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[025613] Nadel, Barbara . Deadly Webb . London: Headline , 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780755321261. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025617] Nadel, Barbara . Petrified . London: Headline , 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780747269144. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025603] Nadel, Barbara . Harem . London: Headline , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780747269137. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025212] Nemirovsky, Irene . Suite Francaise . London: Chatto and Windus , 2006. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780701178963. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £35.00

[025625] Nicholson, William . Slaves of the Mastery the Wind on Fire II. London: Mammoth , 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780749741525. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025256] Norfolk, Lawrence. Lempriere's Dictionary. London: Sinclair Stevenson, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9781856190534. Author's first book; signed by the author. Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £20.00

[022548] O'Brian, Patrick. The Aubrey-Maturin Series: Twenty First Editions. London: Collins, A set of all twenty of the Aubrey-Maturin series in first editions. Master and Commander has a very light crease to the dustjacket at the foot of the spine, otherwise all volumes fine throughout, cloth in unclipped dustjackets. Master and Commander (1969); Post Captain (1972); HMS Surprise (1973); The Mauritius Command (1977); Desolation Island (1978); The Fortune of War (1979); The Surgeon's Mate (1980); The Ionian Mission (1981); Treason's Harbour (1983); The Far Side of the World (1984); The Reverse of the Medal (1986); The Letter of Marque (1988); The Thirteen-Gun Salute (1989); The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991); Clarissa Oakes (1992); The Wine-Dark Sea (1993); The Commodore (1994); The Yellow Admiral (1996); The Hundred Days (1998); and Blue at the Mizzen (1999). £6,500.00

[025653] O'Connor, Ed. The Yeares Midnight. London: Constable, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1841194263. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025766] O'connor, Joseph . Star of the Sea . London: Secker and Warburg , 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9780436255564. First Edition. Pen inscription to rear of dedication page. £25.00

[025575] O'hagan, Andrew . Personality . London: Faber and Faber , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780571195015. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025767] Palliser, Charles . The Unburied . London: Phoenix House , 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9781861591272. First Edition. Signed. £15.00

[025633] Paretsky, Sara. Tunnel Vision . New York: Delacorte Press , 1994. First US Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780385299329. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025640] Paretsky, Sara. Hard Time . London: Hamish Hamilton , 1999. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241140161. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025624] Paretsky, Sara. Guardian Angel . London: Hamish Hamilton , 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241132586. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025576] Pattison, Eliot . The Skull Mantra . London: Century , 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0712680594. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025647] Paver, Michelle . Soul Eater . London: Orion , 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9781842551721. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025642] Paver, Michelle . Wolf Brother . London: Orion , 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9781842551707. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025651] Pears, Iain. The Dream of Scipio. London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 0224060163. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025614] Pelecanos, George . Hard Revolution . London: Orion , 2004. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780752856308. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025757] Perez Galdos, Benito . Torquemada . London: Andre Deutsch, 1988. First UK Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9780233981550. First Edition. £12.50

[006955] Peters, Ellis. A Morbid Taste for Bones. London: MacMillan, 1977. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. A little dust on top edge, otherwise a very good clean copy throughout. Boards solid and firm, with minimal slanting. Dust jacket fine, unspotted and unscratched, with minor marginal loss to foot of front flap. Not Price-clipped. First of the Brother Cadfael series. £600.00

[025057] Pierre , D.B.C. Vernon God Little . London: Faber and Faber , 2003. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780571215157. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Signed by author. £35.00

[025224] Pierre, D.B.C. . Vernon God Little . London: Faber and Faber , 2003. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780571215157. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket.Booker prize winner. £18.00

[025769] Powell, Anthony . Hearing Secret Harmonies . London: William Heinemann , 1975. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 434599212. First Edition. £25.00

[025768] Powell, Anthony . The Fisher King . London: William Heinemann , 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 434599263. First Edition. £20.00

