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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


The Spook's Bestiary
by Joseph Delaney

Published: Bodley Head, 2010

Signed by the author. Fine illustrated boards and as issued without a dustwrapper but complete with wrap around band. A companion volume to the Spooks series. Fully illustrated. An excellent book.

Price: £ 9.99

The Spook


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


Mirrormask
by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean

Published: Bloomsbury, 2005

Signed by the author. Fine boards and as issued without a dustwrapper. Illustrated by Dave McKean.

Price: £ 28.00

Mirrormask by Neil Gaiman


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


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


Queen Munch and Queen Nibble
by Carol Ann Duffy

Published: Macmillan, 2002

Fine in fine dustwrapper. A children's picture/story book from the author who has since become the Poet Laureate. Illustrated by Lydia Monks.

Price: £ 22.00

Queen Munch and Queen Nibble by Carol Ann Duffy


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


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 Lost Diaries
by Craig Brown

Published: 4th Estate, 2010

Signed by the author. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Likely to be one of the funniest books of the year. Excellent parodies.

Price: £ 26.00

The Lost Diaries by Craig Brown


The Millennium Trilogy
by Stieg Larsson

Published: Maclehose Press, 2010

Fine in fine slipcase. A four volume set which consists of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo','The Girl who played with Fire', The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and a fourth volume of related essays. All as isued without a dustwapper and first printings thus. Comes with a poster depicting the various dustwrappers used for the series. Would make an excellent gift. Special price.

Price: £ 45.00

The Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

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