Autographs & Signed Books (all items)
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ACTON, Harold.
Autograph manuscript: “Poems 1925”. 1930
£4,750
With the author’s 3-page autograph letter presenting this manuscript to Sir Robert Abdy, with the recipient’s small bookplate to the front pastedown. Acton alludes to...
Octavo. Original batik-patterned green wrappers printed in black and gold. In a matching card slipcase. In excellent condition. Read more
ADAM, Peter.
Eileen Gray Architect Designer a Biography. 1987
£50
First Edition, First Imprssion. Inscibed by Adam “For Brian (Baggott) / with very special wishes / for a good fax season / Pete.”
Quarto. Original grey cloth, logo to upper board in silver, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Near fine in dust jacket, creaed to the upper panel. Read more
ADAMS, Douglas.
Mostly Harmless. 1992
£150
First Edition, First Impression. Inscribed on the title page by the author ‘To Simon / Douglas Adams.’ The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitch...
Octavo. Original publisher’s grey cloth. With the dust jacket. Gift inscription to front free endpaper, spine lightly bumped, dust jacket with two small pin... Read more
ADAMS, Douglas.
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish. 1984
£175
First Edition. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author ‘To Gerry, Best wishes, Douglas Adams, 8 xii 84.
Octavo. Original black cloth, with titles to spine in silver. With holographic dust jacket. Book and dust jacket fine. Read more
ADAMS, Richard.
The Girl in a Swing. 1980
£250
First edition, first impression, the suppressed first issue with the female character’s name given as Käthe. Inscribed by the author on the title page “To Julia Briggs...
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Small bumps to top edge and lower corner. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket... Read more
A.E.
Song and Its Fountains. 1932
£1,250
First Edition, First Impression. With the author’s fine presentation inscription and original pastel drawing to the front free endpaper, “To my dear Osborn Bergin who will...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Mild browning to two pages but an excellent copy in the rather tanned dust... Read more
(AITCHISON, Craigie; Michael Andrews; Frank Auerbach; Francis Bacon; Lucien Freud; R. B. Kitaj.)
A selection of 20th Century British Art. Cunard Marlborough London Gallery on Board Queen Elizabeth 2. 1969
£4,500
First and only edition. Inscribed to Harry, Leona and Kathlyn Tierney by Aitchison, Andrews, Auerbach, Bacon, Freud and Kitaj on each of their respective pages. The playwright, poet...
Quarto. Original stiff wrappers, titles to spine and panels in navy blue. With the printed glassine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy with age toning, glassine dust... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Old Inns. 1921
£200
First Edition. Limited edition of 380 numbered copies signed by Cecil Aldin, this one being number 39.
Quarto. pp. viii + 149. bound in quarter vellum, gilt titles to spine, white paper covered boards, gilt and black titles and decoration to front board. With 16 colour... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Old Inns. 1921
£475
Signed Limited Edition of 380 copies of which this is number 379.
Octavo. Recent full dark green morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single roll to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 16 tipped... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Ratcatcher to Scarlet. [1926]
£1,250
First Edition Limited Issue. One of just 100 numbered copies signed by Aldin and with an original sketch of a beagle in ink pencil and wash to an early blank. Uncommon.
Octavo, pp. 123. Original vellum-backed white japon boards, titles to spine gilt, titles to front board gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Time I Was Dead. Pages from My Autobigraphy. 1934
£500
First edition, first impression. Signed limited edition. Limited to 100 copies of which this is number 59 signed by Cecil Aldin
Quarto. Original quarter red morocco with red cloth boards, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt. Spine faded, boards a little darkened, light foxing to fore edge. Read more
(ALDIN, Cecil) DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. 1910
£600
Signed Limited Edition of 250 copies of which this is number 186 signed by Cecil Aldin.
2 volumes, large octavo. Bound in half recent crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, crimson cloth boards, cream plain endpapers, top... Read more
AMBLER, Eric.
