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The Walkaway
by Scott Phillips

Published: Dennis McMillan, 2002

Signed limited U.S. first edition. One of 400 cloth bound copies. Fine in fine dustwrapper in fine slipcase. This is copy number 309. The sequel to 'The Ice Harvest'.

Price: £ 65.00

The Walkaway by Scott Phillips


Birds Without Wings
by Louis de Bernieres

Published: Secker & Warburg, 2004

Signed Limited edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine and as issued without dustwrapper in fine slipcase. Currently being filmed.

Price: £ 45.00

Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernieres


A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby

Published: Penguin Viking, 2005

SIGNED Limited Edition. One of 1000 copies signed by the author; the book is also numbered. Fine as issued without a dustwrapper in Fine illustrated slipcase. Shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize.

Price: £ 45.00

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby


Coraline
by Neil Gaiman

Published: Bloomsbury, 2002

Fine in Fine dustwrapper. A very creepy story - beware the button eyes! Soon to be a major film.

Price: £ 40.00

Coraline by Neil Gaiman


Cry of the Icemark Limited Edition
by Stuart Hill

Published: Chicken House, 2005

SIGNED and numbered Limited Edition. One of 1000 copies. Signed by the author. Fine in Fine slipcase. A very attractive production.

Price: £ 40.00

Cry of the Icemark Limited Edition by Stuart Hill


Nocturnes
by Kazuo Ishiguro

Published: Faber, 2009

Signed Limited edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper in fine slipcase. A handsome edition of this collection of stories about love, music and the passing of time.

Price: £ 45.00

Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro


Lavender
by Posy Simmonds

Published: Cape, 2003

Signed by the author. Fine illustrated boards and as issued without a dustwrapper. A delightful story of a rabbit and some foxes.

Price: £ 20.00

Lavender by Posy Simmonds


Shame the Devil
by George P Pelecanos

Published: Dennis McMillan, 1999

First U.S. and Signed Limited Edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper in fine slipcase. This is one of the numbered copies.

Price: £ 115.00

Shame the Devil by George P Pelecanos


The Naming of Names
by Anna Pavord

Published: Bloomsbury, 2005

Signed Limited Edition. One of only 550 copies. Fine cloth boards and as of Plants'. This is a beautiful book, illustrated with many coloured plates. Another scholarly work from the author of 'The Tulip'. Signed by the author.

Price: £ 70.00

The Naming of Names by Anna Pavord


Talking about Detective Fiction
by P D James

Published: Bodleian Library, 2009

Signed and numbered Limited edition. One of only 450 copies signed by the author. Fine in fine slipcase illustrated with a colour photo of the author.

Price: £ 46.00

Talking about Detective Fiction by P D James


A Dying Light in Corduba
by Lindsey Davis

Published: Scorpion, 1996

Signed limited edition. One of only 99 signed and numbered copies. Fine marbled boards in fine clear dustwrapper. With an appreciation by Peter Lovesey.

Price: £ 65.00

A Dying Light in Corduba by Lindsey Davis


A Time to Depart
by Lindsey Davis

Published: Scorpion, 1995

Signed limited edition. One of only 99 signed and numbered copies. Near fine marble boards in fine clear dustwrapper. Very slight page tanning.

Price: £ 50.00

A Time to Depart by Lindsey Davis


Hostage
by Robert Crais

Published: Scorpion, 2001

Signed Limited edition. One of 110 numbered copies - this being number 88. Fine marbled boards in fine clear dustwrapper. With an appreciation by Michael Connelly.

Price: £ 65.00

Hostage by Robert Crais


The Myths
by Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood,, Jeanette Winterson, Philip Pullman

Published: Canongate, 2005

This consists of; 'A Short History of Myth' by Karen Armstrong; ' The Penelopiad' by Margaret Atwood; 'Weight' by Jeanette Winterson and a introductory essay on myths by Phillip Pullman. All three of the books are fine in fine dustwrapper in fine numbered slipcase. This is the start of a much larger series in which established authors interpret the Greek Myths for a modern age. Already sold out by the publisher and we have only a limited number of copies.

Price: £ 48.00

The Myths by Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood,


The Pocket Canons: The Words of the Wise
by Various Authors

Published: Canongate, 1998

12 books - 6 from the Old and 6 from the New Testaments with introductions by modern authors. Louis de Benieres introduces the Book of Job, Will Self 'Revelation', A.S. Byatt 'The Song of Solomon' etc. Fine card wraps in fine slip case.

Price: £ 20.00

The Pocket Canons: The Words of the Wise by Various Authors

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