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

Collins Crime Club, 1936. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Orange cloth with black titles. A very good copy with dusting & some marking to boards. Edgewear to extremities particularly to the foot of spine. Internally complete and clean. Endpapers original and unsplit. No inscriptions. One of the scarcest Agatha Christie titles from the 1930s. Wagstaff & Poole p110. A lady is killed in Andover and Hercule Poirot is called in to look for clues. Alphebetically, it is one letter down and twenty five to go!

Thomas Blanshard, 1820. First edition. 284pp. Rare particularly in original pubisher's grey boards. Chipping and splitting along the spine. Boards worn with paper loss especially to front boards bottom right corner. Original spine label present but cracked and chipped with title just legible. Old manuscript inscription dated 1820 to front endpaper. Endpapers original and unsplit. Light watermark to bottom right corner of first three leaves & an even paler mark to half way up on first two leaves. No loose or missing leaves. A very uncommon title.

Collins Crime Club, 1960. First edition, first printing. Orange boards with black titles. Mustard typographical dustwrapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge. Internally complete with spotting to endpapers only - text clean and unmarked. No inscriptions. The very good+/near fine priceclipped dustwrapper is complete with no chipping or nicking.Light edgewear & dusting to rear panel. An attractive copy of a more uncommon Christie title from the 1960s. Wagstaff & Poole p.213. Six short stories of which Hercule Poirot features in five. It is the only Christie title to feature both Poirot and Miss Marple.

Collins, 1951. First edition, first printing. Red boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrwapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. Internally complete and clean. Neat ink inscription dated 1952 to endpaper. The very good+ dustwrapper has no loss & some mild edgewear with two small pieces of paper strengthening to verso of jacket [not visible from exterior]. Original price of 9s6dnet to front flap. A very smart complete copy. Neil Fraser, a top mercenary pilot is on the run and in need of a plane. Bill Saeton has risen from the war and wants to set up an air freight fleet. Fraser needs a plane and Saeton needs Fraser. Would someone be willing to murder his best friend to get what he wants?

Macmillan, 1967. Large 8vo. 16 full page colour plate originals by Sir John Tenniel. Rebound in half bottle green morocco with raised bands and gilt Alice figures to compartments. Hand marbled boards. Internally clean and complete with just a couple of tiny spots to edges. No inscriptions. A wonderful copy of the colour illustrated Tenniel edition and would make a great gift. One of the best known and most popular works of English-language fiction. After falling down the rabbit hole, Alice finds herself in the bizarre "Wonderland". It is a mind bending delight for both child and adult alike.

Collins, 1977. Signed by Author to blank endpapers "To Marianne/from/Winston/& Jean/with love/ September 1977". First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with gilt titles. A near fine copy with clean boards. Light wear only. No marks to textblock edges. No inscriptions. The fine dustwrapper has very light wear only. Original price of £4.95 net on front flap. A lovely signed & inscribed copy. The seventh Poldark novel and the 18th century is coming to an end. Ross sits as MP for the Borough of Truro with his time divided between London & Truro. Ross and George Warleggan's relationship is as heated as ever as is the illicit love affair between Morwenna and Demelza's brother Drake.

Longmans, Green & Co, 1896. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles & elaborate decoration to front board & spine. All edges gilt. A near fine/fine copy. Very bright unrubbed gilt. A few, tiniest light spots to boards o/w very clean indeed. Light wear only to extremities. Internally very clean. Neat black ink name & date to black endpaper which is barely visible. Without the usual heavy foxing. Original & unsplit endpapers. A fantastic copy of this Andrew Lang story book. Sixty six tales from the noted Scottish author about creatures of land, sea and air.

Heinemann, 1957. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black & gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper by Broome-Lynne. A near fine copy with clean boards. Internally clean and complete. A hint of spotting to edges & rear endpaper. Old bookseller label to front endpaper. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper is complete with some mild edgewear, a few short closed tears & a small rub to spine. Very bright pink spine without any of the heavy fading to the pink spine usually associated with this title. Original price of 15snet to front flap. Rare in vivid pink wrapper with spine the same colour as the sofa on the front panel. The fourth novel in the "Dance to the Music of Time" series. We meet Lady Molly who provides the meeting places for the characters to interact. Widmerpool is once again a central character and he continues his reinvention and upward trajectory as his evolution from schoolboy nerd to driven businessman continues!

Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. First Edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with no marks to boards. Clean white textblock edges. No inscriptions. The fine dustwrapper is crisp with none of the usual fading to brown lettering on spine. Original price of £2.25net to front flap. A truly exceptional copy and scarce thus. McIlvaine A97a. The last Jeeves & Wooster title in which Bertie is advised by a "quack" to lead a quiet life but when his Aunt Dahlia is involved things are never such!