Sold2022Le Carré (John) Single & Single, first edition, signed presentation inscription from theLe Carré (John) Single & Single, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated "2 Mar '99" on title, original boards, dust-jacket, light creasing to spine tips and cornersSee Sold Price
Sold2022Buchan (John) Sir Walter Ralegh, The Stanhope Essay, first edition, signed presentation inscriptionBuchan (John) Sir Walter Ralegh, The Stanhope Essay, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to C. H. Dick dated "July '97" to front endpaper, browning to endpapers, bookplate oSee Sold Price
Sold2022Wodehouse (P.G.) Big Money, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to JohnWodehouse (P.G.) Big Money, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Arlott to endpaper, 4pp. advertisements, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, toning to spineSee Sold Price
Sold2022Powell (Anthony) Two Plays, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1971.Powell (Anthony) Two Plays, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "John & Rosemary [Monagan] from Tony. The Chantry, August, 1987" to endpaper, additionally signed by the authSee Sold Price
Sold2022Wodehouse (P.G.) Blandings Castle and elsewhere, first edition, signed presentation inscription fromWodehouse (P.G.) Blandings Castle and elsewhere, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Arlott to endpaper, scattered spotting, original cloth, spine browned, splittingSee Sold Price
Sold2022Conrad (Joseph) The Shadow Line, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,Conrad (Joseph) The Shadow Line, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Christopher Sandeman dated March 1917 to endpaper, some pulling to gutter but holding firm, some lighSee Sold Price
Sold2022Conrad (Joseph) The Rescue, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Dr. &Conrad (Joseph) The Rescue, first generally published English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "Dr. & Mrs.Whitehead Reid with the greatest regard from Jospeh Conrad Dec. 1920"See Sold Price
Sold2022Dahl (Roald) Boy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1984.Dahl (Roald) Boy, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to half-title, illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original boards, light bumping to foot of spine, dust-jacket, very lSee Sold Price
Sold2022Eliot (T.S.) Goethe as the Sage, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author toEliot (T.S.) Goethe as the Sage, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Vernon Watkins on title and with authorial correction on p.62, photographic illustrations, original wSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pratchett (Terry) Small Gods, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "ToPratchett (Terry) Small Gods, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Mike, the turtle moves" with a drawing of a turtle on title, spine ends a little bumped, dust-jacket, wSee Sold Price
Sold2022Pinter (Harold) Betrayal, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to BrucePinter (Harold) Betrayal, jacket with light rubbing to spine tips and corners, else fine, 1978; Landscape and Silence, book label to Ritchie to front pastedown, jacket rubbed with minor chipping to spSee Sold Price
Sold2022Bradbury (Ray) Long After Midnight, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,NO RESERVE Bradbury (Ray) Long After Midnight, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Jeanie! With renewed love & friendship in this week of its first edition publication!See Sold Price
Sold2022Faulks (Sebastian) Birdsong, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1993.Faulks (Sebastian) Birdsong, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original boards, light marks to foot of upper cover, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, dusSee Sold Price
Sold2022Ackroyd (Peter) Hawksmoore, first edition, signed presentation inscription by the author, 1985; andAckroyd (Peter) Hawksmoore, signed presentation inscription by the author to title 1985 § Brookner (Anita) Latecomers, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, 1988 § JamesSee Sold Price
Sold2022Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,Amis (Kingsley) One Fat Englishman, signed presentation inscription from the author "A first edition at last to good old Bryan [Forbes]" to endpaper, 1963; Ending Up, presentation inscription "KingsleSee Sold Price
Sold2022Durrell (Lawrence) Blue Thirst, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,Durrell (Lawrence) Blue Thirst, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Ray & George [Mills] against a soon meeting in Corfu" to endpaper, illustrations, original wrappers,See Sold Price
Sold2022Kissinger (Henry) Years of Renewal, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,NO RESERVE Kissinger (Henry) Years of Renewal, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, jacket with small scuff to lower panel top corner, 1999 § Macmillan (Harold) The Blast ofSee Sold Price
Sold2022Potter (Stephen) One-Upmanship, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1952NO RESERVE Potter (Stephen) One-Upmanship, signed presentation inscription from the author "To S. Arnold Forster, With sincerest thanks for page 79" on endpaper, illustrations, jacket spine slightly bSee Sold Price
Sold2022Britton (Lionel) Hunger and Love, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author,NO RESERVE Britton (Lionel) Hunger and Love, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Louis Sterling, here is an attempt to sum up the aims and destiny of man" to endpaper, 1See Sold Price
Sold2022Binyon (Laurence) Niobe. Milton Prize Poem, first edition, signed presentation inscription from theNO RESERVE Binyon (Laurence) Niobe. Milton Prize Poem. Apposition. St. Paul's School, July 20, 1887, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to first page, some splitting to spiSee Sold Price
Sold2022Greene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover, first edition, signed presentation inscription from theGreene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Yvonne [Cloetta] from Graham. St Jean - Cap Ferrat. July 1959 with love" to endpaper, originaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Rowling (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard, first edition, signed presentation inscription from theRowling (J.K.) The Tales of Beedle the Bard, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Cholë", with holographic sticker, illustrations, original pictorial boards, a fineSee Sold Price
Sold2021Hughes (Langston) One-Way Ticket, first edition, signedHughes (Langston) One-Way Ticket, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author dated Dec. 14 1949 to title, light marginal toning, original cloth-backed boards, light fading to spineSee Sold Price
Sold2021Schulberg (Budd) Waterfront, first edition, signedSchulberg (Budd) Waterfront, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "This must surely be the most pristine copy of this book from Maine to California!" to endpaper, jacket pricSee Sold Price
Jun 27Forum AuctionsFreedman (Barnett) Set of proofs of the lithographs for 'Jane Eyre', inscribed by Freedman, [New£300
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