First edition, first printing. Original burgundy paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Peter Curl illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the spine slightly rolled, the cloth is bright and fresh. The contents, with some faint spotting to the endpapers and a small numerical inscription and a letter 'N' in pen on the front free endpaper, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is a touch faded to the spine and otherwise bright and without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (15s on the front flap).

Brian Aldiss' first science fiction novel, a story about the inhabitants of a generation starship facing the aftermath of a pandemic caused by an alien amino acid.

First edition, first printing. Complete in seven volumes. Original brown cloth with gilt titles to the spines and gilt facsimile signatures to the upper boards, in the Jack Gaughan illustrated dustwrappers. A near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the corners and spine tips slightly rubbed, the cloth otherwise bright and fresh. Volumes I, V, VI and VII have a little faint spotting to the closed text-block edge and volume V has a previous owner's inscription on the title page, the contents are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly edge-rubbed original dustwrappers which are slightly rubbed and faded at the spines.

A collection of five novels and 19 short stories by the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Poul Anderson. Each volume has a new introduction by the author. The collection 'The Night Face and Other Stories' is published here for the first time; 'The Horn of Time', 'The Long Way Home' and 'The Queen of Air and Darkness' are published here in hardback for the first time; and 'The Byworlder', 'Orbit Unlimited' and 'Two Worlds' are published in hardback in the US for the first time.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with titles in bronze and red foil to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's makes. The text block edge is just a little toned. Compelte with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped ($10.95 to the upper front flap).

Signed and dated "5 July 1980" in blue ink by Isaac Asimov at the top of the title page. A follow up volume to the author's 'Opus 100' anthology in which he selected his favourite writings from his first 100 books, this selection is from his second hundred. Uncommon in signed state.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Paul Wright illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with light spotting to the top edge of the closed text-block, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very slightly creased dustwrapper that is just a touch faded at the spine. Not price-clipped (£10.95 on the front flap).

Signed by J. G. Ballard in black ink on the title page.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original black cloth with yellow titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. In the black cloth slipcase. Illustrated throughout with black and with photographs. A fine copy the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine dustwrapper which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 to the front flap). Housed in the fine, structurally sound slipcase.

Issued in a limited edition of 1000 copies, this example is numbered 288 and signed by J. G. Ballard in black ink on the limitation page.

First edition, first printing. The publisher's file copy. Original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Shirley Hughes illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with the publisher's 'File Copy' ink stamp to the front pastedown and endpaper are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper which has a small date number '69' written in ink on the rear panel (by the publisher) and in addition to their 'file copy' stamp. Not price-clipped (18/- [0.90p] net to the front flap).

Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Kenneth Farnhill illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm with just a touch of bumping at the spine tips, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a small previous owner's name and address to the top left corner of the front pastedown (hidden by the dustwrapper flap) and mild toning to the paper stock, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little rubbed, nicked and creased to the extremities and otherwise bright and without fading. Clipped and repriced by the publisher to the lower front flap. An attractive example.

A Hercule Poirot novel. First published in America by Dodd, Mead and Company in February 1952, the British edition followed in March of the same year. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to spine, in the Dennis Beytagh illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping and rubbing to the extremities, the cloth mildly toned to the spine and with a small black mark to the rear board. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. The closed text block edges are ever so slightly spotted and toned. Complete with the supplied, lightly rubbed and nicked first printing dustwrapper, that is toned to the spine and panel edges and has a couple of short closed tears (wthout loss) at the top edge of the rear panel. Not price-clipped (10s 6d net to the lower front flap).

