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Click here to subscribeFleming, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 10s. 6d.) designed by Richard Chopping. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, dust-jacket good & bright with some bumping & light wear around edges. Tog. w/ another the same, but with a dampstained jacket (2)
Penzler, Otto (Ed.). Agents of Treachery, limited edition numbered 244/250, first issue, signed by numerous authors, New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2010. Signatures include Otto Penzler; Charles McCarry; Lee Child; James Grady; Joseph Finder; John Lawton; John Weisman; Stephen Hunter; Gayle Lynds; David Morrell; Andrew Klavan; Robert Wilson; Daniel Fesperman; Stella Rimington, and Olen Steinhauer. Octavo, quarter-leather with marbled boards, protective mylar cover, in fine unread condition. Together with Ian Rutledge, by Charles Todd, Mysterious Profile No. 24 (2)
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first UK edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. Quarto, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards illustrated by Faith Jaques, 128pp., neat gift inscription Christmas 1968. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, well-preserved & vibrant, some wear & peeling to laminate around top & bottom of spine
Pratchett, Terry. Discworld. A well-preserved collection of 29 first edition hardbacks in unclipped dust-jackets, together with Night Dweller [one of Pratchett's earliest published works], London: New Worlds SF, Vol. 49, No. 156, 1965, paperback. First editions comprising: Pyramids, London: Victor Gollancz, 1989; Eric (x 2), illustrated by Josh Kirby, Gollancz, 1990, softcover; Moving Pictures, Gollancz, 1990; Reaper Man, Gollancz, 1991; Small Gods, Gollancz, 1992; Lords and Ladies, Gollancz, 1992; Men at Arms (x 2), Gollancz, 1993; Soul Music, Gollancz, 1994; Interesting Times, Gollancz, 1994; Maskerade (x 2), Gollancz, 1995; Feet of Clay (x 2), Gollancz, 1996; Hogfather (x 2), Gollancz, 1996; Jingo, Gollancz, 1997; The Last Continent, Doubleday, 1998; Carpe Jugulum (x 3), Doubleday, 1998; The Fifth Elephant, Doubleday, 1999; The Truth (x 3), Doubleday, 2000; Guards! Guards!, graphic novel illustrated by Graham Higgins, Gollancz, 2000; The Last Hero (x 2), illustrated by Josh Kirby, Gollancz, 2001; Night Watch, Doubleday, 2002; Monstrous Regiment (x 2), Doubleday, 2003; A Hat Full of Sky, Doubleday, 2004; Going Postal, Doubleday, 2004. Together with several early printings, including Mort, second impression, 1988; Wyrd Sisters, third impression, 1988; Witches Abroad, third impression, 1991, plus several works relating to the Discworld series, and Only You Can Save Mankind, first edition, Doubleday, 1992 (52)
Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, March 1964. Octavo, publisher's cloth, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 16s.) designed by Richard Chopping. Contents good, clean, bright, binding solid with slight shelf-lean, jacket with some pale spotting & wear around edges
Lynch, J. G. B. Prominent Pugilists of To-Day, first edition, London: Max Goschen, 1914. Octavo, publisher's illustrated cloth, frontispiece portrait of Bombardier Wells. Contents with toning, some pages with wear, contemporary owner inscription dated 1914, cloth with some general discolouration & marks. Scarce
Gaiman, Neil; Al Sarrantonio (Ed.). Stories: All-New Tales, first limited edition numbered 41/250, signed by numerous authors, New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2010. Signatures include Neil Gaiman (twice); Al Sarrantonio (twice); Roddy Doyle; Joyce Carol Oates; Michael Marshall Smith; Joe R. Lansdale; Walter Mosley; Michael Swanwick; Peter Straub; Lawrence Block; Jeffrey Ford; Chuck Palahniuk; Stewart O'Nan; Gene Wolf; Carolyn Parkhurst; Kat Howard; Jonathan Carroll; Jeffery Deaver; Tim Powers; Kurt Andersen; Michael Moorcock; Elizabeth Hand, and Joe Hill. Octavo, quarter-leather with marbled boards, protective mylar cover and tissue-paper jacket. In fine unread condition. Together with Maisie Dobbs, by Jacqueline Winspear, Mysterious Profile No. 25 (2)
Aldin, Cecil (Illust.). Puppy Tails, first edition, London: Lawrence & Jellicoe, [c.1911], owner inscription dated 1911. Quarto, publisher's quarter-cloth with pictorial boards, 16 colour plates, uncut pages. The plates are bold & vibrant, contents with some light spotting in places, staples rusted with text-block becoming loose, hand-coloured title, boards good with slight wear to corners
Dahl, Roald. James and the Giant Peach, first UK edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. Quarto, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards illustrated by Michel Simeon, 112pp., gift inscription Christmas 1967. Contents good, clean, bright, some light fold-lines to page corners, some light handling marks to endpapers, binding tight & square, well-preserved & vibrant, corners of spine with slight wear & loss to laminate, corner of upper board knocked/creased. Together with a second impression of the same, 1971, in similar condition (2)
