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O'Connor, Ed. Yeare's Midnight - London,Constable, 2002. F/F. Signed by author. Crime novel set in Cambridge. Serial killing - a poem by John Donne provides the clue to the killer. Much heralded first novel.

Yeare's Midnight **signed first edition**
£10.00
O'Connor, Ed. Yeare's Midnight - London,Constable, 2002. F/F. Signed by author. Crime novel set in Cambridge. Serial killing - a poem by John Donne provides the clue to the killer. Much heralded first....
Nicholls, David Us. - London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014- First edition, first printing. Fine in orange decorated boards (without dust jacket as issued). Signed by the author to the title page. Long Listed for the Man Booker Prize. Author of The Year, National Book Awards, 2014. David Nicholls is author of ''One Day''. Soon to be a TV mini-series. -

Us "signed first edition" (Author of The Year, National Book Award)
£22.00
Nicholls, David Us. - London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2014- First edition, first printing. Fine in orange decorated boards (without dust jacket as issued). Signed by the author to the title page. Long Lis....
O'Hagan, Andrew- Be Near Me- London, Faber & Faber, 2006. First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Long-listed for the Booker Prize.

Be Near Me **signed first edition**
£12.00
O'Hagan, Andrew- Be Near Me- London, Faber & Faber, 2006. First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Long-listed for the Booker Prize.
O'Hagan, Andrew- The Missing- London, Picador, 1995- Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Reportage, social history and memoir set in Glasgow. The first part of the book deals with the deprivation and fear in the city in the early 1960s when an identikit killer stalks young women in local dance halls. Latterly in the 1990s , Andrew O'Hagan returns to the area to research the backgrounds of those missing young women.

The Missing **signed first edition**
£20.00
O'Hagan, Andrew- The Missing- London, Picador, 1995- Near Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. Reportage, social history and memoir set in Glasgow. The first part of the book deals with the ....
Joseph O'Neill- Netherland- London, Fourth Estate, 2008- First edition, first printing. Booker long-listed. Pen Faulkner Award.

Netherland **first edition**
£30.00
Joseph O'Neill- Netherland- London, Fourth Estate, 2008- First edition, first printing. Booker long-listed. Pen Faulkner Award.
Pears, Tim- In The Place of Fallen Leaves- London, Collins Crime, 1996- Fine in Fine dustjacket with wraparound band. Author's acclaimed first novel, winner of The Hawthornden Prize.

In The Place of Fallen Leaves **first printing with wraparound band**
£20.00
Pears, Tim- In The Place of Fallen Leaves- London, Collins Crime, 1996- Fine in Fine dustjacket with wraparound band. Author's acclaimed first novel, winner of The Hawthornden Prize.
Raichev, R.T. The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette- London, Constable & Robinson, 2006- Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by author. ''Country House'' murder mystery novel set in the 1980s. Author is working on the sequel.

The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette **signed first edition**
£10.00
Raichev, R.T. The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette- London, Constable & Robinson, 2006- Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by author. ''Country House'' murder mystery novel set in the 1980s. Author is working on ....
Rubenfeld, Jed- The Interpretation of Murder- London, Headline Review, 2006- Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. UK First Edition. Signed by the author, a Yale Professor of Criminal Law.Winner of the Richard and Judy Book Award.

The Interpretation of Murder **signed first UK edition**
£14.00
Rubenfeld, Jed- The Interpretation of Murder- London, Headline Review, 2006- Fine as issued in Fine dustjacket. UK First Edition. Signed by the author, a Yale Professor of Criminal Law.Winner of the R....
Rhodes, Dan. Timoleon Vieta Come Home. Edinburgh, Canongate, 2003. Card covers as issued - Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket - small nick at head of spine (no hardbound copy issued). Signed by author. - Acclaimed by critics. Author voted one of Granta's Finest Young Writers this year and reported to have declared shortly afterwards that he was never going to write another book!

Timoleon Vieta Come Home **signed first edition**
£8.00
Rhodes, Dan. Timoleon Vieta Come Home. Edinburgh, Canongate, 2003. Card covers as issued - Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket - small nick at head of spine (no hardbound copy issued). Signed by author. - A....
Swift, Graham- Tomorrow- London, Picador, 2007- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.