Signed by Agatha Christie in blue ink on the front endpaper. Scarce thus. The 25th Hercule Poirot novel. Uniquely for this publisher, the first edition is dated to the rear of the book as opposed to the reverse of the title page as in every other Crime Club publication. First published in America by Dodd, Mead and Company under the title "Funerals are Fatal" a couple of months earlier. The basis for the 1963 George Pollock directed MGM film "Murder at the Gallop" which replaced Hercule Poirot with Miss Marple, Margaret Rutherford taking the lead role. The 2006 ITV television adaptation returned the Belgian detective to his rightful place, starring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot and Michael Fassbender as George. (Hubin; Wagstaff & Poole; Curran, John: The Hooded Gunman).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Hardcover issue. Original blue paper-covered boards with silver titles to the spine, in the Gary Marsh designed dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, with a vertical crease along the spine and slight bumping to the corners and spine tips, the boards bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£15.50 to the lower front flap).

Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. Scarce thus. A satirical novel about the political and social landscape in Britain in the 1980s. Winner of the 1995 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original pink and brown textured cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in the John Minton illustrated dustwrapper. Illustrated in black and white throughout by John Minton. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears that have been secured along the top and bottom edge of the underside. Not price-clipped (10s 6d net to the lower front flap). A lovely example, scarce thus.

Elizabeth David's first book and a canonical text in mid-century culinary literature. Elizabeth David discovered her taste for good food and wine when she lived with a French family while studying history and literature at the Sorbonne. David found not only the practical side but also the literature of cookery of absorbing interest and studied it throughout her life. Her debut Mediterranean Food, was followed by French Country Cooking (1951), Italian Food (1954), Summer Cooking (1955) and French Provincial Cooking (1960), each an inspirational classic that changed the outlook of English cooks for ever.

First edition in book form, first printing. Publisher's original dark red cloth with black borders and gilt titles to the upper board and spine, Tissue guarded frontispiece illustration by Charles H. M. Kerr. Black coated endpapers. Publisher's 32 page catalogue dated October 1890 to the rear. A genuinely good or better copy, the binding firm with short tears and fraying to the cloth at the spine tips and some bumping to the corners. The cloth a little marked, the gilt generally bright. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, and his pencilled review of the story, dated 4th December 1890 on the black front endpaper (visible in raking light), are entirely complete. There are a few finger marks, the odd foxing spot or corner crease and one page with some offset toning. Some cracking at the gutters of the later pages, the endpapers and inner hinges sound and holding. A decent example in entirely original condition, seldom encountered thus.

In the first issue binding with 'Spencer Blackett's Standard Library' in gilt at the base of the spine (the second issue binding is stamped with Griffith, Farran's imprint), and with all textual first state points including page number "138" misprinted "13" on the contents page, and "w shed" for "wished" on page 56. The second Sherlock Holmes novel was first published in the February 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine under the title 'The Sign of the Four; or The Problem of the Sholtos'. This first edition in book form was published in October the same year. [Green and Gibson A7a].

First hardcover edition, first printing. Publisher's original black paper-covered boards with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and free from foxing, inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£10.00 to the front flap). A superb example.

This is the first worldwide hardcover printing in English, a controversial contemporary classic previously only published as a paperback in America and the UK.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Rod Josey designed dustwrapper (the illustration courtesy of the National Army Museum). A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the spine tips and corners, a production crease to the outer covering of the upper board, the boards and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased, price-clipped dustwrapper that has a couple of short closed tears at the upper spine folds.

The second novel in Farrell's 'Empire' trilogy, following 'Troubles' (1970) and preceding 'The Singapore Grip' (1978). Winner of the 1973 Booker Prize.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with blind-stamped skull with gilt eyes to upper board and titles in gilt to the spine, in the trial or proof state Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with the occasional light finger mark and a production flaw (small hole) to the blank margin of one page, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rare trial or proof state dustwrapper that is a little nicked to the spine ends and fold corners and price-clipped to the lower front flap. The colours are uniformly bright and fresh, the underside of the spine with some needless (almost invisible) tape strengthening at the edges. An attractive example.

