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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John F. Kennedy – The Strategy Of Peace – First US Edition 1960 – SIGNED and INSCRIBED by JFK
£6,500.00A first edition of ‘The Strategy of Peace’ published by Harper in 1960. A very good book inscribed ‘To Don (Mitchell)/With many thanks and/ my personal regards/Jack Kennedy’. A little…
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William Powell [Peter Bergman] – The Anarchist Cookbook – First Edition 1971
£2,650.00First edition softcover. No later printings – published by Lyle Stuart, $5.95 price on back, spine slightly worn with loss to lower end and front corner, covers have some limited…
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Stephen King – CUJO – First US Edition 1981 – With SIGNED Promotional Mask
£1,450.00A first edition, first printing of ‘CUJO’ published by Viking in 1981. A very good book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper. Complete with one of the weirdest…
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The Archive of Ivy Godley, assistant to Sir Norman Hartnell – including a sample of the Coronation dress worn by Elizabeth II
£50,000.00An archive from the estate of Ivy Godley, assistant to Sir Norman Hartnell, holder of the Royal Warrant as dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and to Queen Elizabeth…
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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 – The James Bond Collection – All First Editions in Dust Wrappers 1953-66
£85,000.00Cape – 1953-66. Sixteen volumes, all first editions, all first printings. A very good to fine set of books. Comprising: Casino Royale; Live and Let Die; Moonraker; Diamonds are Forever;…
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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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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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Winston S. Churchill – The War Speeches – First Edition set in 7 Volumes 1941-6
Original price was: £3,500.00.£2,250.00Current price is: £2,250.00.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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