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Below is a comprehensive list of books we urgently require.
They presume UK first editions in dustwrapper, unless otherwise stated
We are paying the very highest prices for choice items
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© Goldeneye Rare Books 2004
| RICHARD ADAMS | Watership Down |
| ERIC AMBLER | Pre 1945 firsts, anything signed |
| KINGSLEY AMIS | Lucky Jim in dustwrapper |
| ISAAC ASIMOV | I Robot, pebble in the sky, anything early signed |
| JANE AUSTEN | Any first or early editions |
| J.G. BALLARD | All pre 1976 UK firsts |
| IAN BANKS | Wasp Factory, walking on glass |
| HELEN BANNERMAN | Little Black Sambo |
| JOHN BANVILLE | Long Larkin & nightspawn |
| JULIAN BARNES | Flaubert's Parrot |
| KAREN BLIXEN | Out of Africa, with or without DW |
| ENID BLYTON | Famous Five Adventure Series |
| WILLIAM BOYD | A good man in Africa |
| RAY BRADBURY | Dark carnival, martian chronicles, silver locusts, illustrated man, golden apples of the sun, Farenheit 451, something wicked this way comes etc |
| CHRISTIANNA BRAND | Death in High Heels; Heads You Lose; The Honey Harlot. |
| BRONTE FAMILY | Any first or early editions |
| JOHN BUCHAN |
All pre 1940 firsts in dustwrapper
39 Steps, especially, even without DJ |
| ANTHONY BURGESS |
A Clockwork Orange, time for a tiger, the worm and the ring,
Any signed firsts |
| EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS | Any first editions in jacket, early titles without, anything signed, Tarzan |
| WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS |
Junkie, William Lee, Ace , Digit
Any signed firsts |
| LEWIS CARROLL | Alice in Wonderland, any early editions |
| RAYMOND CHANDLER | Big sleep, farewell my lovely, high window, lady in the lake, five murderers, five sinister characters, finger man, trouble is my business, simple art of murder, long goodbye, playback, killer in the rain, smell of fear |
| LESLIE CHARTERIS | Any Pre-War UK First Editions particularly She was a Lady; The Holy Terror and Salvage for the Saint. |
| AGATHA CHRISTIE | THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES, THE SECRET ADVERSARY, THE MURDER ON THE LINKS, Bodley Head, THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT, POIROT INVESTIGATES,THE SECRET OF CHIMNEYS, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, THE BIG FOUR, THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN, THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY, PARTNERS IN CRIME, THE MYSTERIOUS Mr QUIN, MURDER AT THE VICARAGE, THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY, PERIL AT END HOUSE, THE THIRTEEN PROBLEMS, LORD EDGEWARE DIES, THE SUNNINGDALE MYSTERY, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, THE LISTERDALE MYSTERY, WHY DIDN'T THEY ASK EVANS, PARKER PYNE INVESTIGATES, THREE ACT TRAGEDY, DEATH IN THE CLOUDS, THE ABC MURDERS, THE HOUND OF DEATH, MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA, CARDS ON THE TABLE, MURDER IN THE MEWS, DUMB WITNESS, DEATH ON THE NILE, APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH, HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS, MURDER IS EASY, TEN LITTLE NIGGERS, SAD CYPRESS, ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE, EVIL UNDER THE SUN, N OR M ?, THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY, FIVE LITTLE PIGS, THE MOVING FINGER |
| WINSTON S. CHURCHILL | Any first edtitions, anything signed |
| ARTHUR C. CLARKE | Prelude to space, sands of mars, islands in the sky, any signed firsts |
| COLLINS CRIME CLUB |
Any pre-war 1st editions in dust wrapper.