The book proof of 'Goldfinger' was printed by the Alden Press and bound in green smooth 'Greek urn' design card covers by A. W. Bain and Co. in January 1959. Only 125 copies were issued, however, far fewer of the proof state dustwrapper will have been produced. At this time, the vast majority of the Bond book proofs were distributed solely in green card covers. Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert writes of Goldfinger "[...] very few sample proof-state dust-jackets were produced [...] Ignoring the tiny handful of trial jackets for either 'From Russia With Love' or 'Goldfinger', proofs only began to appear regularly in a proof-only dust-jacket from 'Thunderball' onwards". Whilst the artwork is identical to that of the published version, the text and layout of the proof state dustwrapper differs in several respects. On the rear panel, the list (and reviews) of Fleming's earlier Bond novels are printed in an incorrect order, starting with 'Live and Let Die' in the proof state, this was corrected to 'From Russia With Love' in the published form. On the front flap, 'DR NO' is capitalised in abbreviated form with a large space between the two words, this was changed to the full spelling 'Doctor No' in the published state. In common with proof state dustwrappers of the later Bond titles, the flap corners remain intact, in the published state they are clipped. [Gilbert A7a (Uncorrected Proof Copies / 1.2). The book in the second state of binding without the small indentation to the upper left of the skull (worn away in the manufacturing process)].

First edition, first printing, first state. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spine and gilt to the upper board, in the Richard Chopping illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with faint offsetting to the endpapers and a small bookseller's label to the front pastedown are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly rubbed, price-clipped dustwrapper that is bright and with the pink of the flower on the spine still retaining its colour. Uncommon thus.

The first edition, first impression, first state of the twelfth James Bond book, of which 55,018 copies were printed. [Gilbert A12a (1.1)].

Uncorrected proof copy of the first UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original illustrated gloss card covers, with titles in white, green and black to the spine and front cover. 14 x 20.5cm. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a little rubbing to the extremities. The contents, with a few light marks to the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Scarce in this form.

The UK and US uncorrected proofs of the first edition differ, the UK proof bound with an illustrated cover design includes the last chapter 'Postscript', which was printed separately and loosely laid in to the US proof on distribution. Gaiman's acclaimed fantasy novel combines a classic Americana setting with mythological characters from around the world. It won Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Bram Stoker Awards for best novel, and was adapted for television in 2017.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Fanghorn illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, with a little bumping to the spine tips and a touch of rubbing to the extremities, the cloth with a few light marks. The contents, with a large tear across the width of page 305 (a production fault), and light toning to the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which is a little faded to the spine and otherwise free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£14.99 net on the front flap).

Signed by David Gemmell in blue ink on the title page, scarce thus. Chronologically the fourth book set within in David Gemmell's 'Drenai Saga' and the prequel to 'Legend' (1984).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly rubbed dustwrapper, which has some darkening to the lower spine and is otherwise free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped (15s to the front flap).

'Door into the Dark', Heaney's second full-length collection, followed three years after 'Death of a Naturalist'. Like the earlier collection, it looks back to the poet's rural upbringing in a language of great sensuousness and immediacy. The volume is dedicated to the author's parents. "His subject is those things which are inherent or inherited. What he praises is to be praised in his own work." (Christopher Ricks, 'New Statesman'). Published on 16 June, 1966, the Faber archive does not record the number of copies printed. (Brandes and Durkan A5a).

First edition, first printing. Signed by the authors Seamus Heaney and Dennis O'Driscoll. Original black paper-covered boards lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean and fresh throughout. The dustwrapper shows a few light surface marks (near unavoidable with the matte laminate used), a very slight rubbing to the edges, light creasing at the foot of the spine and a tiny abrasion to the front panel. Not price-clipped (£22.50 to the front flap).

Signed by Seamus Heaney and Dennis O'Driscoll in black ink on the title page. 'Stepping Stones' is effectively an autobiography in the form of a series of in-depth interviews with fellow Irish poet Dennis O'Driscoll. Alive with Heaney's own voice, it is a book that illuminates the life and work. "This really is a remarkable book. There isn't a dull, vapid or useless sentence in it; it's about what it is to be human, as much as it is about what it is to be a poet." (Nicholas Lezard, in 'The Guardian').

