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

Four volumes, published by William Paterson & Co in 1892 and translated from the Spanish by P. A. Motteux. Near contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards with marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces with numerous engraved plates and tissue-guards. Toning to edges with spotting to preliminaries and rear endpapers. Occasional browning. Rubbing to spine ends, hinges and all extremities. Vol 1 lacking frontispiece tissue-guard, but all others are present.

First edition, first impression. The sixth novel to feature Philip Marlowe.
Original burgundy cloth with white lettering to spine. A little spotting to edges, else near fine.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has several nicks, chips and tears to edges with small area of loss half way down upper flap fore-edge, otherwise a good example of a jacket that is often found in worn condition.

First edition, first impression. Original orange cloth with black lettering to spine. A little sunning to spine and, marginally, to boards with some browning to endpapers and spotting to opening leaves. No dust jacket. A very good copy.

First edition, first impression. Signed by David Suchet to the title page, who played Poirot in the TV adaptation of the book. A page seemingly extracted from an autograph book bearing the author's signature is loosely laid in.
Original cloth with black lettering to spine. Previous owner name to front endpaper; some sunning to spine and faint soiling to boards in places and rubbing to edges; corners a touch bumped with a small and faint area of soiling to rear endpaper and slight cracking to rear hinge.
The original dust jacket is complete and unclipped with a little loss to spine foot, a few tears to edges and some toning to spine panel verso.

First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow).

Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A little off-setting/browning to endpapers and usual toning to edges, otherwise excellent in a very good unclipped dust jacket with some chipping to spine head and a few closed tears to edges. A very good copy indeed.

First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1963).Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A very good book indeed with some spotting to edges and 'Xmas 1963' written in biro on front paste-down, but concealed by the upper flap of the dust jacket. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with a few tears to edges and spine head, where there is an associated crease to top edge of lower panel. A very good copy indeed.

First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1953).

Publisher's original red cloth with black lettering to spine. An excellent copy with some dustiness to top edge, in a very good dust jacket indeed with some chipping to spine head and a few small nicks to edges.

First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press: London and Glasgow, 1965).

A near fine book with some dustiness and spotting to edges in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with circular pattern of spotting to verso. An excellent example.

First edition, first impression.
Original dark blue cloth with lettering to spine in gilt. A very good copy with a previous owner name to front paste-down, a couple of light marks to boards and blind stamps to rear endpapers.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has a few areas of abrasion to upper panel, a little edge wear with some toning to spine panel and lower panel.

First UK edition, first impression. Published shortly after the iconic Stanley Kubrick 1968 film adaptation whose screenplay was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke.

Publisher's original black cloth with silver lettering to spine. A fine book with a small Foyles bookseller label to bottom corner of front paste-down in a near fine dust jacket with just a small mark to upper panel, a couple of isolated spots to verso and a little mild rubbing to corners.

An excellent copy of a science fiction highlight.

First edition, first impression (Secker & Warburg, 1983). Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 1983 Booker Prize. Publisher's original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. A few small and unobtrusive marks to upper board with a contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper, a little dustiness to top edge, near fine otherwise in the original and unclipped dust jacket, complete with the red wraparound band. Small area of abrasion to top corner of lower panel and a hint of fading to bottom portion of spine panel; minor and occasional traces of edge wear; crease to rear flap; a few tears to wraparound band. An excellent, near fine copy overall. Uncommon with the band.

First edition, first impression (William Collins Sons & Co Ltd). Signed and inscribed by the author to the title page: 'For David & Iris Freeman, with my thanks, Bernard Cornwell'. Publisher's original green boards with lettering to the spine in gilt. Fine, with a hint of dustiness to the to the top edge, in a fine dust jacket. An excellent copy.

First edition, First impression (Hodder Children's Books, 2017). Signed by the author to a bookplate affixed to the front endpaper verso. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

First edition, first impression. One of 500 numbered copies to be signed by the author to the limitation page, of which this is number 481.
Original red cloth with black lettering to spine, sprayed edges, red endpapers and paste-downs and ribbon marker. A fine book in a fine dust jacket.

First edition, first impression with illustrations by Faith Jacques. Presentation copy. Signed and inscribed by the author in the year of publication. As well as being a Children's book author, John Cunliffe was known as a television presenter and was the creator of 'Postman Pat' and 'Rosie and Jim'.
Original pictorial boards. A little rubbing in places to board edges, primarily to spine tips with some moderate damage to spine foot, otherwise very good indeed in a fine and unclipped dust jacket.
Very uncommon signed or inscribed by the author.