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Welcome to Ben Sheddling Books. We specialise in contemporary signed first edition, first printing books. All books listed are first editions, first printing and signed directly to page unless otherwise stated. When an unsigned book is offered for purchase it will be clearly indicated as such. All dust jackets are protected with chemically inert, removable plastic covers. To view full details of any book offered for purchase just click on the cover picture. All photographs are watermarked with our logo, the watermark is not on the actual book. Enjoy browsing through our catalogue, if you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Hardcover, USA. First Edition, First Printing, Signed and Dated (March 21 2009) by author to title page.
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Hardcover, First Edition, First Printing Signed by author to title page. E Annie Proulx
A masterpiece of storytelling that spans a century and a continent. Proulx brings the immigrant experience in America to life through the eyes of the descendants of Mexicans, Poles, Africans, Irish-Scots Franco-Canadians, and many others, all linked by a simple green accordion. The music they make in their last link with the past. A radical departure from ......more |
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We will be away from Wednesday 3th February 2010 until 11th February 2010 inclusive. You may order from the site, however your purchase will not be processed until Friday 12th February 2010
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***UNSIGNED****
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN BY ANNIE PROULX
1ST BOOK BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN BY ANNIE PROULX SCRIBNER NEW YORK 2005 HARDCOVER 1ST EDITION FIRST EDITION FIRST SEPARATE HARDCOVER EDITION
2ND BOOK 4TH ESTATE LONDON 1998 FIRST UK EDTION (TRUE FIRST) FIRST PRINTING
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ERIN HUNTER WARRIORS RISING STORM BOOK 4
Hardcover, USA FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE
Fireheart`s traitorous enemy, TigerClaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan - but Fireheart can`t shake the feeling that he lurking out there in the forest waiting for the chance to strike. That`s not the only problem facing the young Thunderclan deputy in these blazing summer months, as the struggles to handle ominous omens a disrespectful apprentice with a shocking secret, and a devastated Clan leader who is a shell of her former self. Meanwhile the forest gets hotter and hotter .. and everyone braces for the coming storm... |
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JON MCGREGOR - EVEN THE DOGS
Soft cover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Signed by Author to title page.
They break down the door at the end of December and carry his body away On a still and frozen day between Christmas and New Year, a man`s body is found lying in his ruined flat. Found, and than taken away, examined, investigated and cremated. As the state begins its detailed, dispassionate inquest, the man embarks on his last journey through a world he has not ventured into, alive, for years. In his wake a series of fractured narratives emerge from squats and alleyways across the city, the short and stark story of man, and of his friends who look on from the shadows, keeping vigil as the hours pass, paying their own particular homage. As they watch, their stories unfurl layer by layer, stories of lives fallen through by drugs, distress and the disregard of the wider world intense, exhilarating, and shot through with hope and fury. Even the Dogs is an intimate exploration of life, at the edges of society littered with love, loss, despair and a glimpse of redemption..... |
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Julian Stockwin
The Admiral`s Daughter
Hardcover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition book. One of only 500 copies issued. The book has the embossed Limited Edition stamp. Signed and Numbered by Author 378/500. Book comes with a leather bookmarker plus signed promotional postcard.
In 1803, Commander Kydd has sailed with the Royal Navy in the dangerous South Seas, against Napoleon`s fleet in the Mediterranean and to the edge of the know world in a convict ship to Australia, but he is about to discover that the most dangerous waters ca be the closest to home. Tensions are escalating again between England and France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions and spies on the continent, French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to strike at British trade. Smugglers, perilous storms and a treacherous coastline all threaten to overcome HMS Teazer as her men flight to gain control of the seas around Cornwall and Devon. Meanwhile an unlikely rival is seeking her captain`s heart. The beautiful and determined admiral`s daughter could be the key to realising all Kydd`s career ambitions and dreams of love. But high society, he finds can be as treacherous as his first mistress- the sea. |
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BERNARD CORNWELL - THE BURNING LAND (Alfred The Great 5)
Hardcover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Signed, Quoted and Dated by author to the title page. Book comes with a flyer from the London signing event.
The latest in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. In the last years of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in failing health, and his heir is an untested youth. The Danes, who have failed so many times to conquer Wessex, smell opportunity! First comes Harald Bloodhair, a savage warrior leading a Viking horde, who is encouraged to cruelty by his woman, Skade. But Alfred still has the services of Uhtred, his unwilling warlord, who leads Harald into a trap and, at Farnham in Surrey, inflicts one of the greatest defeats the Vikings were ever to suffer. This novel, the fifth in the magnificent series of England's history tells of the final assaults on Alfred's Wessex, that Wessex survived to become England is because men like Uhtred defeated an enemy feared throughout Christendom. |
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EOIN COLFER - AND ANOTHER THING...Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three
Hardcover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Signed, Quoted and Dated by author to the title page.
An Englishman’s continuing search through space and time for a decent cup of tea… Arthur Dent’s accidental association with that wholly remarkable book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy has not been entirely without incident. Arthur has travelled the length, breadth and depth of known, and unknown, space. He has stumbled forwards and backwards through time. He has been blown up, reassembled, cruelly imprisoned, horribly released and colourfully insulted more than is strictly necessary. And, of course, he has comprehensively failed to grasp the meaning of life, the universe and everything. Arthur has, though, finally made it home to Earth. But that does not mean he has escaped his fate. For Arthur’s chances of getting his hands on a decent cuppa are evaporating along with the world’s oceans. Because no sooner has he arrived than he finds out that Earth is about to be blown up… again. And Another Thing… by Eoin Colfer is the rather unexpected, but very welcome, sixth instalment of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. It features a pantheon of unemployed gods, everyone’s favourite renegade Galactic President, a love struck green alien, an irritating computer and at least one very large slab of cheese. |
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JULIA DONALDSON/AXEL SCHEFFLER - TABBY MCTAT
Hardcover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Double Signed with a drawing by Axel Scheffler, Dated and Located. Book comes with a flyer from the London signing event.
Tabby McTat was a busker's cat with a miaow that was loud and strong. The two of them sang of this and that, And people threw coins in the old checked hat... Fred, the busker, and his cat, Tabby McTat, are purr-fectly happy, singing together all day long. But when Fred gives chase to a thief, the two are separated. Will they ever find each other again? |
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MICHELLE PAVER - GHOST HUNTER Book and Box of 5 CD
Hardcover, UK First Edition, First Printing, Signed, Dated and Paw Printed by author to the title page. Book comes with a Ghost Hunter wallet and a Signed flyer. plus Box of 5 CD signed by michelle Paver and Ian Mckellen, and paw printed
As winter approaches and Souls' Night draws near, the Eagle Owl Mage holds the clans in the grip of terror. To fulfil his destiny, Torak must seek his lair in the Mountain of Ghosts. He must defy demons and tokoroths, and find his way through the Gorge of the Hidden People. Wolf must overcome terrible grief. Renn must make an agonizing decision. And in the final battle against the Soul-Eater, Torak must face the most heart-rending choice of all. |
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WARRIORS THE DARKEST HOUR - ERIN HUNTER
Hardcover, USA FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE
ThunderClan`s darkest hour is upon them, as Tigerstar`s quest for power plunges all the clans into the most terrible danger any cat has ever faced in order to save his Clan and his friends. Fireheart must uncover the meaning of an ominous proclamation from StarClan.
Four will become two. Lion and tiger will meet in battle, and blood will rule the forest.
The time has come for prophecies to unfold, and for heroes to rise.
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