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First printing. Book has no wear to speak of. Unclipped DJ has light creasing here and there. Signed to a previous owner by Smith and 2 veterans on the title page. The signatures are those of: Dave Davis of 222 (Spitfire) Squadron; John Gill rigger, of 74 Squadron. The book covers the life stories of eight of the airfield's most distinguished fighter pilots of the Second World war. These include Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, DSO, DFC, AFC; Air Vice-Marshal William Crawford-Compton DSO, DFC No. 64 and 485 'New Zealand' Squadron; Wing Commander Eric Barwell DFC 264 Squadron; Squadron Leader Peter Brown AFC 41 Squadron; Squadron Leader 'Dave' Glaser DFC 65 Squadron; Squadron Leader Iain Hutchinson TD 222 Squadron; Flight Lieutenant William 'Tex' Ash MBE 411 Squadron; and Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock DSO, DFC 41 Squadron.

HarperCollins Children's. Near fine. First edition. Hardback. Clean, tight pages. Signed by Steven Camden/Near fine DJ. Not price clipped. .

Reprint paperback. Illustrated with sketches by Frederic Hicks. Decorated card covers. Some light age toning to covers and spine. Internally clean. Signed by Carmer and Hicks on the copyright page. Originally published in 1928. A book of short poems to celebrate the French Quarter of New Orleans, each with an accompanying sketch.

First edition thus. Light age spotting to page edges. Pages a little tanned around the edges. No DJ as issued. Signed by Cartland on the front endpaper. Number 21 in the series of romantic novels written by the Queen of Romance.

Third printing. Both book and unclipped dust jacket are in very good condition with only minor wear (light creasing to the dust jacket edges). Signed to a previous owner by Cave on the title page. Bunny Munro sells beauty products and the dream of hope to the lonely housewives of the south coast. Set adrift by his wife's sudden death and struggling to keep a grip on reality, he does the only thing he can think of: with his young son in tow, he hits the road.

Inscribed on the front endpaper, and signed on the title page by illustrator Frederick E. Banbery. Price clipped DJ has slight creasing to the edges, minor rubbing to the top corners.

First printing. Book has no significant wear. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to edges. Signed by Celestin on a tipped in page.

First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by Chainani on a bookplate attached to the half title page. A prince has a surprising awakening. A beauty fights like a beast. A boy refuses to become prey. A path to happiness is lost - then found again. These twelve tales of mystery, magic and rebellious hearts breathe new life into the old stories you thought you knew.

Fairyloot Exclusive edition. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by Chakraborty on the front endpaper. Digitally printed fore edge. Artwork on the inner jacket. This collection of tales gathers material both seen and new - including a special coda fans will need to read - making this the perfect complement to the acclaimed trilogy.

First paperback printing. Light rubbing to corners and light age tanning to pages. Signed by Charles on the title page. Last Boat To Camden Town combines Whodunnit?, Howdunnit? and Love Story with Paul Charles' trademark unique-method-of-murder to produce a detective story with a difference.

Signed by Zen Cho on a special tipped in page that states the book is a limited (not numbered) signed edition.

First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by Zen Cho on a special tipped in page. As Jessamyn packs for Malaysia, it's not a good time to start hearing a bossy voice in her head. Broke, jobless and just graduated, she's abandoning America to return 'home'. But she last saw Malaysia as a toddler - and is completely unprepared for its ghosts, gods and her eccentric family's shenanigans.

Third printing. Book has light creasing to the head and tail of the spine and some light yellowing to the page edges which also has a small felt tip mark to the top page edges as pictured (perhaps a remainder mark). Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the top and bottom edges of the spine and top of the front cover, as well as two areas of light bleeding from the boards to the inner jacket, also pictured. Signed to a previous owner by Clare on the title page. The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother. She soon discovers that her only allies are the demon-slaying Shadowhunters including Will and Jem, the mysterious boys she is attracted to. Soon they find themselves up against the Pandemonium Club, a secret organization of vampires, demons, warlocks, and humans. Equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures, the Club is out to rule the British Empire, and only Tessa and her allies can stop them.

Limited edition. Book has slight loss to the gilt on the spine. Unclipped DJ, which is protected in an archival sleeve, has no wear to speak of. Number 1912 of 2,000 copies printed. Signed by Clothier on the limitation page. Yellow sprayed edges with a bird and foliage design to fore edge. Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts. Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent's walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice's hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous life of their own. But men of the faith want the book destroyed, and a zealous preacher has tracked it to her door. Her sisters' lives - or her obsession. Beatrice must decide.

First edition thus first printing. Both book and unclipped DJ have no wear to speak of. DJ is protected in an archival sleeve. William Frederick Cody, also known as Buffalo Bill, was a miner in the Colorado gold fields, a Pony Express rider, an army scout, a buffalo hunter for the railroad construction camps and, of course, the organizer and the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. Here is his story, written in his own words; an autobiography that is both a portrait of the old west written by a man who knew it better than most and a classic book of American folk literature.

First printing. Very light tanning to page edges. Unclipped DJ has light shelf wear. Signed by Colfer on the half title page. Fourteen-year-old Cosmo Hill longs to escape from the Clarissa Frayne Institute for Parentally Challenged Boys. When a rare chance to get away comes, he grabs it, but the attempt goes fatally wrong. He can feel his life force ebbing away, sucked out of him by a strange blue Parasite . until a wisecracking gang of kids burst in, blast the creature and save him. They are the Supernaturalists, dedicated to ridding the world of these life-sucking blue parasites. When they realise that Cosmo has the ability to see these blue creatures too, they enlist him as one of them. Their mission leads Cosmo into a world of high-level corruption, James Bond type technology, thrilling adventure and finally back to a place that Cosmo never thought he'd have to return. the dreaded Clarissa Frayne.

First printing. No significant wear either to the book or the unclipped DJ. Signed and dated by Collier on the title page. Secrets carried to the grave don't always stay buried.

First printing. Book has light creasing to the head and tail of the spine, some light bumping to the corners and light foxing to the top page edges. Unclipped DJ has light creasing to the top and bottom edges of the spine and top corner of the front cover. Signed with a long personal message to a previous owner by Collins on the half title page. Catherine Saint is a rock photojournalist who leads a busy New York life: assignments for Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, concerts, parties, intimate friendships with the top players in the entertainment world. On the long journey from her family's Kansas ranch through the hard early days in Greenwich Village, she's learned about the craft of photography, the art of music, the depths of passion, and the many faces of love. Through grit, luck, and soulful talent, she's made her dreams come true - until the nightmare begins.

First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ are in as new condition. Signed by Connolly on the title page. Two Charlie Parker novels in one volume - The Sisters Strange and The Furies.

First printing. Both book and unclipped DJ have no significant wear. Signed by Connolly on a tipped-in page. In Amsterdam, four people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidante of the assassin named Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They beleive they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland. They are wrong. For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down: five killers to be found and punished before they can vanish into the east. There is only one problem. The sixth.