First edition with these illustrations. Hardcover issue. Publisher's original black cloth stamped in blind to the upper board and titles in white to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout by Andrew Davidson. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents with a little spotting to the top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which is free from, fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£7.95 net to the front flap). Issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback, the hardcover is quite scarce.

A newly illustrated edition of the poet's science fiction novella, for which Hughes and Davidson won the Kurt Maschler Award (presented annually between 1982 and 1999, the award recognised one British "work of imagination for children, in which text and illustration are integrated so that each enhances and balances the other").

First edition. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original beige buckram over bevelled boards, titles stamped in blind to the upper board and in gilt over black to the spine. Top edge brown. In the brown cloth slipcase. Frontispiece and one further full page illustration by David Jones. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh with some faint toning to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Housed in the lightly rubbed and faded, structurally sound slipcase.

Issued in a limited edition of 150 copies, this example is numbered 51 and signed by David Jones in black ink on the limitation page. The last work published by Jones in his lifetime, 'The Sleeping Lord' continues the exploration of themes begun by its predecessors 'In Parenthesis' and 'The Anathemata'.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Steve and Julie Ridgeway illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine very lightly creased dustwrapper, which ever so slightly faded to the spine and otherwise free from loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£7.95 net to the front flap).

Winner of the 1983 Booker Prize. The basis for the 1993 multi-award winning Steven Spielberg directed film 'Schindler's List' starring Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Embeth Davidtz and Caroline Goodall.

First UK edition. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.99 to the lower front flap). Housed in a bespoke green faux leather slipcase.

Signed by László Krasznahorkai in black ink on the title page. Scarce thus. The multi-award winning Hungarian author's debut novel. George Szirtes' translation from the Hungarian won the 2013 Best Translated Book Award. The basis for the 1994 critically acclaimed, seven hour long epic drama film of the same name, directed by Béla Tarr.

First UK edition. Signed by the author and the translator. Publisher's original black cloth with silver titles to the spone, in the Harry Haysom designed dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper, in the earliest state (without the Booker Prize winner sticker) which remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 to the lower front flap). Housed in a bespoke black faux leather slipcase.

Signed by both the author László Krasznahorkai and translator Ottilie Mulzet in black ink on the title page. The sixth novel by the acclaimed Hungarian author who was awarded the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. Ottilie Mulzet's translation from the Hungarian won the 2015 Best Translated Book Award.

First edition, first printing. Three volumes. Signed by the author in Smiley's People. Publisher's original black (volume one) and blue (volumes two and three) cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrappers. Top edge red (volume one). Map endpapers (volume two). An attractive near fine set, the bindings square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The top edge of volume one faded to pink. The lower edge of the closed text block of volume two with a few splash marks. The contents of all volumes are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrappers, faded to the spine of volume one otherwise bright and fresh and without loss or tears. None are price-clipped (£2.95; £4.95; £5.95 to the lower front flaps).

Signed by John Le Carre (started in a failing black pen, finished in blue ink) on the title page of volume three, 'Smiley's People'. An attractive set of John Le Carre's mangum opus, featuring the British intelligence officer George Smiley. The basis for several television and film adaptations.

First UK edition, first printing. Original black paper-covered boards with silver titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the spine tips slightly rubbed, the bottom corner of the upper board with a minor bump. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 on the front flap).

The author's ninth novel. The basis for the Academy Award winning, 2007 Coen Brothers film, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original purple paper-covered boards with light blue titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A fine clean, square and tight copy, without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£16.99 net to the front flap).

Signed and dated by David Mitchell in blue ink on the title page. The basis for the 2012 film of the same name, directed by the Wachowskis with an ensemble cast including Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant and Susan Sarandon.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Arthur Barbosa illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with the usual light toning to the poor quality paperstock, are clean throughout and without inscriptions of stamps. Complete with the near fine price-clipped dustwrapper, which is otherwise free from fading, loss or tears.

