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Alexander Kent – Midshipman Bolitho – First US Edition 1978
£45.00A first edition, first printing published by Putnam in 1978. A very good book in like unclipped wrapper.
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Desmond Morris – Intimate Behaviour – First Edition 1971
£40.00A first edition, first printing published by Cape in 1971. A very good book (small previous owner’s sticker to front endpaper), in a rather aggressively clipped dust wrapper with fading…
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John Braine – The Pious Agent – First Edition 1975
£35.00First edition, first printing. Published by Eyre Methuen in London, 1975. This is a near fine copy – with spotting to the top edge. The spine faded dust wrapper is…
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Janet Collins – Famous Fare – Recipes From Celebrities of the 1980’s
£45.00A spiral bound compendium with recipes from celebrities from the 1980s. Ernie Wise, Princess Di, Tony Hart (and Rolf Harris and Jimmy Saville…..) all list their faves.
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Simon de Beauvoir – She Came To Stay – First UK Edition 1949
£875.00A first edition, first printing of ‘She Came To Stay’ by Simon de Beauvoir published by Secker and Warburg in association with Lindsay Drummond in 1949. A very good (or…
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Agatha Christie – Endless Night – First UK Edition 1967
£145.00A first edition, first printing of ‘Endless Night’ published by Collins in 1967. A very good book with a gift inscription to the front pastedown, hidden by the front flap…
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Rev W. Awdry – James The Red Engine – First Edition 1948 – in the scarce dust wrapper
£1,250.00A first edition, first printing published by Edmund Ward in 1948. A near fine book without inscriptions – a little spotting to the prelims. In the scarce wrapper priced at…
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Bernard Cornwell – The Saxon Series: Complete First Edition [Last Kingdom: Pale Horseman: Lords of the North: Sword Song: Burning Land: Death of Kings: Pagan Lord: Empty Throne: Warriors of the Storm: The Flame Bearer: War of the Wolf: Sword of Kings: War Lord]
£625.0013 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps Published between 2004-2020. All in near fine condition in dust wrappers – some rubbing to the edges and corners – a very…
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Michael Dobbs – House of Cards Trilogy – First Editions 1989-1995 – ALL SIGNED
£475.00A first edition, first printing set of three novels in near fine condition. Consisting: House of Cards/To Play The King/The Final Cut. House of Cards and To Play The King…
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Peter Mayle – A Year In Provence – First Edition 1991
£385.00A first edition, first printing published by Hamish Hamilton in 1989. A very good book without inscriptions with spotting to the edges, in a very good square clipped wrapper with…
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Alan Sillitoe – The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner – First UK Edition 1959
£265.00First edition, first printing. Published by W. H. Allen in London, 1959. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, famously illustrated by Mona Moore, has some slight wear…
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J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – First Paperback Edition 1998
£275.00First paperback edition, first printing. Published by Bloomsbury in London, 1998. This is a very good copy. Illustrated by Cliff Wright and featuring that iconic Ford Anglia, the soft covers…
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Terry Pratchett – Lords And Ladies – First Edition 1992
£125.00A first edition published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in 1992. A very good book without inscriptions with spotting to the page edges. It comfortably lies in a near fine, unclipped…
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J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – First Paperback Edition 2007
£135.00First edition, scarce paperback printing. Published by Bloomsbury in London, 2007. This is a very good copy. The softcovers are rubbed and creased to extremities. The text blocks are clean…
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Terry Pratchett – Interesting Times – First Edition 1994
£95.00A first edition, first printing published by Victor Gollancz in 1994. A near fine (or better) book without inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper, a little pushed to the…
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P.G. Wodehouse – Big Money – First Edition 1931
£75.00A first edition, first printing published by Herbert Jenkins in 1931. A very good copy with off-setting to the spine and to the edges and rear board. Spotting to the…
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