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

London. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. THE UHTRED SERIES comprising The Last Kingdom; The Pale Horseman; The Lords of the North; Swan Song; The Burning Land; Death of Kings; The Pagan Lord; The Empty Throne; Warriors of the Storm; The Flamer Bearer; War of the Wolf; Sword of Kings; War Lord; Warrior's Story; Death of Kings; and Uhtred's Feast - Inside the World of the Last Kingdom (with Suzanne Pollak) (London: Harper Collins 2004-2023). The Complete 14-volume set plus BOTH RARE SUPPLEMENTS: Warrior's Story and Death of Kings (Waterstones Exclusive Free Sampler). EACH BOOK SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR INCLUDING THE SUPPLEMENTS. 16 works. Original blue boards (apart from Uhtred's Feast which has black boards), spines lettered in gilt, silver or bronze. Coloured or illustrated end-papers. "Warrior's Story" and "Death of Kings" (Sampler) both issued in soft wrappers. A fine set in like dustwrappers for the 14 hardbacks. The two… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. First UK Edition. Publisher’s yellow and dark brown/black cloth, spine panel stamped in black. 40-page publisher's catalogue "for the Autumn, 1923" inserted at rear, three inserted plates with illustrations by Jean de Bosschere, other illustrations in text, also by de Bosschere. A major collection of supernatural fiction. A VG copy with fading to the dark brown/black portion of the cloth and a small piece of cloth missing from the right hand edge of the rear panel. Some foxing to the page edges. Uncommon in this, the UK first edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Signed by the Author on the title page and additionally inscribed by her on the FFEP: With love from/ Aunt Gladys./ February, 1980. This is the Dedication Copy of this novel with its printed dedication For Charles and Patricia.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's pale blue boards with black lettering. Very slight darkening to the spine and the peripheries of the boards. There are several foxing spots to the page edges and the early/late pages of the book. Overall a solid VG copy. In the VERY RARE D/W which is priced 7/6 net to the spine (as called for). The D/W has no loss but has some age-darkening to the white spine panel and along rear flap fold, and dust soiling to rear panel. Being hyper-critical there are 3 short edge tears and associated creases. A very shelvable copy of Eric Ambler's most uncommon book, his second novel. Rare. Scans invited.

London: Penguin, 1986. First Edition. Signed by Author. First UK paperback edition. A very fine copy. Inscribed by the Author on the title page: Best wishes/ David Owen/ March 27 1986

London: Faber, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. Publishers red cloth boards with silver lettering to the spine. A VG copy in a VG+ D/W with some very minor surface rubbing to part of the back panel. Signed by the Author on the title page

London: Robert Hale, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Robert Hale Production File Copy stamped as such on the FFEP. Small in-house Robert Hale stamp to the FFEP (FILE COPY/ PRODUCTION/ 28.11.08) otherwise a fine copy in like D/W.

1935. (London H. M. Eastern African Trade and Information Office or "Publicity", Entebbe, Uganda 1935). A softback production. Publisher's thin card illustrated covers. 106 pages, adverts, photographs, bibliography. A guide to the country including living conditions, big game hunting, angling, hotels, roads and ferries, etc., A VG copy (slight surface loss at the head of the spine). Map at the rear of the book in excellent condition. Quite scarce.

London, 1895. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London/Philadelphia, New York Chicago: Dean and Sons nd [1895]). First Edition. 64 pages. Numerous illustrations in the body of the text. Publisher's red decorative binding featuring young ladies flying about on bats rendered in black and grey ans lettered in gilt. Black lettering to the spine. All edges gilt. Decorative end-papers. Very scarce children's book published mid 1890's by Dean and Son before Scarlet Pimpernel's appearance. A VG+ copy (slightly rubbed/soiled). Boards bright and clean. Clean interior. Tightly bound. NO hand-colouring of any of the plates. A very pleasing copy, nothing fundamentally wrong with it. An early fantasy tale illustrated by Baroness Orczy and her husband Montagu Barstow. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Dean and Sons. First Edition. (London, Dean & Co nd circa 1845). A softback. First UK Edition, 7 full page hand-coloured illustrations with facing text. Publisher's original pictorial blue paper wrappers formerly detached now professionally and sympathetically reinforced (by a skilled bookbinder) to the spine. An attractive VG copy. A scarce book (only one copy on COPAC held at the Victoria & Albert Museum Library). Originally published at 6d. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Orange-red cloth binding, gilt titles and figure of a jester. D/W says: ?Sapper?s big golf joke?. Half-title page says: This story appeared in Out of the Blue by ?Sapper?. Hodder and Stoughton?s Little Books of Laughter series. A VG++ copy in like D/W with slight soiling to the back panel. Exceedingly uncommon in this lovely condition. Shows very well.

London: Routledge, 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: George Routledge and Sons 1881). First UK Edition. 190 pages. A number in ink to the top right-hand corner of the title page otherwise very clean interior. Handsomely and sympathetically rebound in half-leather over marbled boards. Scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1881. First Edition. Hard Cover. (London: David Bogue 1881). First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [ii], xviii, 192. + 32-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1880 inserted at the rear. Illustrations by F. Church and J. Moser. Publisher's original pictorial bevel-edged gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, rear panel stamped in black, grey end-papers, all edges stained yellow. 4 inserted plates (tissue guards present). A VG++ copy. No inscriptions. Firm hinges (no cracking). Bright and clean boards (with none of the usual soiling so often seen). Gilt lettering bright and NOT dulled. Some toning to both sets of end-papers. A bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down. A tiny bit of rubbing to the spine tips. The author's first book and the first of his Uncle Remus books. A most attractive copy and much brighter than normally seen of this uncommon first edition with the first issue June 1880 adverts to the rear. Photographs/scans available upon request. Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A fine copy in like D/W. Uncommon in such nice shape. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: John Murray, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. A very fine copy in like D/W. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.

First Edition. (Paris: Privately printed by the Author in Paris). First Edition with Mediterranean-Blue wrappers. A Limited Edition believed to be of only 28 copies. In the form of poems and drawings to illustrate a relationship’s different phases from the beginnings until the break-up through attraction, desire, gentleness, stress, the waiting, possesion, madness , small town joys, tenderness and separation. With an Erratum slip laid in. In French. Uncommon

London: Gollancz, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's red boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A fine copy in like D/W. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. (London: Macdonald & Jane's 1977). First UK Edition. A near fine copy in like D/W. Signed and inscribed by the Author. Not dated. Uncommon inscribed.

London: Constable, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering. Usual slight page toning otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W. Chief Superintendent Gently. Photographs/scans available upon request.

London: Constable, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition, First Printing. The author’s own copy. Publisher’s original black cloth with silver titles to the spine. A lovely very near fine copy in a fine D/W. Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front free end-paper “author’s copy”. From the Author's estate.