The eleventh Jack Aubrey novel.

First UK edition, first printing. First hardcover edition. Signed by the author. Limited edition. Publisher's original black boards specially bound in Japanese silk, as issued. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks.

Issued in a limited edition of just 100 specially bound copies, this example is numbered 38 and signed by the author in black ink to the limitation plate of the front endpaper. Scarce thus. A collection of eleven interconnected stories by the acclaimed writer whose work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize and international awards including the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. This collection was shortlisted for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (which the following year merged with the Man Booker International Prize).

Uncorrected proof copy of the first UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original pictorial card covers. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. Scarce.

Issued solely for the purpose of advance review, no copies of the proof were permitted for sale. A collection of eleven interconnected stories by the acclaimed writer whose work has won every major Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Prize and international awards including the Shirley Jackson Award and the American Book Award. This collection was shortlisted for the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize (which the following year merged with the Man Booker International Prize).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original illustrated boards. Issued without a dustwrapper. Illustrated with drawings in colour by Rotraut Susanne Berner on every page. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

Written in 1959, 'The It-Doesn't-Matter Suit' is the second of four children's books written by Sylvia Plath, all of which were first published posthumously.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Publisher's original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Josh Kirby illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the boards and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£10.95 net to the lower front flap). A very attractive copy.

Signed by Terry Pratchett in black ink on the title page. The fourth novel in the Discworld series. The first printing was issued in an edition of 3,095 copies.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Josh Kirby illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding firm, the boards and gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with a few fingermarks to the later pages, and a light crease to the top corner of page 227, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the fine original dustwrapper that has very slight creasing to the head of the spine and remains without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£10.95 net to the lower front flap).

The sixth book in the Discworld series. The first printing was issued in an edition of 6,700 copies.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original yellow cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Josh Kirby illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm with light bumping to the bottom corners, the cloth and gilt, bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very lightly creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£10.95 net to the lower front flap).

The fifth novel in the Discworld series. The first printing was issued in an edition of 7,200 copies.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Josh Kirby illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a light bump to the spine head. The contents, with a little spotting to the top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper, which is free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.95 on the front flap).

The tenth 'Discworld' novel.

First edition, first printing. Original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Josh Kirby illustrated dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with slight rubbing at the extremities, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly creased dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£13.99 on the front flap).

The eleventh Discworld novel and the second to focus on Death.

Second printing of the first edition. Inscribed by Eudora Welty. Publisher's original brown cloth with gilt titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the extremities, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that is a little toned and marked to the panel edges. The author's first novel.

Inscribed by Eudora Welty (whose quote is printed on the front panel of the dustwrapper) in black ink on the half title "To Patchy / with a warm welcome now / and the next times, / and with gratitude and / the pleasure of our meeting / Eudora / March 31, 1986 / Jackson, Mississippi". The recipient Patchy Wheatley, produced and directed an episode of the multi-award winning arts documentary series 'Omnibus' (S.23, E.10) entitled 'Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings'. The acclaimed documentary aired in America as a edition of the PBS series 'The American Experience'. The [future] Pulitzer Prize winning author Eudora Welty first met Reynolds Price in February 1955. The novelist and short-story writer was coming to Duke University to give a lecture and lead a writing seminar. Price, a Duke senior English major from Warren County, having learned Welty's train would arrive well after midnight and knowing taxis would be unavailable that late, decided to chauffeur her to her hotel in his mother's DeSoto convertible. At the next day's seminar, Welty read Price's short story, 'Michael Egerton' and offered to send it to her agent. There began a friendship that lasted until Welty's death in 2001.

First edition, first printing. Stapled white card covers with an illustration by Julia Bell printed in blue and black to the upper cover. Unpaginated. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a few marks and minor rubbing to the edges of the covers. The contents are clean and bright throughout and free from inscriptions or stamps. Scarce.

The critically acclaimed poet's first collection, issued in an edition of 300 copies.

