Our showcase books are a selection of some of our best and most valuable first edition books. Most are in exceptional condition or exceedingly rare to find
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Agatha Christie – The Secret Of Chimneys – First UK Edition 1925
£1,250.00A first edition, first printing if ‘The Secret of Chimneys’ published by John Lane and The Bodley Head in 1925. A good copy with spine expertly laid on – no…
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Ian Fleming – Moonraker – First UK Edition – ‘shoo’ issue
£9,750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Moonraker’ published by Cape in 1955. A near fine book without inscriptions, in a near fine unclipped wrapper with some light browning to the…
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Christopher Isherwood – Goodbye To Berlin – First Edition 1939
£2,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Goodbye To Berlin’, published by The Hogarth Press in 1939. A very good/near fine book with one neat name to the front endpaper, spine…
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Shirley Jackson – The Haunting of Hill House – First Edition 1960
£1,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ published by Michael Joseph. A very good book, without inscriptions. In the unclipped wrapper with some wear to the…
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William Powell [Peter Bergman] – The Anarchist Cookbook – First Edition 1971
£2,950.00First edition softcover. No later printings – published by Lyle Stuart, $5.95 price on back, spine slightly worn with loss to lower end, covers have some limited soiling, owner name…
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Ian Fleming – Casino Royale – First UK Edition 1953
£45,000.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Casino Royale’ by Ian Fleming, published by Cape in 1953. A near fine (or better) book without inscriptions (a trace of spotting to the…
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Muhammad Ali – Portrait Photo SIGNED by Ali
£750.00Original portrait photo circa 1960s, SIGNED in full by Ali to his chin! Measuring 22.5cm x 17.5cm. A rare item.
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George Orwell – A Clergyman’s Daughter – First Edition 1935 – a superb copy rebound
£2,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘A Clergyman’s Daughter’ by George Orwell, published by Gollancz in 1935. Without inscriptions, sumptuously rebound in full calf blue leather, with marbled endpapers, gilt…
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Complete First Edition Collection of Autobiographies of the 10 British Formula One World Champions 1959-2017
£375.00A set of all 10 autobiographies by the 10 British Formula 1 champions. All are first edition, first printings by assorted publishers.
With 20 F1 World Drivers Championships between them.
Comprising of…
Mike…
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George Eliot – The Mill on the Floss – First Editions 1860
£1,500.00A set of three volumes published by Blackwood in 1860 of George Eliot’s ‘The Mill On The Floss’. All three are in very good condition indeed. All have had their…
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Ian Fleming – Diamonds Are Forever – First UK Edition 1956 – A Superb Fine Copy
£17,500.00First edition, first printing. A very fine copy in publisher’s original black cloth, with spine lettered in silver with diamond shapes embossed to front board and diamond stamped in silver…
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Arthur Rimbaud (Keith Vaughan) – A Season In Hell – First Edition 1949
£750.00A first edition, first printing published by John Lehmann in 1949. A very good book without inscriptions, some bumping to the foot and head of the spine with a small…
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Winston S. Churchill – The War Speeches – First Edition set in 7 Volumes 1941-6
Original price was: £3,500.00.£1,750.00Current price is: £1,750.00.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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Patricia Highsmith – The Talented Mr Ripley – First UK Edition 1951 – a FINE Copy
£3,500.00A first edition, first printing published by The Cresset Press in 1957. A fine book without inscriptions – some light off-setting to the endpapers. In a fine neatly clipped wrapper….
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Robert Shaw – The Hiding Place – First Edition 1959 – The author’s first novel
£1,250.00First edition, first printing. Published by Chatto and Windus in London, 1959. This is a very good copy – two names and one date to the front endpaper – some…
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Ian Fleming – Thrilling Cities – SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Una Trueblood, Fleming’s Secretary in custom-made clamshell box – First Edition 1963
£12,500.00A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1963. A very good/near fine book in like wrapper which is not clipped and has the usual fading to the spine…
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