London: Penguin, 1943. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Magazine, Second World War propaganda piece to promote the idea of the UK/US special relationship. No marks or inscriptions and very little wear. Bottom R corner turned to cover.
Eureka, 1991. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Introduced by Roy Hattersely, "this book is a thriller ... but also an allegory." An interesting and unusual tale of an attack on the Swiss state through the country's most fundamental institution - the banking system. Very clean and reads.....
Penguin, 2005. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. The fan's ultimate armchair compendium and companion to the beautiful game. In superb condition making a splendid gift.
Hamish Hamilton, 2004. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. De Botton cleverly dissects why we always feel in competiiton with each other. Lovely present for your neighbours in nice clean condition. A little shelf rubbing to dust jacket.
Virgin, 1995. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. An interesting account of the glory days, written as it was happening. A piece of its time, in nice condition.
Glasgow: Alexander MacLaren, c.1946. Edition: 2nd UK. Book Condition: Very good. Originally published in 1883 this book has never been out of print since and remains a constant reference to this period of Scottish history. This is undated but estimated at c.1946. The un-jacketed book is generally clean with no.....
Faber, 2018. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: Fine. Flat-signed to title page. Witty and acerbic coming of age tale of young Indian student in the USA. In lovely condition.
London: Conway Martime Press, 1985. Edition: Reprinted. Book Condition: Very good. Corrected from the first 1984 edition, this meticulously researched book provides unique narrative, photography and data to build a compelling picture of this important period in British warfare. Book is price-clipped and has a gift inscription to front end.....
London: Gollancz, 1975. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. True first edition of this popular account of the co-existence of the author, her family and many animals on their Lake District property. The book is fine in all respects except for a little yellowing to the jacket flaps.....
London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Edition: Revised. Book Condition: Very good. Rare and nicely-produced edition of the seminal work which was published in first edition in 1867. This scarce book is attractively bound in full leather with attractive pictorial paste downs and all three edges beautifully sprayed. "Beati mundo corde".....
Gollancz, 1937. Edition: Left Book Club, softback, orange cover. Book Condition: Very good. Classic front-line account from one of the many British intellectuals who fought on the Republican side of the Spanish Civil War. Koestler's account is one that has achieved classic and enduring status. The cover is a little.....
Gollancz, 1954. Edition: 1st UK. Book Condition: Very good. Biography of father by son. Many photographs. There is an ex libris sticker to front paste-down. A little foxing to isolated pages. Text block edges a little tanned. There is no dust jacket.
Various, Various. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impressions. Book Condition: Fine. A very attractive set of six books about the life and works of Arthur Ransome. All are in fine condition and would an excellent basis for or addition to a Ransome collection:1. Arthur Ransome & Capt. Flint's Trunk (Hardyment, 1984).....
Abrams, 2016. Edition: 1st US, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Insider account of the Beatles' attempt to capitalise on the counter-culture by signing up artists such as Bukowski and Ginsberg. This is a great story and in lovely condition.
Michael Joseph, 1978. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Autobiography from renowned author, illustrator and naturalist. The book is generally tight and clean with black boards fresh. Fine in all respects to book and unclipped jacket, slightly sunned. Illustrated by the author.
Kennedy Brothers, 1971. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Autobiography of sportsman and administrator known as Britain's "Mr Cycling". Book has very clean red boards with no marks or inscriptions except quite extensive pencilled annotations (arrows), easily removable. Jacket intact generally with some loss to spine bottom/rear.....
Huddersfield: Springfield, 1989. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Well-presented first UK edition of Hinault's memoir, in fine condition overall to unclipped jacket and book; no marks or inscriptions, only slight spotting to text block edges.
Profile, 2016. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. For a moment, Sanders claimed to have changed US politics forever. Now this appears wistfully quaint, but here he provides a first-hand insight into the campaign that he thought would define a permanent movement.
Secker & Warburg, 1992. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. The blurb says 'two of the funniest travel books ever written' and it's not exaggerating. The book has some tanning to edges and the jacket expected shelf wear.
Gollancz, 1951. Edition: 1st UK, 3rd impression. Book Condition: Very good. The stated third impression but jacket has "First cheap edition 5/-" splash so perhaps 1st thus. Signed by author and dedicated "To Polly" in 1954. Patch was George Bernard Shaw's private secretary for 30 years and thus offers a......
London: Hutchinson, 1965. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Attractive combination of Behan's prose reflections and poetry, and Hogarth's illustration. Book has no mark or inscriptions, no spotting or foxing, with binding tight. Boards vey fresh, attractive and clean. Jacket, unclipped & intact, has some sunning to spine.....
London: Quercus, 2021. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. From humble origins in Dundee, Scotland, Cox has become a Hollywood mainstay and regular on both large and small screen. This autobiography is fine in all respects, approaching near mint condition and appears unread. There is just a very.....
Manchester: The Chetham Society, 1976. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Handsomely produced account of how the early mill and factory owners also sponsored something of a cultural revolution alongside their industrial one. Book has no marking or inscriptions and is very clean and tidy, with binding tight.....
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1949. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Slim volume of Lewis' essays and sermons. In a jacketed paperback book with some pencil marginalia. Otherwise clean and tidy with book protected by unclipped jacket with some wear to extremities.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892. Book Condition: Very good. Renowned compendium of the then latest thinking on the very rapidly growing sport of mountaineering at the turn of the twentieth century, being part instruction manual part essay. Part of the Badminton Library series. Ephemera included: review of 13 August.....