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

Sotheby's, 2008. Signed by Damien Hirst on inside cover of vol i [the evening auction] - For Jenny/Love/Damien/XXX". Five large 4to volumes in original illustrated slipcase complete with original 6 sets of unused stickers [as issued] - one sheet lightly creased to foot. A near fine set. Volume i with light wear to extremities & very short closed tear to leading edge. Light wear to slipcase. A superior & rare signed set of this collectible catalogue. Three volume set of auction catalogues for September 15-16th, 2008; also included are the catalogues "The Golden Calf" and "The Kingdom". A monumental catalogue of the sale of Hirst's Pharmacy with hundreds of wonderful illustrations of lots - many full plates & folding. Realising over £100 million.

Faber & Faber, 1981. Signed by author on endpaper. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with silver gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Mild toning to edges. No inscriptions. The very good+/near fine dustwrapper is complete with lightest wear & one short closed tear to rear panel. Original price of £7.95net to front panel. The first installment of John Osborne's autobiography that tells of his early life up to the writing of "Look Back in Anger

Hodder & Stoughton, 1961. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Stead. A near fine/fine copy with clean boards. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and crisp with no chipping & no tearing. Light wear only to extremities. Original price of 8s6dnet to front flap. A lovely copy. "Dizzy" Dingwall thinks he has found treasure in the ancient of Ophir; he forms a syndicate of treasure hunting chums including himself, Biggles, Ginger and Bertie & off they go into the Arabian desert to an area known by fearless military folk at "Hell's Gates

John Hamilton, 1936. Early printing Autumn 1936 catalogue at rear [first printing 1934]. Colour frontispiece + four b&w full page illustrations. Blue boards with gilt titles (same as the first printing) & sundial device to spine (not the later black lettering). A very good+ copy. Some light edgewear with no chipping, nicking or splitting to cloth. No marks to boards with mild toning to spine. Internally complete with spotting to prelims. No inscriptions. Endpapers original and unsplit. An early copy of this elusive title under the original John Hamilton imprint with the original gilt titles. The third Biggles title. Biggles is now a flight commander at the Marinique aerodrome from where he and his fellow pilots cross over to wreak destruction on the German-held territory nearby. This is a set of connected stories, not a single novel with each having its own focal point. We are also introduced to a new harebrained pilot called "The Professor") who thinks air battles are all about… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Stead. A fine book with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge o/w edges clean and unmarked. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has light wear only to extremities & a couple of the tiniest marks. None of the usual fading to the fluorescent pink spine. Original price of 8s6dnet to front flap. A really lovely copy. Biggles is called in to investigate the disappearance of the chief pilot from Kingsmead Flying Club whilst on a half hours "joyride" flight.

Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with white ticker tape decoration & gilt titles. Pictorial aluminium foil dustwrapper - as issued. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Bump to head of spine & some light spotting to topedge only. No inscriptions. The very good dustwrapper is complete with wear to extremities & a couple of tiny grazes to foil. Light vertical crease to front flap. Original price of 21snet to front flap. The fourth and final installment of the Harry Palmer novels.

Michael Joseph, 1959. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Dark red boards with gilt titles. Geometric patterned dustwrapper by William Belper. A near fine copy with clean boards. No marks to textblock edges. Usual toning to leaves & dustwrapper offsetting to endpaper o/w fine. No inscriptions. The very good+/near fine dustwrapper is complete with some light edgewear to extremities & a couple of short closed tears. Original price of 13s6dnet on front flap. An attractive copy importantly without the heavy toning to spine. The novel which was the basis for the 1963 classic film with Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie. Yorkshire teenager, Billy Fisher is unable to stop lying especially to this three girlfriends; he is trapped in his boring job and living with his working class parents - he dreams of Ambrosia, the name he has given for his fictional idyllic country where he will release the shackles of his everyday.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1897. Eighth edition. Blue boards with gilt decoration & titles. Topedge gilt. A near fine copy with light edgewear to extremities. A few small marks & a line of tiny indentations to rear board. Very bright unrubbed gilt. Internally very clean indeed with no inscriptions. The endpapers are original and unsplit. A really lovely copy. The first of Andrew Lang's coloured fairy books.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards & no marks. Internally fresh with no inscriptions. Appears totally unread & unmarked. No marks to textblock edges. The Fine dustwrapper is crisp & unmarked. Original price of £12.95 to front flap. A exceptional copy. Bond is asked to investigate the kidnapping of several scientists who have been working on a new submarine detection system. Bonds investigations lead him to Brokenclaw, a half Chinese philanthropist with a deformed hand and a thirst to bring economic meltdown through the collapse of the Dollar.

Collins Crime Club, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper is clean with some light edgewear & a few short closed tears. Not the usual priceclipped copy with original price of 21snet to front flap. On visiting Tommy's aunt in the nursing home, Tuppence encounters Mrs Lancaster who talks of "your poor child" and "behind the fireplace". Mrs Lancaster dies a few weeks later & leaves Tuppence a mysterious painting of a house that she appears to remember - what happens next involves a daring adventure of diamonds and death!