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The Valley of Secrets **signed first edition (softback)** |
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Hussey, Charmian. The Valley of Secrets Cornwall, St. Piran Press, 2003 First printing of the small press paperback edition published simultaneously with the limited edition hardback and launched, appropriately, at Cornwall's Eden Project. Very Near Fine (minor surface mark on rear cover) Christopher Crump's illustrations enhance the head of each chapter. SIGNED by author on title page. Small print run (3000)and scarce. Hodder has published the first trade edition of this book to good reviews.
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Item code: CH21 |
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The Star of Kazan **first edition** |
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Ibbotson, Eva The Star of Kazan London, Macmillan, 2004. Fine in Fine, protected dustjacket. Silver Smarties Award Winner 2004. Gold Smarties Award Winning author of Journey to the River Sea.
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 Item code: CH22 |
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The Divide **signed first edition** |
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Kay, Elizabeth. The Divide Chicken House, Frome, Somerset, 2003. Fine as issued in colour printed boards with integral board flaps which close to encase the book. Stunning artwork by Ted Dewan. No dustjacket as issued. SIGNED by author on title page. Teenage fantasy fiction. Barry Cunningham, who discovered J.K. Rowling, writes in introduction: "I was actually thrilled when I read this book. It's exciting, unexpected and wild".
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Item code: CF22 |
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Back To The Divide **signed first edition** |
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Kay, Elizabeth Back To The Divide Frome, Somerset, Chicken House, 2004. Fine as issued in boards with folding front flaps which close to encase the book. Sequel to The Divide, which was one of only 10 British books to win the prestigious White Raven at the 2004 Bologna Book Fair. Signed by author on title page.
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Item code: CF23 |
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Troll Fell **signed first edition** |
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Langrish, Katherine. Troll Fell London, Collins, 2004. Fine in Fine, protected dustjacket. SIGNED by author. Launched in the wake of much publicity, this first novel by a Yorkshire-born novelist features "Adventure, gold and troublesome trolls".
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Item code: CH28 |
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The Silver Child **signed first edition** |
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McNish, Cliff. The Silver Child London, Orion, 2003. Fine in Fine protected dustjacket (unread). SIGNED by author on title page. First in a projected new fantasy series for children. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DOOMSPELL SERIES.
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 Item code: FE397 |
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The Mysterious Burnchester Hall |
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Mieville, Dominic. The Mysterious Burnchester Hall Norfolk D M Productions, 2003. First softback edition (no hardback edition), children's edition. First novel - privately published and small print run quickly became impossible to find in bookshops. Fine (unread) in printed wraps.
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Item code: CF38 |
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Mortal Engines **paperback edition*** |
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Reeve, Philip. Mortal Engines London, Scholastic, 2001. Simultaneous paperback edition. Signed by author Fine in printed wraps.
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Item code: CH46 |
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Mortal Engines **signed first edition with promo card** |
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Reeve, Philip. Mortal Engines London, Scholastic, 2001. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by author. Promotional postcard laid in. Much acclaimed mechanistic fantasy winner of Gold Smarties Award and shortlisted for Whitbread award. First in a series of four books (one yet to be published).
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Item code: CF40 |
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How I Live Now **signed first edition** |
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Rosoff, Meg How I Live Now. London, Puffin, 2004. Fine in Fine, protected dustjacket. Signed by author on title page at last year's Cheltenham Festival event. Outstanding first novel of US-born author who now lives in London. Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Winner of Michael L. Printz Award for Excellent in Junior Adult Literature. June 2005: Winner of Branford Boase Award for best first children's novel. Author is writing the screenplay for the film.
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Item code: CF41 |
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Feather Boy **paperback original** |
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Singer, Nicky. Feather Boy London, Collins, 2002. Award winning PBO (no hardback edition issued).
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Item code: CH50 |
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The Yowler Foul-Up. Book 2 of The Illmoor Chronicles **signed first edition** |
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Stone, David Lee The Yowler Foul-up. Book 2 of The Illmoor Chronicles. London, Hodder Headline, London, 2004. Fine in Fine protected dustjacket. Signed by author. "A terrible sect has arisen in Illmoor - they're dark, they're deadly and they're even more bent on the destruction of the city than the citizens themselves".
