Autographs & Signed Books (all items)
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WARHOL, Andy.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. 1975
£2,500
First edition, first printing. Signed by Warhol on the half title with a sketch of a Campbell's soup can. Additionally initialled by Warhol in felt tip.
Octavo. Original yellow paper boards with orange cloth spine, titles to spine in white and black, the artist's initials to lower corner of front board in black. With... Read more
WARHOL, Andy.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. 1975
£2,500
First Edition, First Printing. Inscribed by the artist on the half title 'to Cloret / Andy Warhol' with a sketch of a Campbell's soup can.
Octavo. Original quarter orange cloth, titles to spine in white and black, yellow paper boards, the artist's initials to lower corner of upper board. With the dust... Read more
WARHOL, Andy.
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol. (From A to B & Back Again). 1975
£1,000
First edition, first printing. Signed by Warhol on the half title.
Octavo. Original yellow paper boards with orange cloth spine, titles to spine in white and black, the artist's initials to lower corner of front board in black. With... Read more
WALTON, Izaak; Charles Cotton; R. B. Marston (ed.)
The Lea and Dove Edition, being the 100th edition of The Compleat Angler 1888
£600
A salesman's dummy, or blad, for the lavish royal quarto signed limited edition of the 100th edition of The Compleat Angler. The edition is particularly notable for its photogravures...
Royal quarto (325 × 255 mm). Original dull red morocco-grain cloth, spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers (the same as used in the deluxe binding), top edge... Read more
WALTERS, Minette.
The Scold's Bridle. 1994
£50
First Edition, First Impression. Signed by Minette Walters on the title page.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
WALTERS, Minette.
The Sculptress. 1993
£125
First Edition, First Impression. Signed by Minette Walters on the title page.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
WALPOLE, Hugh.
Cathedral Carol Service. 1934
£150
First edition, first impression. This episode was taken from The Inquisitor, which was to be published in the autumn of 1935. This copy inscribed by the author on the front free...
Octavo. Original yellow boards, titles to spine in purple. With the dust jacket. Spine rolled, light foxing to endpapers and edges. A very good copy in the tanned and... Read more
WALPOLE, Hugh.
Rouge Herries. A Novel. 1930
£875
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author to John Buchan on the half-title, "Dear John, I've stepped into your territory. Forgive me! Affectionately, Hugh Walpole....
Octavo. Original green cloth elaborately blind panelled, titles to spine and upper board gilt, map endpapers, green top-stain. Very lightly rubbed at extremities,... Read more
WALN, Nora.
Reaching for the Stars. 1939
£150
First edition, unknown impression due to a newspaper clipping being mounted on the imprint page. Bookplate with the arms of of Field Marshal Montgomery, with its crusader and "Desert...
Octavo. Original cream cloth, red faux label to the spine. Somewhat rubbed and soiled, spine lean, toning to the text, a quantity of clippings mounted by, or tipped... Read more
WALN, Nora.
Reaching for the Stars. 1939
£65
Fourth impression, published in May 1939, two months after the first impression. Signed by the author on a bookplate to the front pastedown. Nora Waln (1895–1964) was a...
Octavo. Original cream cloth,red paper label to spine printed in gilt, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Shelf number ticket to the spine panel of the jacket.... Read more
WALLINGER, Mark.
Mark Wallinger. 1995
£125
First edition, first printing. Inscribed on the title page "For Paul, best wishes, Mark Wallinger". Catalogue to coincide with exhibitions at the Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 25...
octavo. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to spine in white. Illustrated throughout. Fine condition. Read more
WALLINGER, Mark.
Mark. [2011]
£700
First edition, only printing. Edition of 150. Each copy is individually hand painted on the front cover by Wallinger and is accompanied with an inscribed numbered certificate.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to front cover handpainted in white paint by Wallinger. Housed in the publisher's 4mm thick acrylic slipcase. Fine in slipcase. Read more
(WALLER, Thomas “Fats”) GRIEG, Edvard.
