New Arrivals

ZosoSurrey Genesis Publications and Jimmy Page. 2014. A visual documentary of a British rock legend's contribution to music Presentation copy. 315x258mm. pp. 12-512. Publisher's original black and white cloth printed with photographs on front and back and with gilt lettering on both covers and spine. Minor wear to spine and lower corners. Internally very good; overall in very good condition. Inscription on half-title reads "To Michael and Shakira 14th Feb '20 Jimmy N.Y.C. 2019" - these being British actor Michael and Guyanese actor and model Shakira Caine. Jimmy Page's photo autobiography is a memoir told in images.

London: Bantam Press. 1988. "the Ur-text of classy bonkbusters" First edition. 240x155mm. pp. 542. Publisher's original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Original illustrated dustjacket. Crease on red cloth of spine. Tanning on pages.

First U.K. edition. 245x160mm. pp. 383 [1bl]. Le Carré’s signature on title page. Publisher’s red cloth with black lettering to spine. Original dust jacket. Red ribbon book mark. In mint condition throughout.  “... le Carré delivers the masterpiece he has been building to since the fall of communism: an epic tale of loyalty and betrayal that spans the lives of two friends, from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe, to the present day of terrorism and new alliances” (taken from the U.S.

First U.S. edition. 250x160mm. pp.[2bl] 3-455 [3bl]. Signed by Le Carré on half-title. Publisher’s red cloth, spine in black cloth with gilt lettering. Front cover embossed with publisher’s mark. Fore edges untrimmed. Original dust jacket. Externally and internally in near mint condition.  “...

First U.S. edition. Le Carré’s signature on title page. 243x170mm. pp. [8] 4-302 [7]. Publisher’s black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Original dust jacket. Fore edges untrimmed. Maps of North Asia printed onto front and back pastedown and free endpapers. In near mint condition. A lifelong rivalry pulls former British intelligence agent Tim Cranmer back into the game, putting the life he has built into jeopardy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1991.  First U.S. edition. Signed by le Carré on title page. 240x165mm. pp.[8], 335 [3]. Publisher’s black cloth, gold lettering to spine and front cover. Original dust jacket. Light fading to head of boards, corners slightly bumped. Internally excellent, overall in very good condition. As intelligence agent Ned approaches retirement, he looks back over his career in the field. Ethical disquiet is increasingly at the forefront of his mind and mentor George Smiley can only offer uncomfortable truths.

First edition. Inscribed and hand-stamped by Hockney on title page. 273x224mm. pp.248. Publisher’s blue cloth with yellow lettering on spine and embossed illustration by Hockney featuring his initials on front cover. Original dust jacket. Light markings to head of dust jacket flaps. Slight bump to tail of spine, light foxing to edges. Overall in very good condition. The playful inscription in red and green ink reads “to Migan David Hockney”; stamps read SPECIAL, PERSONAL and ‘hand stamped by D.H.’ An illustrated memoir by one of the most successful British artists of all time.

London Andre Deutsch Limited. 1955. First edition. Signed. 222x143mm. pp.(iibl) x,126, (iibl). Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Original dust jacket. Illustrated throughout; illustrations on front and back pastedown and free endpapers. One minor tear and chip to head of dust jacket. Internally excellent; overall in excellent condition. Sandy Wilson's signature in blue ink on front half-title. Beautiful, signed copy of the script for Sandy Wilson's smash hit musical, with Wilson's own charming illustrations.

The Third Volume of the Life and Adventures of Timothy Ginnadrake, containing a concise account of the City of Bath, From the Year 1670 to the Present Time. Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the author.. n.d. but volume 3 is dated 1771.18th century Bath. History and SatireFirst edition. Three volumes. 12mo in 6s (166x90mm). pp. [xvi], iii-xviii, 168; 204; xiv, 15-240, [12, list of subscribers]. Engraved frontispiece portraits to volumes one and two. List of subscribers at beginning of volume one and at the end of volume three. Armorial bookplate of William John Mercer to front pastedowns.