[025031] Pullman, Philip . His Dark Materials . London: Scholastic Press , 2001. First Edition. Large 8vo. Cloth. Signed Cards Included. Very Good & Sound / Very Good. ISBN: 9780439994347. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. First complete edition.Hinge a little weak between FEPand half title page.Includes three signed postcards by the author of The Amber Spyglass. £95.00

[025068] Pullman, Philip . His Dark Materials Set of Three Volumes . London: Scholastic Publications , 1995. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: . Fine three volume set of the much sought afer His Dark Materials trilogy .All volumes signed.Offer includes two later volumes of sequels 'Lyra's Oxford' and 'Once Upon a time in the North', which are not signed. £4,950.00

[025771] Raban, Jonathan . Coasting . London: Collins Harvill , 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0002721198. First Edition. £5.00

[025770] Raban, Jonathan . Foreign Land . London: Collins Harvill , 1985. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0002229188. First Edition. £5.00

[025772] Rayner, Richard. Los Angeles Without a Map. London: Secker & Warburg, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good d/w. First Edition. £20.00

[025274] Redgrave, Michael. The Mountebank's Tale. London: Heinemann, 1959. 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Inscribed by Author. Good & Sound D/J price clipped. Inscribed by the author to the title page. D/J creased to the edges with a few tears. £45.00

[025773] Renault, Mary. The Mask of Apollo. London: Longmans, 1966. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good / Good. Dust jacket (designed by AE Barbosa); edges a little grubby in places. First edition. £12.00

[025170] Rhys, Jean . Tigers are Better Looking . London: Andre Deutsch , 1968. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 233959874. First Edition. Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Some scuffs on dust-jacket, and some small tears. £38.00

[025171] Rhys, Jean . Sleep it Off Lady . London: Andre Deutsch , 1976. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 0233968180. First Edition. Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Some scuffs on dust-jacket, and some small tears. £25.00

[025954] Robinson, Kim Stanley . Red Mars. London: Harper Collins , 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good / Good. ISBN: 9780246138811. First Edition. Dust-jacket is a bit scuffed in places and has a small tear on the spine.j £50.00

[025582] Robinson, Peter . The Summer That Never Was . London: MacMillan, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780333907436. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025059] Roth , Philip . Our Gang . London: Jonathan Cape , 1971. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 022400680. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £15.00

[025775] Roth, Philip. Portnoy's Complaint. London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good and Sound / Good D/w. First edition. £30.00

[025774] Roth, Philip. Sabbath's Theatre. London: Jonathan Cape, 1995. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good d/w. ISBN: 9780224041577. First edition. £12.00

[025321] Roth, Philip. The Breast. London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1973. 1st UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0224008102. First edition. Price not clipped on dust-jacket, which has a few minor tears and scuffs. £15.00

[024973] Rowling, J.K.. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire . London: Bloomsbury , 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Inscribed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9780747546245. Signed first edition. £450.00

[025777] Rubens, Bernice . Sunday Best . London: Eyre and Spottiswoode , 1971. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 413448304. First Edition. £15.00

[025301] Rushdie, Salman . Imaginary Homelands . London: Granta Books , 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780140142242. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket.Non-fiction book of essays. £15.00

[025302] Rushdie, Salman. The Satanic Verses. London: Viking, 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9780670825370. First edition.Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £60.00

[025125] Rushdie, Salman . The Ground Beneath Her Feet . London: Jonathan Cape , 1999. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780224044196. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Signed by author. £25.00

[025778] Rushdie, Salman. Haroun and the Sea of Stories. London: Granta Press, 1990. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good d/w. ISBN: 9780140142235. First edition. £12.00

[025047] Safran Foer, Jonathan . Everything is Illuminated . London: Hamish Hamilton , 2002. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241141663. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Signed by author.. £50.00

[025637] Sallis, James . Ghost of a flea . Herts: No Exit Press, 2002. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9781842430415. Signed First Edition.Limited edition 438 of 500. £15.00

