Signed by Peter Mandelson directly on the page. Hardback in dustjacket. Publisher's removable 'signed by the author' sticker on the front cover. Mint/mint brand new condition.
The hotly anticipated memoir of one of New Labour’s three founding architects.
Peter Mandelson is one of the most influential politicians of modern times. The Third Man is his story – of a life played out in the backroom and then on the frontline of the Labour Party during its unprecedented three terms in government.
Much of the book is devoted to the defining political relationships of Peter Mandelson’s life – with Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Charting ......more

Hardback book in dustjacket. First edition first printing. Signed by the author directly on the title page. NEAR Fine/NEAR fine unread condition - but with quite a few indents and surface scartches to rear board surface and rear dustjacket surface. Last copy in stock and scarce signed. The Fonthill series has always been a good read, but The Guns of El Kebir and The Siege of Khartoum have better plotting, characterisation and action than the earlier books. This series gets better with each book!
The eyes of the world are on the fate of General Gordon and the English-held Khartoum as it comes under siege, in this latest novel in the thrilling Fonthill ......more

Hardback in dustjacket. Very fine/very fine new unread condition. Signed and dated by the author directly on the title page.
Synopsis: This gripping new military adventure featuring Simon Fonthill brilliantly depicts one of the last and most tragic of all battles in the 'Scramble for Africa'. 1893. In the African Cape, ex-captain and one-time subaltern Simon Fonthill and his wife Alice find themselves on tribal land and at the mercy of Matabele warriors. While being held under the orders of the Matabele king, Lobengula, Fonthill becomes aware of a Portuguese plot to undermine a valuable treaty between Lobengula and the richest man in Africa, Cecil Rhodes. When friction ......more

Hardback in dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine/near fine new unread condition. Slight bump to top rear corner and slight pinching at base of spine.
Synopsis
They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis's blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared ......more

Hardback in slipcase. Signed by Philip Pullman to a numbered limitation page. This limited edition is produced in two colours - black and white - with each colour edition numbered out of 400. Therefore, there will be 800 limited editions in total. The picture shows you both the black and white editions. After you have placed your order, I will email you to confirm which colour you would like. Very fine NEW condition - sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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This is a story. In this ingenious and spell-binding retelling of the life of Jesus, Philip Pullman revisits the most influential story ever told. Charged with mystery, ......more

Hardback book in dustjacket. Signed by the author directly on the title page. Very fine/very fine new unread condition. In stock - will be shipped on and after publisher's emabrgo date of March 18th 2010.

Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard's professional and ......more

Signed by Andre Agassi directly on the title page in black pen. First edition first printing. Very fine new unread condition. Hardback in dustjacket.
Synopsis
He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game. Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by ......more

Hardback in dustjacket. LIMITED EDITION of only 250 signed, numbered, lined and dated by the author on a limitation page. Publisher's OFFICIAL EXCLUSIVE and only author-approved limited edition of this title. Separate isbn from the standard trade edition and recommended retail price of £25 printed on the dustjacket. The author has added the line "May Mercury guide your steps and Mars strengthen your sword-hand." Fine/fine new condition. This limited edition exclusive to Tim Allen Books. Image of limitation page is for illustration only - number allocated will be different from that shown.
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Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely ......more

Fine NEW unread condition. Hardback in dustjacket. LIMITED EDITION of only 250 signed, numbered, lined and dated by the author on a limitation page. Publisher's OFFICIAL EXCLUSIVE and only author-approved limited edition of this title. Exclusive to Tim Allen Books. Separate isbn from the standard trade edition and recommended retail price of £25 printed on the dustjacket. Author has hand written the line
"You may be archers, but your going to learn to fight as infantrymen and your going to do it quickly."

The Battle of the Lost Eagle saved Hadrian's Wall, but the new Roman governor of Britannia must stamp out the rebellion of the northern tribes or ......more

Hardback book in dustjacket within slipcase. First edition first printing. LIMITED EDITION Signed by the author directly on numbered limitation page. Fine/fine new unread condition.
It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients, German industrialist Count Otto Von Meerbach, has a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress. Just prior to the outbreak of World ......more