Secker & Warburg, 1992. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Very nice example of what the New Statesman called 'a full dinner service of clichés' when referring to Wilson's work, the establishment's favourite maverick intellectual and pretend provocateur. Oxford-set with Wilson's usual cast of academics and hangers on.
Harper Collins, 2021. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Beguiling British blockbuster.
London: Picador, 2017. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: As new. Signed to the special edition front end paper in the year of publication, this book is as new in all respects and appears unread. Binding is very tight, text block very clean and tidy with unclipped jacket protected.....
W.H. Allen, 1961. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Begins with familiar territory in Nottingham but extends to the Far East where hero Brian Seaton performs national service and falls in love. There is a 'Sold' stamp to front endpaper. Some tanning to text block edges. Boards good.....
W.H. Allen, 1971. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. This was an interesting expedition into science-fiction for Sillitoe. The book is a very nicely presented and well-preserved item from 1971. Jacket is good but some yellowing to edges. Some staining to inside but not visible to front.
Picador, 2023. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Epic tale of enduring friendship in the midst of WW1's brutality. .
Collins, 1981. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Industrial sabotage of oil installations predicts current global crisis. There is a little wear to cloth top edge and top edge of text block is a little dusty; otherwise very clean and fresh. The jacket's spine is a little sunned.....
Collins, 1970. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Set in Provence and written at the height of both the Cold War and Maclean's legendary story-telling powers. This book is fine in all respects with pristine jacket protected in removable Mylar sleeve. Price clipped by publisher with new Collins.....
Collins, 1975. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. A circus troupe is persuaded to help the CIA in an unlikely tale of undercover penetration in East Germany. There is some foxing to top edge; attractive clean orange boards; text block clean and tight. The jacket's rear is a......
Collins, 1957-1960. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression (all). Book Condition: Very good. The first five novels of famous thriller writer Maclean are all presented in original first impression condition with associated dust jackets, none of which are price-clipped. They are in varying condition (see below) but all are at least.....
Collins, 1982. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. WW2 tale of proto-SAS operation in Yugoslavia. The top and front edges of text block are a little dusty; otherwise very clean and fresh with maybe just a hint of tanning to page edges. The jacket only hasa couple of.....
Collins, 1981. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. German mercenaries try and track down thieved Nazi gold in South America. There is a little discolouration to endpapers but inside very clean and tight. The jacket's spine is sunned, some foxing to flaps, but no losses. Unpriced as for.....
Collins, 1957-1960. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression (all). Book Condition: Very good. The sixth to tenth novels of famous thriller writer Maclean are all presented here in original first impression condition with associated dust jackets (only one price-clipped). They are in varying condition but all are at least very good.....
Collins, 1969-1973. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression (all). Book Condition: Very good. The eleventh to fifteenth novels of famous thriller writer Maclean and the last of his truly great stories. From the early 1970s McLean concentrated on writing film and television screenplays which were not as successful as his previous.....
Flamingo, 2001. Edition: 1st UK, 4th impression, signed. Book Condition: Very good. Another of Tan's inter-cultural and inter-generational stories, this time between mother and daughter and San Francisco and China. A beautifully measured read. Scarce in UK hardback, doubly so signed. In the book, there is some tanning to page edges.....
Heinemann, 1989. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine, In our opinion this book's design is far more attractive than the US version from Putnam. Such was the interest in Tan's debut that the rights had been sold to Heinemann UK (as well as other foreign publishers) before the.....
1999: Flamingo, Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Near mint. Presented in still sealed presentation wrapping with bookseller's wrapper indicating signed first edition. Evocative novel with the nineteenth century exploration of the Arctic as its backdrop."Barrett does a superb job of conjuring up the hermetic life on board a ship, and.....
Faber, 2024. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression, signed. Book Condition: As new. Flat-signed by author to title page.
Secker & Warburg, 1987. Edition: 1st UK thus, 1st impression. Book Condition: Very good. Nicely assembled collection of stories from Wilson's "The Wrong Set' and "Such Darling Dodos", inter alia. A very nice read from this waspish and acutely observant writer. The text block edges are a little toned.
1986: Heinemann, Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Better known for A Dance to the Music of Time, Powell's novel here considers the meta-fictional experiences of a rich cast of characters, cruising around the British isles.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2011. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. A multi-layered novel taking as its subjects the Suffragette movement, English cricket and the strange meeting of nominal enemies. This book is in fine, almost unread condition with a like dust jacket.
Hamish Hamilton, 2022. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Near mint. Signed by author in February 2002, copy 1410 of 1500. Tipped as a young writer to watch by The Guardian, this debut novel from a fresh and vibrant Carribean voice is superb in its setting, characterisation and language, in.....
Allen Lane, 1973. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. After Sacred Hunger, probably Unsworth's best known work and a multi-layered work dealing with memory, remorse and love. There is a previous owner's inscription to front endpaper.
Hamish Hamilton, 1995. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Superbly crafted and considered medieval tale.
Hutchinson, 2011. Edition: 1st UK, 1st impression. Book Condition: Fine. Sequel to the stunning Sacred Hunger, and follows the fortunes of two characters from that book. The jacket is price-clipped.