Fools of Fortune (Limited Edition, Signed) by William Trevor - 1983

Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 1st Impression. 14.3 x 22cm red cloth with silver titles to the spine, 200pp with original unclipped dust jacket with Ł6.96 net price. The book has been signed on the title page by Philip Pullman. A near fine book with clean bright boards and sharp corners. Internally, there is the usual uniform toning to the pages resulting from the quality of the paper stock used. The author has signed the title page in blue biro. The dust jacket is near fine with only a little light creasing to the spine and only very slight fading of the red sections at the spine ends. All in all an excellent, collectable, signed first edition of this the first in Pullman's extremely popular Sally Lockhart quartet. If you would like any further information or images, please do not hesitate to ask. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are… Read More

20 pages, including 16 plates. Title, text and plates with decorative rule frame and border. Publisher's printed blue wrappers. Upper cover with decorative frame and ornaments, lower cover with printer's advertisment. Oblong folio (320 x 240 mm). First edition. The Abbé Delaplace, a keen student of deaf education and almoner at the Institute of St. Médard in Soissons, produced this attractive illustrated alphabet for the instruction of deaf-mute students with mouth and tongue positions with phonetic descriptions together with detailed illustrations of the vocal organs and lungs. A very nice copy.

Motor Racing Publications, 1994, 2003, 2008 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. Limited Edition of the Standard Binding set (2,200). Green boards with gilt titles to the spine, buff endpapers and publisher's original dust jackets, each with a different photograph and superimposed car outline. Editions numbered 1417, 565 & 1088. Volume 1 has been signed directly by 36 team members, 31 to the front free endpaper and 5 to the dedication page. Vol.1: The Front Engined Cars – a fine copy noting a small crease in the bottom right corner of the front panel and ghosting from the signatures on the dedication page through to the title page. Vol.2: Spaceframe Cars – a fine copy. Vol.3: Monocoque V8 Cars – a fine book in a near fine dust jacket, its back panel having some light scoring and a 1.5cm closed tear at its bottom edge. All dust jackets are now protected by a clear removable cover. The team signatures are as follows: LH Column ~ Colin Atkins, Engine Build Shop-Foreman * Ben Casey, Racing… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Slipcase. Very Good. First edition, second state with illustration entitled "Titian's Moses." From the library of Eugene Field. 631 pp. plus a 1-page publisher's advertisement at the rear. Rebound in full morocco and decorative endpapers with raised bands. Gilt top edge. Light rubbing to book's extremities. Custom/matching slipcase rubbed on the corners. Original brown cloth bound into the back of the book The book appears to be signed by Mark Twain on the title page and Eugene Field on a rear flyleaf. The signatures, though quite convincing, are likely forgeries made by the famed forger Eugene "Pinny" Field II (1879-1946) and Harry Dayton Sickles, working in tandem. Field's father, Eugene Field (1850-1895), was a newspaper columnist, poet, and book collector. After his death, Eugene Field's book collection passed on to his son. The younger Field developed the ability to imitate the autographs of the authors his father had collected as well as the signature of his… Read More

Folio Society, 2013. Limited Edition No. 620 of 780. Hardcover. As New. Books unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase. Consisting of 2 volumes and map volume.

Oxford University Press, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st edition, 1st Impression. 14.3 x 22cm red cloth with silver titles to the spine, 200pp with original unclipped dust jacket with Ł6.96 net price. The book has been signed on the title page by Philip Pullman. A near fine book with clean bright boards and sharp corners. Internally, there is the usual uniform toning to the pages resulting from the quality of the paper stock used. The author has signed the title page in blue biro. The dust jacket is near fine with only a little light creasing to the spine and only very slight fading of the red sections at the spine ends. All in all an excellent, collectable, signed first edition of this the first in Pullman's extremely popular Sally Lockhart quartet. If you would like any further information or images, please do not hesitate to ask. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are… Read More

20 pages, including 16 plates. Title, text and plates with decorative rule frame and border. Publisher's printed blue wrappers. Upper cover with decorative frame and ornaments, lower cover with printer's advertisment. Oblong folio (320 x 240 mm). First edition. The Abbé Delaplace, a keen student of deaf education and almoner at the Institute of St. Médard in Soissons, produced this attractive illustrated alphabet for the instruction of deaf-mute students with mouth and tongue positions with phonetic descriptions together with detailed illustrations of the vocal organs and lungs. A very nice copy.

Motor Racing Publications, 1994, 2003, 2008 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. F/NF. Limited Edition of the Standard Binding set (2,200). Green boards with gilt titles to the spine, buff endpapers and publisher's original dust jackets, each with a different photograph and superimposed car outline. Editions numbered 1417, 565 & 1088. Volume 1 has been signed directly by 36 team members, 31 to the front free endpaper and 5 to the dedication page. Vol.1: The Front Engined Cars – a fine copy noting a small crease in the bottom right corner of the front panel and ghosting from the signatures on the dedication page through to the title page. Vol.2: Spaceframe Cars – a fine copy. Vol.3: Monocoque V8 Cars – a fine book in a near fine dust jacket, its back panel having some light scoring and a 1.5cm closed tear at its bottom edge. All dust jackets are now protected by a clear removable cover. The team signatures are as follows: LH Column ~ Colin Atkins, Engine Build Shop-Foreman * Ben Casey, Racing… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Slipcase. Very Good. First edition, second state with illustration entitled "Titian's Moses." From the library of Eugene Field. 631 pp. plus a 1-page publisher's advertisement at the rear. Rebound in full morocco and decorative endpapers with raised bands. Gilt top edge. Light rubbing to book's extremities. Custom/matching slipcase rubbed on the corners. Original brown cloth bound into the back of the book The book appears to be signed by Mark Twain on the title page and Eugene Field on a rear flyleaf. The signatures, though quite convincing, are likely forgeries made by the famed forger Eugene "Pinny" Field II (1879-1946) and Harry Dayton Sickles, working in tandem. Field's father, Eugene Field (1850-1895), was a newspaper columnist, poet, and book collector. After his death, Eugene Field's book collection passed on to his son. The younger Field developed the ability to imitate the autographs of the authors his father had collected as well as the signature of his… Read More

Folio Society, 2013. Limited Edition No. 620 of 780. Hardcover. As New. Books unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase. Consisting of 2 volumes and map volume.