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Wilde (Oscar). The Sphinx, with decorations by Charles Ricketts, 1st edition, London: Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1894, illustrated title page, ...

Amis (Kingsley, writing as Robert Markham). Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1968, a little light spotting...

Ariel Poems. Collection of 28 volumes, first and new series, 1927-54, comprising The Linnet's Nest, by Henry Newbolt (3 copies), The Wonder Night,...

Auden (W.H.) The Orators. An English Story, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1932, all edges gilt, finely bound in recent morocco by James Broc...

Benson (Stella). Tobit Transplanted, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1931, original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in dustwrapper, min...

Betjeman (John, 1906-1984). Old Lights for New Chancels, Verses Topographical and Amatory, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1940, vignette fronti...

Bowles (Paul). The Sheltering Sky, 3rd impression, October 1949; A Little Stone, 1950; Let it Come Down, 1952; The Spider's House, 1957, all bar S...

Brotherhood of Ruralists. Nine Poems, by Eve Machin, Brotherhood of Ruralists, 1987, tipped-in photolitho illustrations, original cloth-backed boa...

Chesterton (G.K.). The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, 1st edition, Bristol & London, [1908], half-title and advert leaf at end, minor soiling ...

Christie (Agatha). Ten Little Niggers, 1st edition, London: Collins Crime Club, 1939, advertisement leaf at end, occasional light spotting, origin...

Christie (Agatha). The Mystery of the Blue Train, 1st US edition, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928, slight toning to textblock, original blu...

Conan Doyle (Arthur). The Return of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1905, half-title, frontispiece, 15 black and white illust...

Connolly (Cyril). The Unquiet Grave. A Word Cycle by Palinurus, revised edition with an introduction by Cyril Connolly, London: Hamish Hamilton, J...

Craxton (John, illustrator). Visionary Poems and Passages; or, the Poet's Eye, chosen by G. Grigson, London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1944, 16 origi...

Deighton (Len). Horse Under Water, 1963; Funeral in Berlin, 1964; An Expensive Place to Die, 1967, 1st editions, Horse Under Water without the loo...

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1894, illustrations by Sidney Paget, a few pale stains, ...

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2nd edition, London: George Newnes, 1893, illustrations by Sidney Paget, occasional light...

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1902, half title, 15 monochrome illustrations by Sidney P...

Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1902, 1st issue with 'you' for 'your', line 3, p. 13, 16 ...

Du Maurier (Daphne). Jamaica Inn, 1st US edition, New York Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1936, title with vignette illustration, lowe...

Eliot (T. S.). Dante, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1929, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, f...

Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, 2nd impression, 1955; Diamonds Are Forever, 1956; From Russia, With Love, 1957; Dr No, 1958; Goldfinger, 1959; Thunderba...

Fleming (Ian). For Your Eyes Only, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1960, original cloth, dust jacket, professionally repaired at spine ends an...

Fleming (Ian). From Russia With Love, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1957, original pictorial cloth, dust jacket, spine toned with extremitie...

Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, original cloth, dust jacket, slightly rubbed at spine ends, a few light stain...

Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1959, original blindstamped cloth gilt, dust jacket, lightly rubbed to extremities,...

Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, 1st edition, 2nd impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1955, a few spots, original publisher's cloth, small tear to front b...

Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Jonathan Cape, 1955, 2nd issue with 'shoo' corrected to p. 10, closed marginal tear to p...

Fleming (Ian). Moonraker, 1st edition, 2nd state, London: Jonathan Cape, 1955, 2nd state with 'shoo' corrected on p. 10, one or two marginal spots...

Fleming (Ian). The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965; Octopussy and the Living Daylights, 1966, 1st editions, original cloth, dust jackets, tiny nick ...

Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, original cloth, dust jacket, some toning to spine, 8vo, together wi...

Fleming (Ian). You Only Live Twice, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1964, a few light spots, original black cloth gilt, dust jacket, very ligh...

