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First edition, first impression. Presentation copy inscribed by Michel Couturier and Robert Groborne to Francis Bacon: "Pour Francis Bacon, en espérant qu'un jour très prochain nous travaillions à...
View ArticleThe Painted Bird.
First UK edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "For Dr Philip Murray, in appreciation of his 'long distance' interest, cordially, Jerzy Kosinski,...
View ArticlePomp and Circumstance.
First edition, first impression, presentation copy of Coward's comic novel inscribed to the the actress Joyce Carey, "For Miss Joyce Carey with the cordial sentiments of The Author. Bessie - Bessie -...
View ArticleWaiting in the Wings.
Octavo. Original grey boards, titles gilt to spine. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the jacket with only very small chips to the corners and small tears to the bottom edge. The post Waiting...
View ArticlePost-Mortem. A Play in Eight Scenes.
First edition, first impression, inscribed on the front free endpaper, "For William with my love, Noel." The recipient was William Armstrong (1882-1952), director and producer of the Liverpool...
View ArticleThe Song Book.
Quarto. Original cloth, yellow back and grey sides, titles gilt to spine and front, top edge yellow, grey endpapers. With the dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and plates, line drawings in the text. A...
View ArticleThe Song Book.
First edition, first impression, signed by Coward on the title page. This handsome album collects 51 of Coward's most famous songs of four decades, and is quite scarce, especially so signed with the...
View ArticleOne’s Company — A Journey to China.
Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front board lettered and decorated in red, publisher’s device to rear board in blind, top edge green. With slightly browned and chipped second impression dust...
View ArticleThe Bombay Edition of the Works.
The Bombay Edition, one of only 500 possible complete sets signed by the author on the half-title. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1,000 copies. Kipling...
View ArticleThe Love Poems.
Octavo. Vellum backed boards, brown paper to sides, titles gilt to spine, edges uncut. Title page designed by Bruce Rogers. Spine and sides very slightly marked, only a little rubbing to the...
View ArticleOn British Freedom.
First edition, first impression, Quentin Bell's copy, in the scarce jacket. This copy has the ink ownership inscription to the front free endpaper of Quentin Bell (1910-1996), son of Clive and Vanessa...
View ArticleThe Garden.
First edition, first impression. Number 638 of 750 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by Sackville-West. A long poetical sequence on the author's favourite subject, beautifully...
View ArticlePoetry and Prose.
First Nonesuch India paper edition, in the uncommon publisher's vellum binding, very scarce presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper by the editor "Lindsey Batten, from Geoffrey Keynes,...
View ArticleHermann Göring – Werk und Mensch.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, title gilt to spine and to the upper board, spine with broad gilt “rolls” forming compartments with NDSAP eagle, the Luftwaffe, and of the Deutscher Jagdverband, blue...
View ArticleTime and Western Man.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered gilt, top edge red. With the dust jacket. Two vignette illustrations. Very slight rubbing to the ends and corners, some minor spotting, a sound copy in...
View ArticleRipley’s Game.
Octavo. Original brown boards, title to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Light foxing to edge of text block. An excellent copy in the jacket with slightly faded spine with a little rubbing to...
View ArticleIn Evil Hour.
First UK edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the half-title, "Gabriel, '89." From the library of the Irish book collector Dr Philip Murray. In his book, The Adventures of a Book...
View ArticleSwitch Bitch.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Philip, love Roald Dahl." From the library of Irish book collector Dr Philip Murray, author of The Adventures of...
View ArticleChronicle of a Death Foretold.
First US edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author on the epigraph, "Par Murray, Gabriel. '89." From the library of the Irish book collector Dr Philip Murray. In his book, The Adventures of a...
View ArticleLook Back in Anger.
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "John Osborne, 8.9.89." From the library of Dr Philip Murray, Irish book collector and author of The Adventures of a Book...
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