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Limited edition first printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. DJ is protected in an archival sleeve. Number 156 of 1500 copies printed. Signed by Farrington on the limitation page. Decorated blue page edges. Olga Pushkin, Railway Engineer (Third Class) and would-be bestselling author, spends her days in a little rail-side hut with only Dmitri the hedgehog for company. She dreams of escaping the sleepy, snow-clad village of Roslazny. But Roslazny doesn't stay sleepy for long. Poison-pen letters, a small-town crime wave, and persistent rumours of a Baba Yaga - a murderous witch hiding in the frozen depths of the Russian taiga - combine to disturb the icy silence. And one day Olga arrives at her hut only to be knocked unconscious by a man falling from the Trans-Siberian, an American tourist with his throat cut from ear to ear and his mouth stuffed with 10-ruble coins.

First printing. Foreword by Clement Attlee. Book has light general wear. Unclipped DJ has creasing, rubbing, chips and a couple of closed tears to edges and corners. Internally the pages are generally clean and tight with the odd age related stain. Signed by Ludovici and Albat (the subject of the book) on the front endpaper. This dramatic true account of one man's ten year struggle against tyranny, lifts a corner of the Iron Curtain to reveal for the first time something of the tragedy and misery in the Baltic States under Russian domination. Albat, the subject of this biography, is a Latvian and his story typifies the state of his country both during and after World War Two.

Limited edition first printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. DJ is protected in an archival sleeve. Number 937 of 2000 copies printed. Signed by Kuhn on the limitation page. Blue decorated front page edges. M.J. Kuhn's thrilling fantasy debut is a high-stakes heist novel set in a gritty world of magic and malice.

First printing. Book has light handling and storage wear. Very good- unclipped DJ has light creasing and chipping here and there, together with light colour fading to the spine. Signed to a previous owner and year dated by Gruber on the front endpaper. This is not a war story, but it is a story of war, as seen through the author's eyes and through his personal experiences as a British Infantry soldier in the Second World War and what he comes back home to as a returning hero. Very uncommon, especially signed.

First printing of the second edition. Signed and dated 'Best Wishes' by Jackman on the half title page. John Gray, the captain of the ss Great Britain since 1854, mysteriously disappeared on his way home from Australia in November 1872. Although very popular with his passengers and crew he did have a violent side to his nature; he would use his fists on anyone who disobeyed him, and sometimes put them in irons, deep in the bowels of the ship. It has always been supposed he committed suicide. This book sets out to prove he was murdered.

First printing. Book has light age tanning around page edges. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the top and bottom of both covers and spine. Signed by Jacobson on the title page. Max Glickman is son to an atheist boxer, Jack 'The Jew' Glickman, and a glamorous card-playing mother. Growing up in the peace and security of the 1950s Manchester suburbs, the word 'extermination' haunts his vocabulary and Nazis lurk in his imagination. When his childhood friend Manny is released from prison, the tug of religion and history proves too strong to be ignored and Max must accept there is no refuge from the dead.

Illumicrate exclusive edition. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by Jae-Jones on a tipped in page. Decorated page edges. Exclusive full colour printing on the hardcover and artwork on the endpapers. Full box includes: Banked Fire mug; All the Stories are True bookmark set; The Book of Eyes book tin and Found Family washi tape. Jin Zhara's life was already full with appeasing her stepmother's cruel whims, looking after her blind younger sister, and keeping her magic secret from those who would kill her for it. But when a mysterious plague starts transforming magicians into monsters, Zhara joins a secret magical liberation society called the Guardians of Dawn, and her life becomes entwined with an easily flustered young man named Han, who has secrets of his own.

Abacus. Very good+. First edition. Paperback. Clean, tight pages, signs of light discolouration on the back cover and one or two light spots internally. Signed by Emmanuel Jal /No dust jacket as issued..

First printing. Book has no wear to speak of. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to edges. Signed, dated and inscribed to a previous owner by James on the front endpaper. This book is a second selection from Clive James's weekly television column, covering the years 1976 to 1979, and once again it reveals his determination to deal not just with the big moments in television but with the small change - of fumbling link men, frenzied commentators, the unfulfilled pretensions and the unexpected felicities that most critics miss but the viewing public is fascinated by. Very uncommon signed.

First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by James on the title page. Moon Witch Spider King draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers.

First Nature Bwlchgwyn. Very good+. Limited edition (Number 192 of 250 copies printed). Hardback. Clean, tight pages, light creasing to the top of the spine. Signed by Martin James. Very good slipcase, light creasing to the bottom of the spine board./Near fine DJ. Not price clipped..

Second printing. Small dent to the bottom front board and a little bumping to the bottom front corner. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the edges. Signed by Jeal on the title page. Hatchards 'Signed Copy' bellyband. The thrilling story of the contest to uncover the planet's most elusive secret - the source of the White Nile.

First printing. Paperback. Signed by Johnson and actor Ron Moody on the half title page. Readers who might be deterred by the prospect of trawling through the lengthy twists and turns of the convoluted storylines required and expected in the Victorian novel might never get as far as the oases of wit and humour that abound along the way. This little selection of extracts from some of Charles Dickens' works might encourage them to explore further. It is a rewarding journey.

First printing. No DJ as issued. Signed by Will.i.am (using a robotic pen) and Johnson on the title page.

Rodale. Very good. First edition. Hardback. Clean, tight pages, light creasing to the top of the front board and top and bottom of the spine, along with light rubbing to the bottom of the back board. Signed with a personal message by Dhani Jones/Very good. Not price clipped. Light creasing to the top and bottom of the front and back cover, spine and inner flaps..

Deluxe collectors limited edition hardback. Part of the Classic Movie Monsters Collection. Some light bumping here and there. No DJ as issued. Number 9 of 30 numbered copies issued. Signed by Burton and Jones on the title page. Includes a limited edition art print which is also numbered 9 of 30. Explore Amicus' reinvention of a classic tale with the I, Monster 1971 Ultimate Guide your ticket to the darkest depths of the human psyche and an unforgettable movie experience. This edition was written in close collaboration with the movie's director, Stephen Weeks. Profusely illustrated.

Book Club edition. Bit of creasing to the top and bottom of the spine. The unclipped DJ has light creasing and small chips and tears here and there, the main one being a one-inch closed tear to the rear spine ridge. At the very least a very good reading copy. Continues the adventures of Sir Richard Francis Burton, Mark Twain, Peter Frigate, and millions of others, from various times in the history of the Earth, who have all been mysteriously resurrected on a strange planet known as Riverworld. Their problem is to find their way to the headwaters of the fabulous river, and to find the enigmatic beings who have accomplished their resurrection.

Limited edition. Slipcased. As new. No DJ as issued. Number 758 of 1500 numbered copies printed. Signed by Joyce on the title page. A decade after the phenomenal bestseller The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Joyce resurrects the novel's beloved characters for another heartwarming journey of self-discovery, this time following Harold's socially awkward wife.