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 | ALDRIN, Buzz & McCONNELL, Malcolm. Men From Earth. (Signed by First Edition) (Copy) New York: Bantam Books, 1989. First edition, first printing. Octavo. xxii, 312pp., with photographic illustrations. Publisher’s blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy, with light wear to jacket and a faint offset of the signature to the facing leaf. SIGNED BY […] €475.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz: Reaching for the Moon [SIGNED BY BUZZ ALDRIN] First Edition, First Printing in fine condition. This copy is SIGNED by Buzz Aldrin on the title page. Aldrin was one of the first two humans to land on the moon, becoming the second person to walk on the lunar surface. Reaching for the Moon was Adrin’s first collaboration with Wendell Minor who has also […] €450.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. Look To The Stars. With illustrations by Wendell Minor. (Signed First Edition) NYC: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009. First edition. pp 40. A fine copy. This book serves as both an educational resource and a source of inspiration, encouraging the next generation to continue exploring and dreaming about the stars. In this work, Aldrin guides readers through the history of space exploration, beginning with early astronomers like Copernicus […] €295.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon (Signed by Buzz Aldrin with PSA/DNA authentication sticker) New York: Harmony Books, 2009. First edition. 8vo. pp. [x], 326. Publisher’s black cloth-backed boards, title lettered in silver on spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. Some light spotting to upper edge and preliminary leaves, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by Buzz Aldrin in blue ink on the half-title, with PSA/DNA authentication sticker […] €395.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. NASA: The Complete Illustrated History (Signed by Buzz Aldrin) Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2005. Royal Octavo .Printed on archival paper and bound in full black leather with illustration on front board, titled and decorated in gilt; moiré silk endpapers; yellow silk marker. All edges gilt with 22kt gold. All fine copies. Includes signed COA Signed books by Buzz Aldrin, the iconic astronaut who became […] €750.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon [SIGNED FIRST EDITION] Washington D.C: National Geographic, 2016. 8vo. pp. 223. Quarter black buckram on cloth boards. Title in silver gilt on spine. First edition, first printing. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by Buzz Aldrin on title page. No Dream Is Too High is a motivational book authored by Buzz Aldrin, the legendary astronaut who, alongside […] €475.00 |
 | ALDRIN, Buzz. Return to Earth [First Edition, signed by Buzz Aldrin] New York: Random House Inc., 1973. Octavo. pp 338. Hardcover, blue cloth in very good condition. wear to dust jacked, otherwise a very good copy. Colonel Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, a member of the Apollo 11 crew, tells about his adventures on the moon, and about the aftermath when, as an international celebrity, he has to […] €395.00 |
 | ALI, Muhammad: A Thirty-Year Journey. (Signed first edition) With Howard L. Bingham. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First edition, first printing. Large quarto. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pictorial dust-jacket. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographic plates. An exceptionally fine copy. A superb photographic chronicle of the life and career of Muhammad Ali, documented over more than three decades by his […] €575.00 |
 | ALI, Muhammad. The Greatest. My Own Story (Inscribed by Muhammad Ali and acclaimed actor LeVar Burton) With Richard Durham. New York: Random House, 1975. First edition, first printing. Thick octavo. pp. [10], 416. Publisher’s black boards, upper cover and spine lettered in red, in the original unclipped dust jacket. A landmark sporting autobiography, published when Muhammad Ali stood not merely as the world’s most celebrated heavyweight champion, but as a global […] €750.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David & BUTFIELD, Colin. Ocean. Earth’s Last Wilderness (Signed by both authors on the title page) London: John Murray, 2025. First edition. 8vo. pp. 384. Publisher’s grey cloth, spine lettered in white, in original pictorial dust jacket (with “Signed by the Author” roundel). A fine, bright copy. A major new work by Sir David Attenborough, written in collaboration with Colin Butfield, exploring the fragility and resilience of the world’s oceans. Structured […] €150.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. A Life on Our Planet. My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future (Signed first edition by Sir David Attenborourgh) London: Witness Books, 2020. First edition. Octavo. pp. [iv], 266. Original publisher’s pictorial dust jacket over decorated boards, titled in white on spine. Silk marker ribbon. A fine copy, warmly inscribed by Sir David Attenborough on the half-title: “Best wishes, David Attenborough.” The book was published to accompany Attenborough’s landmark documentary film and serves as […] €395.