Tomorrow **signed first edition**
£12.00
Swift, Graham- Tomorrow- London, Picador, 2007- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page.
Smith, Ali- How To Be Both- London, Hamish Hamilton, 2014- First edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Multiple award winning novel: Costa Best Novel Award, Goldsmith's Prize, Saltire Literary Book of the Year and shortlisted for the Man Booker. June 3rd, 2015: Announced as Winner of the Baileys Prize (formerly the Orange Prize)

How To Be Both *signed first edition* Costa Novel Award, Goldsmith's Prize
£40.00
Smith, Ali- How To Be Both- London, Hamish Hamilton, 2014- First edition. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Multiple award winning novel: Costa Best Novel Award, Goldsm....
Spark, Muriel- A Far Cry from Kensington. - London, Constable, 1988,- Uncorrected proof. Fine in card cover.

A Far Cry from Kensington
£18.00
Spark, Muriel- A Far Cry from Kensington. - London, Constable, 1988,- Uncorrected proof. Fine in card cover.
Yates, Christopher J- Black Chalk- London, Harvill Secker, 2013- First edition, first printing. Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket. Debut crime novel attracting good reviews.

Black Chalk **signed first edition**
£24.00
Yates, Christopher J- Black Chalk- London, Harvill Secker, 2013- First edition, first printing. Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket. Debut crime novel attracting good reviews.
Welsh, Louise- A Lovely Way to Burn- London, John Murray, 2014- First edition, first printing. Fine (unread) in Fine dust jacket with sticker 'As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime'. Signed by the author to the title page. First novel in the projected Plague Trilogy, by the author of The Cutting Room.

A Lovely Way To Burn **signed, first edition, Book 1 in Plague Trilogy*
£18.00
Welsh, Louise- A Lovely Way to Burn- London, John Murray, 2014- First edition, first printing. Fine (unread) in Fine dust jacket with sticker 'As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime'. Signed by the a....
Tyler, L. C. Crooked Herring- London, Allison & Busby, 2014- First edition. Fine as issued in Fine dust jacket. Crime writer and reluctant sleuth Ethelred Tressider is handed his strangest case yet. Short, plump and ultra-conservative crime reviewer Henry Holliday is convinced he has murdered somebody but he does not know who or when. The trail leads to a downland village in Chichester.

Crooked Herring **signed first edition**
£28.00
Tyler, L. C. Crooked Herring- London, Allison & Busby, 2014- First edition. Fine as issued in Fine dust jacket. Crime writer and reluctant sleuth Ethelred Tressider is handed his strangest case yet. S....
Taylor, D. J. Derby Day- London, Hamish Hamilton, 2011- Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Author's second novel, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. A Victorian mystery.

Derby Day **signed first edition**
£17.00
Taylor, D. J. Derby Day- London, Hamish Hamilton, 2011- Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Author's second novel, long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. A Victorian myster....
Taylor, D. J. Kept. A Victorian Mystery- London, Chatto & Windus, 2006- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket with wraparound band

Kept. A Victorian Mystery. **first edition**
£10.00
Taylor, D. J. Kept. A Victorian Mystery- London, Chatto & Windus, 2006- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dustjacket with wraparound band
Winspear, Jacqueline- The Mapping of Love and Death- London, Allison & Busby, 2011- Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Crime fiction novel set in the 1930s featuring investigator Maisie Dobbs. -

The Mapping of Love and Death **signed first edition**
£18.99
Winspear, Jacqueline- The Mapping of Love and Death- London, Allison & Busby, 2011- Fine in Fine dustjacket. Signed by the author to the title page. Crime fiction novel set in the 1930s featuring inve....
Talbot, Bryan- Alice in Sunderland- London, Jonathan Cape, 2007- Fine in pictorial boards without dustjacket as issued. First printing - first printings are scarce. Described variously as a graphic novel or, more accurately by the author as ''an entertainment including numerous interesting diversions and digressions''. The pastedown and endpaper at the front and rear of the book appropriately take the form of safety curtains for the entertainment....

Alice in Sunderland **first edition**
£30.00
Talbot, Bryan- Alice in Sunderland- London, Jonathan Cape, 2007- Fine in pictorial boards without dustjacket as issued. First printing - first printings are scarce. Described variously as a graphic no....
Sarah Waters- The Night Watch. London, Virago, 2006. Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket (please note the distressed look of the dustjacket is part of the artwork!). Signed by author. The latest eagerly-awaited novel - by the author of ''Fingersmith''. Shortlist for the Orange Prize. Booker long listed 2006.

The Night Watch **signed first edition**
£18.00
Sarah Waters- The Night Watch. London, Virago, 2006. Fine (unread) in Fine dustjacket (please note the distressed look of the dustjacket is part of the artwork!). Signed by author. The latest eagerly-....
Winman, Sarah- A Year of Marvellous Ways- London, Tinder Press, 2015- First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dust jacket. Unsigned. - Second novel from the author of When God was a Rabbit.

