Morton, Andrew

William & Catherine, Their Lives, Their Wedding

Michael O'Mara Books, London, 2011

First edition, first printing.   Described as a 'limited edition personally signed by author', but no limitation given. Signed by author.  Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Rochester, Kate (editor). Brunnock, Lindsay (illustrator).  Foreword by Ralph Rochester.

The Pretty Women of Paris

London, Hanbury Press, 2007

Bound in red silk with gilt titles and black endpapers in a numbered limited edition of 300 copies.  First thus.

Fine as issued.

Originally privately published in France in 1883 as a directory for English gentlemen wishing to visit the famous courtesans of Paris.  23 of the entries from this directory have been reproduced by Hanbury Press with accompanying illustrations.  The illustrations are hidden in the uncut pages.  An accompanying printed slip contains the instruction "please use a letter opener or sharp knife to slice open the pages to reveal the girls".

Salway, Sarah

Leading The Dance

Bristol, Bluechrome Publishing, 2006

Fine in Fine dustjacket.

Signed limited edition - this copy is numbered 117 of 125 copies.

Secrets and their consequences is the recurring theme of this book of short stories. Bound in red cloth in a red dusthacket, this is Redbook 1, the first fiction title of Bluechrome's Select Editions.