Norwegische Tänze für Pianoforte zu vier Händen von … c.1890
£1,500
Ownership inscription of Thomas "Fats" Waller to the upper wrap. Waller impressed early on with his keyboard skills, playing alongside his mother in the church where his father was a...
Quarto. Original printed card wraps, spine reinforced with linen. A little soiled, a few minor chops from the edge, but overall very good. Read more
WALLACE, Edgar.
The Mission that failed. A Tale of the Raid & other Poems reprinted from the "Owl" etc. 1898
£750
First edition. "A collection of poems on South African topics; among the stanzas are some verses concerning the Jameson Raid, and other matters concerned with Transvaal politics"...
Small octavo. Original printed wraps, rebacked with cloth, some repairs, wraps brittle and paint-spattered on the upper panel. Portrait frontispiece. Marginal... Read more
(WALKER, Walter) POCOCK, Tom.
Fighting General. 1973
£50
First edition. First and Second Burma Campaigns in WWII, Malayan Emergency and Indonesian insurgency. This copy was warmly inscribed in 1988 to orthopaedic surgeon Michael Edgar. The...
Octavo. Original blue-green boards. With the dust jacket. 12 plates, maps to the text. Very good in a slightly tired jacket. Read more
WALCOTT, Derek.
Midsummer. 1984
£275
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Leon, Derek, Nov 84".
Octavo. Original black cloth backed green boards, titles to spine gilt, author's initials to upper board in blind. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the dust... Read more
WALCOTT, Derek.
The Castaway and Other Poems. 1965
£375
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Best wishes to Roger & Mary. Come back soon, Derek." Inscribed first editions of this book are...
Octavo. Original black cloth backed grey and white patterned boards, titles to spine gilt, red top-stain. With the dust jacket. Minor bump to head of spine, circular... Read more
WAIN, John.
Weep Before God. Poems. 1961
£85
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "John Wain/ Martin Staline's copy/ Mermaid 1961". Staline was Wain's first editor, and Mermaid...
Octavo. Original pictorial boards. With the dust jacket. Spine ends very slightly rubbed, partial browning to free endpapers. An excellent copy in the rubbed, nicked,... Read more
WAIN, John.
Wildtrack. A Poem. 1965
£85
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Martin [Staline] my first editor! in friendship John".
Octavo. Original pictorial boards. With the dust jacket. Very slightly rubbed at the extremities, light partial tanning to free endpapers. An excellent copy in the... Read more
VONNEGUT, Kurt.
Bluebeard. 1987
£425
First edition, first printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription on the half title page.
Octavo. Original black cloth-backed blue boards, titles to upper board and spine gilt, red endpapers. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the dust jacket. Read more
VIERECK, Peter.
Terror and Decorum. Poems 1940–1948. 1949
£125
First edition, first printing of the author's first book, which won the Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Emma [?], Peter Viereck".
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in white, pattern to upper board in white and black. With the dust jacket. Binding lightly rubbed and a little marked,... Read more
VIDOR, King.
A Tree is a Tree. 1953
£675
First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Vidor on the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine in red, white and green. With the pictorial dust jacket. Housed in grey cloth folding box. Illustrated. An excellent... Read more
VIDOCQ, [François Eugène].
Memoires. 1828-9
£850
First editions and signed by the author in the first 3 volumes.
4 volumes, octavo (200mm x 125mm). Buckram-backed spines, marbled boards, endpapers and edges. Engraved frontispiece of the author to volume 1. Previous owner's... Read more
VICKREY, William.
Agenda for Progressive Taxation. 1947
£1,600
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Harold Hotelling – with many thanks for your helpful suggestions, Bill Vickrey". Hotelling...
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine gilt. Boards slightly dulled, corners bumped, creasing to top corner of upper board, some small white spots to lower... Read more
VETTRIANO, Jack.
Affairs of the Heart, 19th June - 31st July 2004. 2004
£100
First edition. Inscribed by Vettriano "For Lance, With best wishes, Jack." Published to accompany the Affairs of the Heart exhibition at the Portland Gallery, London, 19th June -...
Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to spine in black. A fine copy. Read more