A Year of Marvellous Ways **first edition**
£15.00
Winman, Sarah- A Year of Marvellous Ways- London, Tinder Press, 2015- First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dust jacket. Unsigned. - Second novel from the author of When God was a Rabb....
Vaughan, Sarah- Anatomy of a Scandal- London, Simon & Schuster, 2018- First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dust jacket. Unsigned. Latest psychological thriller, set against Houses of Parlliament, The Old Bailey and Oxford University, published to good reviews.

Anatomy of a Scandal **first edition**
£15.00
Vaughan, Sarah- Anatomy of a Scandal- London, Simon & Schuster, 2018- First edition, first printing. Fine as issued in Fine dust jacket. Unsigned. Latest psychological thriller, set against Houses of ....
Morgan, David- With Love and Rage. A Friendship with Iris Murdoch- Kingston University, 2010- Paperback original (no hardback edition). Fine in illustrated laminated cover. The memoir is described as both David Morgan's final farewell to Iris Murdoch and his loving preservation of his memory of her. They met when he is was studying at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s. See above for Author's Synopsis.

With Love and Rage. A Friendship with Iris Murdoch **first edition**
£15.00
Morgan, David- With Love and Rage. A Friendship with Iris Murdoch- Kingston University, 2010- Paperback original (no hardback edition). Fine in illustrated laminated cover. The memoir is described as ....
Murdoch, Iris- A Word Child- London, Chatto & Windus, 1975- First edition. Very Good+ in bright orange boards with gilt titles in Near Fine protected dust jacket.

A Word Child **first edition**
£22.00
Murdoch, Iris- A Word Child- London, Chatto & Windus, 1975- First edition. Very Good+ in bright orange boards with gilt titles in Near Fine protected dust jacket.
Murdoch, Iris- The Italian Girl- London, Chatto & Windus, 1963- Ownership inscription but otherwise VG book in Near VG dust jacket (slight loss at head of spine).

The Italian Girl **First Edition**
£18.00
Murdoch, Iris- The Italian Girl- London, Chatto & Windus, 1963- Ownership inscription but otherwise VG book in Near VG dust jacket (slight loss at head of spine).
Murdoch, Iris- Jackson's Dilemma- London, Chatto & Windus, 1995- Fine in printed card wraps. Also included is ill-fitting dust jacket. Iris Murdoch's final novel.

Jackson's Dilemma **Uncorrected proof**
£25.00
Murdoch, Iris- Jackson's Dilemma- London, Chatto & Windus, 1995- Fine in printed card wraps. Also included is ill-fitting dust jacket. Iris Murdoch's final novel.
Conradi, Peter- Iris Murdoch. A Writer at War. Letters & Diaries 1938-46- London, Short Books, 2009- Third impression (earlier printings were withdrawn owing to substantial errors in editing and footnotes). Fine in fine dust jacket.

Iris Murdoch. A Writer at War **3rd impression**
£20.00
Conradi, Peter- Iris Murdoch. A Writer at War. Letters & Diaries 1938-46- London, Short Books, 2009- Third impression (earlier printings were withdrawn owing to substantial errors in editing and footn....
Murdoch, Iris- A Fairly Honourable Defeat- London, C & W, 1970- First Edition. Near Fine copy (slightly dusty to top page edges) in a Fine loosely protected dustjacket. No inscriptions, no price-clipping. A bright, clean copy

A Fairly Honourable Defeat **first edition**
£38.00
Murdoch, Iris- A Fairly Honourable Defeat- London, C & W, 1970- First Edition. Near Fine copy (slightly dusty to top page edges) in a Fine loosely protected dustjacket. No inscriptions, no price-clipp....
Murdoch, Iris- The Philosopher's Pupil- London, C & W, 1983- First impression. Very Good+ (slight flecking on to page block and small ink mark) in Very Near Fine dustjacket.

The Philosopher's Pupil **first edition**
£10.00
Murdoch, Iris- The Philosopher's Pupil- London, C & W, 1983- First impression. Very Good+ (slight flecking on to page block and small ink mark) in Very Near Fine dustjacket.
Murdoch, Iris- A Fairly Honourable Defeat- London, Chatto & Windus, 1970 First edition, first impression. Near Fine in pale green boards, no inscriptions, 4 pages have vertical creases, in Very Good plus unclipped dust jacket, one closed tear at base of spine, now loosely protected in clear film. Overall an exceptionally bright, clean copy with no toning. Long-listed for the Man Booker Prize.

