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Enitharmon Press. London. 2012. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.6 x 6.6 inches). One of 100 copies numbered and signed by Abse, from a total edition of just 125 copies. A fine copy in soft cover wraps with marbled paper dustwrapper. Printed paper label on front panel. Fine. More about IN EXTRA TIME
The Condé Nast Publications Ltd in association with Collins. London. 1969. FIRST EDITION. Folio. (14.3 x 11.2 inches). Fully illustrated throughout with mono photos. Ex Vogue Library copy, elaborately inscribed by David Bailey, with doodles and drawings to three pages. On the (purple paper) front free endpaper is a small... More about GOODBYE BABY AND AMEN. A Saraband for the Sixties
Viking. London.,2001. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. Signed and with a five line inscription by the author on the title page. Original red boards, gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper with a few light marks to the lower part of the rear panel.:. More about BORDER CROSSING
NP. (Book published by Blackie & Son). Circa 1949. ORIGINAL FULL COLOUR ARTWORK. The watercolour image shows Snowdrop (Snow White) lying asleep at the edge of a forest. Stood over her is a handsome Prince dressed in elaborate multi coloured outfit with a large hat in his hand, complete with... More about WATER COLOUR PAINTING OF SNOWDROP (SNOW WHITE) AND THE SEVEN DWARVES. Original watercolour...
Warren Editions. London. 1977. FIRST EDITION, Limited to 220 copies, numbered and signed by both author and illustrator. 4to. (11.4 x 9.1 inches). 23 leaves, illustrated with 16 original coloured lithographs. Verses are taken from Betjeman's commentary for Edward Mirzoeff's BBC documentary, Metro-land, shown in 1973 and are printed in... More about METROLAND
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press. Boston. U. S. A. 1898 + 1906. FIRST EDITIONS. 2 volumes. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.8 inches). The second work is the dedication copy. The printed dedication leaf reads: " To C. N. R. Thy acceptance Maketh blest". Both volumes are inscribed by the... More about THE STORY OF LITTLE JANE AND ME. By M. E. --- & --- POLLY AND THE AUNT. By The Aunt. The...
Hutchinson. London. 1984. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Burgess on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper with colour illustrations by Alastair Taylor. More about ENDERBY'S DARK LADY. Or No end to Enderby
Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1932. TWO FIRST EDITIONS. One is the hardcover cloth bound issue and the second is the paper issue. Small 8vo. (7.5 x 4.5, cloth bound volume, 7.3 x 4.3 - Paper bound). Both are Inscribed by Crankshaw, the paper volume to Theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, and... More about MIRACLE AT VERDUN
George G. Harrap & Co.Ltd.London.,1949. TWO VOLUMES. --I NSCRIBED BY WINSTON CHURCHILL IN VOLUME ONE, Dated 1952. -- Each volume over 1000 pages with maps, plans, facsimiles and portraits. Originally published in 4 volumes before the second world war, the publishers reprinted the work on thinner paper to make this... More about MARLBOROUGH. His life and times
ISI Books. Wilmington Delaware. U. S. A. 2009. FIRST PRINTING of this new edition.Paperback. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Photo portrait frontis. Warmly inscribed by the Editor to Churchill's daughter, Mary Soames on the half title. A fine copy in illustrated paper covers. Churchill's second volume of Autobiographical writings, his... More about THOUGHTS AND ADVENTURES. Churchill reflects on Spies, Cartoons, Flying and the Future. Edited...
Eyre & Spottiswoode. London. 1939. Sixth Edition. Originally published in 1931. Signed by Cotton below his printed portrait photo on the frontispiece "Henry Cotton. Upton 1942". Aside from the frontis there are 10 full page mono photo plates. A clean copy throughout. Publishers orange cloth with black lettering to the... More about GOLF. Being a short treatise for the use of young people who aspire to proficiency n the Royal...
Hurst and Blackett. London. 1856. FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.2 inches). Integral publishers advert leaves at the end of each volume (iii, i, ii) but bound without the publishers catalogue in volume one. Some minor foxing to a few pages but generally a very good clean copy... More about JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN. ..... With a letter from the author. By the Author of "The Head of...
