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London: John Murray, 2018. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. First UK Edition. SIGNED AND LINED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's black boards with metallic copper lettering to the spine. A very fine copy in like dustwrapper. As new. Signed by the Author to the title page above which he has written the first line of the book: "Seasoned Park Watchers later said that the affair really began in Fischer's". Includes a photograph of the Author laid in. ISBN: 978-1-473- 67830-9. VERY SCARCE WITH THESE ATTRIBUTES. Photographs/scans available upon request.

New York: Howard-McCann, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth, gently bumped at spine tips and corners; in VG dust jacket with some light creasing and chipping along the edges. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and inscribed to him: "For Douglas Fairbanks -- who played a part in this decision -- Fred Freed." Fairbanks (1909-2000) was an iconic American actor from Hollywood’s Golden Era (his credits include “Gunga Din”), and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. He is mentioned on page 92 of this political history, where it is revealed that a paper he wrote while a lieutenant attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, on the problem of defeating Japan, was influential to Eugene Dooman, and that it became the preface to the Potsdam Declaration.

London: John Murray, 2018. First editions, first printings of The Drop and The Catch by Mick Herron, published by John Murray in London, 2018. 'The Drop; is a fine copy, the boards are tight and free from wear, with slight browning to the text block. The dust wrapper with minor pushing to the foot and head of the spine and dons the iconic Herron silhouette design, it has not been price clipped and shows the original £9.99 net price. SIGNED to page on grey background by Herron. 'The Catch' is also fine copy, with slight pushing to the head and foot of the spine, bumping to the corners and similarly slight browning to the text block. The unclipped wrapper is fine. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Becoming increasingly scarce