Modern First Editions
LAWRENCE, D.H (author). LAPIDA, Carlo (artist). [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Suite Complete de douze figures dessinees par Carlo Lapida our illustrer le roman d'amour et de passion de D.H. Lawrence.
Paris. No Publisher. 1932.
£750
8vo. Twelve illustrations of a semi- or overtly erotic nature, captioned in French. There are two copies of the first illustration, captioned "Frontispice" which raises the …
ACKROYD, Peter. The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein.
Chatto & Windus. 2008.
£30
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A fine copy.First edition signed by the author on the title-page.
ACKROYD, Peter. The English Ghost. Spectres Through Time.
Chatto & Windus.2010.
£30
8vo., original cloth with dustwrapper. A fine copy.First edition signed by the author.
ADAIR, Gilbert. The Act of Roger Murgatroyd. An Entertainment
£15
BOOKS INTO FILM
ADAIR, Gilbert. The Holy Innocents.
Heinemann. 1988.
£98
8vo. Original cloth and dust-jacket; a fine copy.First edition. Basis for Bertolucci's film The Dreamers.
ADAMS, Douglas. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Heinemann. 1987.
£78
8vo., originsal cloth with dust wrapper. Text a little browned as usual, otherwise a near fine copy.First edition signed by Adams on title-page.
ADAMS, Douglas. Mostly Harmless.
Heinemann. 1992.
£20
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A little toning to paper margins as usual, otherwise a near fine copy.First edition. The fifth in the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe series.
ADAMS, Douglas. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
Pan Books. 1984.
£48
8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver; a fine copy in dust-jacket.First edition. The Hitch Hikers' Guide to the Galaxy 4.
ADAMS, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Arthur Baeker Limited. 1980.
£98
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A fine copy.First edition. Sequel to The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
ADAMS, Richard. Watership Down.
London, Rex Collings. 1975.
£98
8vo. Original brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine and with small vignette in gilt to upper board, with dust wrapper. A near fine copy.Reprint inscribed by Adams on title-page "To …
ALBEE, Edward. Stretching My Mind.
New York. Carroll & Graaf Publishers. 2005.
£150
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A fine copy.First edition. Inscribed by Albee to the film director, actor and writer Bryan Forbes "For Brian [sic] - For all the years. Edward Albee 2006". With Forbes's bookplate.
ALBEE, Edward. The Ballad of the Sad Café. Carson McCullers' novella adapted to the Stage by Edward Albee.
Boston. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1963.
£500
8vo., sometime finely bound in half green morocco with gilt rules over cloth covered boards, spine lettered and panelled in gilt with raised bands with gilt rules, all edges gilt. A fine …
ALBEE, Edward. The Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox. Three Plays, Introduced by the author Edward Albee.
New York. Coward-McCann Inc. 1960.
£500
8vo., sometime finely bound in half green morocco with gilt rules over cloth covered boards, spine lettered and panelled in gilt with raised bands with gilt rules, all edges gilt. A fine …
ALBEE, Edward. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
New York. Atheneum. 1962.
£1,000
8vo., sometime finely bound in half green morocco with gilt rules over cloth covered boards, spine lettered and panelled in gilt with raised bands with gilt rules, all edges gilt. A fine …
ALDISS, Brian Helliconia Spring
Jonathan Cape. 1982.
£48
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. A fine copy.First edition. The first of the Helliconia science fiction trilogy.