Morrell, David. First Blood, first UK edition, London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1972. Octavo, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket illustrated by Michael Codd. Contents good, clean, bright, some discolouration to cloth, some wear to jacket. This novel was adapted into the 1982 film starring Sylvester Stallone
Fleming Ian. Mixed collection to include Goldfinger, first Book Club edition, 1959, in facsimile Cape jacket; Thunderball, first Book Club edition in facsimile Cape jacket, 1961, plus two others in unclipped Book Club wrappers; Dr. No, first Book Club ed., 1958, unclipped d.j.; The Man With the Golden Gun, first Book Club ed., 1965, unclipped d.j., and another in price-clipped jacket; From Russia With Love, first Book Club ed., n.d., unclipped d.j.; The Spy Who Loved Me, first Book Club ed., 1962, unclipped d.j.; four early printings of Jonathan Cape editions in jackets: OHMSS, 2nd impression, April 1963; Golden Gun, 2nd imp., May 1965; Spy Who Loved Me, 6th imp., March 1964; YOLT, 3rd imp., March 1965 (ex-library), plus five early Cape printings without jackets and six related books, condition varied, sold with all faults (24)
Santlofer, Jonathan; S. J. Rozan (Ed.). The Dark End of the Street: New Stories of Sex and Crime by Today's Top Authors, first limited edition numbered 188/250, signed by numerous authors, New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2010. Signatures include S. J. Rozan (twice); Jonathan Santofler (twice); Madison Smartt Bell; Lawrence Block; Stephen L. Carter; Lee Child; Michael Connelly; Lynn Freed; James Grady; Amy Hempel; Janice Y. K. Lee; Jonathan Lethem; Laura Lippman; Patrick McCabe; Val McDermid; Joyce Carol Oates; Francine Prose; Abraham Rodriguez Jr., and Edmund White. Octavo, quarter-leather with marbled boards, protective mylar cover, in fine unread condition
Dickens, Charles. The Battle of Life, A Love Story, first edition, fourth state with Cupid carrying scroll on title vignette, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Octavo, publisher's ribbed cloth decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, pale yellow endpapers, half-title, frontispiece, pictorial title, title, dedication, list of illustrations, 175pp., 2pp. publisher's advertisements (inc. Oliver Twist). Contents good & bright, a few pale spots & marks, some small pen marks on p.49, cloth generally well-preserved with some bumping & wear around corners/headcaps
Aldin, Cecil (Illust.). The White Puppy Book, first edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1908], owner inscription dated 1908, quarto, publisher's pictorial boards, 12 colour plates, some creasing & wear; The Black Puppy Book, first edition, London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], quarto, publisher's pictorial boards, re-cased with later endpapers, 12 colour plates, some light spotting (2)
Alexander, Sir James Edward. An Expedition of Discovery into the Interior of Africa, first edition, in two volumes, London: Henry Colburn, 1838. Octavo, publisher's ribbed blue cloth with gilt lettering & lions to spines, complete with all 15 illustrations as called for (including the folding map and two frontispieces). Vol. I: xxiv, 302pp.; Vol. II: viii, 306pp., 6pp. advertisements. Contents well-preserved, clean, bright, the occasional small mark, one short tear to folding map, neat owner inscriptions, cloth bumped & worn at corners with some loss at spines (2)
King, Stephen. The Colorado Kid, limited edition in three volumes, 'Letter L of 26 Copies', first hardcover editions, each bearing an original ink illustration signed by the artist (Edward Miller, Glenn Chadbourne, J. K. Potter), Hornsea: PS Publishing, 2007. Octavo, in blue, brown, and orange cloth, plus dust-jackets, housed in green cloth slipcase, in fine unread condition
Gardner, John. Collection of five first editions in unclipped dust-jackets: Role of Honour, Jonathan Cape, 1984; For Special Services, Cape, 1982; Role of Honour, first US ed., Putnam's, 1984; For Special Services, first US ed., Coward, 1982; Icebreaker, first US ed., Putnam's, 1983, tog. w/ Colonel Sun, by Robert Markham [Kingsley Amis], first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1968, unclipped dust-jacket, and later printings & paperbacks by John Gardner, in one carton
Aldin, Cecil (Illust.). Collection of six first edition books comprising: A Dog Day, New York: R. H. Russell, 1902; The Snob, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1904; A Gay Dog, London: Heinemann, 1905; The Dogs of War, London: Bradbury & Agnew, 1906; Dogs of Character, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1927; A Dozen Dogs Or So, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928. Contents generally good & bright with vibrant plates, some pale marks & spotting in a few places, A Dog Day with a few torn margins, publisher's boards generally good with usual worn corners, some marked, a couple of bindings pulling at gutters (6)
Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, first edition, London: John Murray, 1857. Octavo, publisher's embossed cloth lettered in gilt, complete with all illustrations, plates & maps, as called for. ix, 687pp., 4pp. publisher's advertisements dated 1 November 1857, 8pp. other advertisements. The book includes a quantity of loosely-inserted newspaper clippings, 1869-72, reporting on the disappearance, safety, and death of Livingstone, with one article stating that he has been murdered, and another claiming he 'has been killed and burnt by the natives'. There is also a letter dated 1864 regarding an order of wool, recipient unknown, which has presumably been used as a bookmark with notes referring to the text, and a later inscription on ffep stating that the book was 'rescued from an unoccupied house in Helgoland, via a requisitioned German warship'. Contents generally good, but the text-block detached from its worn cloth binding, the map in rear wallet is very well-preserved, sold as found with all faults
Christie, Agatha. Crooked House, first edition, in heavily repaired wrapper, 1949; They Came to Baghdad, first edition, 1951, red cloth with dust-jacket, some watermarks at edges; Mrs McGinty's Dead, first edition, 1952, in very good d.j. with one closed split at edge, boards & contents very good; Destination Unknown, first edition, worn d.j., internally very good, and one other 1960s collection of early Poirot cases (5)
Aldin, Cecil (Illust.). Collection of ten first edition books comprising: The Last Muster, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1939; Bachelors and A Bachelor's Confession, London: Heinemann, 1909; Roads and Vagabonds, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [c.1930]; Time I Was Dead, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934; Black Beauty, London: Jarrolds for Boots, [c.1930]; The Bunch Book, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1932; Jerry: The Story of an Exmoor Pony, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [c.1930]; The Joker and Jerry Again, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1932]; Lost, Stolen, or Strayed, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1931; Cecil Aldin et les Chiens, Beaumont-en-Auge: Ibis, [1996]. Condition varied, sold with all faults (10)
Johns, W. E. The Cruise of the Condor, first edition, London: John Hamilton, 1934, cloth, five plates by Howard Leigh inc. colour frontis.; Biggles of the Camel Squadron, first edition, 1936, cloth, five plates by Howard Leigh, 35pp. catalogue for Autumn 1936, some spotting and occasional marks to margins (2)
Darwin, Charles. Animals and Plants Under Domestication, first edition, in two volumes, London: John Murray, 1868. Tall octavo, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, woodcut illustrations, bearing armorial bookplate of Hugh Ker Colville of Market Drayton, Shropshire. Vol. I: viii, 411pp., 32pp. catalogue at rear dated April 1877; Vol. II: viii, 486pp. inc. index & 2pp. cat at rear. Contents a little shaken, stringing shows at rear of both volumes, cloth bright but Vol. II has a pull or catch across spine, contents still very good (2)
Johns, W. E. Biggles Hits the Trail, first edition, 1935, colour frontis. & six illustrated pages, blue cloth, frontis. loose; Biggles Flies East, reprinted 1937, monotone plates & colour frontis., cloth, lacking ffep; Biggles - Secret Agent, first edition, 1940, colour frontis. & six b&w illustrations, plate list incorrectly shows p. 159 instead of 157 as placed, worn cloth, frontis. loose; Biggles Sees It Through, first edition, 1941, colour frontis. & six plain illustrations, worn tan cloth (4)
Johns, W. E. Biggles Sweeps the Desert, first edition, October 1942, colour frontis. & eight b&w illustrations (two double-page), restored wrapper; Biggles Fails to Return, first edition, August 1943, colour frontis. & 15 illustrations, map endpapers, dust-jacket with loss at top & bottom of spine; Biggles in the Jungle, first edition, 1944, colour frontis. & four illustrations by Terence Cuneo, dust-jacket chipped at edges, loss at base of spine, cloth faded top & bottom edges; Biggles in the Orient, first edition, November 1944, colour frontis. & 12 illustrations by W. Stead, dust-jacket priced 6/- on flap, pale blue cloth, slightly faded at spine & corners (4)
Johns, W. E. Comrades in Arms, first edition, August 1947, dust-jacket & illustrations by W. Stead, aquamarine blue cloth, gilt titles, loosely-inserted publisher's letter with facsimile signature, tog. w/ six other 1940s first editions, all in wrappers (two with some wear & loss at spine), comprising: Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.; Biggles' Second Case; Biggles Hunts Big Game; Biggles Takes a Holiday; Biggles Breaks His Silence; Biggles Delivers the Goods, all but one unclipped and priced 6/- on jackets, 1946-49 (7)
James Bond. Miscellaneous collection to inc. James Bond Annual, World Distributors, 1965 (x 2); James Bond Annual, World Distributors, 1968; James Bond: The Legacy, first edition, Boxtree, 2002; Permission to Die, graphic novel, by Mike Grell; Casino Royale, graphic novel, by Hern, Gammidge, McLusky, and others (22)
Johns, W. E. Gimlet Comes Home, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, illustrated by W. Stead, unclipped dust-jacket, neat owner inscription. Tog. w/ five Brockhampton first editions comprising: Gimlet's Oriental Quest, 1948, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Lends a Hand, 1949, clipped d.j.; Gimlet Bores In, 1950, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Off the Map, 1951, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Mops Up, first edition, 1947, the final title in worn wrapper with loss & lacking ffep (6)