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (Signed by Sir David Attenborough on the title-page) London: BBC Books, 2009. 8vo. pp. 416. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. Signed by Sir David Attenborough on the title-page. Sir David Attenborough’s celebrated autobiography, first published in 2002 and here extensively revised and updated to include his later broadcasting career, including the landmark […] €350.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster (Signed first edition) London: BBC, 2002. pp. 384. Illustrated. Brown cloth boards, title in gilt on spine. Fine in fine dustjacket. Signed on title page by David Attenborough. Signed copies of David Attenborough’s Life on Air: Memoirs of a Broadcaster are highly sought-after treasures for fans of the legendary naturalist and collectors of autographed works. Published in 2002, […] €450.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. Life on Air. Memoirs of a Broadcaster. (Signed copy) London: BBC Books, 2003. Octavo. pp. xiv, 384. Illustrated wrappers with portrait of the author. Signed by David Attenborough on the titlepage. A fine copy. First published in 2002, this is the first paperback edition of Attenborough’s memoirs, recounting his remarkable career in broadcasting and natural history. From his early years as a trainee producer […] €185.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. Life Stories (Signed first edition) London: Published by Collins, 2009. 224. pp. 330. Post Octavo. First Edition. Green boards, title printed in gilt on spine. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Life Stories by David Attenborough is a captivating collection of essays that showcases the legendary broadcaster’s deep passion for the natural world. Originally based on his BBC Radio 4 […] €275.00 |
 | ATTENBOROUGH, David. The Living Planet (SIGNED COPY) London: Collins, 1984. pp. 320. First edition. Illustrated. Brown cloth boards, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in very good ductjacket. Signed by “Good luck, David Attenborough” on the title page. David Attenborough’s The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth is a landmark exploration of the diversity of life on Earth and […] €275.00 |
 | ATTENBOURGH, David. The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour [SIGNED First Edition by David Attenborough] London: Published by William Collins, 2022. First edition. pp. 282. Signed to an illustrated endpaper. In Brand new fine unread condition. €150.00 |
 | AUSTEN, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Illustrated by C. E. and H. M. Brock.(In full-leather binding) Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1996. pp. 397. Collector’s Edition. Full red leather, ornately gilt-tooled to boards and spine with floral border designs, raised bands, and black morocco title labels. All edges gilt. Silk moiré endpapers. Ribbon marker. A fine copy. Binding bright and clean; gilt vivid; edges fresh. Internally clean and sound. A very attractive […] €295.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel: Eh Joe BECKETT, Samuel. Eh Joe and Other Writings. 904 London: Faber and Faber, 1967. pp. 44. Burgundy cloth, titled in gilt. A fine copy in lightly frayed price-clipped dust jacket. €165.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Autograph Letter Signed from Beckett to Deryk [Mendel] (1920-2013), a British ballet dancer, choreographer, actor and director, and friend of Beckett. “Prepare yourself for a handkerchief in the desert. Sorry. Indispensable. Shall explain” Headed “Ussy-sur-Marne / 29.9.56.” One page, quarto, written in blue ink on thin laid paper. Beckett wrote the short play Act Without Words I in 1956 for Mendel and the dancer first performed the mime at the Royal Court Theatre in London on […] €3,500.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Collected Shorter Plays. London & Boston: Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition. .pp. 316. Publisher’s green cloth, titled in gilt to spine, in the original pictorial dust jacket. A fine bright copy. An excellent first edition of one of the most important collected dramatic works of the twentieth century, bringing together Samuel Beckett’s shorter theatrical, radio and television […] €125.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Come and Go. A Dramaticule. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION] Illustrated. London: Calder and Boyars, 1967. Demy octavo. First edition. pp. 10. Grey buckram, upper cover ruled in gilt with title and author. Edition limited to 100 copies (64) signed by the author. A fine copy in slipcase. Illustrated with photographs from the performance; written for, and dedicated to, John Calder, the publisher. €1,250.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Company (First edition) London: John Calder, 1980. Octavo. pp. 89. Black cloth. Title in silver golt on spine. In fine condition, priced-clipped dust-jacket in fine condition. [L1 8F] €175.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Company. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION AS NEW] London: Calder, 1980. Medium octavo. pp. 89. True first edition, first printing. Quarter vellum on brown linen, title and reproduced signature of Beckett in gilt. Deluxe first edition, limited to 100 copies, signed by Samuel Beckett on titlepage. This copy signed but not numbered on the titlepage. Browning to the spine. All edges gilt. Housed in matching publishers slipcase. […] €1,450.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Eh Joe and Other Writings. London: Faber and Faber, 1967. pp. 44. Burgundy cloth, titled in gilt. A fine copy in lightly frayed price-clipped dust jacket. [L1 8F] €85.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Eleutheria: a Play in Three Acts New York: Foxrock, 1995. pp. 156. Octavo. Blue cloth. Title in gilt on spine. Fine in fine dust-jacket. [L4 3F] €45.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. La Manivelle The Old Tune. By Robert Pinget. Texte anglais de Samuel Beckett. French and English text. Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1960. pp. 62. White wrappers printed in blue and black. A fine copy. [L4 8E] €95.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. More Pricks than Kicks. BECKETT, Samuel. More Pricks than Kicks. London: Calder & Boyars, 1970. pp. 204. Original printed frayed wrappers. A very good copy. [L1 8 Beckett] €65.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Nohow On. Company. Ill Seen Ill Said. Worstward Ho. London: John Calder, 1989. Octavo. pp. [iv], 128. Black papered boards, title in gilt along spine. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. These three short novels, the most celebrated of Samuel Beckett’s later works, are published here in one volume for the first time. [C161] €285.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Signed Photograph. Original black-and-white photographic portrait (90 v 145mm) of Samuel Beckett, boldly signed in blue ink across the lower white margin. A striking head-and-shoulders image of the Nobel Prize-winning Irish playwright, novelist and poet, whose sparse, existential works, including Waiting for Godot, Endgame and Krapp’s Last Tape, transformed twentieth-century literature and theatre. Beckett was famously reserved […] €875.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. The Unnamable. London: Calder & Boyars, 1975. pp. 132. Green papered boards, title in silver on spine. A fine copy in lightly frayed dust jacket. [L4 8E] €75.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Waiting for Godot (Rare first edition second issue) London: Faber and Faber, 1956. First English edition, second issue, in same year as first. pp. 94. Original yellow cloth, titled in red along spine. Intermittent foxing; jacket spine toned, spine head a little worn, rubbing and a few nicks to edges, unclipped: a very good copy in like jacket. Ownership signature. A very good […] €385.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Waiting for Godot a Tragicomedy in Two Acts. Preface by Edward Beckett, Illustrated by Tom Phillips. Folio Society, 2000. Super royal octavo. pp. 110. Pictorial boards. A fine copy in slipcase. €65.00 TVR 6D With colour and black & white illustrations by Tom Phillips. [L4 8E] €95.00 |
 | BECKETT, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. [FIRST EDITION] London: Faber and Faber, 1956. First English edition. First printing. Octavo. pp. 94. Original yellow cloth, titled in red along spine. Publisher’s note for the play, transferred from the Arts Theatre to the Criterion Theatre tipped in. A very good copy in lightly frayed dust jacket, with a few nicks. “The first production of Beckett’s own English translation, […] €950.00 |
 | BEHAN, Brendan: Brendan Behan’s Island An Irish Sketch-book. With drawings by Paul Hogarth (Signed by Behan and Hogarth) Illustrated. London: Hutchinson, 1962. First edition. pp. 192. Green and brown paper boards, title in gilt on spine. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author and illustrator on title page. First published in 1962, Brendan Behan’s Island is a vivid, humorous, and affectionate portrait of Ireland and its people, captured through […] €650.00 |
 | BEHAN, Brendan. Borstal Boy (First Edition) Portrait frontispiece. London: Hutchinson, 1958. First edition. pp. 343. Mauve cloth. A very good copy in dustjackey. Borstal Boy’ records Behan’s experiences from the day of his arrest in Liverpool as a sixteen-year-old volunteer for the I.R.A., his imprisonment, trial, remand to Borstal Institution, and final release. His thoughts, his associations, his reading, and his […] €250.00 |
 | BEHAN, Brendan. The Hostage [First Edition] London: Methuen, 1958. Crown octavo. First edition. pp. vi, 92. Black cloth, titled in green. A very good copy in frayed dust jacket. In 1958, Behan’s play in the Irish language ‘An Giall’ had its debut at Dublin’s Damer Theatre. Later, ‘The Hostage,’ Behan’s English-language adaptation of ‘An Giall’, met with great success internationally. [L3 […] €150.00 |
