Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, first impression. In excellent, fine, new condition. With limited first edition glow in the dark dust jacket cover. Signed on a special additionall signed edition title page. No inscription / dedication. pp. 404. 22cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, fine condition in a very near fine dust jacket. Numbered and signed first edition exclusively for independent bookshops - this is copy number 980/1000. A Rivers of London novella. pp. 180. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition. Signed on the title page by the illustrator, Nicola Bayley - no inscription / dedication. Glazed pictorial boards are slightly faded at the spine and very slightly bruised at the base of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A tiny mark on page 10. The binding is firm. pp. 31. 25.2cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First American edition. Signed by Raymond Briggs, with best wishes (dated July 1981) on the reverse of the front endpaper - no inscription / dedication. The book has glazed pictorial boards and is in very good, clean condition - slight bruising to the base of the spine. The pages are a little discoloured / darkened at the edges but are otherwise clean throughout. The dust jacket matches the design of the boards - it is generally discoloured in the white sections and there is a water stain to the bottom of the jacket, measuring approx. 1.5cm high by 11.5cm across; als... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Glazed pictorial boards. German first edition of The Snowman; the language is unimportant as The Snowman is of course a wordless picture book. Signed by Raymond Briggs on the reverse of the front endpaper, with best wishes and dated July 1981 - no inscription / dedication. In good condition. There is the occasional very pale mark to pages (you need a bright light / bright daylight to see these, they are very pale and therefore they have not shown up in the photographs). The boards are also generally discoloured and there are some writing indentations on the upper boar... View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. Glazed pictorial boards. Signed by the author, and dated 1983, on the title page - no inscription / dedication. This copy is a 3rd impression, 1983; it was first published in 1982. Pages are very slightly discoloured / darkened at the edges. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. A somewhat harrowing wordless picture book about a nuclear attach on Britain by the Soviet Union, told from the view of a retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. The book was made into an animated film in 1986. Slim and unpaginated. The book measures 30.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, fine condition. Independent Bookshop Limited Edition, number 385 of 2000, signed by the author on the half-title / limited edition page - no inscription / dedication. Firm and tight. With attached red ribbon page marker. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 454. 22.2cm tall. A super collector's copy. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author (without inscription) on the title page; also inscribed by the author on the front endpaper and a loose letter from the author also enclosed. In very good condition. Slight bumps to the lower corners of the boards. Hand-written amendment to the author's bio on the rear dust jacket flap and, in the same writing, some additions written into the appendices. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. ix, [1], 181. View More...
Hardback. Signed by the author on the half-title page - no inscription / dedication. A really tiny bump to the bottom corner of the front, or upper, board. Otherwise excellent condition. Pictorial boards. No dust jacket, as issued by the publisher. Comes with two promotional bookmarks for the Tom Scatterhorn books included. pp. 455. 21.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Patterned paper-covered sides backed with brown cloth spine which has a paper title label. In excellent, clean, near fine condition. There is an old tissue paper wraparound cover, possibly original to the publication. Small and lightly written pencil signature of a previous owner at the top edge of the front endpaper (could be erased without trace, if desired). One of 60 special numbered copies signed by the artist, Albert Rutherston (1881-1953), of which 50 copies were offered for sale. This is copy number 28. There are 4 colour plates by Rutherstone, including the frontispiece, plu... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Andrew Neil on the front endpaper. The inscription is to the late photographer / photojournalist Sally Soames. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Publisher's original black boards. There is a slight forwards lean; the binding is otherwise firm. Pages are slightly tanned and there is a slight greyish mark to the top closed textblock page edge. Dust jacket is excellent - a little bruised at spine ends only. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 481. 24.1cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by Edwina Currie on the front endpaper. The inscription is for the late photographer / photojournalist Sally Soames, dated November 1989. Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, near fine condition. Publisher's original black boards. The binding is firm, clean and tight. Dust jacket is excellent; just slightly discoloured at the top edges of the dust jacket flaps. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 291. 24cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the title page - no inscription / dedication. A firm and tight hardback in fine condition excepting very slight bruising to the top edge of the dust jacket. Fine / near fine. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 404. 22.3cm tall. Comes with a promotional iron on black round patch that came with the book. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression. In very good condition. Inscribed by the author on the title page - the book came from the collection of the late film producer Hercules Bellville - and this book is inscribed to Hercules in green felt pen, signed and dated with love from Elaine. Loosely enclosed are a promotional sheet about the book from Virago and an invitation card to the launch party at Hatchards. The binding is firm. The book is in very good condition though pages have browned, quite significantly at the edges in particular. The dust jacket has faded at the spine and has some ... View More...
