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featuring the latest and best in modern first edition fiction, the Man Booker Prize and signed copies
last updated: Tue, 17 Apr 2007
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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper Much praised debut novel which centres around baseball but is in fact a US style campus novel with a cast of flawed characters Now into its third printing but this is a true first
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Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Second novel from the author of The Gone Away World A mixture of genres a spy action thriller and a black comedy about a mobsters son and a retired secret agent Special price
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Noughties by Ben Masters
 Fine card wrazppers as issued no hardback edition A comic novel for modern times about the highs and lows of university life One to watch Special price
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Fury by Salman Rushdie
 Proof copy Fine card wrappers
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Inheritance by Nicholas Shakespeare
 Fine in fine dustwrapper A new novel from the accomplished writer which explores the temptations of unanticipated wealth Scarce in this hardback edition
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Across the Bridge by Morag Joss
 Signed Limited edition One of only 100 numbered copies signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper A bridge collapses in the Scottish Highlands and dozens of people vanish into the river but one seizes her chance to start her life over Special price
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Empire by Jeremy Paxman
 Signed by the author and numbered Fine in fine dustwrapper Subtitled What ruling the world did to the British
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A Small Fortune by Rosie Dastgir
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Debut novel The story of a British Pakistani whose good intentions always seem to breed the worst results
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Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
 Fine card wrappers with flaps as issued no hardback edition From the author of The Secret River Special price
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Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil
 Fine card wrappers with flaps as issued no hardback edition A debut novel set in Bombay in the 1970s and stretching across three decades Special price
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Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Debut novel A comic novel about the friendship of two men a beautiful apartment two cats and how to take care of wooden floors
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Siege by Simon Kernick
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper London is under attack New thriller from the author of The Business of Dying
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Jubilee by Shelley Harris
 Signed and dated by the author Debut novel set in 1977 during the Queens Silver Jubilee
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The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams
 Signed and dated by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper Set in 1840 East End London a series of murders puts a young girls life in danger
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Pure by Andrew Miller
 Fine illustrated boards and as issued without a dustwrapper A new novel from this previously Man Booker shortlisted author A novel set in mid Eighteenth Century Paris in which a young provincial engineer is charged by the King with demolishing Pariss oldest cemetery
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She's Come undone by Wally Lamb
 First US and true first Fine in fine dustwqrapper First novel and an Oprah selection
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The Cold Eye of Heaven by Christine Dwyer Hickey
 Fine in fine dustwrapper A brilliant novel from the author of Last Train to Liguria A novel with a story told in reverse time set in Dublin from 2010 back to 1940 Excellent characterisations dialogue and descriptions
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Finders Keepers by Belinda Bauer
 Signed and dated by the author who has also added a quote from the book Fine in fine dustwrapper Extremely well reviewed The authors third crime novel and certainly one not to miss An author to watch
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Married Love by Tessa Hadley
 Signed and dated by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper A collection of stories from the author of the much praised The London Train
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Armada by John Stack
 Signed and dated by the author who has also added a quote Fine in fine dustwrapper Set in 1587 at the time of the Spanish Armada From the author of Ship of Rome Scarce signed
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The Flight by M R Hall
 Signed and numbered edition One of only 400 hardback copies signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper Uncommon in hardback Fourth novel from the author of The Coroner
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Oxygen by Andrew Miller
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize
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Before I go to Sleep by SJ Watson
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper A hughly successful debut psychological thriller Now reprinted this is a true first Now into nine reprints but this is a true first printing
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Before I Go to Sleep by S J Watson
Fine in fine dustwrapper A debut novel thriller which comes with plenty of advance praise Now into nine reprints but this is a true first printing
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
 Fine in Fine dustwrapper From the author of Everything is Illuminated comes a post 911 novel in which the central character Oskar Schell sets out to solve the mystery of a key discovered in his dead fathers closet
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Spartacus the Gladiator by Ben Kane
 Signed dated and numbered together with a quote added by the author One of only 80 numbered copies The first of two Spartacus novels
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Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Third crime novel from a highly acclaimed author From the author of The Twelve and Collusion The less common hardback edition
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The Daydreamer by Ian McEwan
 Fine in near fine dustwrapper very slightly faded on the spine Illustrations by Anthony Browne The authors first and only book for chikldren
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Lights Out in Wonderland by DBC Pierre
 Signed by the author who has also stamped the book with one of the images of an animal which heads one of the chapters Fine in fine dustwrapper
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In Darkness by Nick Lake
 Signed by the author Fine illustrated boards and as isued without a dustwrapper The adult version of a novel about Haitian 2010 earthquake The story of a boy trapped beneath the rubble
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Perdition by James Jackson
 Signed by the author Fine in fione dustwrapper A historical novel about the Crusades From the author of Crusades
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Under the Skin by Michel Faber
 Signed by the author Fine card wrappers as issued in fine transparent dustwrapper Debut novel and soon to be released as a major film
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The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
 Signed and dated March 2000 by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize and quite scarce
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Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
 Near fine in fine dustwrapper An excellent copy of this scarce Man Booker shortlisted novel The first of the authors three novels to be shortlisted Very light tanning to edges as is common with this title
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The Debt to Pleasure by John Lanchester
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper The authors first novel
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A Boy and a Bear in a Boat by Dave Shelton
 Fine in fine dustwrapper A debut novel for both children aand adults Fully illustrated by the author A beautifully produced book despite its deliberately stressed and damaged appearance Special price
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' nest by Stieg Larsson
 Fine in fine dustwrapper The third book in the best selling Millenium trilogy Now scarce in this first printing
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The Child Who by Simon Lelic
 Signed and dated publication day and with the first line of the book added by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper Third novel from the author of Rupture The story of the repercussions following the death of a child killed by another child
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A Bend in the River by V S Naipaul
 Fine in fine price clipped dustwrapper A very nice copy of this Booker shortlisted title
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Master George by Beryl Bainbridge
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Booker shortlisted and subsequently voted the best of the authors five titles which were Booker shortlisted
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An Awfully Big Adventure by Berly Bainbridge
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Man Booker shortlisted and one of the authors five shortlisted novels
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Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
 Near fine in very good price clipped dustwrapper with one small 1cm closed tear at top of the front dustwrapper panel Booker shortlisted and scarce
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Demi Monde by Rod Rees
 Signed lined dated and located by the author The book is also stamped with the DemiMonde motif Fine illustrated boards and as issued without a dustwrapper Second in the quartet
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The War of the Dragon Lady by John Wilcox
 Signed and dated by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper A Simon Fonthill novel
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The White Hotel by D M Thomas
 Fine in fine dustwrapper Shortlisted for the Booker prize The book went quickly into multiple reprints and was quite notorious at the time for its element of sexual fantasy
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The Famished Road by Ben Okri
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper with just a hint of the usual edge tanning common to this title An excellent copy of this Booker prize winning novel Now scarce
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Waterland by Graham Swift
 Signed by the author Fine in fine dustwrapper The authors most celebrated novel shortlisted for the Booker prize Scarce
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Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson
 Fine in near fine dustwrapper This World War 1 debut novel was shortlisted for the Booker prize A nice copy
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The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
 Near fine in fine dustwrapper Winner of the Booker prize and now quite scarce
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The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
 Very good plus in near fine dustwrapper has some marks to half title page and title page which someone has tried unsuccessfully to erase However this is still an acceptable copy of what is quite a scarce Booker shortlisted title
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