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QuickviewOn Her Majesty’s Secret Service
First Edition, Ian Fleming, Modern First EditionsOn Her Majesty's Secret Service By Ian Fleming First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1963). Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little spotting to top edge, but a lovely and clean near fine book otherwise, in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with just a hint of rubbing in places to extremities and a little toning to spine panel. An excellent example.£825.00 -

QuickviewOn the Beach
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Nevil ShuteOn the Beach By Nevil Shute First edition, first impression, published by Heinemann in 1957. Adapted to film twice in 1959 and 2000. Cover art by John Rowland. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some white spotting to boards with foxing to top edge and a previous owner name and date to front paste-down, otherwise very good. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some light edge wear with a little toning to spine panel and spine panel verso, otherwise very good.£70.00 -
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QuickviewOne Hundred Years of Solitude
First Edition, Modern First EditionsOne Hundred Years of Solitude By Gabriel García Márquez First UK edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 1970). Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. Original turquoise cloth, top edge magenta, in Toni Evora's striking dust jacket, priced £1.75 net / 35s. A bright, clean copy with minimal wear; just slight toning to the text-block and a couple of minor knocks to top edge; the jacket with a closed tear to bottom edge of upper panel and a small area of abrasion with a faint associated mark to reverse of upper flap, but otherwise extremely well-preserved. First published in Argentina in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude transformed world literature. Rabassa's English translation - praised by García Márquez as superior to his own prose - introduced the magic of Macondo to a global audience and helped earn its author the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. Recently adapted into a Netflix TV series.£375.00 -

QuickviewPet Sematary
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingPet Sematary By Stephen King First edition, first impression. Adapted into two films in 1989 and in 2019. Original black cloth with lettering to spine and author's signature to upper board in gilt with red endpapers and paste-downs. A near fine copy with extremely faint spotting to top edge and a few isolated instances of rubbing to edges. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a tear to the spine panel foot with an associated tape repair to verso. Spine panel verso a little toned. Slight hint of fading to spine panel red lettering, otherwise excellent.£200.00 -

QuickviewQuite Early One Morning
Dylan Thomas, Modern First Editions, PoetryQuite Early One Morning By Dylan Thomas First edition, first impression. Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Very good with some spotting to edges and to front endpaper. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with a few nicks to edges and a tear to top edge of upper panel. Bookseller label to bottom corner of upper flap with a touch of spotting and a small abraded area to lower panel.£50.00 -

QuickviewRed Planet
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Science FictionRed Planet By Robert A. Heinlein First UK edition, first impression. The first appearance of Heinlein's Martian elder race. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some toning and spotting to edges with a touch of pushing to spine foot. The original and unclipped dust jacket - featuring cover art by Alan Breese - has a small chip to spine head, which has been inconspicuously repaired, a few small nicks to edges and a couple of areas of water marking to spine panel verso, otherwise very good. A very good copy indeed.£300.00 -

QuickviewSalem’s Lot
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSalem's Lot By Stephen King First English paperback edition, first impression (NEL, 1977). Originally published in the US in 1975 and in the UK in 1976. Some creasing to spine and rubbing here and there to hinges with some moderate toning to edges, but a very good copy.£75.00 -

QuickviewSalem’s Lot
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSalem's Lot By Stephen King First illustrated edition, first impression. Original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine book. The original and unclipped dust jacket has a barcode sticker to verso, else fine and sharp.£150.00 -

QuickviewSalem’s Lot
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSalem's Lot By Stephen King First UK edition, first impression. Adapted into mini-series in 1979 and 2004 with a film adaptation released in late 2024. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Faint off-setting to front and rear endpapers and paste-downs. A few light spots to opening few pages with the usual toning to edges. The original dust jacket is price-clipped with the publisher's reprice sticker to the top corner of upper flap and some spotting to verso. Spine panel lettering very slightly faded. A very good or better example of an uncommon edition of the author's second published novel.£750.00 -

QuickviewSaturday
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, Ian McEwan, Limited Editions, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsSaturday By Ian McEwan First edition, first impression (Jonathan Cape, 2005). One of 1500 numbered slipcased copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 1052. Fine, with a very small knock to spine foot, in a fine slipcase.£60.00 -
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QuickviewSchindler’s Ark
First Edition, Modern First Editions, Signed First EditionsSchindler's Ark By Thomas Keneally First edition, first impression, signed and dated by the author to the title page in the year of publication: "Best wishes Tom Keneally 1982". Winner of the 1982 Booker Prize and the basis for Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), one of the defining works of late twentieth-century Holocaust representation. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; white endpapers. In the original dust jacket designed by Steve and Julie Ridgeway, publisher's £7.95 price sticker to bottom corner of upper flap. Jacket bright and clean with only the faintest wear to extremities; extremely minimal, if any, fading and free from chips, or tears; price unclipped. Cloth exceptionally clean; spine gilt with a hint of rubbing; corners sharp. A little spotting to top edge and one or two isolated spots to fore-edge; bottom edge clean. Internally fresh and unmarked apart from the author's contemporary signature. Square, tight binding. Near fine, in a near fine dust jacket. A superior example, much cleaner and sharper than commonly encountered.£750.00 -

QuickviewSkeleton Crew
First Edition, Horror, Modern First Editions, Stephen KingSkeleton Crew By Stephen King First UK edition, first impression. King's second short story collection following 'Night Shift' featuring 23 tales such as 'The Raft', 'The Mist', 'The Jaunt' and 'The Monkey' among others. Original brown cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and white endpapers and paste-downs. Binding square and tight, cloth clean and unfaded, save for a small and faint mark to lower board, gilt lettering bright. Contents clean and fresh throughout, with no inscriptions, marks, or foxing. A fine copy. The original, price-clipped dust jacket shows only the very lightest traces of wear to the spine tips, retaining strong, unfaded colours with one crease to bottom corner of lower panel, else near fine.£100.00