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Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION, ADVANCE COPY with exclusive 'Advertising' jacket. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in typographic jacket with promotional blurb and text to front panel only. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with a little toning and browning to spine and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Night-Comers
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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London: William Heinemann, 1956. [Thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY, superb association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[vi]; 233. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, in decorative dust-jacket designed by Judith Bledsoe, priced at 13/6. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Roy and Joan. / with love / Eric. The recipient is the film director Roy Ward Baker,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pass Beyond Kashmir
by MATHER, Berkely [pseudonym of John WESTON-DAVIES] (1909-1996)
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London: Collins, 1960. [Adventure Thriller] FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Barbara Walton. with the scarce promotional wraparound band. Author's gift note in blue ink to Eileen M. Cond's distinctive bookplate on fly-leaf: 'Very best wishes | to Eileen Cond | & her father |… Read more about this item Item Price
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Call for the Saint
by CHARTERIS, Leslie (1907-1993)
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. [Crime caper] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.253; [2], advertisements; [1], blank. Elegantly hand-bound in half dark blue calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands. Contents clean with some gentle spotting to prelims/final leaf. Exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Springers
by MATHER, Berkely [pseudonym of John WESTON-DAVIES] (1909-1996)
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London: Collins, 1975. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Alan Manham, priced at 21s. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: To all the Wiggingtons / with love from / the author / Jasper / Berkely Mather / The… Read more about this item Item Price
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No Middle Name. The Complete Collected Jack Reacher Short Stories
by CHILD, Lee [pseudonym of GRANT, James Dover] (born 1954)
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New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2017. [Thriller Short Stories] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] viii; 418 [6]. Number 26 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Lilac endpapers.… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Shot. A Jack Reacher Novel
by CHILD, Lee [pseudonym of GRANT, James Dover] (born 1954)
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New York, NY: The Mysterious Bookshop, by arrangement with Delacorte Press, 2015. [Thriller] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] x; 376 [2]. Number 86 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED by the author in black ink to limitation page. Publisher's green quarter cloth, with gilt titles to spine and marbled paper over boards. Lilac endpapers. A fine,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Biggles and the Noble Lord
by JOHNS, W. E., Captain (1893-1968)
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Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1969. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.152. Publisher's light blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright with some trivial rubbing to crown. A near fine copy; wrapper virtually as new. "London-Sussex-Normandy; All… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fourth of June
by BENEDICTUS, David (1938-2023)
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New York: Dutton, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST U.S. EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced $3.95. With presentation note in ink to f.e.p.; For Maria, / A far better cook / than I'll ever be / as a writer. / With best… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Passion Flower Hotel
by ERSKINE, Rosalind [pseudonym of LONGRIGG, Roger Erskine] (1929-2000)
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. [Erotic comic novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.189; [3], blank. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge green, dust-jacket priced at 15s. Contents clean, small splash to fore-edge else fine in a clean, fine wrapper, lightly worn to crown. Now a forgotten classic, Rosalind Erskine's 1962 novel The Passion Flower… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Ship of the Line
by FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966)
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London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304; [1], advert; [3], blank. Second issue; sheets bound up later in the orange cloth (rather than blue), blocked in black to spine, pictorial dust-wrapper illustrated by Rowland Hilder, clipped and priced down to 3/6 on spine. Contents and edges clean. Bright jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Strand Magazine, volumes I to XII. [The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, etc.]
by VARIOUS, [DOYLE, Arthur Conan; VERNE, Jules; MORRISON, Arthur, et al.]
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London: George Newnes, January 1891 to December 1896. [Literary Magazine] FIRST APPEARANCES. 12 volumes. Large octavo (25 x 17 x 50cm). Illustrated throughout. Original magazine parts bound in half-yearly volumes. In contemporary green half calf, with gilt titles to red labels, gilt and blind ruling to spines, and matching textured cloth over boards. All edges speckled red, with light… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poems & Translations 1850-1870. Together With the Prose Story 'Hand and Soul.'
by ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)
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London, Edinburgh etc.: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1919. [Poetry] OXFORD EDITION, with interesting provenance. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.xvii [3] 482 [2]. With a halftone frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt motif to upper board and gilt titles to spine. Boards blind-ruled. Contains a loose letter and postcard. Lightly toned and infrequently marked/spotted. Previous ownership inscription… Read more about this item Item Price
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by ROWLING, J. K. (born 1965), [GREENFIELD, Giles, illustrator]
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London: Bloomsbury, Printed by Clays Ltd, St. Ives, 2000. [Children's Fantasy] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.636. Publisher's pictorial hardback illustrated by Giles Greenfield. With the matching dust-jacket, priced at £14.99. SIGNED by the author on the dedication page, together with the 'Golden ticket' from the book-launch event at Hammicks Bookshop, St. Albans, loosely inserted… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Silmarillion. [Lord of the Rings]
by TOLKIEN, J.R.R. (1892-1973), [TOLKIEN, Christopher, editor]
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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1977. [Fantasy] FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, domestic issue, printed by Billing & Sons. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.365 [1]. Folding map to rear. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, top edge blue. With the dust-jacket illustrated with drawings by Tolkien, priced at £4.95. Contents clean, slight dustiness and handling and some gentle… Read more about this item Item Price
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Biggles in the Underworld
by JOHNS, Captain W.E. (1893-1968)
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Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1968. [Children's adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.184. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Studio Stead, clipped and repriced at 12s / 60p. Contents clean, no inscriptions, some spotting to page edges, jacket is clean and bright showing some minor handling. Near fine. One of the rare late… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fourth of June
by BENEDICTUS, David (1938-2023)
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London: Anthony Blond, 1962. [Modern Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.208. Publisher's hardback cloth in a pictorial dust-wrapper designed by Richard Chopping priced 18s. Text block clean, no inscriptions. Some historic creases to wrapper else a clean, bright example in fine condition. The author's debut novel set in Eton College. This title was reviewed upon publication by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Lincoln Lawyer
by CONNELLY, Michael (born 1956)
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London: Orion, 2005. [Legal Thriller] SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 404 [2]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page, with his FULL SIGNATURE, rather than the more familiar initials/hurried autograph. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine and grey endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new copy.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Magnet of Doom
by SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
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London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1955. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.279. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by MB, priced at 9/6. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket, toned to spine with one chip to crown and a nick to the foot… Read more about this item Item Price
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Murder on the Orient Express
by CHRISTIE, [Dame] Agatha (1890-1976)
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London: Book Club Associates, [1934] 1974. [Crime Mystery] Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.254. Elegantly hand-bound in half mid green calf over matching cloth sides, spine gilt-lettered in six compartments with traditional raised bands, with red morocco label. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. This hardcover edition was published on the fortieth anniversary of the novel,… Read more about this item Item Price
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