First and only edition. Signed by the author. Hand printed and bound by the author in red cloth with black titles to the upper board. 64mo. 8.5 x 7.5cm. Hand coloured frontispiece and two further illustrations by the author. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping and minor fraying to the spine tips and corners, the cloth a little spotted. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owners' marks. The lower inner rear hinge is cracked but holding firm. Rare.

Produced in a hand-numbered limited edition of just 25 copies, this example is numbered 13 and signed by Peter McGregor Ross on the colophon. A curious and really quite lovely early Winnie The Pooh pastiche; an original story featuring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit and Christopher Robin. The book was produced within a couple of years of the first edition of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's 'The House at Pooh Corner' (1928), almost certainly without the knowledge or permission of Milne and his publisher Methuen. One would assume it was a semi-commercial enterprise given the presence of a printed price of 'Half a Crown Nett'. Only one copy appears in auction records (this copy), sold by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 27 July 1983. Notably absent from the legendary Pat McInally collection, and the Victoria and Albert Museum 'Winnie The Pooh: Exploring A Classic' exhibition (2017-2018).

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Antony Maitland illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a touch of rubbing to the bottom edge of the boards. The contents, with a small faint stain to the bottom of the text block fore-edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the near fine lightly creased dustwrapper, which is a little toned to the rear panel and otherwise free from fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£3.75 net to the front flap).

A children's novel based on the life of Queen Boudicca from the Carnegie Medal winning writer of historical fiction.

First printing of the second edition (the first revised edition). Three volumes. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spines, in dustwrappers. Top edges red. Fold out map to the rear of each volume. A very good set, the bindings firm with a little rubbing at the extremities, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with some light spotting to the endpapers and closed text block edge. 'The Fellowship of the Ring' has a previous owner's inscription on the half title and a little wrinkling to the front free endpaper; 'The Two Towers' has some staining to the closed text-block edge and some spotting to the last pages; 'The Return of the King' has a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper. The maps in volumes II and III have some slight spotting, that of volume II with a very short closed tear to the margin. Complete with the original and correct lightly rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrappers, that are a little toned to the edges of the rear panel and spine. 'The Return of the King' has been price-clipped, 'The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers' are correctly priced 25s net to the lower front flap.

An important edition of The Lord of The Rings. This is the first printing featuring a new foreword and revisions to the first edition text by the author throughout. (Hammond & Anderson A5e).

First single volume edition, first printing. Original softcover printed with an illustration by Pauline Baynes. A good or slightly better copy, the binding square and firm with a closed tear where the front panel meets both the foot and the head of the spine, and a crease across the front panel. The spine with some cracking and flaking, the extremities lightly rubbed and creased. The contents, with a few small corner creases, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

J. R. R. Tolkien's three 'Lord of the Rings' novels are published here together in one volume for the first time. The cover illustrations are taken from Pauline Baynes' trypich artwork which was first used on the slipcase of the scarce 1963 deluxe 'Lord of the Rings' set.

First edition, first printing. Original brown cloth with gilt monogram and titles to the upper board and spine, housed in the original slipcase. Square 4to. Colour portrait frontispiece and 48 colour plates with black and white drawings throughout. A very good or better copy, the binding square and tight, the cloth and gilt bright. The contents, with a previous owner's inscription to the front pastedown, covered with two white labels, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the original slipcase that remains firm with a few light marks and indentations, and a small chip to the paper covering at one edge.

Primarily a collection of the illustrations reproduced in the series of six Tolkien calendars issued between 1973 and 1979. Many of the pictures were coloured specifically for the calendars and are now produced here in both the coloured and original un-coloured state. This is an almost complete record of J. R. R. Tolkien's published artwork for which Christopher Tolkien has written both a foreword and detailed notes for each picture.

First British edition, first printing. Publisher's original black cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the John Sewell designed dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm with some bumping to the spine tips and mild rubbing to the extreme edges, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that is a little faded to the spine and otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (35s / £1.75 to the lower front flap). Scarce.