[025030] Sansom , C.J. . Disolution . London: Viking , 2003. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good & Sound / Very Good. ISBN: 978067003037. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket.His first novel. £195.00

[026010] Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer . ill. Freedman, Barnett. London: Faber and Faber Ltd , 1931. First Edition. 8vo. Blue Half Leather. Very Good First edition rebound in half leather blue binding. Gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamp on cover.Fifteen lavish colour illustrations throughout, and nice school stamp on front end paper. £150.00

[025782] Scott, Paul. A Division of The Spoils. London: Heinemann, 1975. 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good & Sound / Good & Sound d/w. First edition. £45.00

[025042] Sebold , Alice . The Lovely Bones . London: Picador , 2002. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780330485371. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Signed by author. £80.00

[025204] Self, Will . How the Dead Live . London: Bloomsbury , 2000. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780747548959. First Edition .Signed.Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £15.00

[025783] Seth, Vikram. A Suitable Boy. London: Phoenix House, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 9781897580202. Very slight wear to jacket edges.First edition. £18.00

[025604] Siegel, James . Derailed . London: Time Warner Books , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780316725354. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025784] Sijie, Dai . Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress . London: Chatto and Windus , 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9780701169824. First Edition. £10.00

[025061] Smith , Zadie . The Autograph Man . London: Hamish Hamilton , 2002. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241139981. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Signed by author.. £25.00

[025597] Smith, Sid . Something Like a House . London: Picador , 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780330480307. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025207] Smith, Zadie . On Beauty . London: Hamish Hamilton , 2005. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241142936. First Edition .Signed.Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £20.00

[026020] Soldati, Mario. The Commander Comes to Dine . London: John Lehmann , 1952. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. First UK edition, with dust-jacket design by John Minton, which has a few minor scuffs.223 pages. £30.00

[025785] Spark, Muriel . The Takeover . London: MacMillan , 1976. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Good. ISBN: 333196775. First Edition. £10.00

[025605] Staincliffe, Cath . Stone Cold, Red Hot . London: Alloson and Busby , 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780749005153. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025584] Stephen, Martin . The Desperate Remedy . London: Little Brown , 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780316859707. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025570] Stroud, Jonathan . The Golem's Eye . London: Doubleday , 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780385606158. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025589] Stroud, Jonathan . Ptolemy's Gate . London: Doubleday , 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780385606165. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025650] Stroud, Jonathan . The Amulet of Samarkand . London: Doubleday , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780385605991. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025598] Suri, Manil. The Death of Vishnu . London: Bloomsbury Publishing , 2001. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780747552703. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025786] Swift, Graham. Out of This World . London: Viking , 1988. 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0670820849. Signed by the author Graham Swift on the title page. First edition. £20.00

[025217] Swift, Graham . The Light of Day . London: Hamish Hamilton , 2003. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241142042. First Edition .Signed.Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £15.00

[025253] Swift, Graham. Last Orders. London: Picador, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780330345590. First edition. Price not clipped on dust-jacket.Booker prize winner. £15.00

[025126] Tartt, Donna . The Little Friend . London: Bloomsbury , 2002. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780747562115. First Edition .Price not clipped on dust-jacket. Signed by author. £25.00

[025241] Taylor, G.P.. Shadowmancer . London: Faber and Faber , 2003. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780571221998. First Edition. Signed. Price not clipped on dust-jacket.Special edition which contains the previously unpublished final chapter. £20.00

[004157] Thackery, WM. Burlesques. Novels by Eminent Hands, Jeames's Diary, The History of the next French Revolution, A Legend of the Rhine, Adventures of Major Gahagan. London: Smith, Elder, 1879. Tall 4to. finely bound in modern half red leather, spine gilt. With illus. by the author, George Cruikshank & H Furniss £195.00

