Search Results: Titles starting with I from The Plantagenet King

David Bruce& Watson. The UK first edition published by David Bruce & Watson in 1974. This is a very good or better copy. The jacket has scuff marks to the top of the spine and some edge wear to the top of the front panel. The Bill Botten designed jacket is not price clipped. The book is excellent with no obvious wear to speak of.  Post Apocalyptic horror that was first published in the US in 1954. This UK first edition published later, is also rare. Influential in the development of Zombie and Vampire fiction, a number of films have been adapted based on the novel, including in 2007 a film of the same name starring Will Smith.   . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1974.

Hodder & Stoughton. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986 Thick 8vo., lettered in chunky typographic lettering gilt to spine; in the particularly fresh and vibrant pictorial dust jacket, featuring a chilling image by Gerald Grace (£12.95 net in the UK); pp. [xii], 13-912; an exceedingly bright example, small white mark to upper board, and very minor abrasion to spine; internally a touch toned, with some vertical lines of toning to the paper stock, likely caused during production; the jacket exceedingly fine, with no noticeable defects.  First UK edition.  Arguably one of King's most famous novels, It was his 22nd book, and tells the terrifying tale of a group of children in a small American town who are terrorised by a demonic clown. Inspired by the tale of the Three Billy Goat's Gruff, King envisaged an evil entity which lived in the sewers underneath people's feet, later claiming that the story came to him while out walking over a bridge in his home town of… Read More

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. First edition published by The Arts Council of Northern Ireland in 1977. Near fine. Signed by both Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon above their portraits. Stiff silver paper covers. Twelve previously collected poems including Death of a Naturalist. An eye-catching production. With its original slipcase. Rare to have both poets' signatures. [Brandes & Durkan B29]  . Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1977.

Faber and Faber. London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1955  8vo., original blue publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt to backstrip with publisher's name to foot; together in both the original unclipped pictorial dust jacket (12s 6d net), featuring a drawing by Anthony Gross, and the scarce wraparound band with four reviews from the Telegraph, Spectator, Observer and Encounter; pp. [x], 11-233, [vii]; an excellent example, lightly rubbed to spine tips with a couple of tiny dents to edges; internally clean and bright; one tiny spot to the fore-edge, and an unobtrusive purple ink stamp to rear paste-down; the jacket very good, slightly browned at edges and creased along folds; some minimal browning to the backstrip with a couple of tiny nicks to head; wraparound band with some light vertical creases, but seldom found at all. First edition of Golding's second novel, published after the great success of Lord of the Flies the previous year. This copy with contemporary ownership name and date… Read More

C Kegan, Paul and Co.. First edition published by C Kegan, Paul and Co. in 1878. This is a near fine copy. The boards are in exceptionally clean condition and the binding is square and tight. The is some toning to the spine but very little wear to the boards or pages. There is a previous owner's contemporary bookplate to the inside board. A small number of the preliminary pages are lightly foxed. The frontispiece is by Walter Crane. Robert Louis Stevenson's first published book, being an account of his travels through France and Belgium on a canoe.  . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1878.

Faber & Faber. First UK edition published by Faber & Faber in 1969. This is a very near fine copy. The jacket had very mild rubbing to the spine ends otherwise it is in excellent shape and not price clipped. The book has tiny rubbing to a corner otherwise likewise excellent. This copy is particularly rare as Brian Aldiss has signed the front free end paper and in addition has written out a Percy Shelly poem and renamed it "Ode to SF". A highly collectible copy with these attributes.  . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1969.