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Oasis, Be Here Now, original huge/outsize album launch poster, 1997, light creasing; DM me for details
31/01/2026

Oasis, Be Here Now, original huge/outsize album launch poster, 1997, light creasing; DM me for details

Dub plate acetate of You Got the Love, 1996, sent by British record producer and DJ John Truelove to radio and TV broadc...
15/01/2026

Dub plate acetate of You Got the Love, 1996, sent by British record producer and DJ John Truelove to radio and TV broadcaster Annie Nightingale on 17 May 1996. With sleeve inscribed to Annie with the words ‘To Annie with masses of Love & Respect John Truelove Now! Voyager’ plus letter from Truelove that reads:

‘Dear Annie,
Here, finally, is the dub plate of You Got the Love, New Voyager Mix, please call me and let me know what response you get - you have the Worldwide airwave exclusive. And we’re not giving to ANYONE else until Scott Piercing get to work on it later in the year. lots of love John Truelove’

B-side is an instrumental version of You Got the Love (quite possibly a one-off recording)

Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, signed Knopf uncorrected proof in very fine condition; 2005. Signed by the Nobel Prize ...
15/01/2026

Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, signed Knopf uncorrected proof in very fine condition; 2005. Signed by the Nobel Prize in Literature-winning author in black ink to the title page.

Rarely seen author-signed proof copy of Ishiguro’s dystopian classic, in stunning condition.

No reading crease, unread. No creases to the wraps. Virginal inside. Faintest of shelf marks to bottom edge of text block, text block otherwise unmarked.

A beautiful copy of a proof copy scarce to the market signed. DM me for details

David Bowie (8 January 1947-10 January 2016), Low, signed by Bowie in 1995, with LOA from Bowie-signature specialist And...
10/01/2026

David Bowie (8 January 1947-10 January 2016), Low, signed by Bowie in 1995, with LOA from Bowie-signature specialist Andy Peters of www.davidbowieautograph.com; I first heard this album as a 13-year old at boarding school, a prefect let me use his turntable in exchange for me cleaning his study; I stood next to the turntable the whole time thinking the music was simply extraterrestrial

Betrayal, Harold Pinter, signed and numbered limited edition; number 1 of 150 copies. H Karnac Books Ltd, 1978. In fine ...
09/01/2026

Betrayal, Harold Pinter, signed and numbered limited edition; number 1 of 150 copies. H Karnac Books Ltd, 1978.

In fine condition; unread. Clean and sharp cloth boards; titles bright to spine in gilt. Top edge red, as issued.

With original acetate dust-wrapper in near fine, very lightly scuffed condition.

Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, signed limited edition, one of 200 copies; Hodder & Stoughton 2013. With deluxe binding, sli...
09/01/2026

Doctor Sleep, Stephen King, signed limited edition, one of 200 copies; Hodder & Stoughton 2013. With deluxe binding, slipcase, coloured end papers and a print of the book jacket enclosed. Book is in fine and unread condition, number 141 of 200 copies ***sold***

Bowie-inscribed Heathen card, signed in the year of release of Heathen, with all-important Letter of Authenticity from A...
06/01/2026

Bowie-inscribed Heathen card, signed in the year of release of Heathen, with all-important Letter of Authenticity from Andy Peters, highly responsible and also highly responsive curator of www.davidbowieautograph.com

For culinary inspiration: Sylvia Plath spatula 🧑‍🍳
05/01/2026

For culinary inspiration: Sylvia Plath spatula 🧑‍🍳

Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go, limited edition uncorrected proof, number 30 of 130; Faber, 2005; scarce limited editio...
05/01/2026

Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go, limited edition uncorrected proof, number 30 of 130; Faber, 2005; scarce limited edition hardback in bright yellow boards; pushed spine foot, otherwise fine, no sunning

Original outsize Brigitte Bardot poster 1970, Pace International (Publishers) Ltd, printed in the UK; vintage, original;...
05/01/2026

Original outsize Brigitte Bardot poster 1970, Pace International (Publishers) Ltd, printed in the UK; vintage, original; chip to one edge, a few nicks, otherwise very good, colours bright; 95cm (37.5 inches) x 62cm (24.5 inches); final photo verso of poster

Meet my Folks, Ted Hughes; copy inscribed to Ted Hughes’ son Nicholas and another copy belonging to his daughter, the bo...
05/01/2026

Meet my Folks, Ted Hughes; copy inscribed to Ted Hughes’ son Nicholas and another copy belonging to his daughter, the book’s dedicatee, Frieda Rebecca Hughes; both first edition, second prints; Frieda’s copy without jacket; Faber 1961

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