Signed - Inscribed - Limited
We are delighted to present highlights from our Literature & Modern Firsts department's latest catalogue: Signed - Inscribed - Limited.
Curated by senior specialist Adam Blakeney, the catalogue features a fantastic collection of signed and inscribed modern titles.
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First edition, first impression, inscribed by Greene on the half title page; 8vo; publisher's green cloth, titles to spine gilt, orange endpapers, orange topstain, with the pictorial dust jacket. A superb copy in the nicked dust jacket with a trace of fading to the spine panel.
£1,500 -
First UK edition, first impression, author's presentation copy; 8vo; publisher's black boards, titles to spine gilt, grey topstain, with the pictorial dust jacket designed by the Moroccan artist Hamri. An excellent copy in the mildly sunned dust jacket.
£1,500 -
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; 8vo; front endpapers browned as usual; publisher's blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. An exceptional copy in the rather faded dust jacket.
£2,850 -
First edition, third printing; presentation copy inscribed by the author; 8vo; publisher's black cloth, titles to spine gilt, red topstain, with the dust jacket; slightly shaken but an excellent copy in the lightly frayed dust jacket somewhat faded at the spine.
£475 -
First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author; 8vo; publisher's black boards, title to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the slightly faded dust jacket.
£225 -
First separate edition, first printing, first issue, 1 of 100 copies, this additionally signed and dated and with a quatrain written out by Hughes; 4to; publisher's marbled paper wrappers, titles and device to both wrappers in black, rivet holes at backstrip as issued. An excellent copy.
£875 -
First edition, inscribed to the poet's brother and sister-in law on the front free endpaper; 8vo (225 x 145 mm); publisher's blue cloth, illustrated dust-jacket after a painting by Frieda Hughes (the poet's daughter), very mild rubbing to extremities, otherwise near fine.
£2,500 -
First combined edition, first printing, inscribed by the author, 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth, title to spine in black on a brown ground. With the photomontage dust jacket. An excellent copy in the somewhat browned dust jacket with two very small pieces of needless internal repair.
£1,250 -
First edition, first impression, signed by the author on the title page; 8vo; publisher's black boards, titles to spine gilt, with the dust jacket. A fine copy.
£575 -
1pp., 29 lines typed on single sheet, (21.6 x 35.5 cm), signed 'Edward James' in blue ink on the recto; folded several times.
£500