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UK,slim Qrto HB+dw/dj,illustrated+author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,distinctive,black ink dedication,signature +date thus: 'To Maddie, follow Curd & his friend till you,too, reach the very Back of Beyond! Alan Gilliland 31 July 09.' to front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price to either the dw/dj or book's boards.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around b/w author illustrated dw/dj with b/w+yellow lettering to front panel similar coloured lettering and thumbnail b/w publisher's illustrated colophon to foot of spine/backstrip and to rear panel,critics' white-lettered reviews (2) and story's synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splis present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own ollation.Publisher's… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten,blue ink inscptn+Christian name signature: 'For Patricia Ash. Who was a member like me of the S.J.A.B & also met Lady Louis Mountbatten from the author with best wishes Diane' to front free endpaper and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy laminated,author's contemporary portrait b/w photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked bronze gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers - inscrptn to ffe excepted.UK,slim, small 8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,viipp+1-53pp… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink signature to a special dedicated 'Signed by author' title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,part-matt and part-glossy,colour pictorial illustration with bright, crisp gilt decoration/embellishment to the gilt-lettered title and capitalised,gilt-lettered author name and a black circular adhesive 'Waterstones Signed Exclusive Edition' roundel to front lower fore-edge corner; spine/backstrip with white-lettered title; capitalised, white-lettered author's name and publisher's capitalised white+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with colour flora border with critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+lower edges colour tinted,fore-edges with coloured floral+foliage illustration to closed edges; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but neat,handwritten,black ink author signature - without dedication - to verso of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Publisher's bright, clean,unblemished0,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,7-160pp [paginated] includes foreword (by Eric Jones,cameraman in 2nd balloon),9 chapters+ epilogue,profuse contemporary glossy, colour scenic photographs/photography throughout the text and the book,an appendix [on photography],acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] scenic colour photograph vignetted half-title,double-page… Read More

UK,slim,small 8vo softback Original,subject SIGNED,1st edn. [Paperback/softback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but paperback/ softback originals are published prior to any other format,in the country of its original and sometimes worldwide.] FINE. Owner's printed,small adhesive,name+address label to top edge's margin of first page and crew member/subject [Tony Priddy] handwritten,black inked dedicated inscrptn - SIGNED+dated thus: 'To Bob All the best Alan Priddy 2 - 2 - 98' to the dedication page.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,sharp-cornered card covers with colour photographic front card cover with b/w lettering,black-lettered white spine/backstrip which has no reading creases,rear cover with white background to black-lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing toedges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges with very… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+dedicated,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's spidery handwritten,black ink inscrptn thus: 'To Charlie Hunter Davies' to title page,and a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome author's familial portrait photographic front of dw/dj,with glossy,black lettered forenamed and glossy brown-lettered surname, capitalised,glossy blue-lettered title, a grey,small elliptical shape with capitalised,off-white lettered 'A MEMOIR' within it,a matt,brown spine/backstrip with capitalised, glossy black-lettered title; capitalised,glossy blue-lettered forename and capitalised,glossy white-lettered surname, author's b/w thumbnail side profile portrait photograph to foot of spine along with publisher's capitalised blue+white -lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of spine too; rear panel author's monochrome family holiday photograph which includes Paul and Linda [Macartney] in the holiday snap and blue/ green lettered… Read More