John Lane The Bodley Head. London.,1936. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. THE DEDICATION COPY. Inscribed by Crankshaw to his wife, Clare, on the half title. ---- For Clare. The first copy of the first of all our books.April 17th 1936. Teddy. ----- Pages affected by small damp stain to the fore edge... More about JOSEPH CONRAD. Some aspects of the art of the novel
Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1964. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9.4 x 6.4 inches). 1st issue, with the six line colophon at the end. With a piece of paper mounted onto the half title which has been Signed by Roald Dahl. The piece has been cut from another book of Dahl's... More about CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
John Murray. London. 1903 (1917). THE AUTHOR'S EDITION. 12 volumes, complete. Limited edition of 1000 sets, numbered and signed by Arthur Conan Doyle in Volume one, The White Company. Illustrated with 24 full page plates, by Arthur Twidle (20), Sidney Paget (1), B. West Clinedinst (1), and W. B. Wollen... More about THE WORKS. The White Company; Micah Clarke; The Refugees; Rodney Stone; The Adventures of...
Methuen. London.,1937. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "For Ron & William / Rubein/ James Hanley" on the front free endpaper. Near fine, bright copy internally. Publishers oatmeal cloth with small amount of fraying to top and bottom of spine. Small stain to bottom of spine spreading onto the... More about GREY CHILDREN. A study in Humbug and Misery (in South Wales
New York: D. Appleton and Company. New York.,1895, 1895. LARGE PAPER, SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 4to. (9.2 x 6.5 inches). One of only 250 numbered copies, signed by the Author. Frontis and ten full page plates, each printed onto fine tissue paper and mounted onto the page within a printed border... More about UNCLE REMUS. His songs and his sayings. New and Revised Edition with one hundred and twelve...
Hamish Hamilton. London. 1980. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.3 x 9.2 inches). Limited edition. One of 100 copies, numbered and signed by Michael Foreman on the title page and with a numbered and signed original etching loosely inserted. This copy number 1 of the book and etching. Illustrated in full colour... More about THE FAITHFUL BULL
Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1975. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. Correct number sequence with 1 as lowest. Inscribed by Hill to the American poet and Hill's sometime collaborator, Grace Schulman. 'Grace - to record the evening when I read at the Poetry Centre, N. Y. under her chairmanship. 8/10/79. Geoffrey Hill'... More about SOMEWHERE IS SUCH A KINGDOM. Poems. 1952-1971
Sceptre Press, Frensham, Surrey. 1970. LIMITED EDITION. (7.9 X 5.2 inches). 12pp. One of 26 copies, lettered and signed by Ted Hughes, from a total edition of just 100 copies (the other 74 numbered but unsigned). A small crease to the bottom corner of the the printed white wraps otherwise... More about A CROW HYMN
Faber & Faber. London. 1970. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Ted Hughes on the title page. A fine copy in the fine original dustwrapper with a design by Leonard Baskin. More about CROW. From the life and songs of the Crow
The Derrydale Press. New York. 1936. LIMITED, FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.1 inches). One of just 25 copies, numbered and signed, and Illustrated with an original watercolour, signed by Lynn Bogue Hunt, showing a pair of Mallard on a riverbank, in the front of the book. Four colour printed... More about AN ARTIST'S GAME BAG. With Original watercolour
Dennis Dobson. London. 1969. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.5 x 8.5 inches). Signed by Ingrams on the title page. Fully illustrated in colour throughout by Steadman. A very good copy in publishers blue cloth with red lettering to the spine. Very good colour illustrated dustwrapper which has a few small creases... More about THE TALE OF DRIVER GROPE
Cecil Palmer. London. No Date. 1929. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.3 x 9 inches). Inscribed by the author on the blank verso of the frontispiece ' To Iva with very best wishes from Marion A Gemmell 28 Aug 43'. 56pp, plus 2 sets of colour illustrated (yellow and blue) endpapers by... More about MUMMY'S BEDTIME STORY BOOK. BY MARION
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1996. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Signed by Le Carre on the title page. Fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. More about THE TAILOR OF PANAMA