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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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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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P L Travers – Mary Poppins – First UK Edition 1934
£7,500.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Mary Poppins’ by P L Travers, published by Gerald Howe in 1934. A very good book without inscriptions, standing square and firm with the…
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Winston S. Churchill – The War Speeches – First Edition set in 7 Volumes 1941-6
£3,500.00London -: 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
£15,000.00A 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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P L Travers – Mary Poppins – First US Edition 1934
£3,750.00First US edition, first printing. Published by Reynal & Hitchcock in New York, 1934. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, profusely illustrated by the daughter of E.H….
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A Set of All 11 (Auto)Biographies – First Editions SIGNED by the entire 1966 England World Cup Winning Team
£5,000.00A Set of All 11 (Auto)Biographies – SIGNED by the 1966 England World Cup Winning Team. Each are, as described below, in very good (or better) condition and all without…
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Evelyn Waugh – Decline and Fall – First Edition – SIGNED
£30,000.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Decline and Fall’ by Evelyn Waugh published by Chapman and Hall in 1928. A very good copy with sunning to the spine with some…
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Laurie Lee – Cider With Rosie – First Edition 1959 – THE libel case copy – UNIQUE
£3,750.00v
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