Search Results: Titles starting with S from Julian Roberts Fine Books

Methuen, 1933. Eleventh edition. 8vo. Dark blue boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Spotting to edges. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper has light edgewear with tiniest nick to bottom right foot of spine. Unusually bright sunburst spine to wrapper with none of the commonplace fading. Original price of 1/-net to spine. Sam Shotter has settled in the sleepy suburb of Valley Fields and appears to have been unwittingly sitting on a small fortune and is smack bang next to the girl of his dreams!

Gollancz, 1977. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with gilt titles. Yellow Gollancz dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has light wear to extremities. Original price of £3.75net to front flap. A murder some twenty years ago and a life changing seperation are the backdrop to this murder mystery.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1988. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean & unmarked boards. Internally no inscriptions. No marks to textblock edges. The fine dustwrapper is crisp and fresh with none of the usual toning to spine. Original price of £10.95net on front flap. An exceptional copy. A woman is found dead with Bond's phone number. But before Bond can investigate he is nearly run off the road. Mystery cults, wealthy arms dealers and callous acts of terrorism ensue and Bond faces a race against time to track down the villians.

R. Faulder, New Bond Street, 1797. From the library of Corby Castle (Philip Howard's [author] country seat near Carlisle) with Clare Howard's (direct descendant) bookplate on front endpaper. 4to. pp. [6], 602, [2]. Rebound in decorative half dark Morocco with raised bands, elaborate gilt spine & marbled boards. Internally clean and complete. Half title with some tissue repairs to edges of leaf. Page 419 has some marginalisation to leading edge. Collates complete. ESTC T114867. An attempt by a leading Catholic Gentleman to prove compatibility between Geological findings and the Biblical accounts.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. Internally fresh with no inscriptions. No marks to textblock. The fine dustwrapper is in crisp condition. Original price of £16.99 to front flap. A lovely copy. A self made tycoon & global mastermind is missing with a beautiful lady - James Bond is called in to find him and expose his malevolent empire.

Macmillan, 1906. Early printing. 8vo. Full red polished calf boards with raised bands and bottle green spine label. Decorative floral spine compartments. Gilt gadrooned board edges. Decorative trailing floral turn ins. Marbled edges & endpapers. A near fine copy with no chipping or splitting to boards. Some superficial rubbing to spine label. Internally clean and complete. Ink inscription to blank endpaper dated 1918. Very clean and fresh leaves with sharp corners. A very attractive copy. The second of Kipling's two part Classic.

Methuen, 1962. First edition, first printing. 4to. Original illustrated boards. A very good+ with clean boards. No chipping or splitting to boards or spine. Some edgewear to extremities. Spine completely intact. A few light indentations to boards. Internally clean & fresh. Neat name to head of endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. An attractive copy of a title which is normally found in bad shape. Seven explorers in Peru make an important discovery and they bring the Mummy and jewels back to Europe; What they didn't know was the their lives were going to take a mysterious turn. Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock were all going to get very busy whilst Professor Calculus was to be put in a very dangerous position.

Faber, 1936. Complete with uncommon "Evening Standard" wraparound band [as originally issued]. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Brown topedge as issued. Pale blue typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some light occasional spotting to leading textblock edge. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has lightest edgewear with no chipping or tearing. Some dusting to panels with some tiny occasional spots. Wraparound band in fresh and clean condition. Original price of 7s6dnet to front flap. An attractive copy. Third & final volume in Sassoon's classic trilogy of the complete memoirs of George Sherston from aristocratic upbringing, war hero to anti-war martyr and wounded veteran.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper complete with original Book Society wraparound band [as originally issued]. A near fine copy with clean boards. Very light spotting to textblock edges - internally very clean. No inscriptions. The very good+/near fine dustwrapper is clean and fresh with some light creasing only. None of the usual toning/darkening to bright spine. Original price of 8/3net to front flap. The wraparound band is in very good condition with some light creasing only. Extremely uncommon in this condition with original wraparound band as was issued on the first edition at the time of publication. A dying Sir Edward Leithen undertakes a heroic journey from London to Canadian Northwest to track down a missing man who is literally "sick at heart". In his journey Leithen finds his own redemption.