UK,slim rectangular Qrto HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. FINE/NFINE.Neat,blue ink,familial,birthday gift presentation inscrptn to top right-hand corner of ffe,and author's handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to half-title page,and price-clipped dw/dj. Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial artwork,by Beningfield, watercolour illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with black lettering,pale green background rear panel with black+green kestrel illustrations; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major tears present.Tiny nick/closed tear to rear,lower corner of dw/dj, and some minimal rubbing with miniscule loss to the four corners.Some inevitable,but light, superficial indents+scoring to both panels of the dw/dj - but without affecting the boards beneath.Top+fore-edges clean; contents bright,tight,clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrator SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 .] FINE-/FINE. Previous presentation (?) inscrptn partially removed leaving a residual trace of same and a couple of tiny pin-prick holes through excessive erasure/rubbing.Illustrator Alan Lee's handwritten,black ink inscrptn thus: 'To Graeme with best wishes Alan Lee' to the title page. No price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour pictorial artwork by Alan Lee,illustrated dw/dj panels and spine/backstrip,with capitalised,embossed white-lettered author's name (J.R.R.'s,),and white,flat printed Editor's name (Christopher's) along with illustrator's similarly coloured+lettered name to front panel of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised white-initialled+ilustrated Tolkien monogram at head,capitalised white lettered original author name,capitalised,embossed, gilt-lettered title and publisher's white-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with another scenic illustration. Negligible… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,black ink signature without dedication to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright, crisp,clean photographic illustrated upper wrap with white+silver lettering,literary reviews for previous book ('Deceit') to rear; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/normal,contents bright,tight and clean, apart from page-edge toning. Publisher's bright,clean,original,plain green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate pale green endpapers. There is a small grease(?) stain to bottom edge of upper board,towards foot of spine/backstrip - else fine.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn,1-372pp [paginated] includes 16 chapters,4pp blanks to rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages and dedication. Following her much acclaimed No.1… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,dedicated+dated,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten ink dedication,signature and date: "All Best Wishes to Fiona - Robert Goddard,June 1997." to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,colour photographic upper wrap,with some light shelf-wear with reciprocal creasing to both top+ bottom,front+rear edges - but no nicks or tears present.Rear wrap with a couple of light scoring/indents.Top+fore-edges aged/toned - as usual/normal; contents bright,tight and clean.Publisher's original,plain dark blue cloth boards with crisp,bright, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white sets of endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, author SIGNED,1st edn,11-317pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters;plus [unpaginated] dedication+ Signature/date inscribed half-title page,title page,a dedication,Acknowledgements and 2pp blanks to rear.It is a summer afternoon in 1981.At a wedding party being given by the Napier family in the grounds of… Read More

UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.Ursula Buchan is the grand-daughter of the subject,John Buchan.] MINT/MINT. No owner inscrptn but author's neat handwritten signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around, matt,white background with subject's contemporary b/w portrit photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,whitelettered part-title,other red-lettered sub-title,black-lettered author name and black+red lettered review (Alexander McCall Smith) to front panelof dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised,black-lettered part-title and other red-lettered author name,with publisher's white illustrated Diana logo/colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with montage of subject's 3 contemporary biographical b/w photographs,and 6 assorted critics' black+red lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED+Waterstones Exclusive Interview,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.Internal printed ISBN reads 9780857526106 whilst to the rear cover,an adhesive label with printed ISBN 9781785175695.] FINE/NFINE. No owner inscrtn,but author's neat,handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp and clean,matt,wrap -around blue background with colour photograph/illustration of a seagull in flight to front panel,with author's capitalised,embossed,matt pale blue-lettered name and capitalised,embossed,matt white-lettered title and an adhesive roundel of black with white-lettered legend of 'Exclusive to Waterstones Interview with Kate Atkinson' and capitalised,white-lettered 'SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR' to same; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's white illustrated colophon and capitalised,white-lettered name respectively,to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj… Read More

UK,8vo 'C' format,SIGNED,1st p/back edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn, but author's black ink freehand, expressive signature - without dedication - to title page.Bright,clean,photographic illustrated wraps and white+silver gilt lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Spine/backstrip has slight spine-roll,also reading creases to same.Top+fore-edges generally bright,tight and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.UK,8vo p/b,SIGNED,'C' format p/back 1st edn, viii-xiipp+2- 403pp [paginated] includes glossary,list of characters,2 b/w maps (1326,St Paul's Cathedral & environs and 1326 The Tower of London & environs),46 chapters,author's note; plus [unpaginated] half-title page,author SIGNED title page and dedication page.See my book ID rja691517 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn of this same title.
1326: Queen Isabella refuses to leave France and further humiliates her husband King Edward II by flaunting her adulterous relationship with his… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE.Donor's handwritten,blue ink gift presentation inscrptn+date (Xmas 06) to title page,plus author's handwritten,ink signature - without dedication - to title page,just above his own printed name,and no price removal fron card cover. Bright,crisp,sharp-cornered - excepting rear,lower corner which has been accidently creased with a pair of faint diagonal creases to same - clean colour photographic upper wrap,with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - almost as new.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners and NO reading creases to spine/ backstrip either - unread other than my own collation. UK, 8vo wraps,author SIGNED,1st edn,ix-xviiipp+1-326pp [paginated] includes a preface,an introduction,Pts 1-3,an epilogue,profuse contemporary b/w photographs and illus throughout the text and the book,an index; plus [unpaginated]… Read More

