Search Results: Authors starting with G from Northern Lights Rare Books

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: From the collection of the indefatigable autograph hunter, Clive Bullimore.

London: Gollancz, 1956. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. First Printing of the UK edition. A reasonable copy - edges a bit darkened but the block is reasonably fresh, no owner names etc. A touch of sunning to the backstrip near crown where the dustjacket is chipped. The dustjacket flaps are intact - that's the good news. Otherwise, badly chipped despite numerous sellotape reinforcements on the inside. Very badly chipped and in poor condition overall.

No Binding. Fine. A plain white card bearing the author's bold hand-written signature. Measures approx 6" x 4", Fine condition, can be trimmed down for mounting in a book, e.g. Pencil notes to verso. Provenance: Obtained in person by the previous owner at the BBC studios, London, 15.11.2003. From the collection of the indefatigable autograph hunter, Clive Bullimore.

London: Titan Books, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine copy in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket which has a repaired tear to the bottom edge of the front panel.

London: Bloomsbury, 2003. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. First Printing. Laminated pictorial boards without dustjacket. Small chips to the laminate at the corners and spine ends, corners slightly bumped, otherwise a nice clean copy. SIGNED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING by DAVE MCKEAN at the dedication.

Headline, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A really Fine, fresh, clean copy of the First UK edition. Dustjacket unclipped and in Fine shape. SIGNED by Neil Gaiman at the Dedication (for the seller in person), where he has underlined the line of printed text which reads "This one's for you" and signed below. A nice touch.

London: Chatto & Windus, 2021. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Winner of the 2021 Booker Prize. A Fine condition first printing (with full numberline) in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. A nice copy.

Jonathan Cape, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. An uncorrected proof copy of the author's second book. Pink printed wrappers, pp. 221. Corners a bit battered, a couple of minor marks to the upper wrapper. Otherwise VG and signed by the author at the title page.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. An export copy (i.e. intended for export from the UK to other English-speaking markets but never actually sent) lacking any kind of printed or labelled price at the front flap of the dustjacket. Apart from a bump to the top corner of the upper cover, an exceptional bright, Fine copy in like dustjacket.

London: Gollancz, 1985. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing of the first edition which was published in 1985. A wonderful refashioning of the dramas as stories which remain true to the original spirit of the plays. Exquisitely illustrated by Michael Foreman who has SIGNED the title page. Corners of the lower cover bumped, spine tips pushed a little but a lovely copy of a great book.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951. No Binding. Fine. A superb, cinema-used lobby poster for the 1951 re-screening in Helsinki of the 1935 Clark Gable film China Seas, with Jean Harllow and Wallace Beery. Standard Finnish A2 format, approximately 40 cm width and 60 cm in height. Artist-signed in the plate (Engel). In superb used condition with folding crease to middle and just single pin holes to each corner. One very small tear to left-hand edge affecting only the border. A remarkable example which - were it not for the pin-holes - you might have believed to have been un-used. The accompanying image does not quite capture the blue-ish tinge to the print which makes it even more attractive in person. An outstanding item of authentic film memorabilia.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Printing. The pop star and activist's first memoir, published in 1986. Pushed at the spine tips, minor bumping to corners but otherwise a Near Fine copy in a VG unclipped dustjacket with a short tear at the crown and split at the upper corner of the rear cover. SIGNED & doodled at the half-title by Bob Geldof.

London: Century, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Small chip to the laminate at the top corner of the lower cover. Otherwise Very Fine in dustjacket. SIGNED at the title page (for the seller in person) by Bob Geldof.

Finland, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Fine. A Very Fine condition, Finnish, cinema-used lobby poster for the 1950 Italian adventure film, Lo sparviero del Nilo (Hawk of the Nile in English), starring Vittorio Gassmann, Silvana Pampanini & Folco Lulli. A First Screening poster. Measures 40 cm by 60 cm approx. Printed by Salonen Oy. Fully illustrated but no artist signature. Condition: C8, Very Fine condition. One very tiny pinhole to each top corner, one to bottom middle only. Some creasing, really only noticeable from the verso unless under very close inspection. Otherwise Very Fine condition - no edge-wear at all. A beautiful, vivid, colourful poster. For best appreciation of condition please examine the high resolution image which accompanies the listing.

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Number 458 of 500 copies. The standard edition printed on Millbourn mould-made paper and bound by Mansell. Minor bumping but a lovely copy of a handsome production.

No Binding. Very Good. A slip of paper (5" x 3" approx) signed and dated by the actor John Gielgud with a quote from Walter de la Mare's poem, Fare Well - "Look thy last on all things every hour" (sic) below. A nice item.

San Francisco: Synaesthesia Press, 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Chap book in which Barry Gifford recalls a visit to see Willlam S. Burroughs at the Bunker. Hand-sewn wrappers with die-cut cover, pp. 4, illustrated by Billy Childish. One of 26 lettered copies from a total edition of 176. Signed by both the author and artist at the title-page and includes three additional woodcuts created for the book by Billy Childish - these are enclosed in an envelope laid in. All presented in a larger, illustrated manilla envelope which shows minor creasing, the book itself and prints are in immaculate, Very Fine condition.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Printing. Red boards, black titles at the backstrip including smoking gun. Gift inscription to fep, small bookseller label to rear pastedown. Top edge dust-stained. Dustjacket clipped but price still showing, large chips to spine ends and corners, Fair.

London: Macmillan, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Tie-in to the ITV series of the same name - of the ten years leading up to the Second World War during which Churchill remained alone and abused in the political wilderness. About Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with the usual fade to the spine.

Finland: Paramount Pictures, 1989. 1st Edition . No Binding. Very Good. First Printing. A vintage, original, Finnish cinema-used poster for the first screening in Finland of the movie, SHIRLEY VALENTINE starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti. The film was first screened in Finland in 1990 with no further subsequent releases. Approximate size is 23.5 inches by 15.5 inches, standard Finnish A2 format. SIGNS OF USE: The poster has been rather carelessly mounted and so there are noticeable pin holes at the corners and in the middle, with some damage incurred at these places during dismounting. It otherwise would be in really fine condition and remains a very nice poster nonetheless. For the best appreciation of condition please study the accompanying photograph which is high resolution.