 | BENNETT, Tony. The Good Life. (Signed copy) New York: Pocket Books, 1988. pp. 312. Octavo. Illustrated first edition. Black boards with title in white on spine. Crease to tale of spine, otherwise a good copy. Previous owners signatures on front endpapers. Signed by Tony Bennett on title-page. [WR] €125.00 |
 | BINCHY, Maeve. Maeve’s Diary: From Maeve Binchy’s column in the ‘Irish Times.’ Dublin: Published by Irish Times Ltd, 1979. First edition. Octavo. pp. 118. Pictorial wrappers. Ex libris Dalgan Park with shelf number. A fine copy. Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal of small-town life in Ireland, […] €50.00 |
 | BINCHY, Maeve. The Copper Beech (Signed first edition) London: Orion, 1992. First edition. pp. 345. Octavo. Quarter linen on blue cloth boards. Fine in fine dust-jacket [L3 6F] €125.00 |
 | BLYTON, Enid. The River of Adventure. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian (First edition) London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1955. First edition. Octavo. pp. v, 312. Very good copy in the publisher’s original pictorial yellow cloth, decorated in turquoise and black, slight rubbing to extremities. In the scarce original pictorial dust jacket depicting the Adventure series protagonists navigating dangerous waters, minor creasing and short closed tears to edges, otherwise […] €250.00 |
 | BOLAND, Eavan. Limitations (Signed limited edition) New York: Dim Gray Bar Press, 2000. Tall narrow octavo (c. 27 × 10 cm). [12] pp. Set in Goudy Thirty monotype by M & H Type, San Francisco, and printed letterpress on Iyo Glazed paper. Sewn into printed Rossi Medieval Chant wrappers evoking early Gregorian notation. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies, signed by […] €350.00 |
 | BOURDAIN, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (Signed by Bourdain) New York: The Ecco Press (HarperCollins), 2000. pp. 302. Octavo. Paperback issue. Publisher’s original pictorial card covers. Signed by the author to the front cover. A very good copy, internally cleanthroughout. A signed copy of Anthony Bourdain’s breakthrough memoir, the book that transformed a working New York chef into an international literary and television figure. […] €675.00 |
 | BOURDAIN, Anthony. Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook. (Signed by the Author.) New York: Harper Collins, 2010. First edition, first print. Royal Octavo. pp. 218. A very good copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page Anthony Bourdain (without dedication). [WR AL] €575.00 |
 | BOURDAIN, Anthony. No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach (Signed first edition) New York: Bloomsbury, 2007. Illustrated. First edition. Royal Octave. pp. 287. Black cloth. Title in red on spine. Signed by Anthony Bourdain, with a loosely inserted illustrated card boldly signed by him in black marker. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Published as a companion to Bourdain’s acclaimed television series Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, the […] €475.00 |
 | BOURDAIN, Anthony. The Bourdian Box Set. Kitchen Confidential & Medium Raw Signed by Anthony Bourdain. New York: ECCO & Harper Collins, 2010. 8vo. pp. 281 and 310. Both volumes in fine conditrion with fine dustjackets. “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” (2000) and “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook” (2010) are two influential books by Anthony Bourdain, offering an insider’s […] €650.00 |
 | Bourke-White, Margaret. A Collection of Light Original 35mm Slides of Iconic Photographs. Including the famous front cover of the first Issue of Life Magazine. United States, c.1960s. Eight 35mm positive transparencies in professional archival mounts (each labelled with title, date of original photograph, and institutional catalogue code “PHO 20TH C US”). Red archival stamp to each mount. In very good. Transparencies clean, colours strong, mounts uniformly labelled […] €850.00 |
 | BOWE, Nicola Gordon. Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art. Illustrated. Mountrath: Dolmen Press & Los Angeles: H. Keith Burns, 1983. First. 4to. pp. 160. Fine in fine illustrated dust-jacket. [L3] €95.00 |
 | BOWEN, Elizabeth. Seven Winters. Dublin: The Cuala Press, 1942. Octavo. pp. 57, [2]. Quarter linen on paper boards, upper cover lettered in black, paper letterpiece along spine. One of 450 numbered [32] copies. In very good condition. Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973), novelist, was born in Dublin. Educated in Kent, she went to London to live and was part of the […] €185.00 |
 | BRETON DE LA MARTINIIÉRE, M. China: Its Costume, Arts, Manufactures &c. Edited principally from Originals in the Cabinet of the late M. Bertin: with Observations, explanatory, historical, and literary. Translated from the French. In Four Volumes. Embellished with Plates. Four volumes. London: J.J. Stockdale, 1812. Small octavo. With 4 half-titles, 4 engraved hand-coloured frontispieces and 76 fine hand-coloured plates (stipple-and line engravings), in all 80 plates (complete). Half straight-grained red morocco on marbled boards by Bayntum of Bath. Spine divided into six panels by five gilt raised bands, […] €2,650.00 |
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