UK,8vo wraps,SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,ink signature - without dedication - to title page,just above his own printed name.No dw/dj,card wraps as issued.Bright,crisp,clean colour photographic upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - almost as new.Though there is a dog-ear crease to pp159/60's top corner,there are strangely enough,no reading creases to spine/backstrip - possibly an unread copy? Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine.UK, 8vo wraps,SIGNED,1st edn,ix-xviiipp+1- 326pp [paginated] includes preface,introduction,Pts 1-3,an epilogue, profuse contemporary b/w photographs and illus throughout the text and the book,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,and contents list/table. See also my book ID rja946621 for author's DEVON'S FIFTY BEST CHURCHES,UK,8vo wraps,1st edn.… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn, but author's handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Miniscule bumping to head of spine/backstrip with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight and near pristine.Bright, clean,green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,3-311pp (paginated) includes half-title+title pages,a b/w map,Pts 1+2 comprising 11 and 10 chapters+epilogue respectively,and author's historical notes to rear. London 1759 and Jack's life is easy.A scholar at Westminster School,a master with cricket bat or billiard cue,the leader of a gang of bucks about town,he has both a girl he worships . . .and an older courtesan teaching him the… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,black ink signature - without dedication - to title page,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price.Usually indicates an export copy,which generally precedes the UK trade 1st edn's release.Bright,crisp,clean colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - an unread copy? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original, plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/ backstrip and immaculate b/w & brown/white decorated endpapers.UK, slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1-233pp [paginated] comprising 17 chapters; plus critics' reviews to half-title page,author SIGNED title page,and a dedication. Eagerly awaited next instalment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency we are once again transported to… Read More

UK,12mo wraps,SIGNED,3rd imp p/back.NFINE.[Published by Michael Joseph (UK) 1986,in hardback,then PAN (UK) 1988,in paperback.] No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten,blue ink signature - without dedication - to title page.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated upper wrap by Colin Thomas and black+red lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - tiny, closed nick to rear wrap's lower edge - reading creases to spine/backstrip.Top+fore- edges slightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. UK,12mo wraps,SIGNED,3rd imp,7-239pp [paginated] includes 21 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title,SIGNED title page,and dedication.Author's 25th novel. Kit Fielding's patron,Princess Casilia,is in trouble.Her invalid husband,Roland de Brescou,is being threatened… Read More

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,both authors SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp. NFINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Warmly inscribed,in handwritten,black ink: 'Hi Diane!! xxxxxxx Christmas '94 Leslie Crowther, Jean Crowther' to title page.Authors' colour portrait photographic dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges - no nicks or tears present.Head +foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+fore-edges very slightly aged/ toned - as usual/normal,else clean.Contents bright, tight and clean.Clean,plain blue paper-covered boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,joint authors' SIGNED,1st edn,2nd imp,1-196pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents list, foreword Pts 1+2 (3 and 13 chapters respectively),16pp b/w contemporary photographs in 8pp blocks between pp56/7 and pp120/21 respectively,an index and 4pp blanks to rear. A serious car accident in 1992 left Leslie… Read More

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,but author's handwritten,neat,blue ink inscrptn+signature: 'With all good wishes Frank Muir' to front free endpaper (ffe) and price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Some light indents to both panels.Top+fore-edges lightly aged but generally bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright, clean,original,plain brown cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and near immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,vi-viipp+1-164pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrated song+music notated pages,author intro,b/w line illustrations (non-credited) throughout the text and the book,and an index.… Read More