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A New First Edition, First Printing that has been signed by the author to the title page. The book will be wrapped with care and shipped securely to ensure safe delivery,

First edition, first impression. Signed by the poet to the title page. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award.

Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some light white marks to lower board fore-edge, else fine in a beautiful, fine dust jacket bearing the Waterstones 'Signed First Edition' wraparound band.

A superior example of one of the poet's highlight titles.

First edition, first impression (Scribners, 1954).Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine and upper board in blue. A very good or better book with small split to spine foot and previous owner's address to copyright page. No dust jacket.

First UK edition, first impression. Precedes the US edition, which was issued the following year.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Some off-setting to endpapers and some spotting to top edge and fore-edge with a couple of instances of compression to spine tips, otherwise excellent.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has some moderate edge wear, primarily to the top, and a small nick to bottom corner of lower panel and half-way down the lower panel spine hinge. Some toning to spine panel and verso, better than very good otherwise.

First UK edition, first impression, published by Gollancz in 1962.
Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Better than very good with a little pushing to spine tips and some foxing to edges, otherwise clean internally.
The original and unclipped dust jacket, featuring striking artwork by Alan Breese, has a tiny nick to top edge and traces of mild wear to spine tips with some isolated spotting to rear fold verso, else near fine.

First UK edition, first impression in first state dust jacket without reviews to verso. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the last of the author's novels to be published in his lifetime.
Original blue cloth with dark red lettering to spine and upper board. A near fine book with the slightest hint of fading to spine. Beautifully clean and bright internally with no previous owner names or inscriptions.
The original and unclipped dust jacket - featuring striking artwork by Hans Tisdall - has some chipping to corners and spine tips with some rubbing and the usual sunning to spine panel. A lovely example.

First edition, first impression in first issue dust jacket.

Original publisher's cloth. Some rubbing to label on spine with toning to edges and a small area of browning to edge of of paste-downs and endpapers. Contents beautifully clean throughout otherwise.

The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little soft crease close to fore-edge of upper panel, else in beautiful, fine condition.

A fantastic example of one of the author's highlight titles.

First edition thus, first impression, featuring one of the most important and influential works of science fiction.
Original red imitation leather binding with lettering to spine in gilt and decorative map endpapers and paste-downs. Some spotting to top edge and, far more faintly, to fore-edge with a couple of knocks to corners and upper spine hinge, otherwise very good, in a very good dust jacket, featuring striking artwork by Terry Oaks, with some moderate wear to edges and minor colour transfer to spine foot verso.

First UK edition, first impression. The fourth book in the Dune series. Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page in the year of publication.
Original orange cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a little pushing to spine foot and a couple of very small, faint and inconspicuous marks to upper board.
The original dust jacket is in beautifully sharp, fine condition with the slightest hint of fading to the spine panel and minor creasing to top corner. Rare in such good condition.

First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page.
Black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine copy with a couple of very faint marks to fore-edge, in a near fine or better dust jacket with a very small nick to the left of the spine hinge.
An excellent example of the author's second book that is increasingly hard to find signed.

First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The author's first book, of which signed examples are uncommon.
Original black cloth with silver lettering to spine a near fine or better book with a few very faint spots to endpapers and top edge of text block in a fine dust jacket showing minimal traces of rubbing in places.

First US edition, first impression in later issue dust jacket with 'Hawthornden Prize Edition' to spine panel. Adapted to film in 1937 and the origin of Shangri-La. Original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good book with some rubbing to spine ends and previous owner name to front endpaper. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some chipping to spine ends and corners and a couple of tears to top of flap folds. Evidence of tape reinforcement to spine verso. A nice example of a rare edition.

First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author in pencil to the front endpaper. Accompanied by a couple of letters written by the author's father, John Hilton.
Original orange cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Previous owner name and date to front paste-down with some toning to edges. Binding a bit exposed at front endpaper. Some browning to front endpaper and to pages 14 and 15.
The original dust jacket has a few shallow chips and nicks to edges with some browning, most notably to spine panel. A good copy of a book that is seemingly rare signed with associated ephemera.

First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1968). Signed by the author and Ken Loach - who directed the film adaptation - to bookplates affixed to the title page. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with a little toning to edges in a better than very good, unclipped dust jacket that has some rubbing to spine foot and fore-edges. An excellent copy.

A First Edition, First Printing that has been signed and dated by the author. The book will be wrapped with care in protective packaging and shipped securely to ensure safe delivery.

Limited edition (Crediton: Richard Gilbertson, 1967). Signed by Ted Hughes to the front endpaper. One of 100 copies produced. 1-6 were interleaved throughout with blank paper, on which the poet wrote out each of the thirteen poems in full, to face the printed text and were also bound in full dark green levant morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 7-16 were interleaved with three manuscript poems and bound in half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 17-36 contained one poem in manuscript and were bound in decorative covers. The example on offer here is one of the 37-100 copies that were signed by the author. Original salmon fur-grained covers with lettering to the upper cover in black. Faint marginal soiling to spine with minor wrinkling here and there; top edge of upper cover and opening few pages turned up slightly; area of minor staining to lower cover with a little colour transfer to fore-edge of rear endpaper, contents nice and clean otherwise and firmly bound. A very good example of a rare book.

First edition, first impression.

Original blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A little spotting to endpapers and toning to spine with a couple of small marks to boards, otherwise very good in the original and unclipped dust jacket with a couple of tears to edges and some chipping to corners, an area of moderate loss to spine head and some soiling in places.

First edition, first impression.
Publisher's original black cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine book in a near fine and unclipped dust jacket with some toning to spine panel and small area of soiling to spine foot; a few tiny and barely visible nicks to bottom edge.
A fantastic, near fine or better example of one of Hughes' most important works.

Limited edition (Richard Gilbertson, 1968). Number 16 of 500. One of just 25 copies to be signed and dated by the poet and include one verse in manuscript from the poem 'Who's Killed the Leaves'. Near fine with a crease to the bottom corner of rear cover.

First edition, first impression (Duckworth, 1939). Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper. The author's first novel.Publisher's original cloth with red lettering to spine. Some soiling and light browning to boards with some spotting to fore-edge and to opening and final couple of pages. Contents nice and clean otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some loss to upper panel and to spine panel head with a few tears, some chipping and rubbing; light soiling to lower panel.A very rare book, especially so inscribed by the author.