The Levanter. 1972
£3,250
Proof copy printed on rectos only, page size 25 mm wider than the first edition. Bound for Ambler in the style of the first edition. Together with a copy of the first edition....
Octavo. Original grey boards, titles to spine in purple. Housed in a blue cloth solander box. A few spots to top edge but an excellent copy. Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
Girl, 20. 1971
£175
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper “Allee bentee by the Author viz Kingsley”. With the bookplate of politician and...
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. A few small marks to boards, spine rolled, top-stain faded. A very good copy... Read more
AMIS, Kingsley.
Lucky Jim 1953
£9,750
First edition, first impression. Amis’s epochal first novel. With the author’s signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, “Sincerest good wishes to...
Octavo. Original green boards, titles to spine in gold. With the dust jacket probably supplied from another copy. Housed in a quarter green morocco solander box made... Read more
AMIS, Martin.
Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions. 1993
£50
First edition, signed by the author.
Octavo. Original black paper over boards, spine lettered in gilt, red endpapers, with dust jacket. Signed and dated by author on half-title. Spine of dust jacket a... Read more
ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
To Be or Not to Be? 1857
£4,750
First Edition in English (the Danish version had been published in Copenhagen earlier that year). With the author’s signed presentation inscription in Danish on the front free...
Octavo. Original purple cloth, boards blocked in blind, titles and decoration to spine gilt, yellow-coated endpapers. Binder's ticket on rear pastedown. Housed in a... Read more
ANDERSON, Maxwell.
Key Largo. A Play in a Prologue and Two Acts. 1939
£625
First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page.
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine and upper board in red, pictorial endpapers, grey top-stain. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed... Read more
ANDERSON, Rachel, et al.
Muck and Magic. Stories from the Countryside. 1995
£300
Limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed on the half title page by 18 of the authors and illustrators, published to raise funds for farms for city children: signed by Rachel...
Octavo. Publisher’s green cloth, titles to spine and front cover gilt, pictorial paper label to centre of front cover, pictorial endpapers. Complete with glassine... Read more
ANDERSON, Robert.
Tea and Sympathy. 1953
£325
First Edition, First Printing. With the signed presentation inscription to the front pastedown from the actress Deborah Kerr who created the role of the leading lady in the...
Octavo. Original grey boards, photographic illustration to upper board, titles to spine and upper board in gilt on a puce ground, top edge stained black. With the dust... Read more
ANGELL, Norman.
Defence and the English-Speaking Role. 1958
£30
First edition. This copy inscribed by Angell on the front free endpaper to Vladimir Gurewich, “With high regard.”
Octavo, original red cloth , title in black to the spine. A little rubbed and soiled, some inked underlining, else very good. Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
Contact Highs. Selected Poems 1957–1987. 1989
£150
First edition, first printing, paperback issue. From the library of Alan Ansen, with his handwritten corrections to the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original white wrappers printed in black with an illustration from a photo. Wrappers lightly rubbed and a little toned along the edges, edges to contents a... Read more
ANSEN, Alan.
The Old Religion. 1959
£125
First edition, first impression of the author’s first book. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. With an inscription by the author on the cover recording the address of the...
Octavo. Original grey wrappers printed in black. Wrappers rubbed and marked and, along with the contents, a little warped, mark to limitation leaf. A good copy. Read more
(ARCADIA PRESS) Masters, John.
Casanova. 1970
£250
Signed Limited Edition of 265 numbered copies of which this is number 224, signed by the author.
Quarto. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full purple morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, pictorial onlay to front board of the Jack of Hearts, inner dentelles... Read more
(ARCADIA PRESS) PRIESTLEY, J. B.
The Prince of Pleasure and his Regency 1811–20. 1970
£250
Signed Limited Edition of 265 numbered copies of which this is number 224, signed by the author. Priestley’s study of the Prince Regent and his world was first published in...
Quarto. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full blue morocco, titles to spine gilt, raised bands, decorative motif onlay to front board, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
