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Daphne Du Maurier – Jamaica Inn – First UK Edition 1936
£4,750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Jamaica Inn’ published by Gollancz in 1936. A very good book (a little wear to the edges and spine tips and browning to the…
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John Le Carre – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – SIGNED by the Author – with John Le Carre’s Chess Table
£7,500.00London Hodder and Stoughton 1974
A first edition, first printing published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1974. A fine book with one neat name to the half-title – SIGNED without dedication…
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Oscar Wilde – De Profundis – First UK Edition 1905 – With Wilde’s Silver Hallmarked Cigarette Holder Taken From His Cache of Items Following His Death at the Hotel D’Alsace in Paris
£9,500.00London/Paris Methuen 1905
A first edition, first printing of ‘De Profundis’ by Oscar Wilde, published posthumously in 1905 by Methuen. A near fine book, a little spotted to the page edges…
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Stephen Hawking – Transcript of ‘A Short History of the Universe’ [with] ‘A Brief History of Time’
£37,500.00Cambridge Private/Bantam 1980-
An original transcript from Stephen Hawking’s Harvard University lecture series A Short History of the Universe, and a first edition of ‘A Brief History of Time’.
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Enid Blyton – The Famous Five Series – All 21 Books – All First Edition, First printings 1942-1962
£12,750.00London Hodder and Stoughton 1942-62
A full set of the 21 books in The Famous Five series – all published by Hodder and Stoughton between 1942 to 1962. A very good…
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Winston S. Churchill – The Second World War – First UK Editions 1948-54 [The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy] (Copy)
£750.00A set of first edition, first printings of ‘The Second World War’ published by Cassell between 1948-1954. All are in very good to near fine condition in very good (or…
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Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals – First UK Edition 1956 – A superb copy
£750.00A first edition, first printing of ‘My Family and Other Animals’ published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1956. A fine book without inscriptions – in immaculate condition. In the supplied near…
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Nevil Shute – No Highway – First UK Edition 1948
£385.00A first edition, first printing of ‘No Highway’ published by Heinemann in 1948. A near fine book with one neat gift inscription to the front endpaper. In a very good…
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Paul Scott – The Towers of Silence [The Raj Quartet] – First UK Edition 1971
£285.00A first edition, first printing of ‘The Towers of Silence’ published by Heinemann in 1971. A near fine book without foxing. No inscriptions. In a near fine dust wrapper which…
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J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – First UK Edition + Bag and promotional items – SIGNED
£1,450.00A first edition, first printing published by Bloomsbury in 2003. A fine book in like wrapper. SIGNED via a bookplate to the front pastedown by Rowling. Complete with promotional bag…
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William Boyd – A Good Man In Africa – SIGNED First UK Edition 1981
£450.00A first edition, first printing of ‘A Good Man in Africa’ published by Hamish Hamilton in 1981. A near fine book without inscriptions. SIGNED to a bookplate affixed to the…
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Jilly Cooper – Rivals – First UK Edition 1988 – With tipped-in letter from Dame Jilly
£300.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Rivals’ by Jilly Cooper, published by Bantam Press in 1988. A very good book without inscriptions, in very good dust wrapper is not price…
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Stephen King – Pet Sematary – First UK Edition 1983 – with Original Press Photograph from Paramount Films
£185.00First edition, first printing. Published by Hodder and Stoughton in London, 1983. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper is slightly sunned at the spine and carries some…
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Stephen King – Misery – First UK Edition 1987 – with Original Press Photograph
£185.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Miser’y by Stephen King, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London in 1987. A very good book with tanning to the pages, boards bound in…
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Roger Bannister – First Four Minutes – SIGNED First Paperback Edition 2004
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Putnam in 1955. A near fine book with some fading to the spine tips – SIGNED on the front endpaper by Bannister without…
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Duncan Edwards – Tackle Soccer This Way – First UK Edition 1958 – with original photo frontispiece SIGNED by Billy Wright and Stanley Matthews
£675.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Tackle Soccer This Way’ by Duncan Edwards, published by Stanley Paul in 1958. A near fine book without inscriptions with a little spotting to…
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