Forester (C.S.) The Peacemaker, 1st US edition, Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1934, a few small spots to fore edges, original cloth, dust jacket,...

Forster (E.M.) Pharos and Pharillon, 1str edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1923, advertisement leaf at rear, one or two minor spots, small previous...

Francis (Dick). Dead Cert, 1962; Nerve, 1964; For Kicks, 1965; Odds Against, 1965; Flying Finish, 1966; Blood Sport, 1967; Forfeit, 1968, 1st edit...

Francis (Dick). Nerve, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Harper & Row, 1964, author's presentation inscription to half-title in blue ballpoint pen "Deny...

Greene (Graham). British Dramatists, 1st edition, London: William Collins, 1942, colour and monochrome illustrations, light spotting front and rea...

Greene (Graham). Our Man in Havana, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1958, all edges gilt, modern crushed dark blue morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, a l...

Greene (Graham). The Bear Fell Free, 1st edition, signed limited edition, London: Grayson & Grayson, 1935, signed by the author to limitation page...

Heaney (Seamus). New Selected Poems 1966-1987, London: Faber and Faber, 1990, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edit...

Heaney (Seamus). Place and Displacement. Recent Poetry of Northern Island. Pete Laver Memorial Lecture delivered at Grasmere, 2nd August 1984, Dov...

Heaney (Seamus). Preoccupations. Selected Prose 1967-1978, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1980, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a little...

Heaney (Seamus). Seeing Things, 1991; The Redress of Poetry, 1995; The Spirit Level, 1996; Beowulf, 1999, 1st editions, original cloth, dust jacke...

Heaney (Seamus). Selected Poems 1965-1975, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1980, signed to title, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, presenta...

Heaney (Seamus). Station Island, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1984, original cloth, dust jacket, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy, inscr...

Heaney (Seamus). The Haw Lantern, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1987, some toning to textblock, original cloth, dust jacket, 8voQTY: (1)NO...

Heaney (Seamus). The Testament of Cresseid. A retelling of Robert Henryson's poem, London: Enitharmon Editions, 2004, colour illustrations by Hugh...

Heaney (Seamus) Sweeney Astray, 1st UK edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1984, original cloth, dust jacket, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy to A...

* Heaney (Seamus, 1939-2013). A collection of 15 autograph manuscript letters and postcards from Seamus Heaney to Alan Hancox and Shelagh Hancox, ...

Hillary (Richard). The Last Enemy, 1st edition, London: Macmillan, 1942, author's blue ink signature to front free endpaper, original cloth, some ...

Hopkins (Gerard Manley). Poems..., edited with notes by Robert Bridges, 1st edition, London: Humphrey Milford, 1918, [8] 124 pp., half-title, 2 ph...

Hughes (Ted). Cave Birds. An Alchemical Cave Drama, 1st edition, London & Boston: Faber and Faber, 1978, illustrations by Leonard Baskin, original...

Hughes (Ted). Crow. From the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1970, some toning to front endpaper, original cloth...

* Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Wreck, 1998, autograph manuscript poem entitled Wreck by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on handmade paper, signed by th...

* Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Cormorant, 1998, autograph manuscript poem entitled Cormorant by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on handmade paper, sign...

* Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Ragworm, 1998, autograph manuscript poem entitled Ragworm by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on handmade paper, signed b...

Hughes (Ted). Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1986, colour illustrations by Leonard B...

Hughes (Ted). Gaudete, 1977; Moortown, 1979, 1st editions, some toning to Moortown textblock, original cloth, dust jackets, Gaudete price-clipped,...

Hughes (Ted). Pan, hand-printed at The Morrigu Press, 14 August 1979, broadside, printed to recto, wood-engraving of two scorpions, one or two fai...

Hughes (Ted). Recklings, London: Turret Books, 1966, original cloth, dust jacket, some fading to spine end extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited si...