A book makes a wonderful birthday gift. Be it the book you read as a youngster, one you enjoyed at University or one you are reading to a loved one at the moment, we have a wide range of well known titles which will hit the spot
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A.A. Milne – The House At Pooh Corner – First UK Edition 1928
£1,500.00First edition, first printing of ‘The House at Pooh Corner’, published by Methuen in London, 1928. This is a near fine (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, with decorations by…
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Lewis Carroll – The Nursery Alice – First UK Edition 1890
£675.00London: Macmillan and Co., 1890. Tall octavo. A first edition, second issue. Original cream cloth-backed cream glazed pictorial boards, title to front cover red and black. A little wear to…
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Agatha Christie – Destination Unknown – First UK Edition 1954
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Destination Unknown’ by Agatha Christie, published by Collins in 1954. A near fine book without inscriptions – small stain to the top edge. In…
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Suzanne Collins – The Hunger Games – Limited Slipcased First UK Edition 2008
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Hunger Games’ by Suzanne Collins published by Scholastic, London in 2008. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good slipcase with…
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Richard Kiel – Making it Big in the Movies – The autobiography of Richard ‘Jaws’ Kiel – MULTIPLE SIGNED – James Bond’s biggest enemy – the man with the steel teeth
£750.00A first edition, revised hardback published by Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. A near fine book which is SIGNED by the author, without dedication, on the title page. SIGNED also by…
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Roald Dahl – Dirty Beasts – First UK Edition 1983
£85.00A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1983. A near fine copy. Boards are sharp and there are no inscriptions. The illustrations by Rosemary Fawcett were not Dahl’s…
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Jeff Powell [Bobby Moore] – Bobby Moore – First UK Edition 1976
£75.00First edition, first printing. Published by Everest Books Limited, London, in 1976. A fine copy. The dust wrapper, with frontal portrait of Moore is slightly toned and without notable wearand…
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Martin Peters – Goals From Nowhere! – SIGNED First Edition Sportsmans Book Club 1969
£95.00A first edition, first printing of the Sportsmans Book Club in 1969. A near fine book in very good unclipped slightly rubbed wrapper. SIGNED ‘Martin Peter’ on the free endpaper….
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James D. Watson – Avoid Boring Other People – First US Edition 2007 – Inscribed to Stephen Keynes, Great-Grandson of Charles Darwin
£750.00A first edition, first printing published by Knopf in 2007. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Watson to Stephen Keynes on the title page. A near fine book (or better – one…
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A.A. Milne – The House At Pooh Corner – First UK Edition 1928
£2,250.00First edition, first printing. Published by Methuen in London, 1928. This is a near fine (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, with decorations by E.H. Shepard, is bright with some…
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Roald Dahl – Matilda – First UK Edition 1988
£300.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl published by Cape in 1988. A very good book without inscriptions with some light handling marks to the boards and…
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J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 1 of 14 Working Copies
£9,500.00First edition, first printing. Published by Bloomsbury, London, in 1999. This is a fine copy. One of fourteen working copies, with Clays LTD., ink stamp dated 05 May 1999 (two…
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Richard Kiel – Making it Big in the Movies – The autobiography of Richard ‘Jaws’ Kiel – SIGNED – James Bond’s biggest enemy – the man with the steel teeth.
£125.00A first edition, first printing published by Reynalds & Hearn Ltd in 2002. SIGNED by the author, without dedication, on the half title page. A near fine copy marred only…
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Roald Dahl – Matilda – First UK Edition 1988
£600.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl published by Cape in 1988. A very good book without inscriptions with some light handling marks to the boards and…
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Agatha Christie – Destination Unknown – First UK Edition 1954
£225.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Destination Unknown’ by Agatha Christie, published by Collins in 1954. A fine book without inscriptions. In a fine unclipped wrapper with just a little…
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Roald Dahl – Matilda – First UK Edition 1988
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl published by Cape in 1988. A very good book without inscriptions – blank bookplate to the front endpaper – bumping…
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