Recent Arrivals from Northern Lights Rare Books

No Binding. Fine. An A4-sized colour printed sheet (the cover page of a Swedish sports magazine) - which has been hand/signed by Mats Wilander. Provenance assured - this is one of a collection of tennis/related autographs obtained by a leading international sports administrators over many years. VG condition with small chip to the leading edge of the paper.… Read more about this item

London: W.H. Allen, 1977. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The original edition of Christopher Lee's autobiograpy, published in London in 1977. Always an elusive book and this is a very acceptable copy although not quite in Fine condition. In the publisher's blue-coloured boards with bright gilt titles to the backstrip.Pushed a little at the foot,… Read more about this item

London: Covent Garden Press Ltd, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. First Edition. No 13 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the author from a total edition of 600 copies. Pictorial wrappers, issued without dustjacket. Very Good to Near Fine condition with just minor rubs and a couple of minor creases to the extremeties… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A VG copy of this"Jumping Jack Styrker" mystery. The block is tanned and the binding not quite straight. Signed, however, directly to the title page by the author. In a Fine unclipped dustjacket.

1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. A plain card signed by Edward Albee, measures 5.5" x 3.5" approx. Some creasing to the extremeties but the card is large enough to facilitate trimming without affecting the autograph which is clear and centred.

London: The Bodley Head, 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. By the author of The L-Shaped Room. Original blue cloth, corners lightly bumped but a VG clean copy in VG unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the corners with minor loss. Signed at the title page by the author, uncommon thus.

London: Doubleday, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing of the UK edition. The memoir of - unquestionably- one of the most influential statesmen of the 20th Century. A substantial heavy book which is prone to losing its shape but this is a Fine, tight unread copy in Fine dustjacket. SIGNED (for the seller in person) by… Read more about this item

London: Orion. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. A promotional postcard for the Inspector Rebus novel, A Question of Blood. Signed by author Ian Rankin, the signature was obtained by the seller in person. Fine condition.

London: Scholastic Press, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. SIGNED by the author at the title page. Minor crease to the cloth at the top edge of the back strip but a Fine unread copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket.

London: Weidenfled & Nicholson, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First thus - translated from the original German by Anthea Bell. Signed by the author directly to the title page. A fine copy in Fine unclipped dustjacket.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. First Printing. Softcover. Unpaginated, illustrated with colour photographs of the Live Aid concerts at Wembley and JFK and including interviews with some of the artists involved. Introduced by Bob Geldof who was, of course, the chief architect and driving force behind this extremely important cultural… Read more about this item

Paris: Galerie Maeght - Editions Pierre A Feu, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. Joan Miró. Loose leaves in illustrated wrappers as issued, pp. 12. An uncommon First Printing of this edition of DLM which was published in November 1948 on the occasion of the the exhibition of paintings and ceramics by Joan Miró at… Read more about this item

London: Pavillion Books, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. First printing. The very first of several collaborations between Jones and award-winning illustrator Michael Foreman. Quite difficult to find nowadays. Not the best of copies as far as condition goes - a well read book which is bumped at the board edges, corners and spine ends. Some minor… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. First Printing. An extraordinarily nice copy of this Robert Hale sci-fi title, presents As New in dustjacket with no noticeable blemishes and none of the usual print-soiling to the rear.

London: Gollancz, 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Super copy of this first anthology of short stories from members of the Crime Writer's Association. Signed twice by Harry Keating and also at their respective stories by Liza Cody, Reginald Hill, Robert Barnard and Paula Gosling. Fine in unclipped dustjacket.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. By the author of The L-Shaped Room. Original red cloth, corners lightly bumped, lightly tanned text-block but a lovely clean copy in NF unclipped dustjacket which has a couple or more tiny marks on the rear panel. Signed (for the seller in person at the… Read more about this item

Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtio Kirja, 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. First edition, thus (first Finnish language edition). Illustrated wrappers, pp.237, partly uncut, untrimmed at the bottom and fore-edges. A nice clean copy, free from owner names etc, the wrappers are creased and a bit tatty with minor tears and a pinhole to the upper cover. Scarce! … Read more about this item

1984. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. An A4-sized poster for the Stockholm Open tennis tournament of 1984 which has been hand-signed by Jimmy Connors and Mats Wilander - contemporary signatures, very clear and nice examples. A superb item of 20th Century Tennis memorabilia. Provenance assured - this is one of a collection of tennis/related autographs obtained by… Read more about this item

1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. A4 sized (28 x 20 cm) photographic paper with image of tennis star Novak Djokovic which he has signed below in person. With provenance - authenticity guaranteed - this is one of a collection of tennis-related autographs obtained by a leading international sports administrator. Fine condition

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. First Printing, a paperback original. An excellent association/presentation copy which has been signed by Karpov and then presented to a former Finnish government minister, additionally inscribed by two leading adminstrators of the Finnish Chess Federation. Some colour fading to the margins of the lower wrapper but… Read more about this item