Johns, W. E. Worrals Carries On, first edition, 1942, dust-jacket & contents worn; Worrals Flies Again, first edition, 1942, inscriptions to endpapers and some pale spots to cloth, and seven other first edition Worrals titles, all in wrappers, inscriptions & some cloth covers spotted, Hodder & Stoughton & Lutterworth Press, 1943-51 (9)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4'. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, boards bold & vibrant with very light bumping to extreme corners, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket well-preserved with slightest discolouration to spine. An excellent copy
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first adult edition, first issue, signed by the author in black ink on dedication page, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, with the full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', paperback. Contents very good, clean, bright; impressed mark from an inscription on dedication above Rowling; some light creasing and impressed marks on covers, otherwise well-preserved & vibrant; featuring Signed By The Author sticker
Dicks, Terence. Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowman, two copies, first edition paperbacks, signed by Tom Baker, tog. w/ Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters, by Malcolm Hulke, signed by Paul McKenna, 1975, and Doctor Who and the Cybermen, by Gerry Davis, paperback, signed by Colin Baker, and one other (5)
Peel, Hazel M. Pilot the Chaser, signed & inscribed to Margaret M. Newan, 1964; Pilot the Hunter, signed to the same recipient, illustrated by Keith Money with dustwrappers; Pat Smythe's Story: Jump For Joy, signed, second edition, 1954, and Up and Away, by Lucinda Prior-Palmer, signed, first edition, 1978, in d.j. (4)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Near fine, unread condition, contents very good, clean, bright, usual very slight toning to page edges, binding tight & square, covers bold & vibrant, very slight wear to corners & edges, extreme edges of covers with laminate lifting slightly. An excellent exampleProvenance: Purchased in 1997 from the Lion & Unicorn bookshop, Richmond
Ishiguro, Kazuo. The Remains of the Day, signed, third impression, Faber & Faber, 1989, in d.j., tog. w/ Time's Arrow, by Martin Amis, signed first ed., Jonathan Cape, 1991; The Edge, by Dick Francis, signature on piece laid to title, paperback, 1989, and The Children of Men, by P. D. James, signed, first paperback edition, 1994, some spotting to prelims. (4)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards with unclipped dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents good, clean, bright, some very pale spotting in a few places, heaviest at title, binding tight & solid, boards bold & vibrant, very faint bump to upper corner, a little dusty at top edge, dust-jacket bold & vibrant with slight bumping & discolouration to extreme edges, rear inner flap marked with slight cockling
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 23rd issue, signed by the author, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, together with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, signed by the author, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback. Philosopher's Stone: Contents mostly good with usual light toning to page edges, occasional pale spots, very pale staining & cockling to a few leaves, the final leaves from p. 211 with heavy toning following a diagonal fold-line across paper, half-title with surface wear at top corner from erased owner inscription, covers with light creasing from handling, a little heavier with slight wear at corners, one short split to joint at base of spine. Chamber of Secrets: Contents good, clean, bright, usual light toning to page edges, slight pulling at lower gutter of p. 7, light fold-lines to some page corners, half-title with surface wear at top corner from erased owner inscription, covers with light handling marks & creasing, slight wear to extreme corners, laminate lifting slightly at edges (2)Provenance: Vendor had both books signed at Waterstones, Canterbury in 1999
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter collection comprising: Ted Smart first edition, first issue hardback of Chamber of Secrets, 1998 (X2), and Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999 (X1); Ted Smart third & fifth issue of Philosopher's Stone, 1998 (X2); Ted Smart sixth issue Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999 (X1); Bloomsbury first issue paperback of Prisoner of Azkaban, 1999 (X3), and a fourth issue paperback of Azkaban, 1999 (X1). Condition varied, collection sold as found with all faults (10)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, signed by the author, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket. Fine, unread condition, good early signature, contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, boards bold & vibrant, dust-jacket very well-preserved. An excellent exampleProvenance: Purchased in 1998 at the Lion & Unicorn bookshop, Richmond
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