The Christmas Library Sale (Rare Book Auctions UK)

Important First Editions, Uncorrected Proofs & Signed Books

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FLEMING, Ian. Casino Royale, fourth printing, 8vo, publisher's black imitation cloth lettered in red with heart on front panel, unclipped dust-jac...

FLEMING, Ian. From Russia With Love, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's black imitation cloth lettered in red & silver, gun/rose to upper panel, inte...

FLEMING, Ian. Dr. No, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver, female silhouette on front panel, unclipped dust-j...

FLEMING, Ian. Goldfinger, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, embossed skull with gilt coins, unclipped dust-j...

FLEMING, Ian. For Your Eyes Only, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, white eye on upper panel, unclipped dust...

FLEMING, Ian. Thunderball, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, embossed skeletal hand on upper panel, internal...

FLEMING, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver, silver dagger on upper panel, intern...

FLEMING, Ian. On Her Majesty's Secret Service, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 16s...

FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver & gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced ...

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With The Golden Gun, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 1...

FLEMING, Ian. The Man With The Golden Gun, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 1...

FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver, unclipped dust-jacket ...

FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver, unclipped dust-jacket ...

FLEMING, Ian. You Only Live Twice, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in silver & gilt, unclipped dust-jacket (priced ...

FLEMING, Ian. Live and Let Die, first Reprint Society edition, 1956; Dr. No, first Book Club edition, 1958; Thunderball, first Book Club edition, ...

[BOND, Mary Wickham]. How 007 Got His Name, by Mrs. James Bond, FIRST EDITION, scarce, internally very good & bright, a few pale marginal marks to...

FLEMING, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, publisher's imitation black cloth lettered in white, unclipped dust-jacket (priced 12s. 6...

FLEMING, Ian. Pan paperback editions, FIRST PRINTINGS, comprising: Live and Let Die, 1957; Diamonds are Forever, 1958; From Russia with Love, 1959...

A collection of books relating to James Bond, including biographical & bibliographical works on Ian Fleming, to include The Life of Ian Fleming, b...

WYNDHAM, John. The Day of the Triffids, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's green cloth lettered in silver, unclipped dust-jacket desi...

WYNDHAM, John. The Chrysalids, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Wil...

WYNDHAM, John. The Midwich Cuckoos, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket designed b...

WYNDHAM, John. The Outward Urge, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, 8vo, publisher's black cloth lettered in white, unclipped dust-jacket designed by ...

[WYNDHAM, John]. BEYNON, John. The Secret People, FIRST EDITION, London: Newnes, [1935], and Planet Plane, FIRST EDITION, London: Newnes, [1936], ...

CHANDLER, Raymond. Spanish Blood, FIRST EDITION, stated first printing, 8vo, internally very good, dust-jacket well-preserved with light wear to e...

ISHIGURO, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go, SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, signed by the author and numbered 36/1000, internally fine & unread, bindi...

MODERN FIRSTS. Modesty Blaise, by Peter O'Donnell, ex-library, London: Souvenir Press, 1965; On the Beach, by Nevil Shute, London: Heinemann, 1957...

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings, first thus, London: Book Club Associates, 1971; The Silmarillion, first thus, Book Club Associates, 1977; The...

MODERN FIRSTS. The L-Shaped Room, by Lynne Reid Banks, London: Chatto & Windus, 1960; I Want it Now, by Kingsley Amis, New York: Harcourt, Brace &...

A selection of Edna O'Brien, including: The Country Girls, SIGNED FIRST edition, no d.j., light spotting at ffep/edges, slightly rubbed, signed in...

GARNER, Alan. Typed Letter Signed, "Dear Miss Tinling, Thank you for your letter - and for your enthusiasm. I hasten only to insist that the next ...

GREENE, Graham. The Quiet American, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, finely bound in green half morocco with marbled boards, internally very good with marginal...

NORTON, Mary. The Borrowers Aloft, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED by the author during the year of publication (September 1961), 8vo, publi...

LE CARRE, John. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, FIRST EDITION (Hodder & Stoughton, 1974); The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, 17th impression (Gollancz,...

JANSSON, Tove. Moominland Midwinter, FIRST UK EDITION, 8vo, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped but incomplete dust-jacket (priced ...

POGANY, Willy (Illust.). The Tale of Lohengrin, adapted from Richard Wagner by T. W. Rolleston, 194pp., eight mounted colour plates, small folio, ...

LARKIN, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings, first edition, first printing, hardcover with unclipped dust-jacket (priced 12s, 6d), internally well-preser...

STEPHENS, James. Green Branches, PRESENTATION COPY, signed & inscribed by the author, "To Gertrude Vincent, from James Stephens, She laughed among...

The Makings of a Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats, pamphlet publication of lecture given by Seamus Heaney on 9/2/78, SIGNE...

Vol. 1-3 of Field Day Pamphlets, vol.1 Tom Paulin, vol.3 Seamus Deane, vol.2 SIGNED Seamus Heaney - An Open Letter, occasional light spot, Derry: ...

MACGILL-EAIN, Somhairle. Hallaig, translated by Seamus Heaney, SIGNED by Heaney, ltd. ed. 45/50, pp. 8, The Sorley MacLean Trust, 2002 

Station Island, SIGNED FIRST ed., unclipped d.j., bright and well-preserved, light spotting head of text-block, London: Faber and Faber, 1984

The Haw Lantern, FIRST edition, SIGNED dedication to Kevin Mulqueen - a teacher and poet with a presence online discussing and reading poetry, ton...

District and Circle, SIGNED FIRST edition, unclipped d.j., faint spots at edges, London: Faber and Faber, 2006

Beowulf a New Translation, SIGNED limited edition 283/300, quarter-cloth in terracotta, black title label with gilt lettering, book as new, slipca...

Field Work, SIGNED FIRST edition, scant spots, internally bright, unclipped d.j. bright and well-preserved, London: Faber and Faber, 1979

Sweeney Astray, FIRST edition, SIGNED by Heaney with the Irish spelling of his name, he offered signature after a chat at Oxford Literature Festiv...

Wintering Out, SIGNED FIRST edition, some toning at edges, well-preserved, London: Faber and Faber, 1972

Death of a Naturalist, SIGNED FIRST edition, Heaney's first published collection for Faber, internally bright, scant light spots at end paper/edge...

Preoccupations Selected Prose 1968-1978, SIGNED FIRST edition, unclipped d.j., well-preserved, v. faint spotting at edges, London: Faber and Faber...

ALCOTT, Louisa May. Little Women, special 70th anniversary of Puffin Books, ltd. ed. 610/1000, designed by Orla Kiely, in perspex slipcase, largel...

LUBBOCK, J. G. Perceptions of the Earth, SIGNED limited edition, unnumbered/out of series [one of 70], a presentation copy inscribed & signed by t...

LUBBOCK, J. G. From Garden to Galaxy, SIGNED limited edition, numbered 64 of 80, featuring a loosely-inserted SIGNED etching of Dandelions (a plat...

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