Day Scorpion, Signed (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. A mint first printing in illustrated wraps as first and originally issued. This unread gift condition copy is SIGNED and Publication Day DATED 31st March 2011 by the author to the title page, having the scorpion transfer tattoo loose laid in. An outstanding copy of the final Alex Rider story. Signed by Author(s).

8vo. First editions. Original hardcovers, gilt. Typed letter signed by the author loosely inserted. Volumes 1 & 3 are slightly faded on the spines. Volumes 2 & 4 are price-clipped. Volume 2 is slightly rubbed along the top and bottom edges. Near fine in near fine d/ws. The letter is a polite rejection of a manuscript submitted to Pearn, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd (Authors' Agents) when Scott was working there in 1952. The author's masterpiece in first editions and in much better condition than is often the case.

Complete first edition set of "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction" (The Times). Octavo, 4 volumes, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. An exceptional set. "Of those writers who have attempted to distill the last years of the British in India in fictional form, the most ambitious and the most successful is undoubtedly Mr. Paul Scott. One cannot read Paul Scott's quartet of novels without being moved; and what is the sense of studying history if it is not to move on and to widen one's moral sensibilities? His achievement is on any count a major one" (Max Beloff). āThe Quartetās form, tells us, in effect, that the history of the end of the Raj was largely composed of the doings of the officer class and its wife. Indians get walk-ons, but remain, for the most part, bit-players in their own history" (Salman Rushdie).

Complete first edition set of "one of the most important landmarks of post-war fiction" (The Times). Octavo, five volumes, original cloth. Presentation copies, each volume inscribed by British actor Charles Dance who featured in the televised version of The Jewel in the Crown on the front free endpaper, "For Charles Swynnerton from Charles Dance!" Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jackets. Jacket design by Larry Learmonth and Tom Simmonds. A very sharp set, uncommon signed. "Of those writers who have attempted to distill the last years of the British in India in fictional form, the most ambitious and the most successful is undoubtedly Mr. Paul Scott. One cannot read Paul Scott's quartet of novels without being moved; and what is the sense of studying history if it is not to move on and to widen one's moral sensibilities? His achievement is on any count a major one" (Max Beloff). āThe Quartetās form, tells us, in effect, that the history of the end of the Raj was largely composed of the doings of the officer class and its wife. Indians get walk-ons, but remain, for the most part, bit-players in their own history" (Salman Rushdie).