Ephemeral items such as Crime Club magazines and wrap round bands etc Please see Classic Crime Fiction |
| WILKIE COLLINS | First or early editions of Moonstone and Woman in White |
| JOSEPH CONRAD | Youth, Lord Jim, Secret Agent & Almayer's Folly |
| RICHMAL CROMPTON | Just William firsts |
| ALEISTER CROWLEY | First editions and anything signed |
| NANCY CUNARD | Negro Anthology |
| ROALD DAHL | Gremlins, over to you ,sometime never, someone like you, kiss kiss, James and the giant peach, charlie and the chocolate factory, magic finger, Charlie and the great glass elevator, anything signed |
| LEN DEIGHTON | Ipcress file, only when I larf, especially ring bound edition |
| COLIN DEXTER | Last Bus to Woodstock, Last Seen Wearing |
| CHARLES DICKENS | Any firsts in original cloth, or original parts |
| ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE | A STUDY IN SCARLET, THE SIGN OF FOUR, THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE VALLEY OF FEAR, HIS LAST BOW, THE CASEBOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, |
| DAPHNE DU MAURIER | Rebecca and Jamaica Inn |
| F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | Any firsts and anything signed |
| C.S. FORESTER |
Pawn among kings, african queen, beat to quarters, happy return, ship of the line,
flying colours. commodore hornblower,
Any pre 1940 firsts, anything signed |
| E.M. FORSTER |
Where angels fear to tread, longest journey, room with a view, Howard's end,
Any Pre 1930 firsts |
| FREDERICK FORSYTH | Biafra story (hardback), Day of the Jackal |
| JOHN FOWLES | The collector, any firsts signed |
| DICK FRANCIS | DEAD CERT, NERVE, FOR KICKS, ODDS AGAINST, FLYING FINISH |
| STELLA GIBBONS | Cold Comfort Farm |
| WILLIAM GOLDING | Lord of the Flies, Poems |
| KENNETH GRAHAM | Wind in the Willows, also 1st Sheperd illustrated edition |
| GUNTER GRASS | The tin drum |
| ROBERT GRAVES | Good-bye to all that, I Claudius, anything signed |
| GRAHAM GREENE | Pre 1940 novels, huge prices for early or signed books |
| H. RIDER HAGGARD | Pre 1900 or signed books |
| PATRICK HAMILTON |
All pre 1940 firsts in dustwrapper
Hangover square |
| DASHIELL HAMMETT | RED HARVEST, THE DAIN CURSE, THE MALTESE FALCON, THE GLASS KEY, Cassell & Knopf, THE THIN MAN, anything signed, inscribed or autographed |
| SEAMUS HEANEY | Early first & anything signed |
| JOSEPH HELLER | Catch 22 |
| ERNEST HEMMINGWAY | First editions, early ones even with jacket, anything signed |
| G.A. HENTY | Any 3 decker first editions, (3 volume editions) |
| PATRICIA HIGHSMITH | Strangers on a train, talented Mr Ripley |
| ALDOUS HUXLEY | Brave new world |
| CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD | Goodbye to Berlin, saly bowles, all the conspirators, memorial All pre 1940 novels in wrapper and anything signed |
| KAZUO ISHIGURO | A Pale View of the Hills, an artist of the floating world, remains of the day |
| M.R. JAMES | Ghost Stories |
| P.D. JAMES | cover her face, a mind to murder, unnatural causes |
| JEROME K. JEROME | Three men in a boat, first edition with Connolly issue point |
| C. DALY KING | OBELISTS AT SEA, OBELISTS EN ROUTE, THE CURIOUS Mr TARRANT, OBELISTS FLY HIGH, CARELESS CORPSE, ARROGANT ALIBI, BERMUDA BURIAL, |
| STEPHEN KING | carrie, early firsts and anything signed |
| W.E. JOHNS | Biggles firsts, early ones even without DW |
| JAMES JOYCE | First Editions , especially in jacket, anything signed Chamber music, Dubliners, portrait of an artist as a young man, Ulysses, Pomes Peneach, Finnegans wake |
| JACK KEROUAC | Town and the city, on the road, subterraneans, Dharma bums, doctor sax, anything signed |
| RUDYARD KIPLING | Jungle Books |
| ANDREW LANG | Fairy Books |
| D.H. LAWRENCE | Lady Chatterley's Lover, white peacock, trespasser, sons and lovers, rainbow, lost girl |
| JOHN LE CARRE | Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality, spy who came in form the cold, even without DW |
| LAURIE LEE | Cider with Rosie, fine copy in dust wrapper |
| JOHN LENON | Signed copies of In his own write, a Spaniard in the works |
| C.S. LEWIS |
Any of the Narnia series or anything signed
Out of the silent planet, perlandra. Lion the withch and the wardrobe (even without DW) , Prince Caspian, Voyage of the dawn treader, silver chair, horse and his boy, magician's nephew, |
| ALISTAIR MACLEAN | Any signed UK first editions |
| HERMAN MELVILLE | Three volume or early edition |
| WYNDHAM LEWIS | Apes of god, |
| A.A. MILNE |
Winnie the Pooh firsts and de luxe editions, anything signed
When we were very young, winnie the Pooh, now we are six, house at Pooh corner, toad of toad hall |
| MARGARET MITCHELL | Gone With the Wind, UK or uS with or without DW |
| TIMOTHY MO | Monkey King |
| IRIS MURDOCH |
Under the Net, flight of the enchanter, sandcastle.
