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Signed - Inscribed - Limited
We are delighted to present highlights from our Literature & Modern Firsts department's latest catalogue: Signed - Inscribed - Limited.
Curated by senior specialist Adam Blakeney, the catalogue features a fantastic collection of signed and inscribed modern titles.
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First edition; 8vo, presentation inscription from the author, 372 pp, frontispiece portrait, 15 plates and several illustrations, 4 maps (one folding), original brown cloth, a very good copy.
£1,000 -
First illustrated edition, signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page, number 13 of 300 numbered copies on English handmade paper; 8vo (231 x 160 mm); 7 lithographed plates, vignette half-title and title-page, head- and tail-pieces, all by William Nicholson, light spotting at extremities; original vellum binding, top edge gilt, others uncut, dust-jacket and scarce glassine wrapper, binding a bit bowed, dust-jacket lightly spotted at extremities with one small nick to upper panel, glassine wrapper creased with some tearing, very good condition overall.
£2,500 -
First edition, first impression, author's presentation copy to his son, 8vo, publisher's red cloth, titles to spine gilt, red topstain, with the dust jacket. An exceptional copy in the very slightly faded dust jacket.
£275 -
First edition, first impression, signed by the author on title-page; 8vo; publisher's brown cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. Mild partial browning to endpapers, very light, occasional spotting but an exceptional copy in the slightly rubbed dust jacket with some trivial loss at the head of the spine panel.
£6,500 -
First edition, first impression, casebound issue, inscribed by the author, one of 500 copies, from a total edition of 1000; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket, tiny patch of fading at the top of the spine but an exceptional copy in the nicked and somewhat tanned dust jacket.
£635 -
First edition, first impression, signed by Pritchett on the title page; 8vo; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine in silver, blue topstain, with the dust jacket. A near-fine copy in the frayed and little creased dust jacket with slivers of loss at the top edge.
£275 -
First edition, first impression; 8vo; small ownership inscription to front free endpaper; publisher's grey and navy speckled cloth, spine in dark blue, blue topstain, with the dust jacket. A very good copy in the nicked and very slightly chipped, internally strengthened dust jacket with the typical faded to the red printing at the spine.
£350 -
First American edition, second printing, author's presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's beige cloth, titles to spine gilt on a blue ground, with the dust jacket, spine a little faded through the dust jacket. Overall a nice copy in the somewhat frayed and faded dust jacket.
£375 -
First edition, first impression, presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's brown boards, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket, spine gently rolled but a near-fine copy in the dust jacket.
£275 -
Long Playing vinyl record, with original 10pp booklet inserted. 1 of 99 numbered copies signed by Durrell. 12' black vinyl record, in original inner sleeve, outer sleeve blue laminated paper printed in black with a design by the author. Some foxing to the pamphlet as usual, trace of creasing to the sleeve but an exceptional example.
£475