Search Results: Titles starting with A from James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.

2013. (London: The Mail on Sunday Event Magazine September 29, 2013). A softcover. A superb 4-page article on 007 by the author of Solo. "Think you know Bon? Think again. The best-selling author of his latest adventure reveals the secret life of 007" in the form of an idiosyncratic Bond alphabet: A is for Air Travel, Bo is for Booze, C is for Chelsea etc and Boyd's comments under each heading. In the B category he comments about Bond's astounding capacity for booze (with examples from Moonraker, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger) although Bond rarely suffers from hangovers. A very interesting magazine. A fine copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Headline, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Page edges beginning to tan otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page. Fairly uncommon.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A very good copy in a rubbed and torn but substantially complete D/W. Uncommon in D/W

London: Duckworth, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. A very fine copy in like D/W. Signed. Author's scarce 1st book. A tiny print run

London: Bantam Press, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. SIGNED, DATED AND LOCATED BY THE AUTHOR. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. As New. Signed, dated (8/iii/05) and located (St Albans) by the Author on the title page.

London, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: The Amalgamated Press n.d. [1928] Number 1243 of a "Limited & Numbered Edition-de-Luxe Published for Private Circulation Only". Coloured illustrations throughout by the Author. Publisher’s printed pictorial white wrappers printed in blue; tape reinforcement to the spine. Overall a VG copy. The hardback edition of this was not published until the following year. H G Wells Society 107

London: Robert Hale, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A near fine (or better) copy in like D/W.

London: Robert Hale, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. A former owner's name and address details neatly embossed on the half-title page and a couple of tiny bumps to the corners otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W with a hint of rubbing to the spine tips. Scarce. Signed by the Author on the front free end-paper.

London: Robert Hale, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A near fine (or better) copy in like D/W. Robert Hale File Copy. Neat Robert Hale stamp and date (27-8-81) on the FFEP.

London: Secker and Warburg, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Tanning to the page edges (due to the poor quality of paper used) otherwise a near fine copy in a fine D/W. Signed by the Author on the title page (at the Norwich Playhouse on June 19, 2012).

London: Collins, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A VG+ copy in like D/W. A nice copy.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A neat name on the front paste-down and minor bumping at the head of the spine otherwise a VG copy in like price-clipped D/W which is foxed on the verso and rubbed to the extremities. Laid in is a typed letter (signed Bill N) from the Authors Isle of Man address dated March 10, 1988 that mentions Alfie. Basis for the 1966 film, directed by Lewis Gilbert and featuring Michael Caine in the title role. Recently remade by Charles Shyer with Jude Law. (Note : The true first edition was published in 1966, NOT 1970 - as is commonly and wrongly claimed). A nice copy of a seminal 60s title

London: Everett, 1920. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. All Clear": A Brief Record of the Work of the London Special Constabulary 1914-1919 (Everett 1920). First UK Edition. A VG copy in a chipped and worn D/W. Both maps present. Rare.

London: Scorpion Press, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed Limited Edition in a Special Binding of 90 copies (this Copy being un-numbered). A fine unread Signed Limited Edition quarter bound in dark green leather with marbled boards in a fine acetate D/W, with an appreciation by Simon Kernick. Signed by the Author on the limitation page

London: Shand, 1947. First Edition. Soft Cover. Alphabet and Image 5 (James Shand 1947) and Alphabet and Image 7 (James Shand 1948) both edited by Robert Harling. Original stiff wrappers. Both issues are in VG+ condition. Included in the No 5 issue is an insert entitled A & I: STOP PRESS a 4-page Supplement to Alphabet and Image. On page 4 is the announcement of a competition devised by Ian Fleming to evolve a 27th character for the alphabet. Mr Fleming will be the sole judge. The prize is a book token of 5 guineas. Issue No 7 has a similar insert with the results of the competition over three pages. Rare. For the pair:

London, 1947. First Edition. Dust Jacket. (Ian Fleming) Alphabet & Image Numbers 5 & 7 (September 1947 and May 1948). Published by Art & Technics Ltd. Softback publications with D/Ws. A fine set. Both issues come with loose, folded single-sheet inserts entitled Stop Press. The 1947 insert details a competition devised, and to be judged, by Ian Fleming. The 1948 insert has adjudication. The first insert precedes Flemings December 1947 Horizon piece. Fine and very rare as a set together.

London: Longmans, 1896. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Illustrations by J F Sullivan and Florence Upton. Publisher's original, decorated turquoise cloth. Light foxing to the prelims otherwise a VG+ sound tight copy. Hinges sound. A nicer copy than normally encountered

London: Constable, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in a near fine D/W with some minuscule wear to the right hand corner of the front panel. Uncommon.

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Herbert Jenkins n.d. [1932]). First UK Edition. Publisher's green cloth boards with black rules & lettering. Black and white photographic frontispiece and plates; line drawings in text. A VG+ copy in like D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine (as called for) very slightly worn at the head of the spine. Uncommon in D/W in nice condition.

London: Cape, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's orange boards with gilt spine lettering; publisher's device in blind to the middle of the back board. 8vo. (140mm x 210mm). 286 pages + ii pages of adverts at the rear. Engraved frontispiece plate (with tissue guard) of "North Country Fishing As It Used To Be". Spine tips a little softened otherwise a near fine (or slightly better) copy with none of the usual foxing so often encountered with this title with just a hint of offsetting to the front free end-paper. In the RARE dust wrapper priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The VG+ D/W is a much nicer example than usually encountered with just minor fraying at the head and tail of the spine (which is toned as usual). 'Rod and Line' is a collection of pieces originally written for The Guardian newspaper between 1924-1928 and is one of the most significant contributions to English fishing literature. Indeed Mortimer… Read More