[004156] Thackery, WM. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond. A Little Dinner at Timmins and notes of a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo. London: Smith, Elder, 1879. Tall 4to. finely bound in modern half red leather; with illus. by the author, Atkinson & Webb. Occasional slight spotting o/w fine £195.00

[007926] Thomas, D.M.. Ararat. London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good d/w. Very slight wear to acket edges. £25.00

[025646] Thomas, Edwin . The Blighted Cliffs . London: Bantam Press , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780593050644. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025124] Tremain , Rose . Restoration . London: Hamish Hamilton , 1989. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780241126950. First Edition Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £18.00

[025208] Tremain, Rose . Music and Silence . London: Chatto and Windus , 1999. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9781860560279. First Edition .Signed.Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £15.00

[025787] Trevor, William . Beyond the Pale . London: Bodley Head , 1981. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 037030442x. First Edition. £20.00

[025788] Trevor, William . The News from Ireland . London: Bodley Head , 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Hard Cover. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 0370306953. First Edition. £12.50

[005647] Van der Meersch, Maxence. Mask of Flesh. London: William Kimber, 1960. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good / Good. d/w; v. slightly cocked, jacket a little chipped £15.00

[013310] Varagnac, Andre. National Costumes Designes By E. Lepage-Medvey: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia. London: The Hyperion Press, 1939. 8vo. Cloth. Good / Good D/w. With colour & b/w illustrations £65.00

[025789] Vidal, Gore. Myra Breckinridge. London: Anthony Blond Ltd., 1968. 1st UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good / Good. Minor ruffling to the dust jacket and little nips to the edges. Slight wear to cloth edges. First edition. £20.00

[025620] Waites, Martyn . Born Under Punches . London: Simon and Schuster , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780743230858. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025140] Waters, Sarah . The Night Watch . London: Virago , 2006. First Editon. 8vo. Cloth in a Slipcase. Signed by Author. Fine / No Jacket. ISBN: 1844082423. First Edition .Deluxe edition in a decorative slip-case.Limited edition 479 of 1,000. £45.00

[026095] Waugh. Evelyn . The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold . London: Chapman and Hall , 1957. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Good. First edition.Dust jacket has some minor scuffs and tears, but overall a very attractive copy. £20.00

[007939] Wilson, Angus. The Old Man at the Zoo. London: Secker & Warburg, 1961. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Good / Fair D/w. A little grubby and browned at spine. A little browning to endpapers. £20.00

[025621] Wilson, Robert . The Blindman of Seville . London: Harper Collins , 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780007117796. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025591] Wilson, Robert . The Silent and the Damned . London: Harper Collins , 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780007117833. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025643] Wilson, Robert . The Hidden Assassins . London: Harper Collins , 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Signed by Author. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 9780007202904. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[025600] Woodall, Clive . Seven for a Secret . London: Duckworth , 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Paperback. Signed by Author. Fine ISBN: 9780715634134. Signed First Edition. £15.00

[013638] Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. London: Everyman, 1991. 8vo. Full Blue Leather. Very Good Hand-bound by The Asprey Bindery in full blue leather, with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering and hand-tooled Asprey logotype to spine, marbled endpapers and gilt edges,. Very slight fading to spine. £145.00

[026000] Zafon, Carlos Ruiz . The Shadow of the Wind . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson , 2004. First UK Edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very Good / Very Good. ISBN: 9780297847526. First UK edition. Price not clipped on dust-jacket. £35.00

[006754] Zangwill, Israel. The Works of . .. London: 1925. Limited/Numbered. 8vo. Half Calf. Good 14 vols. Bound in publisher's ½ calf, with gilt 'Star of Davids' on spine. No. 223 of 1000 copies. Signed by the author. £495.00

[000225] Zangwill, Israel. The King of the Schnorrers. London: Henry Pordes Ltd, 1998. 8vo. Hard Cover. As New / As New D/w. Facsimile Reprint. Published Price: £14.95. £9.99

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