Geoffrey Bles, 1953. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with silver titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Pauline Baynes. A near fine copy with very light wear. Internally clean with no inscriptions. Small old retailers ink stamp to rear endpaper. No marks to textblock edges. Very crisp and fresh. The priceclipped dustwrapper has benefitted from archival restoration to the head and tail of spine & to a tear at bottom half of front panel. Original dustwrapper now presents as clean and fresh. The fourth Narnia novel & generally recognised as the scarcest in first edition. Eustace and Jill escape the bullies at school through the strange door in the wall - it leads to an open moor in Narnia. Aslan has a task for the children and it ultimately leads them to confronting the Evil Witch if they are to save Prince Rillian.

Puffin Books, 2011. Signed Limited Edition No.772/1000. Illustrated boards in clear perspex box and glow in the dark feature in original sellophane bag with limitation sticker and finally covered by foam and in original limitation stickered cardboard box. A fine copy. Only taken out of original bag to take photographs. The first installment of the Young Bond series and follows his adventures at Eton College.

Collins Crime Club, 1976. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with silver gilt titles. Pink typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge o/w clean and fresh with no inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean with no edgewear. Mild lightening to spine but much less than usual. Original price of £3.50net to front flap. An attractive copy. Wagstaff & Poole p.221. Gwenda moves to a new home and strange things start to happen; Miss Marple is called in to exorcise her ghosts and consequently an old crime to solve.

Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First edition, first printing. 4to, Original pictorial boards. A near fine copy with clean boards. Slight pushing/wear at spine tips. None of the usual yellowing/creaming to boards & spine - very bright diamond white boards. Internally complete with no inscriptions. Endpapers clean and unsplit. No inscriptions. Priced £2.95net to foot of back board. A wonderful copy of this classic title. A little boy rushes out on a winters day to build a snowman which comes alive in his dreams at night. Turned into a classic with the short animated film cementing its longevity in the annuals of children's literature.

Pelham Books, 1978. First edition, first printnig. 8vo. Blue boards with silver gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with no marks & internally spotless and unread. The fine dustwrapper is complete and clean with no wear. An exceptional copy of a very uncommon title.

Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with silver gilt titles & blind stamped/silver gilt Fairburn dagger to front board. Pictorial dustwrapper by Richard Chopping. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Some spotting to edges. No inscriptions. Very small ink retailers ink stamp to foot of endpaper. Internally clean and complete. The very good priceclipped dustwrapper is complete with edgewear, a small open tear at left foot of spine and a number of small light marks. A very good copy of the tenth James Bond title. Gilbert A10a (1.1). Alone in a hotel in the American backwoods, Vivienne Michel is in trouble; she narrates her way navigating through the turmoil posed by two hardened killers and the arrival of a sophisticated intoxicatingly attractive British Secret Agent who will save her & possibly fall in love with her!

Heinemann, 1929. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with gilt titles. A fine copy with clean boards. Internally clean and complete with no inscriptions and no marks to textblock edges. The very good+ dustwrapper is scarce with one small slither chip to top right corner of front panel and a closed tear to left corner. Normal edgewear to extremities & mild toning to spine. Orignal price of 7/6net to spine. Incredibly hard to locate in dustwrapper. Twenty six stories of the Occult.

Herbert Jenkins, 1938. First edition, first printing. 8vo. First issue red boards with black titles. A very good+/near fine copy. No nicking or tearing to very clean & bright boards. A couple of tiny light marks only. Internally complete with neat inscription to endpaper. A sprinkle of spotting to titles. An attractive bright copy with none of the usual fading to red spine. McIlvaine A59b. Former big game hunter Sir Buckstone Abbott, finding himself hard up, takes in paying guests at his pile, Walsingford Hall, while hoping to sell the place to a wealthy Princess. Pretty soon, all kinds of schemes, plots and romantic entanglements are going on.

Chapman & Hall, 1955. All first editions, first printings. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrappers by Val Biro. All housed in a dark blue slipcase with silk ribbon pull. A near fine set. Men at Arms - clean boards with clean edges. No inscriptions. The dustwrapper has some light edgewear with a few short closed tears & a couple of small nicks. Not priceclipped with Publisher's war price label to front flap. Officer and Gentlemen - clean boards with light wear. No inscriptions. The dustwrapper has light wear to extremities. Original price of 12s6dnet to front flap. Unconditional surrender - clean boards with no marks to edges & no inscriptions. The dustwrapper has a hint of wear only. Original price of 18snet to front flap. A superb set with absolutely no fading to wrapper spines. Trilogy of novels about World War II largely based on Waugh's own experiences as an army officer. The protagonist is Guy Crouchback from an ancient Catholic family who finds new purpose… Read More