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A selection of rare first edition books about the author by the author or by their biographer. All are rare and involve the biggest names in the fields of sport, literature, politics and a range of other areas.
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Roald Dahl – Matilda – First US Edition 1988 [with] SIGNED Mara Wilson’s ‘Where Am I Now?’ – First Edition 2016
£375.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Matilda’ published by Viking Kestrel in 1988. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper with a little edge wear. Accompanied by Mara Wilson’s…
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Brian Clough – Clough – SIGNED by Brian and 26 Others Who Played under Clough
£285.00Published by Partridge Press, London in 1994. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper SIGNED ‘Very best Wishes Brian Clough’ to the title page. On the front endpaper, the…
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Brian Clough – Clough – SIGNED by Brian and Nigel Clough – First Edition 1994
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Clough’ published by Partridge Press, London in 1994. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper SIGNED ‘Best Wishes Nigel Clough’ and flat-signed by…
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Maggie Hambling – Maggi Hambling: The Works and Conversations with Andrew Lambirth – First Edition 2006
£85.00A first edition, first printing of Maggi Hambling: The Works and Conversations with Andrew Lambirth, published by Unicorn Press, London in 2006. A near fine book inscribed and dated in…
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Steve Wozniak [Gina Smith] – iWoz – SIGNED First Edition 2006
£185.00First edition, first printing. Published by Headline Review, London, in 2006. This is a near fine copy. The paper covered pictorial boards are bright and clean but suffer from some…
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Frank W. Abagnale – The Art Of The Steal – SIGNED First Edition 2001
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Art of the Steal’ published by Broadway in 2001. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper. SIGNED by Abagnale to the dedication page.
The…
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Nick Leeson – Rogue Trader – SIGNED by Leeson
£85.00A paperback reprint published by Sphere in 2013. A near fine copy SIGNED ‘Best Wishes/Nick Leeson’ to the title page.
Nick Leeson is a former British derivatives trader whose unauthorised and…
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Chris Mead – Joe Louis: Champion – First Edition 1986
£35.00A first edition, first printing published by Robson Books in 1986. A very good book without inscriptions with some browning to the spine. In a very good unclipped wrapper with…
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BIll Wyman – Rolling With The Stones – SIGNED First Edition 2002 – and with SIGNED photograph
£875.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Rolling With The Stones’ by Bill Wyman, published by Dorling Kindersley, London in 2002, SIGNED by Wyman in blue ink to the half title…
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Roger Hunt – Hunt For Goals – SIGNED First Edition 1969
£750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Hunt For Goals’ published by Pelham Books in 1969. A very good (or better) book. SIGNED ‘Best wishes/ Roger Hunt/’ on the title page….
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Carrie Fisher – The Best Awful – SIGNED First Edition 2004
£385.00A first UK edition, first printing of The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher, published by Simon & Schuster, London in 2004. A near fine copy SIGNED by the author in…
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Anthony Bourdain – Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly – First Edition 2000
£375.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Kitchen Confidential’ by Anthony Bourdain published by Bloomsbury, London, 2000. First UK edition. 8vo. Black cloth boards, stamped in red foil to spine. A…
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Sir Garfield Sobers – Garry Sobers [My Autobiography] – SIGNED First Edition 2022
£85.00A first edition, first printing of Garry Sobers, My Autobiography by Sir Garfield Sobers, published by Headline, London in 2002. A near fine copy SIGNED by the author in blue…
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Jane Fonda – My Life So Far – SIGNED First Edition 2005
£45.00A first edition, first printing of My Life So Far by Jane Fonda, published by Ebury Press, London in 2005. A fine copy SIGNED by the author with additional love…
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Mike Atherton – A Test Of Cricket: Know The Game – SIGNED First Edition 1995
£35.00A first edition, first printing of A Test Of Cricket: Know The Game by Mike Atherton, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London in 1995. A near fine copy signed by…
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David Shepherd – Shep – First Edition 2001
£35.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Shep’ published by Orion in 2001. A fine book INSCRIBED on the title page, ‘To Stephen/best wishes/David Shepherd’. In a near fine or better…
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