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 Item code: CH51 |
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The Amulet of Samarkand BOOK 1 in The BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY **signed first edition** |
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Stroud Jonathan The Amulet of Samarkand. BOOK 1 in The Bartimaeus Trilogy. London, Doubleday, 2003. Near Fine (minor creasing at base of spine) in Fine (protected) dustjacket. SIGNED by author on title page.
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 Item code: CH57 |
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Shadowmancer New Hardback Special Edition |
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Taylor, G.P. Shadowmancer London, Faber & Faber, 2003. New hardback edition with extra chapter and foreword from author not previously published in the privately printed Mount paperback edition and trade paperback edition. SIGNED by the author. Fine (unread) in Fine, protected reflective gold-coloured dustjacket.
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 Item code: CH53 |
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Viaduct Child **signed first edition** |
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Wood, Patrick. Viaduct Child London, Scholastic, 2002. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by author. Promotional booklet laid in.
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 Item code: CH54 |
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One For Sorrow |
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Woodall, Clive. One for Sorrow Ziji Publishing, 2003 (actually released late March 2004 ). Paperback original true first printing. Fine (unread) in printed covers. Sold to Disney for a reported 1 million dollars prior to publication.
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 Item code: CH55 |
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Poison |
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Wooding, Chris. Poison. London, Scholastic, 2003. Fine/Fine (unread). SIGNED bookplate loosely laid in. Winner of the Dracula Society Children of The Night Award 2003 for the best novel published in the Gothic genre. Latest novel from the Author of the Smarties Award winning "Alaizabel Cray".
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Item code: CH56 |
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Poison |
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Wooding, Chris. Poison London, Scholastic, 2003. Fine in Fine, protected dustjacket. Signed by author on title page. Winner of the Dracula Society Children of The Night Award 2003 for the best novel published in the Gothic genre.
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Item code: FE615 |
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Urchin and The Heartstone. Book 2 Mistmantle Chronicles. |
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McAllister M.I. Urchin and The Heartstone Book 2 of The Mistmantle Chronicles. London, Bloomsbury, 2006. Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author.
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Item code: FE609 |
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The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle |
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Catherine Webb The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle. London, Atom, 2006. Signed by author. Horatio Lyle is described as "crossed with Sherlock Holmes and Thomas Edison as described by Terry Pratchett." Catherine Webb is a student at the London School of Economics. First in a projected series.
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Item code: CF19 |
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I, Coriander **signed first edition** |
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Gardner, Sally I, Coriander London, Orion, 2005. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. "The story is told by Coriander, daughter of a silk merchant in 1650s London. Her idyllic childhood ends when her mother dies and her father goes away, leaving Coriander with her stepmother, a widow who is in cahoots with a fundamentalist Puritan preacher." 16th December 2005. I, Coriander announced as Winner of the Nestle Gold Medal (formerly Smarties Gold Award) for 9 - 11 year olds.
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Item code: FE604 |
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Spilled Water. |
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Grindley, Sally. Spilled Water London, Bloomsbury, 2004. Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. The story of a young girl's bravery in China - second novel which won a Gold Smarties award.
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Item code: FE676 |
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Runemarks |
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Harris, Joanne Runemarks London, Doubleday, 2007 Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Joanne Harris's first novel for children - "five hundred years after the end of the world and goblins had been at the cellar again... "
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Item code: CF20 |
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Cry of The Icemark (Signed, Limited Edition) |
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Hill, Stuart The Cry of The IcemarkFrome, Chicken House, 2005. Signed, slipcased, limited and numbered edition. Fine as issued in fine dustjacket and slipcase - only 1,000 copies in this edition. Winner of the First Ottakar's Children's Book Award Recently published in the United States to critical acclaim.
