Search Results: Authors starting with A from Fine Book Cellar Ltd.

First edition, first impression (Methuen & Co, 1927). Illustrations by E. H. Shepard.Publisher's original maroon cloth; top edge gilt. A hint of rubbing to spine tips; previous owner name and browning to half-title; contents nice and clean otherwise. Some browning to spine panel of dust jacket with some loss and small tear to spine head; a couple of small closed tears to lower panel with small stain to fore-edge; some general edge wear to top. A very good copy.

First English edition, first impression (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963). Publisher's original turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A near fine copy with some dog earring to the top corner of a few pages; contents lovely and clean and free from names or inscriptions. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some toning to spine panel and marginal toning to top of upper panel; just a hint of rubbing here and there to extremities and small stain to spine panel head. An excellent copy overall.

First edition, first impression. Signed by the author to the title page. The first book in the Shattered Sea series.

A fine book in a fine dust jacket.

First illustrated edition, first impression, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1994.
Original pictorial boards. Moderate bumping to top corners, else near fine in the original and unclipped dust jacket showing a little edge wear, primarily to the top.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author to the title page. The book will be wrapped with care and shipped securely to ensure safe delivery.

Brand new Limited, Signed and Numbered copy of 'In Her Wake'. One of only 200 copies, of which this is number 21.

First edition, first impression (Harper Voyager, 2008). Moderate bump to spine foot - near fine. Original and unclipped dust jacket has occasional and very minor traces of wear to extremities, else fine.

First edition, first impression (London: Smith Elder & Co, 1896) with advertisements to rear. Quarter bound in brown leather with five raised bands, black labels and gilt lettering with marbled boards. A fine copy with just a touch of toning to edges.

First UK edition, first impression (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953). Originally published in the US in 1951. The first book in the Foundation series, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Series in 1966 and forms the basis for the 2021 Apple TV series.Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with some of the usual moderate spotting to edges and off-setting to endpapers and half-title; light pencil impressions to top of front endpaper. The original and price-clipped dust jacket has a little bit of minor rubbing to edges in places and a couple of very tiny chips to corners. A near fine example of a rare edition of an iconic and influential work in the science fiction genre.

First UK edition, first impression. Published in the same year as the first US edition and seemingly less common with striking cover art. Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine and motif to bottom corner of upper board. Light spotting to top edge and some off-setting to endpapers with a previous owner name to front endpaper and a few ticks in red biro next to some of the titles listed on half-title verso, otherwise very good. The original dust jacket is price-clipped and has some wear and a few tears to top edge with some rubbing and chipping to spine panel, primarily to the top. A good or better copy of an uncommon edition.

First edition, first impression. Original tan cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A near fine book with a little peripheral browning to paste-downs, in a near fine, unpriced dust jacket (intended for export) with some of the usual fading to the spine panel.

First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by David Attenborough to half-title. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine copy with a touch of pushing to spine ends in a near fine dust jacket with a few instances of mild wear to edges.

First edition, first impression. Signed and dedicated by the author to the title page.
Original tan cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A fine copy in a near fine unpriced dust jacket (intended for export) with a fairly faint band of thin purple lines running across the jacket and a little wear to bottom edge, otherwise beautifully bright and without any of the usual fading to the spine panel.

First edition, first impression (BBC Books, 1998). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title. Original red cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. Slight pushing to spine tips, else near fine or better in a near fine dust jacket with light signs of wear to top edge. An excellent example.

First edition, first impression. Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title in the year of publication: "To Martine with best wishes David Attenborough Christmas 1984".
Original olive green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A couple of small white marks to upper board, else near fine or better in a fine and unclipped dust jacket. A fantastic example.

First edition, first impression (Chatto & Windus, 2019). A limited edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition and consisting of only 100 numbered copies to be signed by the author, of which this is number 22. Joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'. The book is swiss bound in green and white cloth with navy blue endpapers and sprayed green edges with the book title together with the author's name debossed on the upper board. The book is housed in a navy blue cloth clamshell case with a magnetic catch, contains a navy blue ribbon to facilitate removal of the book, and features marbled top and bottom edges and interior. A very attractive production in fine condition and in its original box, which is also in excellent condition.

First Canadian edition, first impression (McClelland and Stewart, 1985). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'For Nancy - Best Wishes - Margaret Atwood'. Featuring striking dust jacket artwork by Tad Aronowicz. The true first edition, preceding that of the UK and the US. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and more recently adapted into a successful TV series.

Quarter-bound in maroon cloth with cream boards and white lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy with some of the seemingly always present rubbing to the spine ends.

The original and unclipped dust jacket has a nick to spine foot, but is otherwise beautifully crisp and sharp.

A uniquely superior example of a classic of dystopian fiction.