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DAF Marquis de Sade – The 120 Days of Sodom or: The Romance of The School for Libertinage / Being an English rendering of Les 120 Journées de Sodome done by Pieralessandro Casavini, with an Essay by Georges Bataille – First Editions
First Editions, 2 vol set, scarce. 16mo (7″ x 5″); [publishers note vii-x] essay 11-37, 39-312 [9]; 313-575pp. Salmon dust jacket folded over plain white wraps. Printed on heavy wove…
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Gabriel Chevallier – The Clochmerle Trilogy – Consisting: Clochemerle/Les Bains/Babylon – All First UK Editions in original dust wrappers
A set of three first edition, first printings of Chevallier’s masterpiece, ‘Clochemerle’. Consisting: ‘Clochemerle’ – published by Secker and Warburg 1936 – a very good book without inscriptions in a…
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Winston S. Churchill – The War Speeches – First Edition set in 7 Volumes 1941-6
London -: Cassell and Company, 1941-6. [Speeches] – All FIRST EDITIONS, all first printings. Seven volumes. Octavo (22 x 15 x 19cm). Includes several half-tone plates. In publisher’s blue cloth…
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Anthony Horowitz – Magpie Murders – First Edition 2016
First edition, first printing of ‘Magpie Murders’ by Anthony Horowitz. Published by Orion in London, 2016. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper is nicely illustrated by Sinem…
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Anna Sewell – Black Beauty – First UK Edition 1877
First edition, first printing, published by Jarrold and Sons in 1877. Carter’s variant C binding. The book is firmly bound in the publisher’s brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt…
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Norton Juster – The Phantom Tollbooth – First Edition 1961
A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1962. A near fine book without inscriptions and some spotting to the top edge. In a very good unclipped wrapper with…
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C.S. Lewis [Pauline Baynes] – The Chronicles of Narnia – First Paperback Editions 1959-65
First paperback editions, first printings. Published by Puffin in London, 1959-65. This is a near fine set. Each title is in markedly similar condition, with only slight points to note…
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Contemporary Chinese Paintings – Lubor Hájek, Adolf Hoffmeister, Eva Rychterová – SIGNED by Vera Brittain and others at Peace News
First edition, first printing. Published by Spring Books in London, 1961. Without the dust wrapper. This is a near fine copy. The boards are without notable wear aside from slight…
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Dudley Clarke [The Earl Wavell] – Seven Assignments [SAS Rogue Heroes] – First Edition 1948
First edition, first printing. Published by Jonathan Cape in London, 1948. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper is finely illustrated with a bright red ‘7’…
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Ben MacIntyre – SAS: Rogue Heroes – First Edition 2016
First edition, first printing of SAS Rogue Heroes by Ben MacIntyre, published by Penguin in London, 2016. This is a near fine copy. The dust wrapper has some slight wear…
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Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe – My Life Story – Double Signed [with] For England and Yorkshire Signed
A first edition, first printing published by The Star Publications in 1935.A very good+ book SIGNED by Hobbs without dedication to the half-title page (above a gift inscription) and to…
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Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe’s Company – First Edition 1982 – Signed by the author in the year of publication
A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1982. A fine book SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper (to Peggy/with all our love/Judy and Bernard Cornwell/Totnes/June 1982)….
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Graham Greene – The Old School – First Edition 1934 – in the original dust wrapper
A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1934. A very good+ book with some light spotting to the preliminary pages and a little spotting to the page edges….
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Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day Lewis] – The Sad Variety – First Edition 1964 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED to ‘Nanny’ Bowler
A first edition, first printing published by Collins Crime Club in 1964. A very good/near fine book with some spotting to the top edge, some off-setting to the front endpaper….
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Nicholas Blake [Cecil Day Lewis] – The Worm of Death – First Edition 1961 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED to ‘Nanny’ Bowler on the date of publication
A first edition, first printing published by Collins Crime Club in 1961. A very good/near fine book with some spotting to the top edge, some off-setting to the front endpaper….
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Chris Marker – La Jetee – First Edition 1992 – The basis for the film ‘Twelve Monkeys’
A first edition, first printing published by Zone Books in 1992. A fine book in like wrapper. The basis for Terry Gilliam’s film ‘Twelve Monkeys’.
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