At first, Tolkien intended The Lord of the Rings to be a children's tale in the style of The Hobbit but it quickly grew darker and more serious in...

Published on 21st June 2003.First edition, first impression, ownership insscription to upper fly-leaf dated ' 21 June 2003', the date of publicati...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black ink to the front free endpaper, 'Frederick Godber, with kindest regards from...

One of 100 copies - numbered & signed by the author. First edition of this essay commissioned by Evelyn Waugh's London vintners Saccone & S...

Presentation copy inscribed by Evelyn Waugh. Presentation copy of the first edition of this 'great tease', with pieces on 'U' and 'Non-U,' inscribe...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in pencil to the front free endpaper, 'For Christopher / with love from / Evelyn / Ch...

First edition, documenting Waugh's voyage to East Africa in 1959.First edition, first impression; 8vo; black and white illustrations, including fr...

First edition, trade issue, of Waugh's semi-autobiographical work based on the hallucinations he endured from bromide poisoning while self-medicat...

'An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.' (Robert Towers, The New York Tim...

One of 110 copies - numbered & signed by the author. Number 13 of 110 copies, signed by the author. With an original manuscript leaf bound in, ...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black in to the front free endpaper, 'E.A. Chapman-Andrews O.B.E / with best wishe...

Presentation copy. First edition limited to 750 copies, this being an out-of-series presentation copy with limitation crossed out and inscribed by ...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy of this first edition of short stories, for which there is no British equivalent, inscribed by the author to t...

Evelyn Waugh's personal favourite of his novels and 'a superlatively well done book' (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.First...

First edition of Waugh's first collection of short stories. The title story was the basis for Sam Hopkinson's 2006 film of the same name, starring...

Presentation copy - twice inscribed by the author. Presentation copy, twice inscribed by the author, of this first edition of Waugh's unfinished wo...

First edition, with the printed overslip on the front flap of the dustjacket correcting the blurb that the author had originally objected to. Copi...

One of 250 copies - signed & numbered by the author. Waugh's third novel, written whilst staying at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire as the gu...

First edition of this mystery novel.First edition; 8vo; light spotting to prelims, light partial toning to half-title, some splitting at foot of g...

First edition of this detective novel following the suave Lessinger. 'The best Lessinger story Mr. Essex has given us since Slade of the Yard.' (b...

First edition of Mason's final short story collection.First edition; 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's blu...

First edition of one of Mason's finest mysteries.First edition; 8vo; ownership signature to front free endpaper, spotting to prelims and edges, so...

Publisher's file copy. The publisher's file copy of this murder mystery featuring gentleman sleuth and crime novelist Roger Sheringham.First editio...

First edition of the author's first book. A lovely copy of the first edition of the author's first book, in which he introduces the detective Chevi...