A specially bound bespoke copy of the first UK edition (was published the preceding year in the USA). Bound in blue calf leather with calf onlays portraying a comic-style face and head in profile. Light rubs to the edges. Inscribed by the author to [I believe] Helene Knobel, dated 1937, underneath a cut out of the portrait image from the front cover of the original dust jacket, on a free front endpaper. Ex-Libris bookplate printed Knobel, Member of the National Book League, on the front pastedown. Knobel signed on another front free endpaper. The binding is nice and firm; however there is exte... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression limited edition, hand numbered 1219 of 2000 copies and signed by the author on the title page (no inscription / dedication). Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine, as new condition. A super copy. Clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket not price clipped. pp. 273. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, pictorial boards. As new - not previously owned; in excellent, fine condition. First edition, signed by both Abi Elphinstone and Fiona Woodcock on the title page, with a Limited Edition signed (with initials) print inside, of the snow dragon. This is an absolutely beautiful picture book - magical Christmas story and illustrations. 28.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback, pictorial boards. As new - not previously owned; in excellent, fine condition. First edition, signed by both Abi Elphinstone and Fiona Woodcock on the title page, with a Limited Edition signed (with initials) print inside, of the snow dragon. This is an absolutely beautiful picture book - magical Christmas story and illustrations. 28.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the front endpaper. Some foxing spots to the closed textblock edges and to the underside of the dust jacket; pages themselves not affected. Delightful full page illustrations. 131pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). 25.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. A sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. First edition. In almost excellent, clean and tight, near fine condition. Page 2 has a small abrasion, page 3 opposite a small glue residue mark matching the abrasion and there is a small pen squiggle in the margin of page 3 (looks like an accidental mark) - see photos which show these minor flaws. There is a pale smudge mark to the top closed textblock page edge. Ava Farmer is a pseudonym for Sandy Lerner and the book is inscribed on the dedication page in bright blue ink, 'with the greatest respect and admiration, Sand... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, fine, as new unread condition. A bookplate signed by the author (no dedication / inscription) is affixed to the half-title page and a promotional bookmark for the series is loosely enclosed. This is the second book in the Legends of the Sky series. pp. 326. 21.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket (as published) with a wraparound band in the colours of the French flag. Signed limited first edition. Signed and numbered on the title page (no inscription / dedication). In excellent, fine, as new condition. Clean, tight and unmarked / unread. Aimed primarily at young adults, this is a wonderfully crafted story about Eponine from Les Mis, set in Paris in the nineteenth century. pp. 271. 20.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket (as published). First printing of this gorgeous illustrated edition. Signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page (no inscription / dedication. In excellent, clean and tight, fine, unread condition. A super copy. pp. 328. 24cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket and slipcase. First edition of this edition with John Burningham's illustrations. Signed and dated (Feb 1983) by John Burningham on the reverse of the front endpaper. A super copy. The book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine condition - clean, tight, and no marks other than the illustrator's signature. The slipcase is in very good condition. Printed on a cream-coloured paper, except for the colour illustrations which are on a semi-gloss white paper. A lovely edition. pp. 240. The slipcase measures 25cm tall. View More...
Softback in excellent, fine condition; not previously owned. Signed by the author on the title page - no inscription / dedication. pp. 128. 23.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author on the half-title page. In very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions, no foxing. The dust jacket has a small repaired tear to the top edge of the front cover (paper tape repair to the underside of the jacket) and a couple of other minor nicks. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 192. 20.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page (no inscriptions). Both the book and dust jacket are in excellent, fine, as new condition. Binding firm and appears unread. A super copy. pp. xxvii, 612. 24 cm tall. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. In good condition. First edition, 1926. From the collection of the archaeologist Christopher Hawkes (1905-1992) and given to him by his father, the author. Inscription on front free endpaper reads To C F C H, in the year of his majority from CPH. Publisher's original brown boards. A forwards lean to the spine, corners slightly bumped, pale marks top edge upper board. Top closed textblock edge is greyed and has staining (see photos). The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. pp. x, 248, 8. 19.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Exclusive signed first edition, first impression. Signed by Gill Hornby on a special inserted exclusive edition pre-title page (no dedication / inscription). In excellent, clean, tight, unmarked and unread, fine condition. A super copy of this beautiful novel. pp. xvii, 395. 22.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In very good condition. Original black boards, very slightly faded at the spine ends. The binding is firm. Full page inscription on the front endpaper, signed by the author [...from one former Royal Secretary to another], dated 1979. Some foxing to the endpapers, dust jacket flaps and to closed textblock page edges. The front flap of the dust jacket has been price clipped, is lightly rubbed at the edges and has a couple of short tears. Imprint of a now-removed paperclip at the top edge of the first few pages where presumable a note was clipped to the book. pp. xv, 37... View More...
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