Search Results: Titles starting with G from Julian Roberts Fine Books

Ticknor & Reeves, Boston, 1868. First edition first printing [published in the UK many years later]. Bound with original covers [front & back]. 8vo. Quarter blue calf gilt with red title label to spine; blue buckram boards. A near fine/fine copy. Some lightening to spine & mild wear to extremities. Internally very crisp & fresh indeed with no wear to leaves or covers. No inscriptions. A lovely copy of the true first printing of this Charles Dickens story which is normally found in a sorry state. Written in the first person, George tells us about his awful childhood and life after his parent's death. A psychological story focusing on oppression and accusation and the difficulty of living an everyday life after a bleak start.

Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. One of 30 copies bound in full Morocco and signed by Somerset De Chair. A very good+ copy. Wear to extremities with tanning to spine & some offsetting to boards. Internally deckle edge handmade paper leaves - all in very good+ condition with no inscriptions. Map endpapers original and unsplit. A personal account of a tiny force sent to Baghdad from Palestine to deal with the effects of the Golden Square coup and to help the Habbaniya. The operation was a success with Baghdad falling on 30th May 1941 and saved Iraq from falling into the hands of the Nazis.

Macdonald & Co, 1957. With scarce Daily Mail wraparound band [as orginally issued]. Also a clipping loosely laid in from the Belfast News of 1957 relating Williamson's response to a critics review in the Ulsterman published a month before. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Broom Lynne. A fine copy with clean boards. No marks to textblock edges & no inscriptions. The near fine/fine dustwrapper is fresh & crisp with lightest wear only. Original price of 16snet to front flap. Rare with wraparound band. Sixth novel in the "Chronicles of Ancient Sunlight" series.

Chatto & Windus, 1993. Signed by author to titlepage. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. Green topedge (as issued). A fine copy with no marks to boards. Internally clean and fresh with no inscriptions. The fine dustwrapper is clean with no tearing or nicking. Original price of £15.99net to front flap. A lovely signed copy of the first edition. Packed with suspence, humour and symobilism - this skilfully crafted magical novel replays biblical and medieval themes in contemporary London.

Random House, 1943. Complete with original typed & signed Roald Dahl letter (loosely laid in) on Dahl's "Gypsy House" notepaper dated 27/9/90 - "Dear Mr, Martin/Thank you for your letter. I will buy your "Gremlins" copy. Here's my cheque/Yours Roald Dahl". True first edition, first printing. 4to. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Some edgewear to extremities. Internally very clean indeed with no inscriptions & importantly with this title - non of the usual splitting to Gremlin illustrated endpapers. The very good dustwrapper has a few short closed tears - a couple with old tape strengthening to rear. Some edgewear to other extremities with nicking at spine corners. Original first issue price of $1.00 to top right of front flap. None of the usual fading to red spine. An attractive copy of the true first printing of Dahl's first book complete with original dustwrapper and with a letter which suggests it may have been owned by the author himself just… Read More