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Paperback. Penguin. UK. 1962. This book is 'My Turn to Make the Tea' by Monica Dickens. First edition in this format. A smart copy. The covers have a little crease to tips with some marking to the bottom of the front cover. The spine is complete and strong with light age-toning and a… Read more about this item

Hardback. Doubleday. UK. 1995. 'Notes from a Small Island' by Bill Bryson. This book is a hardback with dustjacket. First Edition. A handsome copy of this hilarious piece of travel writing. The dustjacket is bright and glossy with very good edges, tips and spine. Not faded. It is neatly price-clipped. … Read more about this item

Paperback. Penguin. UK. 1980. Paperback. First edition book in this format. 'My Uncle Oswald' by Roald Dahl. Uncle Oswald appeared in two short stories before this novel. The front cover bears a striking illustration by Anne Meisel. It is bright with light crease to top and bottom tips Back cover and spine are very… Read more about this item

Hardback. Dennis Dobson. London. 1968. Hardback with dustjacket. This book is a First edition of 'Milliganimals' by Spike Milligan. Full of humour and silly verse. The dustjacket is bright with light age-spotting to the white areas and a little sun-darkening to the spine. There is a little rub to the bottom of… Read more about this item

Paperback. Fontana. UK. 1969. Paperback. First edition showing dual price of 5/- and 25p. Covers are bright with large crease to front. Spine a little faded with light creasing. Tips lightly worn. Contents: name in pencil to front with light age toning otherwise very good. Author's first novel about Rosy, an elephant bequeathed to… Read more about this item

Paperback. Pan. UK. 1976. Paperback. First edition in this format of Tom Sharpe's . 'Porterhouse Blue'. Full of satirical humour, this novel was adapted for television in 1987. The front cover is bright with tiny crease to top tip. The spine is unbroken, clean and bright with… Read more about this item

Paperback. Eyre Methuen, A Methuen Paperback. UK. 1976. 'The Complete Plays' by Joe Orton. This book is a first edition in this format which contains every play Joe Orton wrote before meeting a violent death in 1967 at the hands of Kenneth Halliwell who he had met in 1951. The book is in great condition.… Read more about this item

Paperback. Puffin. UK. 1982. 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl. This book is a Paperback. First edition in Puffin Paperback. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Please note: there are a couple of things to note with this copy, as outlined below. Clean, bright covers with a little light crease to front lower… Read more about this item

Hardback. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. UK. �2018. Hardback with dj. First edition, second printing. SIGNED by Eric Idle to front without dedication. A handsome copy in clean, bright covers, unclipped and clean and bright contents. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Puffin. UK. 1984. This book is a Paperback. First edition. A handsome copy of 'The BFG' by Roald Dahl. Covers are bright and clean and spine is also bright and clean and unbroken. Contents are clean and unmarked with gentle age toning to pages. Not exlib and packed and sent with… Read more about this item

Hardback. Jonathan Cape. UK. 2016. Hardback with dj. First edition, full numberline. A gorgeous handsome dj with very good edges and tips. White boards are clean and bright, contents are clean, bright and unmarked. An installment in the Bridget Jones series by Helen Fielding. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.… Read more about this item

Hardback. Jonathan Cape. UK. 1984. Hardback with dj. First edition. A smart copy of this book 'Flying Visits' by Clive James, the hugely popular broadcaster, writer and journalist who passed away. Clean, bright, unclipped dj with very good edges and tips and clean and unmarked contents. Very light lean but a good looking copy. Not… Read more about this item

Hardback. Heinemann New Windmills. UK. Hardback in glazed boards. Small format. First edition thus. 1991. A lovely copy of this fairly scarce edition of the ' Matilda' by Roald Dahl first published in 1988. The story about the highly intelligent and magical schoolgirl which became highly successful with a film made starring Danny… Read more about this item

Paperback. Burning Eye Books. Condition: New. SIGNED by A F Harrold. Burning Eye Books. UK. 2015. First. Larger format paperback in glossy, sharp covers. Unread. Contents: dedicated to previous owner and signed by author. 'Things You Find in a Poet's Beard' is printed using a font which is suitable for readers with… Read more about this item

Hardback. Macmillan. UK. 1977. Hardback with dj. First edition. Kenneth Mahood was a celebrated political cartoonist, working for various broadsheet and tabloid newspapers over many years. This is a rather scarce non-exlib first edition of this story. Please note: The dj bears some patches of wear to edges and missing chip to back but… Read more about this item

Hardback. �Hutchinson, 1997. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First/first. SIGNED by Stephen Fry with no dedication and dated. Dj is clean, bright, unclipped and in very good order all round. A lovely copy. Stephen Fry's book 'Moab is my Washpot' is an autobiography that covers the first twenty years of his life. Not exlib an… Read more about this item

Paperback. Camden Press. 1986. Paperback. First edition. Clean, bright covers with very good edges and tips and spine. The finest crease to spine book has been opened but not really read. Contents are clean and bright. Page 91 has become a little loose but not from use -not enough glue to hold it in… Read more about this item

Hardback. W H Allen, UK. 1979. Hardcover with dj. First edition. A good-looking copy with clean, bright dj with very good edges and tips. Neatly price clipped. Contents clean and bright. Great illustrations throughout. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Boxtree. UK. 1994. Small format Hardback with dj. First edition. Full 1-10 numberline. A very smart copy of this book of nonsensical verse by one of the original 'Goons', Spike Milligan. Looks unread. Accompanied by Philip Hopman's line drawings, this is a funny little book in the author's inimitable style. … Read more about this item

Hardback. Designed and Produced for The Savoy by Chesler Publications. UK. 1988. Slim Hardback, no dj. First. A delightful look at the first hundred years at The Savoy of London with some lovely two-tone illustrations including one of Elton John. Boards are a pale blue, faded in parts to back but nice and strong… Read more about this item