
 code: CH16
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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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code: CH24
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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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code: CH38
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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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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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code: FE1577
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A Year Without Autumn **signed first edition**
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Kessler, Liz
A Year Without Autumn
London, Orion, 2011
Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.
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code: CH19
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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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code: FE686
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The Joshua Files. Invisible City *first edition*
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Harris, M. G. The Joshua Files. The Invisible City London, Scholastic, 2008 Paperback original. Fine in striking orange fluorescent plastic sleeve. Scholastic secured the option on this first novel in a two-book deal, fighting off bidding from four other publishers. One Boy - One Deadly Prophecy - One Heart-Stopping Adventure. Set in the Mexican jungle. Recommended. For more info, see the Book Trailer for The Joshua Files on YouTube
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code: FE12508
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High Tide **signed first edition"
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Hastings, Hugh
High Tide
Plymouth, Mabrecon Books, 2012
Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author.
Children's novel, first in a series of the Lighthouse Gang, described as "MI5 meets Famous Five" - set on the Cornish coast.
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code: CF20
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Cry of The Icemark (Signed, Limited Edition)
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Hill, Stuart
The Cry of The Icemark
Frome, 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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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.
Review of the Star of Kazan by Alex Ford, aged 8
A little girl is found near the mountains with a note saying to take her to the nuns. The nuns refuse to take her in and she is taken back to the house of the professors in Vienna. They name her Annika. She grows up there, with a wish of finding her long-lost mother. After quite a few years she befriends an old woman who has a mysterious past full of plays, gems and mystery. Suddenly, the old woman dies. What will happen? Will Annika’s wish come true? Annika is about to learn a very important lesson of caution.
This book was very exciting and I couldn’t put it down.
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code: FE1784
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One Dog and his Boy **first edition**
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Ibbotson, Eva
One Dog and his Boy
London, Marion Lloyd Books (Scholastic), 2011
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
Final novel completed a few weeks before the author's death in 2010 at the age of 85. Delightful illustrations by Sharon Rentta.
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code: FE681
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The Dangerous Book for Boys **first printing**
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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 as a first printing.
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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.
Book 1 of the Intrigues of the Reflected Realm. (Teenage fiction)
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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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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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code: FE1783
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Young Sherlock Holmes. Fire Storm **first edition**
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Lane, Andrew
Young Sherlock Holmes. Fire Storm
London, Macmillan, 2011
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
Fourth novel in the Young Sherlock Holmes series.
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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. The sequel, The Resistance, has recently been published.
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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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code: FE121210
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Kaspar, Prince of Cats **signed first edition**
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Morpurgo, Michael (illustrator Michael Foreman)
Kaspar, Prince of Cats
London, Harper Collins, 2006
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed to the title page by the author.
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code: FE121211
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Toro! Toro! **signed first edition**
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Morpurgo, Michael
Toro! Toro!
Collins, an imprint of Harper Collins, 2001.
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
Signed to the title page by both the author and the illustrator (Michael Foreman).
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code: FE12129
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Alone on a Wide Wide Sea **signed first edition**
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Morpurgo, Michael
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
London, Harper Collins, 2006
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.
A six-year-old orphan is shipped to Australia, losing his sister, his country and everything he knows.
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code: FE1556
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Shadow **first edition**
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Morpurgo, Michael
Shadow
London, Harper Collins, 2010
First edition, First printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
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code: FE1566
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The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips **signed first edition**
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Morpurgo, Michael
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
London, Harper Collins, 2005
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.
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code: FE510
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The War of Jenkin's Ear *first edition*
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Morpurgo, Michael
The War of Jenkins' Ear
London, Heinemann, 1993
First edition. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
Set in the 1950s in a prep school in Sussex.
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code: FE671
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Born To Run **first edition**
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Morpurgo, Michael
Born To Run. The many lives of one incredible dog.
London, Harper Collins Children's Books, 2007
First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
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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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code: FE665
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Wolf Brother. Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Vol. 1, first edition signed bookplate
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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 by means of an attached publisher's bookplate.
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code: FE1529
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Wolf Brother **signed first edition**
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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 to the title page.
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code: FE1112
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Ghost Hunter. Book 6 Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. Signed first edition.
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Paver, Michelle
Ghost Hunter. Book 6, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.
Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author on title page in purple ink. Sixth and last novel in this popular series.
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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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code: FE1700
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The Amber Spyglass **first printing with signed promotional card**
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Pullman, Philip
The Amber Spyglass
London, Fickling/Scholastic 2000
First edition. Very Good+ in Fine dustjacket.
Publisher's promotional postcard signed by the author laid in loosely.
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code: CH40
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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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code: CH45
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Outlaw Varjak Paw **signed first edition**
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Said, S.F. Outlaw Varjak Paw Oxford, David Fickling, 2005. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. The sequel to Gold Smarties Award Winning Varjak Paw, once again with brilliant illustrations by Dave McKean.
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code: FE728
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H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute for Villainous Education)
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Walden, Mark H.I.V.E. (Higher Institute for Villainous Education) London, Bloomsbury, 2006 Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author.
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code: FE609
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The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
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Webb, Catherine
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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code: FE709
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Tanglewreck
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Winterson, Jeanette Tanglewreck London, Bloomsbury, 2006 Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. First novel for children from a Whitbread Award-winning author. Nobody knows what to do when the Time Tornadoes start. Some days are long, some are short. Time stops, then jerks forward. People are getting caught in Time Traps - locked in the past, then pushed into the future.
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code: CH56
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Poison **signed first edition**
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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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