Any signed UK firsts |
| VLADIMIR NABOKOV | Despair or Camera Obscura |
| PATRICK O' BRIAN | Early Jack Aubrey Novels, anything signed |
| MERVYN PEAKE | Titus Groan, gormenghast, titus alone, i.e. Gormenghast trilogy |
| IAIN PEARS | The Raphael Affair; Giotto’s Hand; The Bernini Bust. |
| BARONESS ORCZY | Scarlet Pimpernel novels,any early 1st in jacket, anything signed. |
| GEORGE ORWELL | Animal Farm. |
| ARTURO PEREZ REVERTE | The Flanders Panel. |
| ANTHONY POWELL | Afternoon men, venusberg, from a view to a death, caledonia a fragment, agents and patienys, what's become of waring, question of upbringing, buyers market, acceptance world, at lady Molly's. casanova's chinese restaurant, the kindly ones |
| POLIDORI THE VAMPIRE | First or early editions, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine |
| TERRY PRATCHETT | Early firsts. especially Colour of Magic |
| ANTHONY PRICE | Labrinth makers, alamut bush, colonel Butler's wolf |
| THOMAS PYNCHON | V, crying lot 49, gravity's rainbow, anything signed |
| ARTHUR RACKHAM | Any signed limited editions |
| IAN RANKIN | KNOTS & CROSSES, WATCHMAN, STRIP JACK, |
| ARTHUR RANSOME | Swallows and Amazons and Swallowdale |
| RUTH RENDELL | From Doon with Death; Wolf to the Slaughter etc, anything pre 1970 |
| Anne Rice | The Vampire Lestat. |
| J.K ROWLING | Harry Potter firsts, De luxe Editions and anything signed |
| SALMAN RUSHDIE | Grimus, midnights children |
| RAPHAEL SABATINI | The Black Swan. |
| J.D. SALINGER | Catcher in the Rye, UK or uS |
| SAPPER | Early Bulldog Drummond titles in jacket |
| DOROTHY L. SAYERS | Any Pre-War UK First Editions of the Wimsey titles particularly Whose Body; and Clouds of Witness. |
| Science Fiction | Early wrappered titles and highlights. |
| TOM SHARPE | Riotous assembly, indecent exposure, porterhouse blue |
| MARY SHELLEY | Frankenstein, first or early editions. Anything signed |
| simenon | Early firsts and anything signed |
| C.P. SNOW | Death Under Sail, Strangers and Brothers |
| MURIEL SPARK | Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Ballad of Peckham Rye |
| JOHN STEINBECK |
First editions and anything signed
Cup of gold, pastures of heaven, to a god unknown, tortilla flat, in dubious battle, of mice and men, long valley, grapes of wrath the moon is down |
| R.L. STEVENSON | Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll |
| BRAM STOKER | Dracula, first or early editions, anything signed |
| GRAHAM SWIFT | Sweet-shop owner, shuttlecock, waterland |
| JONATHAN SWIFT | Gulliver's Travels |
| PAUL THEROUX | Murder on Mount Holly |
| J.R.R. TOLKIEN JRR |
The Hobbit, first or early edition with or without dustwrapper
Lord of the Rings, firsts with or without DW Anything signed |
| MICHAEL TRAHERNE | Be quiet and go a angling, with or without wrapper |
| MARK TWAIN | Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, anything signed |
| ARTHUR W. UPFIELD | Any Pre-War UK First Editions in dust wrapper. |
| JULES VERNE | Any first editions. anything signed |
| RICHARD WALKER | Rod building for amateurs, still water angling, drop me a line, walkers pitch, anything signed by Walker |
| DENYS WATKINS PITCHFORD , BB |
Any UK first in dust wrapper.
Especially carp water wood pool, the whopper, confession of a carp fisher. Ex library copies also considered Anything signed, original artwork |
| EVELYN WAUGH |
Anything pre 1950, anything signed, early 1sts even without DJ
Decline and fall, vile bodies, a handful of dust, scoop, put out more flags, brideshead revisited |
| H.G. WELLS | Time Machine, War of the Worlds |
| PATRICIA WENTWORTH | THE ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF JANE SMITH, THE RED LACQUER CASE, THE ANNAM JEWEL, THE DOWER HOUSE MYSTERY, THE BLANK CABINET, THE AMAZING CHANCE, HUE AND CRY, ANNE BELINDA, WILL O' THE WISP, GREY MASK, FOOL ERRANT, THE COLDSTONE, BEGGAR'S CHOICE, KINGDOM LOST, DANGER CALLING, NOTHING VENTURE, RED DANGER, SEVEN GREEN STONES, WALK WITH CARE, FEAR BY NIGHT, DEVIL-IN-THE-DARK, RED STEFAN, BLINDFOLD, DEAD OR ALIVE, HOLE AND CORNER, THE CASE IS CLOSED, DOWN UNDER, RUN !, Mr. ZERO, LONESOME ROAD, THE BLIND SIDE, ROLLING STONE, WHO PAYS THE PIPER ?, UNLAWFUL OCCASION, DANGER POINT, |
| E.B. WHITE | Charlotte's Web |
| OSCAR WILDE | First Editions, Limited Editions and anything signed |
| P.G. WODEHOUSE PG |
Any pre 1940 first editions, early titles without DW and anything signed
Please See www.PGWodehouseBooks.com |
| CHRISTOPHER WOOD | James Bond, The Spy who Loved Me, Moonraker |
| VIRGINIA WOOLF | Voyage out, kew gardens, night and day, jacob's room, Mrs Dalloway, to the lighthouse, etc, anything signed |
| JOHN WYNDHAM | The day of the triffids, Kraken wakes |
| CHRIS YATES | First editions and signed copies, particularly casting at the sun |
© Goldeneye Rare Books 2004