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Nancy Mitford – The Blessing – First UK Edition 1951
£225.00First edition, first printing. Published by Collins in London, 1951. A very good copy. The dust wrapper has been price clipped. Some wear to the spine tips and corners -…
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Tom Wolfe – The Bonfire of the Vanities – SIGNED First UK Edition
£275.00A first edition, first printing, published by Cape in 1988. A very good book SIGNED without dedication to the half title (gift inscription to the front pastedown) in a near…
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Gerald Durrell – Menagerie Manor – First UK Edition 1964
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1964. A very good with a neat gift inscription in very good unclipped wrapper with chipping to the spine tips…
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Patrick Leigh Fermor – Set of Three First Edition Books 1977-2013 – A Time of Gifts/Between The Woods and the Water/The Broken Road
£475.00A set of three first edition, first printings published by John Murray between 1977 and 2013. A Time of Gifts is a very good book in a very good unclipped…
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J.R.R Tolkien – The Lord of the Rings – All First Edition, First Printings – Original Unrestored Dust Wrappers
£65,000.00A set of first edition, first printings of Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’, published by George Allen and Unwin between 1954-55. Comprising: [1] The Fellowship of the Ring -…
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Ian Fleming – Moonraker – First UK Edition INSCRIBED
£45,000.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Moonraker’ by Ian Fleming published by Cape in 1955. A near fine book, inscribed by the author to the front end paper. The inscription…
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Iris Murdoch – Sartre – First UK Edition 1953
£175.00A first edition, first printing published by Bowes and Bowes in 1953. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with light browning to the spine…
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David Attenborough – Life On Earth Books – Full set – All First Edition/First Printings SIGNED
£3,750.00A set of all eight ‘LIFE’ books by Sir David Attenborough. Every book is a true first edition, first printing and each has been signed or inscribed by the Author…
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Graham Greene – The Confidential Agent – First US Edition 1939
£1,250.00First American Edition. Basis for the 1945 espionage film directed by Herman Shumlin, and starring Charles Boyer, Lauren Bacall and Peter Lorre. A very good book with one name and…
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Anthony Powell – The Military Philosophers – First UK Edition 1968
£200.00A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1968. A fine book with the gift inscription to the front endpaper (To uncle Dick/with love from /Peter/Christmas/1968). In a fine…
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Noel Coward – Quadrille – First UK Edition – SIGNED and DATED 1952
Original price was: £275.00.£137.50Current price is: £137.50.A first edition, first printing published by Heinemann in 1952. A near fine book SIGNED and Dated (1953) on the front endpaper. In a very good+ unclipped wrapper with some…
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Michael Rosen [Helen Oxenham] – Were Going On A Bear Hunt – First UK Edition 1989
£600.00First edition, first printing. Published by Walker in London, 1989. This is a very good (or better) copy. The dust wrapper, carrying its Helen Oxenbury illustrations, is highly presentable. That…
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J K Rowling – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – With Mounted SIGNED Photo of Rupert Grint as ‘Ron Weasley’
£275.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’, published by Bloomsbury in 2005. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper. With SIGNED photo of Rupert Grint…
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Roald Dahl – Fantastic Mr Fox – First UK Edition 1970
£1,250.00A first edition, first printing published by George Allen and Unwin in 1970. A near fine book (or better). No inscriptions. Some light fading to the spine and a small…
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Patrick White – VOSS – First UK Edition 1957
£150.00A first edition, first printing published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957. A near fine copy with only slight creasing to the rear board and slight bumping to the head…
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Ian Fleming – The Blofeld Trilogy (Comprising: Thunderball, On Her Majesty’s Service, You Only Live Twice) – All First Edtions – All SIGNED by Fleming
£45,000.00A set of first edition, first printings published by Cape between 1961-64. A very good/near fine set of books (some light spotting to the edge of the pages on ‘On…
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