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  • First edition of Twenty-Five Poems by Marsden Hartley, signed by the author.
    First edition of Twenty-Five Poems by Marsden Hartley, signed by the author.

    HARTLEY, Marsden.
    Twenty-Five Poems. 1923.
    £650.00

  • First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
    First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

    McCARTHY, Cormac.
    Blood Meridian 1985.
    £5,750.00

  • First edition of We Bombed in New Haven by Joseph Heller, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of We Bombed in New Haven by Joseph Heller, inscribed by the author.

    HELLER, Joseph.
    We Bombed in New Haven. 1968.
    £750.00

  • First edition of Knowing My Place by Paul Muldoon, the author's first book.
    First edition of Knowing My Place by Paul Muldoon, the author's first book.

    MULDOON, Paul.
    Knowing My Place. 1971.
    £3,750.00

  • A fine first edition copy of Raymond Chandler's second book, Farewell, My Lovely, one of only 7500 copies printed.
    A fine first edition copy of Raymond Chandler's second book, Farewell, My Lovely, one of only 7500 copies printed.

    CHANDLER, Raymond.
    Farewell, my Lovely. 1940.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of Caledonia by Anthony Powell, one of 100 copies, inscribed by the author to Alan Harris.
    First edition of Caledonia by Anthony Powell, one of 100 copies, inscribed by the author to Alan Harris.

    POWELL, Anthony.
    Caledonia. A Fragment. [1934].
    £4,750.00

  • First UK edition of Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie, the last appearance of Colonel Race to solve the mysterious deaths of a married couple, one year apart
    First UK edition of Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie, the last appearance of Colonel Race to solve the mysterious deaths of a married couple, one year apart

    CHRISTIE, Agatha.
    Sparkling Cyanide. 1945.
    £975.00

  • First edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of The Borrowers by Mary Norton, inscribed by the author.

    NORTON, Mary.
    The Borrowers. 1952.
    £3,500.00

  • First edition of Esthetique du Mal by Wallace Stevens, signed by the illustrator and type designer.
    First edition of Esthetique du Mal by Wallace Stevens, signed by the illustrator and type designer.

    STEVENS, Wallace; WILLIAMS, Wightman (illustrator).
    Esthétique du Mal. 1945.
    £1,500.00

  • Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies won the Man Booker Prize making Hilary Mantel the first woman to win twice the third title, The Mirror and the light completed the trilogy
    Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies won the Man Booker Prize making Hilary Mantel the first woman to win twice the third title, The Mirror and the light completed the trilogy

    MANTEL, Hilary.
    [Wolf Hall Trilogy] 2009; 2012; 2020.
    £725.00

  • First edition of Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James, inscribed by the author to Vivian Virtue.
    First edition of Beyond a Boundary by C.L.R. James, inscribed by the author to Vivian Virtue.

    JAMES, C.L.R.
    Beyond a Boundary. 1963.
    £8,750.00

  • First edition of Call for the Dead by John Le Carre, the author's first novel.
    First edition of Call for the Dead by John Le Carre, the author's first novel.

    LE CARRÉ, John.
    Call for the Dead. 1961.
    £9,750.00

  • First edition of The Flight From the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch, with the Edward Bawden dustjacket and Book Society wraparound band.
    First edition of The Flight From the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch, with the Edward Bawden dustjacket and Book Society wraparound band.

    MURDOCH, Iris.
    The Flight from the Enchanter. 1956.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Wine in Peace and War by Eveleyn Waugh, one of 100 copies signed by the author
    First edition of Wine in Peace and War by Eveleyn Waugh, one of 100 copies signed by the author

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Wine in Peace and War. [1947].
    £3,250.00

  • First edition, association copy of The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood, with autograph letter.
    First edition, association copy of The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood, with autograph letter.

    ATWOOD, Margaret.
    The Edible Woman. 1969.
    £4,500.00

  • A fine association copy of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore, inscribed to the publisher Tom Maschler.
    A fine association copy of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore, inscribed to the publisher Tom Maschler.

    MOORE, Brian.
    Judith Hearne. 1955.
    £2,250.00

  • First edition of The Mother and Other Poems by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of The Mother and Other Poems by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    The Mother and Other Poems. 1915.
    £1,250.00

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