The Urbino born and educated author's second novel. First published in Italian by Garzanti, 'La macchina mondiale' won the Strega Prize in 1965.

First edition, first printing with these illustrations. Deluxe edition. Signed by the artist. Two volumes. Early to mid 20th century full red morocco bound by J. May of London, the upper and lower boards ruled and with decorative corner pieces in gilt. Five raised bands with gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt to the spine. Inner dentelles double ruled in gilt, binder's stamp in gilt. Housed in a twin entry, ribbon pull, red cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 64 full-page, tissue guarded, coloured plates, 23 drawings in black and white throughout the two volumes. The bindings are square and firm with very slight fading to thin strips near the spine edge, the gilt bright and fresh. The contents, with offsetting and toning to the text pages from the mount card used for the colour plates are entirely complete and without tears or previous owners' marks. The lower left corner of three plates in Siegfried have a very faint corner crease, otherwise all plates, tissue guards and illustrations are in fine, bright condition.

Both volumes were issued in this deluxe large paper limited edition of 1100 copies, from which Rhinegold and the Valkyrie is numbered 212, and Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods is numbered 244. Both are signed by Arthur Rackham in black ink on the limitation page. A beautifully presented, signed set of Arthur Rackham's celebrated visual interpretation of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle.

First Folio Society edition. Folio. Quarter brown cloth and paper covered boards, titles in gilt to the upper board and in black on a white paper label to the spine. Frontispiece and nine further tipped-in photogravures by Alvin Langdon Coburn. Together with a small octavo commentary volume, 32 pages, with essays by David Lodge and George Hendrick and a photographic portrait frontispiece of H. G. Wells taken by Colburn. Both volumes are in fine condition. Housed in the very good, structurally sound publisher's brown cloth solander case that has a few marks and minor bumping.

Issued in a limited edition of 1000 copies, this example is hand numbered 511 on the colophon. An attractive facsimile of the Grant Richards edition of 1915 that was issued in a signed limited edition of just 60 copies.

First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original emerald green cloth with white titles to the spine and upper board, in Philip Youngman Carter illustrated dustwrapper. Top edge green. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with a couple of small, light marks to the cloth. The contents with some foxing to the endpapers and toning to the pastedowns, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, which has a small mark to the centre of the rear panel. An attractive example of a scarce title.

First edition, first printing. Trade issue. Publisher's original cinnamon cloth with gilt titles to the spine, lacking the dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, the cloth a little faded to the spine and top edge of the upper board. The contents, with foxing to the endpapers, a small bookseller's paper label to the rear pastedown and dustiness to the top edge of the closed text block, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions.

Published 24 October 1929 in an edition of 3040 copies and issued simultaneously with the British signed limited edition. The American signed limited edition, published by The Fountain Press, preceded all others by three days.

First combined edition, first printing. Publisher's original navy cloth with gilt tiles and illustration to the spine and upper board, lacking the dustwrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and one colour plate, with a further 35 black and white illustrations by Norah McGuinness. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping to the spine tips and light rubbing to the extremities. The contents, with toning to the endpapers and a little dustiness to the text block are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps.

Published in an edition of 1,885 copies on 11 November 1927. 'Stories of Red Hanrahan' was first published by Dun Emer Press in an edition of 500 copies in May 1905. 'The Secret Rose' was published by Lawrence and Bullen in April 1897. This first combined edition also contains the first trade appearance of the poem 'Sailing to Byzantium'. (Wade 157).

First UK edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original black paper-covered boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the Finn Campbell-Nottman illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and tight, the contents clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptons. Complete with the very lightly rubbed dustwrapper that is without fading, loss or tears. Not price-clipped (£12.99 on the front flap).

Signed by Markus Zusak in black ink on the title page. 'The Book Thief' became an international best seller soon after publication and has been translated into 63 languages. It was adapted into a film in 2013 directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.