the original voice in the film. It was not until the 20th anniversary in 2002, when the cartoon was cleaned and digitally remastered, that Auty’s contribution was formally acknowledged and his name restored to the opening credits. Original pictorial boards. A few superficial and inconspicuous scratches to covers with a couple of knocks to edges and some of the usual yellowing to boards and offsetting to front endpaper and paste-down, otherwise a very good copy indeed of a book that is both uncommon and highly desirable signed.£2,000.00 -
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 Stand
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingThe Stand By Stephen King First uncut edition, first impression. Published 12 years after the first edition in 1978. Quarter-bound in navy blue cloth over black boards with lettering to spine in gilt and motif and author's signature stamped to upper board in red. Red Endpapers and paste-downs. Slight concavity to spine, as is common, due to the size of the volume. A little rubbing in places. Faint vertical line to front and rear endpapers, otherwise very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket has has vertical crease running along the upper flap and a corner crease to lower flap. Minor signs of wear to spine head, else very good indeed.£150.00 -
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 White Book
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsThe White Book By Han Kang First UK edition, first impression. Signed by the author in English and Korean, and, additionally, by the translator to the title page. Short-listed for the Man Booker International Prize in 2018. Han Kang won the International Booker Prize for 'Vegetarian' in 2016 and became the first Korean and Asian woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2024. Original white cloth with lettering to spine in black and black endpapers and paste-downs. A fine book in a fine dust jacket with no flaws to note. Seemingly rare to find signed by both the author and translator.£450.00
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