A Fairly Honourable Defeat **first edition**
£28.00
Murdoch, Iris- A Fairly Honourable Defeat- London, Chatto & Windus, 1970 First edition, first impression. Near Fine in pale green boards, no inscriptions, 4 pages have vertical creases, in Very Good p....
Murdoch, Iris- An Unofficial Rose- London, Chatto & Windus, 1962- First edition, first printing. Very Good in Very Good loosely protected dust jacket (minor rubbing at top and base of spine, slight marking of page edges and slight darkening at spine). No inscriptions, not price-clipped.

An Unofficial Rose **First edition**
£25.00
Murdoch, Iris- An Unofficial Rose- London, Chatto & Windus, 1962- First edition, first printing. Very Good in Very Good loosely protected dust jacket (minor rubbing at top and base of spine, slight ma....
Murdoch, Iris- Henry and Cato- London, Chatto & Windus, 1976- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Near Mint copy appears unread.

Henry and Cato **first edition**
£38.00
Murdoch, Iris- Henry and Cato- London, Chatto & Windus, 1976- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Near Mint copy appears unre....
Murdoch, Iris- Bruno's Dream- London, Chatto & Windus, 1969- First edition, first printing. Near Fine in Near Fine loosely protected dust jacket, several small closed nicks. Overall, a bright clean copy.

Bruno's Dream **first edition**
£38.00
Murdoch, Iris- Bruno's Dream- London, Chatto & Windus, 1969- First edition, first printing. Near Fine in Near Fine loosely protected dust jacket, several small closed nicks. Overall, a bright clean co....
Murdoch, Iris- The Bell- London, Chatto & Windus, 1958- First edition, first impression. Near Fine (some toning to page edges, but internally clean, without inscription and with sharp edges and corners) in Very Good+ loosely protected dust jacket with some darkening to spine but with price intact (15s NET) . Jacket design by Charles Mozley. Author's fourth novel. Described by Patrick Gale, the novelist, as ''The book of a lifetime''.

The Bell **first impression**
£75.00
Murdoch, Iris- The Bell- London, Chatto & Windus, 1958- First edition, first impression. Near Fine (some toning to page edges, but internally clean, without inscription and with sharp edges and corner....
Barnes, Julian- Cross Channel- London, Jonathan Cape, 1996 First edition, first printing. Fine in Very Good (2 closed nicks to rear panel) loosely protected dust jacket.

Cross Channel **first edition**
£12.50
Barnes, Julian- Cross Channel- London, Jonathan Cape, 1996 First edition, first printing. Fine in Very Good (2 closed nicks to rear panel) loosely protected dust jacket.
0Barnes, Julian- Talking It Over- London, Jonathan Cape, 1991. First edition, first printing. Fine in cream boards with gilt titles to spine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket (appears unread. Novel described as ''a brilliant and intimate account of love's vicissitudes*.

Talking It Over **first edition**
£15.00
0Barnes, Julian- Talking It Over- London, Jonathan Cape, 1991. First edition, first printing. Fine in cream boards with gilt titles to spine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket (appears unread. Nove....
Barnes, Julian- The Porcupine- London, Jonathan Cape, 1991. Fine in red boards with gilt titles to spine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket. A novel in which Barnes examines the dramatic political downfall of Eastern Europe.

The Porcupine **first edition**
£15.00
Barnes, Julian- The Porcupine- London, Jonathan Cape, 1991. Fine in red boards with gilt titles to spine in Fine loosely protected dust jacket. A novel in which Barnes examines the dramatic political ....
Barnes, Julian- Arthur and George- London, Jonathan Cape, 2005- Fine in green card wraps. Man Booker shortlisted novel.

Arthur and George **uncorrected proof**
£20.00
Barnes, Julian- Arthur and George- London, Jonathan Cape, 2005- Fine in green card wraps. Man Booker shortlisted novel.
Barnes, Julian- Love, etc. London, Jonathan Cape, 2000- Fine in green wraps. Also included is an ill-fitting slightly creased dustjacket.

Love, etc. **uncorrected proof**
£12.00
Barnes, Julian- Love, etc. London, Jonathan Cape, 2000- Fine in green wraps. Also included is an ill-fitting slightly creased dustjacket.
Rowling, J. K. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Screenplay- London, Little Brown, 2016- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket with gilt titles and decoration. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J. K. Rowling - now a major film starring Eddie Redmayne. (2017) Fantastic Beasts has won the Oscar for best costume design, the first Harry Potter film to win an Academy Award.

Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them: The Original Screenplay **first edition**
£16.50
Rowling, J. K. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Screenplay- London, Little Brown, 2016- First edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket with gilt titles and decoration. Fantastic B....
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