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Item code: FE681 |
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The Dangerous Book for Boys |
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Iggulden, Conn. Iggulden, Hal The Dangerous Book for Boys Harper Collins, 2006 Fine in red boards as issued. Small print run and now hard to find.
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Item code: FE746 |
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Deathscent |
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Jarvis, Robin Deathscent London, Collins, 2001 First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Promotional booklet included. Book 1 of the Intrigues of the Reflected Realm. (Teenage fiction)
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Item code: FE616 |
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Secret of The Sirens. Book 1 in the Companions Quartet. |
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Julia Golding Secret of The Sirens. Book 1 of the Companions Quartet. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2006 New children's series set in Dartmoor. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author in her customary gold ink. Hatchard's bookshop bookmark laid in (where the signing took place). Looks good.
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Item code: FE670 |
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Hocus Pocus. A Tale of Magnificent Magicians and Their Amazing Feats *signed first edition* |
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Kieve, Paul Hocus Pocus. A Tale of Magnificent Magicians and Their Amazing Feats. London, Bloomsbury, 2007. Fine in illustrated boards (no dustjacket as issued). Introduction by Daniel Radcliffe. Signed by the author. Paul Kieve is the magician/illusionist who acted as magic consultant for the film of Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban. The book is inspired by master magicians from the past with hints and tips for magic tricks included - for a young audience.
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Item code: FE667 |
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The Declaration |
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Malley, Gemma The Declaration London, Bloomsbury, 2007 Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. First novel (young adult fiction) set in the near future - receiving good reviews.
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Item code: FE476 |
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Urchin of The Riding Stars |
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McAllister, M.I. Urchin of The Riding Stars London, Bloomsbury, 2005. Fine in Fine, protected dustjacket. Signed by author on title page. First in the Mistmantle Chronicle series. The hero, Urchin, is an orphaned squirrel. Shortlisted for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize. Miramax has bought the rights to this first book.
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Item code: FE741 |
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Peter Pan in Scarlet SECOND PRINTING |
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McCaughrean, Geraldine Peter Pan in Scarlet Oxford University Press, 2006 Fine in Fine dustjacket. Laid in is promotional bookmark. PLEASE NOTE that this is a SECOND PRINTING (the first printing comprised the limited edition of 1500 copies) and it is reported that there were 3,000 copies of the second printing.
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Item code: FE671 |
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Born To Run |
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Morpurgo, Michael Born To Run. The many lives of one incredible dog. London, Harper Collins Children's Books, 2007 Fine in Fine dustjacket.
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Item code: FE510 |
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The War of Jenkin's Ear |
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Morpurgo, Michael The War of Jenkins' Ear London, Heinemann, 1993 Fine in Fine dustjacket. Set in the 1950s in a prep school in Sussex.
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Item code: FE665 |
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Wolf Brother. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Vol. 1 |
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Paver, Michelle. Wolf Brother. Book 1, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, London, Orion, 2004 Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author.
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Item code: CF36 |
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Spirit Walker **signed first edition** |
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Paver, Michelle. Spirit Walker. Book 2 in The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. London, Orion, 2005. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by author.
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Item code: FE666 |
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Outcast Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Vol. 4 |
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Paver, Michelle Outcast. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Vol. 4 London, Orion, 2007 Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author.
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Item code: CF37 |
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Tamar **first edition** |
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Peet, Mal Tamar London, Walker Books, 2005. Fine as issued. Paperback original - no hardback edition. Second novel from the award-winning author of "Keeper". Explores the world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland in the Second World War. Published to excellent reviews. May 2006: shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. 7 July 2006: Winner of the Carnegie Medal, beating four former winners of the Medal (David Almond, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Jan Mark and Geraldine McCaughrean).
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Item code: FE678 |
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Lyra's Oxford |
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Pullman, Philip Lyra's Oxford Oxford, David Fickling, 2005 Fine in red boards without dustjacket as issued. Also included are two National Theatre promotional items - His Dark Materials "Rubik-style" boxed cube and folding promotional booklet.
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Item code: CH42 |
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Witch Child **first edition** |
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